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Shade Tree group outlines invasive pear removals, homeowner outreach and replacement-planting timeline
Summary
Staff reported contracts to clear invasives in Ariel Foundation Park and plans to remove and replace about 50–60 Bradford Callery pear trees in right-of-way areas near Mount Vernon Avenue; homeowners will receive letters if removals are funded and scheduled, and replacements are planned for the next planting season.
Chair opened the meeting by moving routine agenda items to the next session after noting several members had not received minutes. The meeting’s substantive business centered on tree-removal and restoration plans.
Staff member (speaker 3) said the commission has an active contract to remove invasive understory at Ariel Foundation Park’s Meadows and that crews cleared about "4 or 5 acres of invasives over there." The staff member said the understory was cleared now and that crews will return after the bat-roosting season to plant low-mow native grasses and rework the site to function as a meadow rather than a wooded stand.
On street-tree removals, participants discussed Bradford Callery pear…
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