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Euclid approves citywide street‑tree removal contract; forester details backlog and priorities
Summary
Council authorized bidding for a citywide street tree removal contract after the newly hired urban forester outlined an inventory showing roughly 9,000 street trees, about 726 dead/dying trees needing removal and 171 large high‑priority trees targeted first; the city plans resident notification and limited replanting.
Euclid City Council authorized staff to advertise and award a contract for the 2025 citywide street tree removal program on July 21, 2025, following a presentation by newly appointed Urban Forester Lathwell on the city’s street-tree inventory and maintenance backlog.
Urban Forester Lathwell, a longtime Euclid resident and former Shade Tree Commissioner, described a 2024 street-tree inventory that counts roughly 9,000 street trees across about 18,000 tree‑lawn sites. The inventory found approximately 8,000 trees that need some pruning and identified 726 trees classified as dead,…
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