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City approves South Olive Avenue tree-planting and maintenance agreement with neighborhood association
Summary
The commission approved a face-of-city resolution and a maintenance covenant with the South End Neighborhood Association to plant 105 street trees along South Olive Avenue; the project is budgeted at $88,009 and the neighborhood will sign a maintenance covenant.
The West Palm Beach City Commission on April 14 approved a resolution (91-25) authorizing a face-of-city approval for the planting of 105 street trees along South Olive Avenue and a maintenance agreement with the South End Neighborhood Association (SENA) committing the neighborhood to ongoing care.
Parks and recreation staff and the city arborist briefed the commission on a multi-year collaboration that began in 2022 after roadway improvements in 2018'19 removed trees along South Olive. The selected plan (Elmore Road to Gregory Road) calls for 105 trees, a mix including live oaks, gumbo limbos, pigeon plums, silver buttonwoods, East palmetto hollies and orange geigers. Kimberly Horn was the landscape architect for the plan.
The total purchase-and-install cost is $88,009; staff said funds are budgeted in the city-wide tree program fund. To increase survival rates staff described a three-month establishment watering period during which city crews assist; SENA will sign a maintenance covenant to assume continuing care thereafter.
Commissioners asked whether the city would provide interim care; staff and the city arborist said the same 3-month establishment watering plan used on earlier neighborhood collaborations will be applied and SENA expressed interest in continuing maintenance beyond that period.
The commission moved and seconded approval; the mayor called the vote and the resolution carried unanimously.
The project is presented as a collaboration to restore tree canopy removed by earlier roadway redesigns and to provide shade and green infrastructure benefits for the neighborhood.
