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I met with Tom from Coastal Tree at the 535 Bayside Rd property yesterday. There are quite a few small to medium
sized trees that should be removed and a half dozen or so massive trees along Bayside Rd that aren’t in the budget for
now. The more I learn about Eucalyptus trees the greater my concern and desire to remove them becomes. I spoke
with Andy Waxman from Treeworks Arborist Service who is a certified arborist and in many words he basically said it’s
not a matter of if the trees cause damage but when. I’m hiring him to do a detailed site visit, report and plot
map. Should have that for you in a couple weeks but I need to get some things off my chest before then.
By coincidence, last night I was watching the nightly news of flooding in California and came across a clip that was
disturbing from just yesterday. Please watch the first video between 0:52 to 1:08 closely. Notice a trend? That
prompted me to do a quick search through various California news channels and it shows the same trend over and over
again. Like I said, the more I learn about eucalyptus the greater my concern. Lots of issues caused by them right here
in Northern California just in the last couple months. Pretty close to home. Literally, pretty close to my homes,
neighboring homes and apartment buildings. I’m not trying to give anyone a hard time, not my intention at all. Just
want to bring attention to a potential issue. Seems the city may want to encourage the removal of eucalyptus rather
than discourage it. Scenic grove or not.
Thanks
Joe Krause
Ps.
Here are some clips I’d encourage you and your colleagues to watch. Feel free to do your own search as well. There’s
plenty more unfortunately.