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Shade Tree Commission reports tree-guard installs, 15 pear removals and parks work; meeting lacked quorum
Summary
Commissioners reviewed recent tree-guard installations, the tree replacement schedule, volunteer activity, and several parks projects including Memorial Park field renovation and Heartland Commerce Park plantings; meeting began without a quorum so no formal votes were taken and the minutes were postponed.
The Shade Tree Commission opened the meeting without a quorum and announced that no formal votes would be taken and that approval of last month's minutes would be postponed to the next meeting. Commissioners reported recent maintenance and planting activity: volunteers installed tree guards at Hiawatha Park and Arrow (Arrow Foundation Park) using a mix of heavier-duty round guards and newly purchased flat guards; members said they plan to purchase more round guards going forward because they are sturdier. Commissioners reported 15 Bradford pear trees removed so far this year as part of an invasive-removal effort and said replacements will be native or pollinator-friendly trees where site…
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