Quincy City chair announces street-tree inventory, urges departments to mark preservation month

Joan Landau, chair of the Quincy City Commission, opened the meeting and said the city will conduct a street-tree inventory to identify problems and prioritize repairs. "The purpose of doing the street tree inventory is...," Landau said, adding that the work will help fix issues found during the review.

Landau asked city departments to join preservation-month activities the commission scheduled for May and another observance in June and urged offices to support outreach and celebration of preservation efforts. She named outreach and public participation as part of the inventory effort, saying the process will involve community input.

The transcript includes a numerical phrase Landau spoke during the presentation — transcribed as "we have 83 percent" — but the context in the recording is unclear and the commission did not provide a written statistic for confirmation during the meeting. The commission did not take a formal vote on the inventory at this session; Landau said the inventory work will be part of upcoming operational planning and outreach.