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Committee reports new encroachment inspections, plans tree replacement and asks DTE question
Summary
Members described property inspections, a plan to replant trees on open space, mapping by a tree specialist and rising tree-removal costs; they asked staff to confirm whether DTE or the township should pay to remove hazardous trees in easements.
The Grosse Ile Greenways Open Space Committee reported ongoing encroachment inspections and early steps toward restoring open-space trees that residents removed, while flagging a budgetary question about which agency should pay for removing hazardous trees near power lines.
Committee members said several encroachment sites were inspected and that one Fourth Street property still had an open-space fire pit; the property owner agreed to remove it after a site visit. Members described walking all but one site in a recent field inspection with enforcement manager Ross Quiro. The committee also met with a…
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