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Shade Tree Commission schedules Tree City USA attendance, BioBlitz; approves contractor-certification change and moves code edits for review
Summary
The Athens Shade Tree Commission used its April 10 meeting to plan outreach events, discuss fall planting sites, and vote to require ISA-certified supervision for city tree contractors, with an 180-day compliance window.
The Athens Shade Tree Commission used its April 10 meeting to plan outreach events, discuss planting sites and approve a change to contractor qualifications that will require ISA certification or equivalent oversight for city tree contractors.
Commissioners encouraged attendance at the regional Tree City USA ceremony on April 17; the host this year is the village of Middleport and the city will cover registration fees for any attending commission members, a staff member said. The commission also set a BioBlitz for April 19 at noon at the Eastside Library as a pilot to gather citizen-science data for a street-tree inventory.
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