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Shade-tree commission reviews planting plans after USDA grant denial, eyes YMCA and park plantings
Summary
The Mount Vernon Shade Tree Commission approved its minutes, noted city funding is pending, and reviewed multiple planting projects — from removing 80 pear trees to YMCA tree-wells — after a $43,000 USDA forestry grant application for 128 industrial-park trees was denied.
Speaker 1 (Unidentified speaker) opened the meeting, presented the November minutes and the body approved them by voice vote ('I move.' 'I second.' 'All in favor? Right. We're good. Minutes are good.').
The commission received a financial update: Speaker 1 said the city had not released funds yet and that official funding confirmation for the year was not specified. Speaker 1 warned that planting activity will depend on weather and ground conditions: 'The ground's frozen underneath the snow, so the ground's gonna fall out a little bit...probably not the month of February.'
On program work, the commission discussed ongoing invasive-species…
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