Director of operations reached out regarding the policies and responsibilities of street and park trees. Utility easements remain outside of our scope, as explained by Dave.

Mr. Pinchuk, The City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation department has responsibility for street trees and trees in city parks, not on utility easements. Typically, Duke Energy holds a utility easement where their overhead powerlines run through neighborhoods, in this case your backyard. Any encroachments into their utility easement such as structures, sheds, fences, trees, tree branches, etc. are not Duke's responsibility to maintain, replace, or in your case, to clean up. If you can confirm that your fence and tree were not encroaching into their powerline easement by checking your property survey or legal description you may have a case to make with Duke Energy. Respectfully, Dave Williams Operations Director City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation

Dave: Can you have Lee Huss look at this?