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WHEREAS, the Village of East Aurora has been designated as a Tree City based the expansive tree canopy throughout the Village and its overall beauty throughout the community, and WHEREAS, urban forests have long been recognized as important aspects of any densely populated municipality, and WHEREAS, trees enhance the property values on the properties upon which they are located and provide habitats for birds and animals in a community, and WHEREAS, excessive trimming has occurred not for regular maintenance by an existing utility, but rather for capital investments by a third party that wishes to enter the Village for profit purposes, and WHEREAS, questions exist with respect to the rights of the respective parties to engage in such work in the Village, and WHEREAS, the preservation of historic districts within the Village such as Roycroft, Fillmore Avenue, and East Main Street, as examples, is critical to the life and fabric of the Village, and WEHREAS, there is an economic value to the Village which has been used on multiple occasions for purposes of movie and other theatrical productions which may be harmed by virtue of the unwarranted destruction of the tree canopy in the Village, and WHEREAS, the safety of the residents and property within the Village of East Aurora is of paramount importance, and WHEREAS, there exists provisions in the Village Code addressing Historic Preservation which must be aligned with this most recent action, NOW, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that the Village of East Aurora, acting in the best health and safety interests of the residents and property owners of the Village hereby suspends the further trimming of trees by any entity within the Village limits, except for emergency purposes and then only upon prior notice to the Village, and declares extending the moratorium for an additional one hundred eighty (180) days on the trimming of any trees within the right of way owned by the Village in the Village of East Aurora pending further recommendations from the Code Enforcement Office, the Village Administrator, the Village Attorney, after continued meetings with the relevant utility corporation, and the development of a local law pertaining to same, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Village shall re-examine the continuation of the moratorium at the completion of this extension period in order to fully and adequately protect the residents of the Village.