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Councilor Novick proposes moving tree enforcement to code compliance and restoring park maintenance amid cuts to parks
Summary
Councilor Novick offered amendments to transfer the urban forestry Title 11 enforcement program out of parks, sharply reduce its FTE and budget, and use offsets to restore park maintenance funding. Councilors and public commenters urged the council to protect parks maintenance and summer programs.
Councilor Novick read two amendments into the record focused on urban forestry enforcement and park maintenance funding.
Novick’s amendment proposals
- Tree code enforcement transfer and budget reduction: Novick proposed removing the Title 11 urban forestry enforcement program from Portland Parks and Recreation and transferring those duties to the property compliance division (code enforcement) in the community development and service area. Novick said the current program had 37 FTE and…
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