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From: Mary Ellen Gibson <
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2017 8:10 PM
To: Allan Cooper
Cc: Advisory Bodies; Combs, Ron; McGuire, Michael
Subject: Re: Proposed Tree Removals @ 1130 Morro Street and 990 Palm Street
Please save the ficus at 1130 Morro St. - I can't believe they want to have a tree removed for such a First World Problem
- One of their new guest rooms looks at a tree. We are a Tree City. The tree was there first. It is a priceless part of our
City.
On Sep 24, 2017, at 4:S9 PM, Allan Cooper <allancoope@gmail.com> wrote:
To: San Luis Obispo Tree Committee, Ron Combs and Mike McGuire
Re: Tree Removals @ 1130 Morro Street and 990 Palm Street
From:Allan Cooper, Secretary Save Our Downtown
Date: September 24, 2017
Honorable Chair Loosley and Committee Members -
As you may know, Save Our Downtown has repeatedly expressed concern
that the apparent systematic removal of mature street trees in our Downtown
will not only degrade the environment but will eventually detract from San Luis
Obispo's tourist appeal.
The argument for removing the healthy ficus tree located at 1130 Morro Street
is that it blocks natural light to an upstairs guest room. It has been our
observation that this boutique hotel faces south and mitigating heat gain in the
summer time should be reason enough for saving this tree. The recently
installed mission style sidewalks along this side of Morro Street feature tree
wells surrounded with bricks which can easily be removed in the future to
accommodate the roots of this tree. Moreover, the sidewalk, being newly
installed, does not appear to be hazardous to pedestrians.
The two cork oaks at 990 Palm Street are clearly not "unhealthy or dying" as
described in the City report. It should be incumbent on the City to design
these future flatwork "improvements" around these trees so that there will be
no impairment to the roots. What sort of example is the City trying to set for
the private sector by refusing to work around these existing trees? Thank you!