Council delays decision on master-plan tree program over maintenance concerns

Oct 12, 2026

The council reviewed a Master Plan Committee proposal to plant roughly 56 street trees at an estimated $50,000, but members expressed concern about long-term maintenance costs and agreed to table action pending further analysis.

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Staff summarized a Master Plan Committee concept proposed in August 2025 to plant roughly 56 street trees along Broadway; Community Greening would install the trees and maintain them for one year. Ms. Strids said the project "was, I think, maybe $50,000 ish" and that Community Greening would maintain the trees for one year before responsibility would fall to adjacent property owners.

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