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Council hears plan to spend $30,000 to restore parkways after tree removals
Summary
City forester Phil Graf requested a $30,000 appropriation from the tree-violation fund to restore parkways where 350 trees were removed under a USFS grant; council carried the ordinance to the next meeting after public comment.
Phil Graf, consulting city forester, told council that 350 trees had been removed in the prior 12 months under a U.S. Forest Service grant and that roughly 260 of those sites are formal parkways adjacent to residents' homes. He asked for an additional $30,000 from the tree-violation fund (which the controller reported at $261,000) to buy seed and contract labor to restore those parkways to lawns.
Tom Donahue and others asked for careful review of ordinance timing and for the council to avoid suspending rules that limit public review of ordinance language. Council members praised the forester's work and thanked staff for developing a fund to support replanting when external grants are unavailable. The ordinance was carried to the next meeting for additional review.
