that, which creates a very serious safety situation, and even if these trees are not removed, they have to be seriously trimmed but back, because as jennifer has mentioned, when facing dolores park, there are steps leading in and out of dolores park, and it does present a safety hazard. so, basically, what i am saying is i would like you to seriously consider the request to remove these trees and put some trees that are more consistent with what is there unlike the city installed, given the fact that the owner is willing to absorb 100% of the cost of this. i do not think it is an unreasonable request. commissioner fung: do you know what kind of trees were installed by the city? uh, i m not sure. they are like little maple trees. they installed them all of the way up church street. commissioner fung: what size are they? well, they are fairly small now, but i expect 8 feet, maybe 9 feet, 10 feet. these trees and we re talking about today or maybe 30 feet high. they have
an eye what is best for the city and trees provide enormous benefits in the form of slowing storm water events, producing oxygen, see questionsering carbon. there is a benefit that these truce provide a benefit and the ordinance directs us to protect the urban forest when we can. thank you. commissioner fung: one tree that was granted aprolve to be removed? it was the red flouring gum. it did have a trunk wound on it as well as sidewalk damage that was substantial. but i think it was mostly based on the condition of the tree. commissioner fung: is it the ficus that has the most aggressive root system? frequently, they do. they tend to have very aggressive roots. thank you. mr. bartlett. good evening. i m ted bartlett. thank you for reviewing our permit request to remove nine trees. i stand here with my neighbors and co-applicants, mike khoi, 812 steiner, and others. it has been a pleasure to become part of the neighborhood and to get to know my neighbors. we are proud
in terms of the foliage, i am not sure when these photos were taken that were put up, but right now, you cannot see you can barely see the street sign where it says church in hancock, and it is also camouflaging that, which creates a very serious safety situation, and even if these trees are not removed, they have to be seriously trimmed but back, because as jennifer has mentioned, when facing dolores park, there are steps leading in and out of dolores park, and it does present a safety hazard. so, basically, what i am saying is i would like you to seriously consider the request to remove these trees and put some trees that are more consistent with what is there unlike the city installed, given the fact that the owner is willing to absorb 100% of the cost of this. i do not think it is an unreasonable request. commissioner fung: do you know what kind of trees were installed by the city? uh, i m not sure. they are like little maple trees. they installed them all of the wa
l urk behind lurk. vice president goh: when was the last time they were replaced could i do not know. i worked for the previous owner, so i do not have any insight on that. vice president goh: thank you. commissioner hwang: thank you. is there any public comment on this item? please step forward. good afternoon. my name is frank, and i occupied the building directly next to 650 churst street church street, at 658. while these trees are not technically dead, they are really not in keeping with the rest of the trees that have been installed along church street. just 1.5 years ago, the city did install several new trees, which really looks very nice, and this sort of conflicts with the existing trees, particularly of the corner of hancock in church street. it is unreasonable to ask the owners of the property to repair the sidewalks only to still of a problem of the roots buckling the sidewalks again. i think since they are really willing to bear the entire cost of repl
because as jennifer has mentioned, when facing dolores park, there are steps leading in and out of dolores park, and it does present a safety hazard. so, basically, what i am saying is i would like you to seriously consider the request to remove these trees and put some trees that are more consistent with what is there unlike the city installed, given the fact that the owner is willing to absorb 100% of the cost of this. i do not think it is an unreasonable request. commissioner fung: do you know what kind of trees were installed by the city? uh, i m not sure. they are like little maple trees. they installed them all of the way up church street. commissioner fung: what size are they? well, they are fairly small now, but i expect 8 feet, maybe 9 feet, 10 feet. these trees and we re talking about today or maybe 30 feet high. they have become a real problem, and not just from the words with the sidewalks buckling, but also the fact that it is creating a problem in terms of