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Draper tree committee weighs Arbor Day planting, $30,000 in tree funds and maintenance needs
Summary
The Draper City Tree Committee discussed using roughly $30,000 (a $10,000 carryover, $10,000 budget for 2025 and a $10,000 private donation) for Arbor Day plantings, with members urging caution about maintenance capacity and proposing the disc-golf/Rotary Park as a primary site.
David Flower, a member of the Draper City Tree Committee, told colleagues the group has $30,000 available to support planting this year — $10,000 carried from 2024 that already secured trees, $10,000 budgeted for 2025 and a $10,000 private donation earmarked for visible park plantings. He opened discussion on how best to spend the funds and whether to pair a symbolic Arbor Day ceremony with a larger community planting event.
Why it matters: Committee members said planting without clear maintenance resources risks losing newly installed trees. ‘‘If we’re gonna plant new trees, it’s a waste of money to plant them,’’ David Flower warned, saying staff…
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