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From: Kit Gould-Himelblau <
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 2:00 PM
To: Advisory Bodies; Combs, Ron; Davidson, Doug; Cohen, Rachel
Cc: Harmon, Heidi; Rivoire, Dan; Christianson, Carlyn; Gomez, Aaron; Pease, Andy
Subject: Regarding trees at 71 Palomar
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CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
JAN 2 3 2017
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Please forward this email onto the Tree Committee Members and the Architectural Review Commission Members.
Dear Ron Combs, Doug Davidson, Rachel Cohen, Tree Committee Members, and Architectural Review Commission
Members,
I am writing to you ask for clarification and justification of a situation I don't understand. This is in regards to the
review process for the removal of 50+ trees at 71 Palomar. In the draft of minutes for the December 12th Tree
Committee it states that Rachel Cohen said the ARC will have the final decision on what will happen to the trees.
find it strange that an Architectural Review Commission would be the agency to grant or deny tree removal. I had
thought that was one of the main functions of the Tree Committee. Why has this power been taken away from the
Tree Committee?
Also, I noticed that in the December 12th Tree Committee minutes that TC members stated that there "inaccuracies
and inconsistencies in the consultant arborist report," and that the ARC should disregard the report. Looking at the
agenda items for the ARC it looks like Rincon has made some adjustments to their initial report. Has the Tree
Committee been given an opportunity to review the adjusted report before the ARC uses the Rincon report to come to
a decision about the trees?
I appreciate the work our committee and commission members do and I believe that they care about qualities of the
city that most citizens want protected.
Thank you for your time and service,
Kit Gould
330 Ramona Dr.