The city recently suspended its Tree Manual, which provided rules and guidelines to protect trees. Under the manual, when the city wanted to remove a healthy or diseased tree, they posted a 30-day notice on it, giving residents time to review and appeal if they wanted to. The city had to justify why removal was necessary. This is the process they recently went through for the palm trees at 5 Points, which they still voted to cut down, but there was a public discussion about it. Now with the susp

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