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Recap: Administration and Public Works Committee
Here s a recap of our live coverage of this afternoon s Evanston City Council Administration and Public Works Committee meeting.
The meeting is scheduled to start at 4 p.m.
A packet with information on the agenda items is available online.
Meeting called to order at 4:03 p.m.
Alderman Tom Suffredin, 6th Ward, is chairing the meeting. Aldermen Ann Rainey, 8th Ward, and Cicely Fleming, 9th Ward, are also present.
No speakers present for public comment.
Consent agenda
Suffredin asks to have A17 and A21 removed
With those exceptions, consent calendar is approved.
Back to public comment … Mike Vasilko objects to various items.
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City says: Don’t do this
An Evanston Now reader noticed some unusual attachments on a row of Maple trees in the parkway on Orrington Avenue this afternoon.
The scene on Orrington Avenue near Orrington School in northeast Evanston.
An Evanston Now reader noticed some unusual attachments on a row of Maple trees in the parkway on Orrington Avenue this afternoon.
We asked Public Works Director Dave Stoneback about it, and he says it appears somebody decided to tap a row of maple trees in the parkway in hopes of producing maple syrup.
Stoneback says the city’s not OK with residents trying to get the sweet stuff from city-owned trees, and workers will remove the taps and buckets tomorrow.
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