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Board formalizes tree-board collaboration, highlights certified arborist and Arbor Day plantings
Summary
The parks board announced that staff arborist Travis Cable is now certified and authorized staff to work with the tree board on buffer and trail planting projects, including a $13,500 Evans Run buffer project timed for Arbor Day.
City staff reported that Parks' arborist Travis Cable completed certification, and the board agreed to keep tree-board business as a standing agenda item. The chair noted the tree board's membership in the American Chestnut Society and said the city had a $13,500 capital allocation for the Evans Run Park buffer project.
Commissioners discussed planting locations, concerns about planting trees where subsequent construction might remove them, and coordination with maintenance. The board moved to authorize staff to work with the tree board on designs and procurement so plantings can be pursued as grants and seasonal opportunities arise. "Travis Cable went through the certification to become a certified arborist," staff announced during the update.
