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EASTVALE: Plan to save iconic tree axed
A plan to save what may be Eastvale's oldest tree failed this week when council members deadlocked 2-2. Mayor Ike Bootsma didn't take part in the discussion because the tree is on his front lawn.
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A proposal to save a picturesque tree on Eastvale Mayor Ike Bootsmas front lawn died this week amid traffic safety concerns.
A community effort to save the tree which some people believe is the oldest and tallest tree in the young city was organized by Bootsmas wife, Squeaker.
Because of his personal involvement, Bootsma didnt take part in the City Councils discussion or vote, leaving Councilmen Adam Rush, Bill Link, Joe Tessari and Clint Lorimore to decide whether to save the tree when its time to widen Schleisman Road from four to six lanes where it runs past the mayors home.
The council deadlocked 2-2 Wednesday, Feb. 11, on a motion to approve a plan that would curve the lanes around the tree and install a sidewalk behind and around the tree.
I think we need to stick with the original design, Rush said, referring to the Riverside County-approved road-widening plan approved in 2008, before Eastvale became a city..
That plan required the removal of the 40-foot tree to make way for the additional lanes.
Traffic is one of the biggest issues facing the city, Rush said.
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The future of the English elm tree pictured on the left side of Church St, Mosgiel, is up in the air. Photo by Christine O'Connor.
Church St resident Martin Dillon is applying for resource consent to remove a 40m to 45m English elm on his property and his application was heard by the hearings committee yesterday.
His application to cut down the tree, which is on the council's schedule of significant trees, has split opinion. Five people, including two neighbours, submitted in favour of it being felled and three people opposed its removal.
Those favouring removal were concerned about how much it blocked the sun, the danger of branches falling in the wind, the amount of leaves and fruit it dropped and its immense size, with one submitter describing it as a ''monster tree''.
However, others said the tree added to the Mosgiel area, one describing it as a ''magnificent specimen of its type''.
Mr Dillon, who is a member of the Mosgiel-Taieri Community Board, said at the hearing the tree needed to come down.
''The tree affects our and our neighbour's wellbeing every day of the year ... through suckers, through the fruit-seeds, through the leaves and through the shading.''
He estimated over a one-year period he spent up to $980 having spouting cleaned of leaves and other debris from the tree.
The tree was so large it shaded not only his and his wife's property, but nine other neighbouring houses.
Speaking after his submission, he said council staff, who recommended the tree be kept, had their hands tied because the evaluation method they used placed too much weight on the health of trees and wider community benefits and not enough on the effects on property owners and neighbours.
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Follow this advice for branches up to 3in across for anything larger, Id advise calling in a tree surgeon with a chainsaw.
You will need ...
Chalk Secateurs Bucket for collecting mouldy fruit Folding pruning saw handy as you can stick it in your back pocket while climbing the ladder Or a carpenters wood saw more economical to buy than specialist pruning saws and man enough (when new) to handle large branches, but less wieldy when climbing the ladder Ladder and short length of rope to secure to the tree
1 Prepare to prune
Lean your ladder into the tree, propping it so it sits without wobbling against a stout, healthy branch within easy reach of what you want to cut.
Loop a piece of rope twice around the rung closest to the branch and tie the ladder to the branch with a granny knot.
Standing on the ladder, have a good look up into the tree. You should see a vase-shape of branches emerging from the trunk, but on poorly pruned trees, there is also usually a mass of unproductive upright stems epicormic growth coming from the centre, and its these you want to remove, along with larger, obviously dead, diseased or crossing boughs. Their removal opens up the centre of the tree, allowing air to move freely through the foliage and fruit, which in turn reduces fungal infections like mildew and scab, that scar leaves and fruit with black blotches.
Mark the branches you want to get rid of with a piece of chalk. Before you cut, check from the ground that they are the right ones. This might seem overly cautious, but Ive learnt the hard way that when youre up in the tree, saw in hand, its all too easy to mix up the good with the bad and the ugly.
First prop your ladder against the apple tree (Christopher Jones)
2 Start pruning
Residents in Des Moines' Sherman Hill neighborhood are upset after an oak tree, believe to be 100-years-old, was uprooted because of construction on a gas leak in the neighborhood.
The Des Moines Register newspaper reports that the MidAmerican Energy Company had been looking for a leak in the gas main.
Company surveyors said they located the leak directly underneath the tree, which was removed on Tuesday.
MidAmerican spokesman Ashton Newman said other ways of dealing with the gas leak were considered, but it was determined that they would disrupt the neighborhood with more digging, disrupt service or affect other trees.
Des Moines City Councilman Skip Moore, the former municipal arborist, has called for an emergency meeting with city officials to discuss the process for removing trees.
Moore said the downed oak will likely be turned into mulch.
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An elderly Scarborough couple who thought they were left out in the cold after the wood from a chopped-down tree was hauled away will likely be warm and toasty for many months to come.
Patrice Stephen-Bourgeault and her husband, Laurent Bourgeault, usually burn firewood to keep warm during the winter. Recently, the couple agreed to have cut down a large silver maple tree that was on the property line between their home and their neighbours.
The Bourgeaults say their neighbours, who are building a new home, agreed to pay for the tree removal. The couple believed they would be able to keep the firewood after the tree was gone. But that was not written in the contract, and the tree-removal company took the wood away.
"I didn't think he would take it," Stephen-Bourgeault told CTV Toronto. "I said that's my tree, that's my wood."
Surprised that they couldnt keep the firewood, the Bourgeaults contacted CTV Toronto's Pat Foran to share their story. The report aired on Monday, and shortly after, viewers expressed an interest to donate firewood to the couple.
On Tuesday, dozens of tree companies, arborists and Good Samaritans showed up at the Bourgeaults home to deliver firewood.
"I'm flabbergasted. Toronto is a good place, (there are) good people," Stephen-Bourgeault said. "Thanks to the community, thanks to Toronto."
The Bourgeaults say they likely have enough firewood for the remainder of the winter, and many more to come.
According to tree removal companies, many homeowners often want the wood taken away after a tree has been removed. They say if a homeowner wants to keep the wood, its important that those details are written in the contract.
With a report from CTV Toronto's Pat Foran
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Some people who live on Sullivan Drive in Whitehaven say a large tree limb covering the roof of a vacant house is becoming an eyesore in their neighborhood.
The house is in the 400 block of Sullivan Drive, which is in the Lacey Mosby's Whitehaven Park Subdivision.
Fred Cotton says his neighborhood has been overlooked. He lives next door to the "eyesore" and he says he is sick of it.
I'd like for them to tear the house down, he said.
Neighbors say the tree limb fell during a storm several months ago. Cotton says he has gone as far to cut the grass in the front yard himself.
Yeah, it bothers me because it brings the property value down, he added.
I'd like to see somebody come and do something about it instead of letting the tree just lay on top of the house, agreed neighbor Kenny Porterfield.
One street over on Alice Drive, there are two more abandoned homes.
WMC Action News 5 uncovered that City of Memphis has a record of 906 dilapidated homes (693 were demolished) in 2014 and 292 homes were boarded up.
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The work to be covered by the new contracts will consist of pruning 3,767 trees in an area bounded by Riverside Drive to the west, Fifth and King avenues to the south, North Star Road and Northwest Boulevard to the east and Lane Avenue to the south.
A tree-pruning program city officials said improves safety and enhances neighborhood appearances will cost the city more than $97,000 this year.
Upper Arlington City Council voted 6-0 Feb. 2, with President Don Leach absent, to approve $97,617 in contracts for winter tree pruning.
According to a staff report from Steve Cothrel, Upper Arlington's parks and forestry superintendent, the city prunes trees on a six-year cycle.
He said the work to be covered by the new contracts will consist of pruning 3,767 trees in an area bounded by Riverside Drive to the west, Fifth and King avenues to the south, North Star Road and Northwest Boulevard to the east and Lane Avenue to the south.
The report said the area contains the city's largest population of trees.
"The work is necessary to provide adequate clearance over streets and sidewalks, remove dead, decayed and hazardous limbs and to improve tree structure, service life and safety, as well as neighborhood appearance and property values," the report said.
Per council's action, Russell Tree Experts will receive $51,371 to perform work in three sections, and Davey Tree Expert Co. will receive $46,246 for work in one section.
During the Feb. 2 conference session at which council approved the contracts, Councilman David DeCapua expressed concerns because Russell's bids were at least 50 percent lower for sections of work than those from three other bidders.
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