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Councilwoman makes
last stand for trees
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for the ordinance during the council’s
work session. The item was moved off
the Nov. 12 agenda, and City Council
on Nov. 19 asked if it could be taken up
at a future meeting.
McEnerny insisted the discussion go
on as planned.
“Respectfully, I was on the agenda
last time first,” McEnerny said. “The
mayor has asked me to be brief.”
McEnerny has outlined six things
that she thinks
should be changed
about the current
tree ordinance. They
are:
Prevent
clear cutting, the
practice of cutting
all trees on a lot up
to adjacent property
lines;
Increase
tree canopy cover
age;
Allow for
administrative ap
peals of permits
that allow cutting of
“landmark trees”;
Desig
nate all hardwood
trees greater than 37
inches in diameter
and pine trees great
er than 40 inches;
Create a
public-private tree
planting program;
Require
developers to post a
notice when they’ve applied for a build
ing permit so neighbors can review the
plans filed at City Hall.
McEnerny said the city’s commu
nity development staff is considering
her suggestions. Staff members sent
a memo to council members ahead
of the Nov. 12 meeting suggesting
amending the city’s code to require
an annual plan for spending tree bank
fund money; conducting regular can
opy studies; and increasing the min
imum replanting size of trees from 2
inches in diameter to 2 Vi inches. Staff
members also suggested reviewing the
ordinance to clean up any language
that’s confusing or unclear.
Mayor Eva Galambos thanked
McEnerny for giving a “concise” report
at the Nov. 19 meeting.
McEnerny said, “I hope you will al
low all of these to go back to staff, so
a future council can hammer through.”
Mayor-elect Rusty Paul said he hasn’t
been given all the details about the pro
posed changes, but he said he’s willing
to consider them.
Paul’s term as may
or begins in January.
“There’s been an
awful lot of work
put into the tree
ordinance,” Paul
said. “Just because
a council member’s
term ends, you don’t
scrap it. I’m sure it’s
something that we’ll
continue to work
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on.
McEnerny at
tended a going-
away party in her
honor on Nov. 24.
One of the hosts
was Nina Cram
er, founder of Trees
Sandy Springs and a
friend of McEnerny.
Her friends and
well wishers said
McEnerny’s work
on the city’s tree or
dinance was among
the high points of
her career.
When McEnerny delivered her fare
well remarks, she said she would contin
ue to work with voters to hold elected
officials accountable.
“That means handling themselves in
a courteous and kind manner to reflect
our highest ideals of character values and
integrity ... protecting our quality of life
in meaningful ways, including preserva
tion of our tree canopy,” McEnerny said.
When people in the room began
cheering, she briefly deviated from her
speech and smiled at her supporters.
“You knew that one.”
“There’s been an awful lot
of work put into the tree
ordinance. Just because
a council member’s term
ends, you don’t scrap it.
I’m sure it’s something that
we’ll continue to work on.”
- RUSTY PAUL
MAYOR-ELECT
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