DISCUSSION TOPICS

1.  Agenda

   The hearing will be held at 10 a.m. on a request for the removal of one pin oak tree measuring 20 inches dbh (diameter at breast height) due to a park redevelopment project being undertaken by the Boston Public Works Department at Frederick Douglass Memorial Plaza located between Tremont, Cabot, and Hammond Streets in Roxbury.

   The hearing will be held by the City of Boston’s Tree Warden (or designee). Please note that due to the current pandemic the hearing will be a virtual meeting via ZOOM. Written comments or questions may be submitted to parks@boston.gov prior to the hearing. The information for the ZOOM hearing is as follows:

   JOIN THE ZOOM MEETING

   • Participate by phone: 1-646-558-8656
   • Webinar ID: 867 8805 6071

   Public testimony will be taken or may be provided prior to the hearing in writing to the Tree Warden, Boston Parks and Recreation Department, 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd floor, Roxbury, MA 02118 or by emailing parks@boston.gov with “Roxbury Tree Hearing” in the subject line.

   A final decision regarding the request will be made within two weeks of the hearing. For further information, please contact the Tree Warden at 617-635-7275.

This is a writing workshop series that explores various themes associated with COVID-19, quarantine, health, and joy through reading, writing, and discussion. Each workshop will be held at the Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library and facilitated by City of Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola.

This workshop will be held on Monday, May 2, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. The title of the workshop is "Obsession, Ritual, Tradition", and it will focus on questioning personal and collective traditions during and on the other side of the pandemic.

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