Sometimes it seems as all city projects move at a glacial pace. I got a good reminder of that last night when I received an email asking about all the trees on Sunset with X's on them. Did that mean they were going to be removed? I had to answer "yes." That got me thinking, we had approved the wide sidewalk plan a year ago, and the accompanying master tree plan nearly 8 months ago. Many people may not be aware or had forgotten details of those plans.
So here is what I replied:
Hey Citizen's Name,
Yes those trees with the "x's" will be removed. In some cases they are
diseased or poor choices for street trees. Some trees that are healthy
are being removed because we are worried that the construction and new
sidewalk location will compromise their roots.
The good news is that we have created a master tree plan for all of
west side Sunset to replace those removed trees. Besides the twelve
trees to be removed there will be an additional 14 trees planted. 16
current trees will remain. This plan was created by
Shive Hattery engineers, a landscape architect, and U-Heights
residents. The replacement trees were chosen to create a better
streetscape and are trees more appropriate for a right of way. The other
consideration was to get a greater variety of trees to prevent
mass loss from any particular pest or disease.
Here is a link to the letter our engineer sent to property owners,
and I posted on the City's website for everyone. We will likely have
weekly updates as the project continues:
Here is the general link to the city's webpage:
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