Council split 6-4 on the controversial plan, which critics argue staffers tried to spare from public input. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX Texas Environment Parks
. Activists also maintain the city and state have ignored suggestions on how to conduct needed park repairs while sparing more trees.
City staff maintain that some of the trees scheduled for removal are diseased and pose a risk to park visitors. They also say the culling is needed to allow repairs on Brackenridge's historic Pump House and Grand Staircase and to stabilize 1920s-era walls now in danger of collapse. Council's 6-4 vote clears the way for the city to issue a $3.5 million contract to Kentucky-based Amstar Inc. for the construction work. The project still needs final approval from the Texas Historical Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
During debate, council's four dissenters — Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Phyllis Viagran, Melissa Cabello Havrda and Teri Castillo asked to push a vote on the contract back to later date, saying more deliberation could spare more trees. That effort proved unsuccessful, however.
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