Agenda Item: 10C
Prepared By: Jim Kornas
Business: Staff Reports
Department: Executive Office
Subject:
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Mackle Park Tree Donation Implementation Update (City Community Affairs Department)
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BACKGROUND: At the Committee’s January 8, 2025 meeting, Committee Chair Shelli Connelly briefly outlined the timeline of events between the commitment of the donors to fund up to 100 tree plantings around the retention basin/lake at Mackle Park in support of the Committee’s “Ten Thousand Trees in Ten Years” pilot initiative. She expressed concern with the time that had elapsed between the receipt of the private donation and the apparent lack of action by the City to complete the work.
Public Works Director Justin Martin advised the Committee that no new report on the status of the planting of trees around the water body at Mackle Park had been provided by the City's Growth Management/Community Affairs Department as of the date of the January Committee meeting. He committed to asking the City’s Community Affairs Department to provide an update to the Committee on or before its next meeting.
FUNDING SOURCE / FISCAL IMPACT: Already funded by a private donation.
RECOMMENDATION: Receive the Department’s report; determine the Committee’s next steps.
POTENTIAL MOTION: None expected.