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

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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.

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So he actually choked the tree.

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Tree died.

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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.

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Well, guess what?

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He didn't.

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