Tonight will be my second Urban Forestry Commission Meeting. The big items on our agenda are the tree inventory, website and Arbor Day.
I am very concerned about the tree inventory. According to the previous minutes, this item has been the commission's #1 benchmark since 2008. Yet it is not even completed yet. Why? Well we have some information from our chairman regarding contractor issues and money. But in the end it still doesn't make sense why it isn't done. I am hoping to get some information on that tonight.
A solid tree inventory would allow our city to more properly budget their money for tree replacement, pruning, watering, etc. We would know exactly what trees we have and why. In the end this could be a great budgetary tool. Yet deadlines have passed and been moved nearly every year for over 3 years.
More to come.
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