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Loomis council approves oak-tree giveaway and pruning grant to spend down tree fund
Summary
The Loomis Town Council authorized a two-part program to use $30,000 already in the capital improvement program to promote planting and care of oak trees: a five-gallon tree giveaway (initial $5,000) and a 50/50 pruning grant capped at $1,500 per property and $25,000 initial funding for pruning.
The Loomis Town Council on March 18 approved an "Adopt an Oak Tree" program and a matching pruning-grant aimed at protecting the town's oak canopy and spending down a restricted tree fund. The council voted unanimously to adopt the resolution authorizing staff to launch the program.
Town staff told the council the town has about $370,000 in a restricted tree fund and $30,000 already programmed in the fiscal year capital improvements program for related work. The two-part program would give away five-gallon oak saplings (estimated at about $50 each) and create a 50/50 pruning grant in which…
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