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Issues with tree planting practices and need for public education on tree care
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Council Member Holden raises concerns about tree planting practices and emphasizes the need for better public education on proper tree care to ensure tree health and prevent sidewalk damage.
- Holden criticizes past practices of using cobblestones or bricks around newly planted trees
- He stresses the importance of providing adequate soil and air for tree roots
- The council member advocates for educating residents on proper tree watering techniques to prevent sidewalk damage and promote tree health
Robert F. Holden
1:29:28
Well, what I don't and I'll and I'll just turn it back to the chair in a second.
1:29:31
But what I don't understand, because I've complained for a long time, how parks used to plant trees with putting cobblestones or bricks, bricking it in.
1:29:43
And they did that to my tree twice in front of my house, and both times it died.
1:29:47
And I said, why do you put these pavers down?
1:29:52
Why don't you give it enough air?
1:29:53
Why don't you give it enough soil?
1:29:55
Why don't you open up the tree pit a little bit more?
1:29:59
And and then finally, they did it, but they're still doing they're still not giving enough.
1:30:06
I know they expanded the the tree pits, but this maintenance and and I appreciate the program, but just telling people how to water a tree.
1:30:17
Just you know, I tell them you water your garden, and then you wonder why.
1:30:21
You don't water the tree.
1:30:22
So you wonder why the the the sidewalks are getting picked up because you're watering your garden.
1:30:27
That's where the the the roots are going, I guess.
1:30:30
They're going for the water source.
1:30:31
Now and then you don't if you don't water the tree, it's gonna probably pick up your sidewalk because you're only watering your garden.
1:30:37
And that that's happening over and over again.
1:30:39
So we need education.
1:30:40
If you want you're gonna request a tree, you gotta sign on to an agreement.
1:30:46
Whether how you can, you know, how you could, you know, enforce that, I understand.
1:30:51
But I just don't the central my biggest complaint is about when you centralized this tree maintenance and tree planting and I get less trees, I get less, you know, maintenance, and I get less answers to my complaint.
1:31:06
Thank you, chairs.