You didn't say if you contacted the city about this. If not, do you want to forward your email to Tim Clark? I'm not quite sure what his job is, but I am sure he could get it to the right people. I hope there is a good explanation for the work that was done.
In other tree news, last Friday, I used 311 online and requested over 30 trees for the section of Bloomingdale south of RIAve. Chris R had surveyed the area and noted the empty tree boxes, and shared the list with me. I have already received acknowledgement for some of the cases. I noticed a bright orange dot on a dead tree, and a dot on the curb of one of the empty boxes. So, someone is investigating the tree issues I submitted.
I don't know if this means we will be getting new trees, but at least there has been a response and we can always hope.
Don't forget to water the trees you have! Last time I talked to John Salatti, he still had tree bags. (Thanks for the offer of the bag, John, but I actually enjoy watering.)
Betsy
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Patrick Hudak <patrickhudak@gmail.com> wrote:
Sorry, I meant to loop in the action list.On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Patrick Hudak <patrickhudak@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I'm writing on behalf of several of my neighbors and myself to express our outrage over what the city is doing to our tree canopy. We are very upset with how the city has butchered the trees, including on V and Flagler. If you haven't seen them, please takea look. By chopping away 70% of the branches, they've destroyed the canopy and left what amounts to mainly trunk. What's the point of having a tree? Why is this city spending money to put in trees, which they encourage us to water, so they can destroy them?
These trees are not growing near power lines, and they show no signs of rot. We don't believe for a second that the city is doing this for either of those reasons. Also, we would like to see examples of where the city has butchered this many trees in Georgetown, Dupont and other parts of NW. There are trees growing in Foggy Bottom that hang at a severe angle over 21st street, and the city hasn't touched them. Do they have a different policy for our area? Are they sending us the less skilled workers who don't care? Tod and I are fearful that we're going to return home one day and find the lovely tree in front of our house butchered.
As you can understand, we are extremely upset and concerned that the city is going to continue to destroy what little canopy our neighborhood has left. It will take many decades to repair the damage the city has already done. How can we stop this?
Patrick
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