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The board supported a proposal asking residents to avoid gas-powered leaf blowers from June through September, while the Council investigates a possible ordinance. Madison has planted 30 trees this spring.
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The proposed quiet-summer initiative would reduce or pause gas-powered blower use during the summer, but no ordinance was adopted at this meeting. The board also directed staff to protect newly planted trees with watering bags and deer guards. Seven of the Rotary-planted trees were reported dead and seven missing.
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