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Cemetery water, trees on Council agenda tonight

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Contributed by: Lisa Burks on 8/21/2007

The Glendale City Council will hear and be asked to direct action on a report from City Manager Jim Starbird and staff regarding the Grand View Memorial Park water, tree and maintenance situation during its regular meeting tonight, Tuesday, Aug. 21.

You can read the full report here on the city Web site - here is the summary:

On June 26, 2007, Council approved an appropriation of $187,600 for various costs associated with opening the Grand View Cemetery, of which $69,000 was for tree trimming and removal. Council also directed staff to obtain a second opinion regarding West Coast Arborist's recommendation of the number of trees that required immediate trimming and removal. Based on Council's direction, staff conducted a secondary assessment of the tree condition and on-going maintenance concerns, with recommendations as follows:

- Reduce the number of trees to be trimmed and removed from 356 to 224, at an approximate cost of $154,500. This is approximately $36,000 lower than the original cost estimate by West Coast Arborist.

- Installation of a temporary above ground recycled watering system ($20,000) to address the dehydrating tree situation.

- One-time clean up of entire park ($7,500)

- Deep irrigation of trees ($38,000)

- Turf and vegetation maintenance as a result of watering the grounds ($17,000)

The fiscal impact could be up to $184,800, available from the General Fund's unappropriated funds balance, depending on which items are approved by the council.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the Glendale City Council Chambers, 613 E. Broadway.

For more information call (818) 548-2090.

Can't make it to the meeting in person? The meeting is also viewable via cable television and the Internet:

City council meetings are also carried live on GTV6 government access channel 6 on the Charter Communications cable system in Glendale, and on channel 16 in the neighboring city of Burbank.

GTV6 also streams online at www.ci.glendale.ca.us/stream.asp.

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