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Volunteer raises tree-maintenance issues at Desert Horizons; staff pledges follow-up
Summary
Volunteer Steve Sean thanked the city for tree-planting efforts and raised concerns about maintenance at Desert Horizons Park — tightly bound stakes, taped branches, standing water and exposed roots — and offered photos; staff promised to investigate and follow up.
Steve Sean, a volunteer with Get Outdoors Nevada and Tule Springs groups, spoke during the second public forum to praise the city's urban-forestry efforts and to request maintenance attention at Desert Horizons Park. "Some of the branches are actually taped to the trunk," he said, and he described trees still bound tightly to stakes, standing water and exposed roots that may cause future damage.
Chair thanked Sean and Valerie Derrick acknowledged the report, saying the department tends to respond quickly to such issues and that staff would look into the items Sean described. Sean offered to share photos; staff accepted that and said they would investigate irrigation leak indicators and tree stakes as a follow-up action.
