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Honorable Mayor Grace Winchell
Ralph Bauer, City Council Member 0-6
September 13, 1993
FORMATION OF A TREE FOUNDATION
Over the many years I have traveled I have found that cities with beautiful trees have always left
me with fond memories and made a dramatic impact on me.
I should like to improve the tree program in Huntington Beach. To this end, I think we should
take an idea used in other cities by funding an organization which, 1) raises money to plant trees
and, 2) becomes advisory to the city on what trees to plant, where to plant them, and when to
plant them. I recognize that maintenance costs may go up, on the other hand there may be some
efficiencies which could also save money
It occurs to me that we have a number of areas in the city which could receive an "ugliness of the
year award," but whose appearance could be improved by planting trees. These areas include
PCH in front of the Edison Plant, the inland side of PCH north of Golden West, and many parts of
Beach Blvd. I'll bring this up at a Council meeting and circulate this request to various individual
citizens for their response
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