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Commissioners order third-party arborist review of large oak near Dade City courthouse after safety concerns
Summary
Following repeated limb failures and a prior arborist's finding that a courthouse oak was near the end of its lifespan, the Pasco County Board directed staff to fund an independent third-party arborist report and to move quickly to determine next steps for the tree adjacent to the World War II memorial and courthouse campus.
The Pasco County Board of County Commissioners on July 15 directed staff to procure and fund an independent, third-party arborist report for a large live oak on the Dade City courthouse campus after concerns about the tree's condition and the risk it poses to the adjacent World War II memorial.
Commissioner Oakley renewed a years-long concern about the oak, which an earlier county-funded arborist report (done roughly seven to eight years prior) judged to be near the end of its life. Oakley said sizeable limbs have fallen during recent storms and that the tree threatens the World War II memorial, which bears local veterans' names. "We were lucky…
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