ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Legislation proposed by Mayor Malik Evans to pay a vendor to design a new system that would keep debris out of the Genesee River moved forward Tuesday evening, when it was approved by City Council. The proposal focuses specifically on trees, but the city says cleanup may include other debris as well.
News10NBC’s Erin Mahon was at City Hall, where the proposal was introduced before City Council on Tuesday night. The proposal is called the Genesee River Debris Mitigation Assessment. Evans was asking for $600,000 to pay for a professional assessment of the debris that gets trapped in the river and a preliminary design of a system that could prevent trees from piling up in the future.
Every year, trees get trapped in the Genesee River where it runs through downtown. The city says most of these trees originate outside the city, but once they flow here, they get stuck…