1/30/2014 08:48:03 Closed by Anonymous
The area in question is a unimproved roadway sixty feet wide extending from S Woodlawn to S Tarizan Ln. In essence, a narrow liner forest what has been left to grow. On the north side of this area, homes are right up to these trees. Urban Forestry has fallen several hazardous trees in this area over the years. Several dead trees on the south side have just showed up due to the recent years of drought. If I think any of these trees have a high probability of impacting homes, we would consider dropping the trees. I disagree, pedestrian traffic on Weatherstone (residential) is low compared to other areas. A hazardous conditions is a tree with high defect (dead) and a high value target (home, car, high foot traffic). A dead street tree right next to the road and a home on a thoroughfare rates a higher priority. Urban Forestry authorized a record number of hazardous trees last year. Currently there are 15 hazard trees from last year that have yet to be removed. February is the month I perform hazard inspections and determine the top fifty hazardous trees to remove during spring and early summer. I will revisit the Weatherstone site and determine what hazard remediation we can perform.