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Ceres council approves grant to plant roughly 1,300 trees; residents press for maintenance plan
Summary
Council voted 4–1 to accept a tree-planting grant that staff said will add about 1,300 trees to the city inventory and assign maintenance to parks operations; public commenters and at least one council member pressed staff to clarify long-term care and pruning schedules.
The Ceres City Council on April 14 approved a grant to purchase and plant about 1,300 trees across the city, with the council recording a 4–1 vote.
Council Member Rosalinda Vieira asked whether arborist and ongoing-care costs were covered by the grant. Parks staff replied that the city’s park supervisor — identified in the discussion as the on-staff arborist — will oversee the project, the trees will be…
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