File #: 22-1949    Version: 1 Name: Openlands Tree Donation Resolution
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 2/18/2022 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 3/17/2022 Final action: 3/17/2022
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION TO COOK COUNTY WHEREAS, Openlands, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, Illinois, will donate forty-one (41) mature shade trees that are native to Northeast Illinois to Cook County upon approval of this resolution; and WHEREAS, in the Spring of 2022, Openlands will coordinate delivery of the trees to Maywood courthouse and lead the effort to plant the trees utilizing four Arborist Registered Apprentices, up to four ISA Certified Arborists, up to 25 Openlands trained TreeKeeper volunteer arborists, and up to 15 County employee volunteers: and WHEREAS, after planting, the trees will enter a 6-year Openlands Maintenance Cycle. The trees will be mulched once each year for the first three years, undergo structural pruning during their third winter after planting, and then a second structural pruning during their sixth winter after planting. After their second structural pruning, the trees will become the full responsibility of the County...
Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President)

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION TO COOK COUNTY

 

WHEREAS, Openlands, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, Illinois, will donate forty-one (41) mature shade trees that are native to Northeast Illinois to Cook County upon approval of this resolution; and

 

WHEREAS, in the Spring of 2022, Openlands will coordinate delivery of the trees to Maywood courthouse and lead the effort to plant the trees utilizing four Arborist Registered Apprentices, up to four ISA Certified Arborists, up to 25 Openlands trained TreeKeeper volunteer arborists, and up to 15 County employee volunteers: and

 

WHEREAS, after planting, the trees will enter a 6-year Openlands Maintenance Cycle. The trees will be mulched once each year for the first three years, undergo structural pruning during their third winter after planting, and then a second structural pruning during their sixth winter after planting. After their second structural pruning, the trees will become the full responsibility of the County;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby accept the tree donation from Openlands.

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