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City officials discuss Stacy Park tree clearing, DEP notice and procurement questions
Summary
Council members and consultants addressed a DEP notice and restoration plan after contractors cleared trees along the Assunpink/riverfront; the consultant said he was not engaged until the DEP letter arrived and a restoration plan has been submitted; council raised questions about permits, invoice splitting and procurement protocols.
Council discussion on April 15 turned to work done along the riverfront at Stacy Park after public questions and press reports about tree clearing, possible permitting requirements and invoicing practices.
Randy Baum, a licensed landscape architect and consultant working for the city’s contracting firm BRS, told the council his firm was not engaged until the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) sent a letter prompting a restoration plan. Baum said the park frontage “has been maintained mostly as lawn historically,” and that past years’ reductions in park maintenance allowed invasive, non-native vegetation to…
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