Palatka CRA approved downtown streetscaping to add 65 Dahoon hollies and 40 live oaks

A participant at the Palatka tree committee meeting announced that the Community Redevelopment Agency approved a downtown streetscaping project that will plant 65 Dahoon hollies and 40 live oaks along Oak and Laurel from 2nd Street to 9th Street.

Unidentified Speaker 1 said, “The CRA on Monday night, approved of a streetscaping along Oak And Laurel from 2nd Street to 9th Street to plant 65 Dahoon Hollies and 40 Live Oaks,” adding that actual planting depends on utility-line locations. The transcript did not include funding amounts, a specific contractor, or a start date; speakers said the work would begin "real soon" but provided no firm schedule.

Speakers discussed utility and power-line constraints: they said plantings would avoid lines and that prior interactions with power crews had required pole placement and occasional tree trimming. One speaker said they had conducted a downtown tree inventory in connection with park development and that that mapping would inform where new plantings could go.

No CRA officials spoke at the meeting; the approval was reported by a meeting participant and was not presented as a formal agenda item. The committee asked whether power or light utility rights would affect planting locations and emphasized coordinating with utilities before installation.

Next steps: confirm CRA schedule and funding sources and coordinate with utility providers and downtown tree survey data before planting begins.