Ruston has had a tree committee for several years. An earlier committee put together a comprehensive ordinance about what types of trees the Town will allow on public rights of ways, and the group headed up the effort to plant new trees along Winnifred Street a couple of years ago.
The committee has not met in the last year or so. But they are back in business after a meeting this week. Committee chair Ginger Kryger give us the latest:
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The committee met on Tuesday night at 7:00. The four members are Sue Hines, Lynette Hopkins and Rob Zeheley (oh yes and myself). We have decided that the Tree Committee will meet 4 times per year with additional meetings as needed (e.g. budget). The next regular meeting will be the fourth Tuesday in January—same time.
We talked about the cherry trees on Winnifred Street with the idea that we need to get a request in for a budget to replace 17 trees that have died. Rob Z. has spoken with the WSU Extension Service re: what killed the cherry trees, how to replant with even greater success, soil testing. We also discussed the south end of Winnifred Street where approximately 63 trees may be planted. Not sure what type of tree. There was a list of trees that had previously been recommended, but we would like to discuss them further so we delayed adopting that list.
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Having that many trees not survive after planting would definitely raise a concern. Where is there room at the end of Winnifred to plant 63 trees?
Bev
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