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CITY OF CENTERVILLE <br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />Agenda Item # Department: Requested Council Meeting Date: <br />January 26, 2022 <br />Parks and Recreation/Public Works <br />VIII.3 <br />TITLE OF ISSUE: <br />Eagle Park Tree Clearing <br />BACKGROUND AND SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: <br />At the last Council Meeting, a recommendation from the Parks & Recreation Committee to clear some trees in <br />Eagle Park was presented. Councilmembers had questions regarding why this work was rising to the top of the <br />priority list and why stumps were not being removed as well. The work is part of the P&R Committee's larger, <br />system-wide examination of trees in our parks. They decided to approach this effort on a park by park basis. <br />Eagle Park was simply the first to be evaluated. An arborist concluded that no action would result in most of the <br />trees in the park dieing off within the next 20 years due to overcrowding. Their suggestion was to "thin" the <br />trees; removing approximately 1/3 of them. Our public works staff identified the trees to be removed, solicited <br />quotes and presented them to the Committee, who unanimously recommended approval of the quote. Because <br />most clearing would be in wooded areas (not in high traffic areas), stump removal was not deemed necessary. <br />COST AND SOURCE(S) OF FUNDING: <br />$6,950 - Parks Maintenance (General Fund); Add $4,650 for grinding stumps. <br />REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION: <br />Motion to accept the recommendation from the Parks and Recreation Committee to approve of the quote from <br />Langer's Tree Service for removal of 83 trees from Eagle Park \[including/not including\] stump removal. <br />For ClerkÓs Use: <br />SUPPORTED DOCUMENTS ATTACHED <br />Motion By: ____________________________________ <br /> Resolution Ordinance Contract Minutes Plan Map <br />Second By: ____________________________________ <br />Vote Record: Aye Nay <br /> _____ <br />_____ <br />Quotes <br />Other (specify) ____________ <br /> _____ _____ <br />_____ <br /> _____ <br />_______________________________________________________________ <br /> _____ _____Ki <br /> _____ ____________________________________________________________________ <br />Administration Department Use: <br />Refer to: _________________________________ <br />Consent <br /> Tabled Until: ______________________________ <br /> Regular <br /> Other: ___________________________________ <br /> <br />