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Example of poor tree maintenance: vinyl covering killing a newly planted tree

1:20:53

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Council Member Holden shares a specific example of poor tree maintenance, detailing an incident where a newly planted tree died due to a vinyl covering placed by a homeowner.

  • A homeowner placed vinyl covering around a newly planted tree, choking it
  • Holden reported the issue to the centralized Parks Department
  • Despite follow-ups, the issue remained unresolved for nearly a year
Robert F. Holden
1:20:53
I actually consider them mine because I actually helped get them planted and went around to all the locations.
1:21:01
However, since you centralized, here's what happens, and I wanna tell you real cases.
1:21:07
A new tree was planted around the corner from where I live, so I generally walked past it.
1:21:12
I noticed some guy, the the homeowner probably, put a vinyl covering down because he didn't want weeds coming up.
1:21:19
So he actually choked the tree.
1:21:22
Tree died.
1:21:23
I brought this up to Parks.
1:21:25
I mean, I had to go through Central.
1:21:26
I I used to go to Phil Sparaccio, and I can't do that anymore.
1:21:31
So I have to go to Central.
1:21:34
Central called up apparently called up the homeowner.
1:21:36
You gotta remove that vinyl sheet.
1:21:38
Well, the tree was dead.
1:21:41
The tree was gone.
1:21:43
You gotta remove the vinyl sheet.
1:21:45
Oh, and I called so I called Central, and they said, oh, he promised to remove it.
1:21:50
Well, guess what?
1:21:50
He didn't.
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