Care and management of street trees

Unique IDAY-0116DescriptionThis activity covers all aspects of the care and management of street trees. It does not cover trees or other horticultural activity in parks (ACT 84) or temporary decorative plantings on streets (ACT 117).

On 13 June 1889 the City Solicitor advised the Finance Committee “that the Council can deal with all public ways for their improvement as may be agreed upon and that the planting of trees comes within the provisions of the Act”. [CRS 11/11]. This followed on from a request for ornamental trees to be planted in the roadway following the subdivision of the Challis Estate.

On 25 July 1889 the Finance Committee approved the planting of ornamental trees "at a cost not to exceed fifty pounds" at the thoroughfare opposite St Phillip's School in Grosvenor Square. This was despite the objections of the City Surveyor R W Richards that "Sydney streets have not been laid out with provision for tree planting and notwithstanding that this is an exceptionally wide street, by planting trees the Council will be committed to a principle that will be costly to maintain and if exercised in other portions of the City (probably portions ill adapted) will occasion danger and inconvenience to the Citizens". [CRS 22/38/Report 14].

On 7 January 1903 the Health and Recreation Committee recorded that "two trees had been planted in Moore Street and that it is intended to replace them by more suitable trees next season." (CRS 13/1)

On 22 April 1909, the Finance Committee considered a request from the Health Committee for £2000 for tree planting in public thoroughfares. Funds were not available at the time. [CRS 11/18]CreationSubject to research

Series

Environment Committee Agenda Papers

City Engineer's Miscellaneous Cards

City Engineer's Photographs II

Paddington Correspondence and Subject Files

Central Activity Files, 1979-1987

Town Clerk's Department Correspondence Files, 1914-1978 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]

Town Clerk's Correspondence Folders, 1899-1913

Letters Received, 1843-1899 [Municipal Council of Sydney]

Reports of the Finance Committee I [Municipal Council of Sydney]

Minutes of the City Planning and Improvements Committee, 1936-1973

Minutes of the Electric Lighting Committee, 1901-1942

Minutes of the Health and Recreations Committee, 1902-1973

Minutes of the Works Committee I [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney], 1899-1973

Minutes of the Finance Committee I [Municipal Council of Sydney], 1846-1973

Minutes of Council, 1842 - ongoing [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]

Description

Start date13th June 1889Start date qualifierbyEnd date13th June 1889Relationship legacy dataRELATED TO: Streets engineering FN-0016 (13/6/1889)
RELATED TO: Parks and public spaces management FN-0014 (13/6/1889)

Identification

Source system ID116

Relationships

FunctionParks and public spaces managementStreets engineering

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Care and management of street trees