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Bangor committee backs sending Downtown tree donation from Bangor Beautiful to full council
Summary
The Infrastructure Committee heard a staff recommendation to accept 13 donated trees from Bangor Beautiful and voted to forward the donation to full council for final approval.
Committee staff presented a proposal from Bangor Beautiful to donate 13 trees for planting on public property in downtown Bangor and on a Howard Street traffic island. The proposed species list included burr oak, black cherry, beach plum, butternut, American plum and serviceberry, and the donation package included water bags for establishment and volunteer planting support. Staff estimated the donation value at $2,849 plus labor.
Jackson Davis and representatives from Bangor Beautiful described the preferred planting locations, mostly concentrated near the Washington/Independence/Broad intersection with one tree in the Howard Street island. Staff noted that once planted the trees would become city property and maintained by Public Works.
The committee voted to forward the staff recommendation to the full city council; a motion to send the donation to the full council was moved and seconded. No final full‑council action was recorded in the Infrastructure Committee transcript.
