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Committee advances $2.5 million tree-planting contracts; members ask which neighborhoods will get new canopy
Summary
The committee advanced three three‑year contracts for tree and shrub planting and maintenance (each listed at $2.5 million) and pressed staff on how planting locations would be chosen and how the program will reach neighborhoods with less than 20% tree canopy.
The Neighborhoods and Community Services Standing Committee voted to move three contracts for tree and shrub planting and maintenance (line items 6.5, 6.6 and 6.7) to formal session with recommendations for approval. Each contract in the packet is listed with a $2,500,000 total over a three-year term.
Committee members asked staff to clarify where those plantings would happen and how contractors were selected. Member Benson asked directly, “where…
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