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DEC 12 2016
SLD CITY CLERK
From: jody vollmer [
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2016 12:33 PM
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Christianson, Carlyn <cchristjanson@slocity.org>; Gomez, Aaron <aeomez@slocity.or>; Pease, Andy
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Subject: Tree Committee Communication
Dear Tree Committee members:
Thank you for your careful consideration of the plan to remove so many
trees from 71 Palomar Ave, and the negative impact this will have on the
neighborhood, ecosystem, and overall beauty of this property.
Please consider how many individual requests you have received over the
years to remove 1 or 2 trees on personal property, and then have denied
them for various reasons.
Even though the health of some of the trees at 71 Palomar is currently in
question—they are NOT a danger nor have they EVER been considered or
requested for removal by the owners before. It is only an issue at this
time because of a developer who wants to remove them, because they are "in
the way" of his planned massive apartment complex.
If any of the trees on this property are in questionable condition, or
were allowed to be cut/pruned improperly so that it affected their health-
-then the property owners are responsible for allowing this to happen. so
why would they now start caring for/nurturing the new trees they plan to
plant so this doesn't happen again?
The current trees are established and thus require less water to maintain
them --whereas the developer's plan to plant new smaller trees that will
presumably require large amounts of water in order to sustain them during
our continued drought.
I still believe that some of these trees could be considered Heritage
Trees, but the owners of 71 Palomar have never seemingly cared about
requesting this designation or preserving the trees on this property.
Please do not allow 55 majestic, mature, and established trees --and the
scenic screen they provide for the residents of this neighborhood --to fall
victim to a developer.
Thank you for your consideration
3ody Vollmer
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