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Committee backs Oakdale Avenue green-connections grant application; maintenance funding uncertain
Summary
Planning staff and the budget analyst told the committee a $975,000–$980,000 grant would fund 64 new trees, corner gardens, drought-tolerant sidewalk plantings and safety lighting on Oakdale Avenue; total project cost estimated at about $1.32 million and long-term maintenance responsibility currently rests with property owners unless the city chooses to fund it.
The Budget and Finance Committee considered a resolution authorizing an application for urban greening grant funds for the Oakdale Avenue Green Connections project and moved the item forward for Board consideration.
Sheila Nicalopoulos of the Planning Department told the committee the proposal would implement the first capital project from the 2011 Green Connections plan along Oakdale Avenue: 64 new trees, replacement…
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