![]() Reeves was not at the meeting Thursday but previously told the News Journal the plan was a chance for the city to eliminate a two-year backlog of tree maintenance.Ĭouncilman Charles Bare said he asked Reeves several times to wait to bring the proposal until the city had completed its tree inventory, which is due to be completed next month. "If you haven't tapped into the tree fund for maintenance and removal of dead trees in the city in the past, please do not make this your precedent." "The main question for you tonight is: are you willing to go along with this when the maintenance of your right of way tree should come from your general fund like it always has in the past," Hostetter said. Tree removal plan Pensacola looks to remove 30 dead trees with $90K from Tree Planting Trust Fundįunding plan approved Mayor Reeves gets first big win of tenure as council passes his $3.25M spending plan Margaret Hostetter, a long-time tree advocate, said she believed there are several trees on the list that are not dead, and it was a bad precedent to set to pay for tree maintenance with the fund. Myers said the plan was the latest in broken promises made about the tree planning trust fund, and the city still has not replanted trees from development surrounding Carpenter Creek more than a decade ago. "There is no way this is just," former Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers said. It was the first time the tree fund was being used to remove trees, and the plan drew outrage from community members who have sought to protect trees. The list of trees was put together by the city Parks and Recreation Department but reviewed by the city arborist before the request came to City Council on Thursday. The plan, which was passed in a 4-3 vote, calls for spending up to $90,000 to remove up to 30 trees in city rights-of-way and use another $10,000 to replace the trees that are removed. ![]() ![]() A plan to remove up to 30 dead or dangerous trees with the Tree Planting Trust Fund narrowly won approval from the Pensacola City Council on Thursday.
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