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Which i gather are more common in that neighborhood . Olive tree would do more sidewalk damage, plum trees less damage so ranking them in order of least concern would be the palms, and then the plums and then the olives are. One challenge is that we might have one owner who loves the palm trees so we try to be consistent at the department al level, but i understand the Property Owners concerns. Are they accurate about the cost of the maintenance . Well, the citation they made is accurate. There is information on the public works website. Were in the process of relinquishing maintenance to Property Owners to try to give the public a sense of what it costs to maintain an average street tree. I believe weve put in 500 every year or two so if you multiply that by four trees that would be 2,000. However, realistically i would currently estimate it would be a few hundred dollars to have someone snip off the lower prawns. What would be the big deal about removing them . The departments policy
Either evergreen or something thats more what you think of when you think of a street tree so they stated that on their application. In terms of replacement size our bear minimum that we require if someone voluntarily wants to plant a tree is a 15 gallon tree, the next size up, which is a very basic modest increase would be a 24 inch box size tree. Certainly at a minimum i would say approval with a single 24 inch box tree at a bear minimum would be recommended. The next step up is a 36 inch box size tree. Requires a little bit of a small crane or knuckle boom, actually to plant that. Its a heavy amount of soil in a container. That said, if the palms are going to be relocated there could be equipment thats there to take out existing palms, maybe a different contractor is planning the replacement. One possibility would be replanting with a 36 inch box tree just to bump up. Give an idea from a very basic to a 36, how long of a timeframe of general maintenance would that be . A couple year
Basic to a 36, how long of a timeframe of general maintenance would that be . A couple years growth so not a very significant difference between a 24 and 36 inch box treez. On a recent project here in the city one of your inspectors indicated that was the standard now. 26 inch is now the standard for all planning code for new driveways so 24 inch box is a minimum. Im prepared to propose a 24 inch box replacement. You okay with that . To be determined by the department . I like that. Gl so we have a motion then. Result are you ready for that . Great. Giving the dpw the ultimate say on the species, correct . Yes. As mr. Buck would argue or mark merced would argue, it withstood three different storms over the past seven days, didnt fall, not one branch fell. I would like to hear mr. Buck tonight provide some evidence that there was Property Damage or human injury from this tree. He can want provide any reports pause there are none. The tree is healthy, he claims that theres decay in the t