2009-082 - Approving The Revised Master Tree ListRESOLUTION 2009 -082
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
APPROVING THE REVISED MASTER TREE LIST
WHEREAS, in January 2009, the Parks Commission agreed to revise the Town's
Master Tree List to include trees more appropriate to our community and climate; and
WHEREAS, Park Commissioners had meetings and discussions with the Town
Arborist and other staff to edit the Town's list of approved trees; and
WHEREAS, the Parks Commission voted unanimously on June 2, 2009 to accept
the Master Tree List with the changes and edits made by the Parks Commissioners.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Council of the Town
of Los Gatos agrees to approve the revised Master Tree List (attached hereto as Exhibit A).
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town
of Los Gatos, California, held on the 15 day of June, 2009, by the following vote:
COUNCIL:
AYES: Diane McNutt, Joe Pirzynski, Steve Rice, Barbara Spector, and Mayor Mike Wasserman
NAYS:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
SIGNED: •
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST:
K OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
Exhibit A
MIIST'ER TIME LIST
(revised June 2, 2009)
(attach 2-page document)
Master Tree List
Names (Common and Scientific) Revised June 2009 Notes
EXHIBIT A
Aristocrat pear
(Pyrus Calleryana 'Aristocrat)
Australian Willow
(Giejere Parviflora)
Big Leaf Maple
(Acer Macrophyllum)
Black Tupelo
Consider as a replacement for Liquid Amber
(Nyssa Sylvatica)
Bradford Pear
(Pyrus Calleryana 'Bradford)
Cajeput Tree
(Melaieuca L.eucadendra)
California Bay
(UmbeNularia Californica)
California Buckeye
(Aesculus Californica)
California Sycamore
(Platanus Racemosa)
Camphor
Replacement Only
(Cinnamomum Camphora)
Canary Island Pine
Not suitable as street tree
(Pinus Canariensis)
Carolina Cherry
Susceptible to blight
(Prunus Caroliniana)
Chinese Pistachio
Select neighborhoods only
(Pistacia Chinensis)
Coast Live Oak
(Quercus Agrifolia)
Coast Redwood
Replacement Only
(Sequoia Sompirvirons)
Crape Myrtle
(Lagerstroemia lndicia, L. x Fauriei)
Dawn Redwood
Not suitable as street tree
(Metasequoia Glyptostroboides)
Master Tree List
Names (Common and Scientific) Revised June 2009 Notes
European Hackberry
(Celtis Australis)
Flaxleaf Paperbark
Select neighborhoods only
(Melaleuca Linariifolia)
Flowering fear
(Pyres Kawakama)
Goldenrain
(Koelereuateria Paniculata)
Holly Oak
Quercus flex
Jacaranda
(Jacaranda Mimosifolia)
London Plane
Select neighborhoods only. Prohibited landscape
(Platanus Acerifolia)
plant on SCVWD creeks
Madrone
(Arbutus Menziesii)
Maidenhair
Male only, including selected forms
Gingko Biloba
Marina Madrone
(Arbutus x 'Marina)
Purple Leaf Plum
(Prunus Blireana)
Red Maple
Acer Rubrum
Sawleaf Zelkova
Zelcova Serrata
Southern Magnolia
Including selected forms, Replacement Only
(Magnolia Grandiflora)
Valley Oak
Quercus Lobata
Wester Redbud
(Cercis Occidentialis)
White Alder
(Alnus rhornbifolia)
White Birch
Parks Only
Betula Alba
Attachment 2
Tree Canopy - Replacement Standard Table;
COLUMN I
COLUMN 2
COLUMN 3
Canopy of the
Replacement trees
Alternative tree
removed tree'
Two 24 inch box size
One 36 inch box
4 feet - -9 feet
(Minimum)
size
Two 36 inch box
10 feet - -27 feet
Three 24 inch box size
size
Two 48 inch box
28 feet - -40 feet
Fotu 24 inch box size
size
Two 36 inch box
40 feet - -56 feet
Six 24 inch box size
size
Two 48 inch box
size
Two 24 inch box and
56 feet - -60 feet
two 36 inch box plus''`
two 48 inch box size
60 feet +
*
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Notes:
• To measure an asymmetrical canopy of a tree, the widest measurement shall be used to
determine canopy size.
• It is not always possible to replace a single large, older tree with an equivalent tree(s). In this
case, the tree shall be replaced with a combination. of both the Tree Canopy and Tree Value
Standards as determined by the Arborist.