Tree Commission – Oct 19, 2026
- Where
- Zoom
- Scheduled until
- 9:00 PM
From the posted agenda, as read by AI. The agenda is the official notice; check it before you go.
How to take part
- Attend in person at Zoom.
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What's on the agenda
The agenda covers the Greening the Gateway Cities Program and the Centerboard Project at the Holyoke Ins. Building. It also covers tree permit visibility on the city website, trees and solar panels, and a tree replacement at 329 Essex St.
Agenda items
- Report from the Tree Warden, Kieran Kavanaugh
- Greening the Gateway Cities Program, with David Bresnahan, DCR Forester
- Centerboard Project / Holyoke Ins. Building, with Bonnie Henry
- Tree permit visibility on city website, including tree removals at 12 Franklin St.
- Trees and sustainability, focusing on solar panels
- Tree replacement at 329 Essex St., where an elm replaced a hophornbeam under overhead wires
- Future tree plantings on Salem Common
- New business
- Questions from the audience
- Next meeting dates: November 16, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. and December 21, 2026 via Zoom
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Agenda posted on the city website (PDF, 242 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved .
Terms used here
- ADA
- Americans with Disabilities Act, the federal law on access for people with disabilities.
- M.G.L.
- Massachusetts General Laws, the state's laws.
- Open Meeting Law
- The state law (M.G.L. Chapter 30A, Sections 18 to 25) that requires public boards to meet in public, post notice of their meetings in advance, and keep minutes.
Source
This meeting is listed in more than one place: the same board on the same day, and only one listing gives a time. The listings are shown here as one meeting.
- Tree Commission Meeting (opens in new tab), on the city calendar
- Tree Commission Agenda - 10/19/26 (opens in new tab), on the city's Agenda Center
First recorded by Salem Publick on .