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From:Allan Cooper <
Sent:Sunday, July 23, 2017 4:11 PM
To:Combs, Ron; Advisory Bodies
Subject:Proposed Tree Removals
Attachments:107_23_17...treecommittee.pdf
Dear Ron -
Would you kindly forward the letter attached below to the
Tree Committee in advance of their July 24, 2017
meeting? Thanks!
To: SLO Tree Committee
Re: Tree Removals
From: Allan Cooper, Secretary Save Our Downtown
Date: July, 23, 2017
Dear Chair Loosly and Committee Members -
I am urging you to reconsider removing two street trees located within our Downtown Core.
Both trees at 774 Marsh Street and 1137 Garden Street appear to be healthy and, contrary to
the City’s report, there is no root displacement evident by inspecting the sidewalks. Unlike the
ficus trees, carrotwood trees are slow growing and are not known for their root disruption.
Specifically, regarding the tree at 1137 Garden Street, developer Hamish Marshall made
repeated assurances to the City that no trees would be removed as a result of the Garden
Street Terraces project. Moreover, it is not clear that the tree’s stability would be compromised
by maintaining the tree well in its present location (see below) when the replacement sidewalk
is lowered.
With regards to the tree in front of the Snyder Building (774 Marsh St.), the existing storm drain
is located approximately 4 feet west of the carrotwood so it is hard for me to understand how it
could be located “directly over an existing storm drain pipe”. Thank you!