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Residents urge tree plantings, leaf-blower outreach and parking fixes at Morristown council meeting
Summary
Public commenters and the Shade Tree Commission asked the council to support reforestation, Bud Park plantings and outreach on a local leaf-blower ban; a resident raised a parking shortage at a corner apartment and the mayor flagged safety concerns about fast electric bikes on sidewalks.
Several community items drew sustained attention during the Sept. 10 Morristown council meeting, from tree-planting plans to neighborhood parking and sidewalk safety.
Kristen Ace, chair of the Morristown Shade Tree Commission, told the council the commission missed a $200,000 Arbor Day pass-through grant but is applying for a $50,000 reforestation grant to fund plantings at sites including Mill Street, Jacob Ford and Jersey Cottage. Ace said reforestation work will begin after an invasive-remediation phase, explained that Mill Street will…
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