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Adoption of the agenda
28:16Shelly Vancepublic commentShelly Vance Cambridge station I want to start by saying thank you to the city staff, to the council members, and to the mayor for allowing citizens to have an opt-out option for the trash carts. A bit of good news. Now, let me go on. I spent last Thursday evening at the Sherwood Center listening to city staff promote the city's urban forest master plan. One of the goals of the plan is to strengthen tree and woodland conservation, including to conserve and expand the tree canopy citywide. Why should I, why should the citizens, why should the voters believe you pay anything more than lip service to this plan when you are willing to remove some 600 city trees to install a trail that has alternatives?
Your actions speak louder than words. urban forest master plan and you want citizens to believe you mean it. Do not sacrifice the trees to this trail. Find another footprint.