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La Center council adopts Tree Protection Ordinance, creating Tree City USA pathway
Summary
The La Center City Council voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance 2024-08 revising Chapter 18.350 (Tree Protection), a step staff said will allow the city to pursue Tree City USA recognition and related forestry grants and technical assistance.
The La Center City Council unanimously approved Ordinance 2024-08, amending Chapter 18.350 (Tree Protection), after a staff presentation and a public hearing on Jan. 8, 2025.
City staff member Tracy Coleman explained the ordinance and the city’s intention to pursue Tree City USA recognition. Coleman said the program is administered through the Arbor Day Foundation and “provides communities with direction and assistance” and that becoming a Tree City USA would make the city eligible for technical support and some tree-planting resources. She told the council the city would need to document roughly $2 per capita in annual tree-maintenance spending (an amount she said totals about $8,714) but that most of that…
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