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Commission reviews Preservation Month activities, considers $500 heritage-tree giveaway
Summary
Staff reported on Preservation Month events including a community art display and scavenger hunt (combined expenses reported), and proposed a heritage-tree giveaway program estimated at $500 that the commission agreed to place on a future agenda for possible funding from the special-events fund.
The commission reviewed Preservation Month events and a proposed heritage-tree program that staff asked the commission to place on the next agenda for approval of a modest funding request.
Art summarized events: a 10-by-17-foot chalk piece of Murray the Mule, a community art space, a scavenger hunt and a car show. He reported total expenses for the community-art event were $2,804.75 (including $2,500 for the mule and roughly $304 for awards) and said the scavenger-hunt expenses were $412.70. Participation figures included about 12 artists for the main event, roughly 40–50 attendees who viewed the mule piece, and about 21 participants across eight scavenger-hunt teams.
Art proposed launching a heritage-tree program at Founders' Day that would register notable local trees and include a tree giveaway for residents. He estimated the giveaway would cost about $500 and asked the commission if staff should present a formal request to take funds from the special-events fund. Commissioners responded that they thought it was a good idea and asked staff to place the item on the next meeting agenda for formal consideration.
Commissioners also discussed car-show logistics: 55 registrants were reported (two later withdrew, leaving 53 expected), street-closure plans, award categories (including a mayor's choice), and staffing needs for HLC volunteers.
The commission did not approve the heritage-tree expenditure at this meeting; staff will return with a formal agenda item and funding request.
