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City staff to recheck North Beach Oceanside Park tree losses; 90-day report and pilot replanting planned
Summary
City staff will reinspect North Beach Oceanside Park tree plantings and return in 90 days with an updated condition report; staff also proposed a phased pilot replanting using protective sea grape and silver buttonwood barriers and testing up to five additional native species as part of the Geo Bond reforestation effort.
Urban forestry staff told the committee that of the 376 trees installed under the relevant permit for the North Beach Oceanside Park beach walk, staff records show a survival calculation of about 300 of 376 (cited as roughly 80 percent) but that many trees are stressed or defoliated.
Lindsey Pratt, Assistant Director of the Environment and Sustainability Department, reported staff removed multiple dead trees in prior inspections (staff cited two earlier removal events of 38 trees each and an additional removal of 13 trees in a later inspection). She said the coastal microclimate…
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