APRIL 6, 2018

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This Week in Largo
NEWS THIS WEEK
Mayor Brown's Water Challenge 
Join Mayor Woody Brown this April in conserving water and energy in our community by visiting MyWaterPledge.com and enter to win daily prizes including cash, water saving fixtures or to have your utilities paid for a year.

To see Mayor Woody Brown's Water Challenge video check out Largo'sYouTube channel,   LargoTV. For questions regarding the challenge or ways that you can help reduce your use, visit OurFutureLargo.com, email  sustainability @largo.com  or call (727)586-7424.

Crews will be pruning trees along electric lines located within your municipal boundaries during the 2nd quarter of 2018.  You can view the areas where work will be conducted here. The colored lines on the attached maps show the approximate areas where trimming activity will occur ; black lines indicate areas that will not be trimmed at this time.  The red circle is the location of the substation that the circuit comes out of.  Typically crews start at the substation and work their way out/down the line.  The tree crews will be cleaning up all debris associated with our maintenance activities. As a reminder, debris resulting from storm damage or other events unrelated to our maintenance activities is the responsibility of the homeowners. Part of the pruning activity will occur on lateral lines, some of which will require climbing in rear lot areas.
 
This notification constitutes the notice required by Florida Statute 163.3209. 
 
Trees are a leading cause of power outages. Duke Energy's progressive tree care practices help minimize outages during storms. Duke Energy Florida has been recognized for its tree care practices with the distinctive Tree Line USA designation from The National Arbor Day Foundation for 12 consecutive years. We work to balance the need for reliable electric power with sensitivity for the environment and tree health.  Tree crews use a technique known as directional pruning, which is endorsed by The National Arbor Day Foundation and the International Society of Arboriculture. Qualified employees are supervised by certified arborists.
 
For further details or questions about the work, please feel free to contact me. To learn more about our tree care practices please visit our website at   www.duke-energy.com/trees.

- Nick Esposito  
Sr Vegetation Management Specialist for Duke Energy I 562-7412 I [email protected]
 
UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS
Fire Station 43 Public Grand Opening
Largo Fire Rescue and City Administration are excited to announce the Public Grand Opening of the new Fire Station 43. Self-guided tours, food, face painting for the kids, Marshall the Fire Dog and music will be on hand for the event to be held on April 7th, from 11-2pm at the new station located at 2765 Bayway Avenue, Belleair Bluffs, FL 33770.

- Brenda Clark
Community Outreach Coordinator I 587-6720 I [email protected]