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Tree Removal Permit - 1999February 9, 2000 CITY or CAMPBELL Community Development Department Diane Noce Pasco de Palomas 295 Union Avenue Campbell, CA 95008 RE: Tree Removal Permit (TRP 99-17) - Paseo de Palomas Dear Ms. Noce: This letter confirms our discussion on February 9, 2000 that the Community Development Director will allow replacement of the three Canary Islands Plans to be removed with a Tree Removal Permit (TRP 99-17) with three 24-inch box crepe myrtle's in an alternative location on the site instead of the planter area where the palms are currently located. This decision is based on the physical limits of the planting area and the high potential for similar problems of overcrowding and damage to the curb and landscape planters if replacement trees were planted in this location. Should you have any questions regarding the above referenced matter, please do not hesitate to contact me at the Community Development Department at (408) 866-2193. Sincerely, Darcy Smith Planner I 70 North First Street · Campbell, California 95008.1423 · TEL 408.866.2140 · F^X 408.866.8381 · TDD 408.866.2790 O/?CHARO' CITY OF CAMPBELL Community Development Department · Current Planning Sent via Fax November 22, 1999 Diane Noce, Property Manager Paseo de Palomas 295 S. Union Avenue Campbell, CA 95008 Subject: TRP 99-17 Paseo de Palomas Dear Diane: Per our conversation this morning, I have prepared thls letter to recap our discussion concerning your request for approval of a tree removal permit for the above referenced project. I spoke with Sharon Fierro, Community Development Director, about the replacement plan for the landscaping areas where the trees are to be removed and about the in-lieu fee requirement for not replacing the trees. 1) Tree Replacement Plan: The City has adopted tree replacement ratios for trees approved for removal. The replacement plans must include the location where you intend to replant required replacement trees and the number, variety and species of trees required under the replacement ratios that will be replanted. Due to the limited planting area, you and I discussed the option of replanting the area with perhaps a combination of low and medium height shrubs to in place of tress. As I mentioned during our site visit we are concerned about screening of the trash enclosure, thus something like a crepe myrtle with ground cover would be appropriate. Another consideration would be to plant similar trees at another location on-site. Please provide a landscaping replacement plan drawn to scale for the two areas where the trees are to be removed showing the type(s) of materials that will be planted, i.e. the crepe myrtle and any ground cover that you plan on planting. In addition, please provide a cost estimate for your proposed replacement plan. 70 North First Street · Campbell, California 95OO8.1423 · TEL 408.866.2140 . FAX 408.866.8381 . TDD 408.866.2790 Diane Noce Page 2 November 22, 1999 2) In-lieu Fee: As we discussed, payment of a fee shall be made to the City for tree planting elsewhere in the community should on-site location of the replacement trees not be possible, subject to the following: a. The in-lieu fee will be based on the fair market value of the number of trees required by code required replacement ratios for the same of equivalent species, delivered and installed, as determined by an Arborist. b. The fees will be used to purchase trees that will be planted within the public right- of-way or on other public property as directed by the Public Works Department. Where feasible, trees will be planted in the vicinity in which the tree was removed. c. Payment of the in-lieu fee shall be made prior to the issuance of the Tree Removal Permit. Basically, here are your options: (a) propose replacement trees elsewhere on site (and avoid an in-lieu fee); (b) propose replacement plan for planter area (including cost estimate), this will not guarantee a fee waiver; or (c) pay an in-lieu fee (based on the fair market value of the three canary island pine trees) and replant the planter area. Please submit the above-referenced information as soon as possible in order to continue processing your request. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at the Community Development Department at (408) 866-2193. .Since~'ely, ( IAN EDDES TREE JARE, INC. P.O. Box 2962 Saratoga, California 95070 · (408) 374-8233 September 2, 1999 Ms. Diane Noce Paseo de Palomas 295 Union Avenue Campbell, CA 95008 RE: Pine Tree Inspection Dear Diane: Following your telephone call to our office and my subsequent visit to Pasco de Palomas, I report the following. I can confirm that your fears that two of the three Canary Island Pines, (Pinus canariensis), which stand on El Pasco, are indeed very poorly structured and are very likely to repeat the limb dropping incident that you experienced last month. Tree #1, (see photos), is a 20 inch DBH, (Diameter at Breast Height), 40 foot height and 18 foot spread specimen, that while in good physiological health is very poorly structured indeed, exhibiting tightly forked, m-dominant stems with deeply embedded bark. This is considered a major structural weakness in a tree and indeed failures due to such architecture are frequent. Tree#2 is a 15 inch DBH tree, reaching 35 feet and having a 15 foot spread that exhibits a similar problem, only of a more serious nature. Both m-dominant stems of this tree are touching each other and as increase in girth occurs more and more, pressure will be placed upon the union, with the result that eventual splitting of a catastrophic nature is inevitable. Both trees are planted in a very restrictive growing area and as such, are, (along with a third tree, 15" DBH by 30 feet tall and a 15 foot spread), situated around the corner of La Paz, be~nning to outgrow their situation and cause damage to the curb and hard surfaces which surround them. ~.tinn.l Arhnrict A<qn~i~tinn Ms. Diane Noee 9/2/99 Page 2 The remainder of the park is very well wooded with a mixture of species and removal of these trees should have minimal impact, especially if they are replaced with a smaller, more suitable species. Removal and replacement of the three Canary Island Pines is my professional recommendation. Respectfully submitted, ~tered Consulting Arb0rist #308 ~'*qqCISA Certified Arborist ~2)593 IG:lg paseopalomas (~IAN GEDDES TREE CARE, INC, PHOTOGRAPH SHEET 1) Tree #1- Shows restricted growing room and overall structure 2) Tree #1 - Point of previous failure, and remaining point of structural weakness. 3) Tree #2 - Again limited growing room 4) Tree #2 - Major structural anomaly and point of weakness 5) Tree #3 - Growing over mobile home with restricted root nm 6) Tree #3 - Beginnings of damage to infrastructure (~IAN GEDDES TREE CARE, INC.