- unqualified people have been hired and there is poor pruning but the pruning can be corrected quite effectively it is true this was a branch broken from the, true tree but restored pruning can create any defects and allow the trees to live many years longer. the university at cal poly i didn't listed the tree as moderate growth rate relatively long lived depending on one hundred to 1 hundred and 50 years it's highly valued for its red flowers and bluish-gray

leafs and bark. both of the trees are significant trees one having a dynamic at breast height the standard height of over 27.8 inches the people in the adjacent apartment building greatly enjoy the trees i was able to visit them and enter into their decks they enjoy the tree for the fondle and privacy and the screening of undesirable values the tree plays a major role no providing flowers and enjoyment. the tree also screens many undesirable views both from

inside the building and decks. some of the undesirable views that the tree screens are all the structures commercial structures in the distance. the tree plays an important environmental role. when i was there, there were over a dozen humming birds in the tree and apparently it's a tree that's a stopping point as they may congratulate to the north during the spring it has wildlife value and value in terms of the aesthetics it provides to the community. trees of this size are hard to come by in the city there's a lot of small trees and a couple

mag nostril on the block but the people living there will long have retired and gone away by the time those trees reach maturity so the community ask the permit be rescinded for the removal of those trees >> anything further in the appellants? >> yes. i'm steve williams he representing the appellants i want to say the appellants are just interested in the trees. ms. deleon is not worried about this building she has an art

studio she's not worried about anything only the trees. first of all, the point of the organized in the cities policies are for saving and preserving trees just like this especially significant trees of this type. the board should be heavily bias in favor of saving trees we need all the trees we can get and the greenery this is the only large tree at all on third street for many blocks there are small trees some of the trees piloted in mr. legit report are not close enough to the sidewalk that's the first point that's the reason the ordinance was put in to safe trees he exactly like

this. the trees are in the required rear yard the project is requesting numerous expectations and one expectations is the change of the radish to the center courtyard and also something in the opposition brief that said somehow this is a desirable design for the neighborhood i can tell you that the neighbors would far prefer this lot be developed in a traditionally way with the rear yard facing the street and those troy's trees would be more than suv saved i add american people outline where the trees will fall in the rear yard they're well within the radish and not be cut down at all we'd noted be having this hearing. as i've seen even in the dp w

report that are benefits the tree meets one hundred percent of the criteria. the dpw physical evidence those trees or are larger area paramount they create a sense of place for the resident and create a boundary and a maker for those people that live there and because those trees are large they provide habitat because of their size they provide habitat and the neighbors can confirm that not only for birds but other small animals dpw said they're a widen and sound barrier and those trees in particular are visiblely assessable to the

public in the area and most importantly dpw physical evidence those trees are not hazard. we're at the front end of the potential development of this lot so regardless of your decision whether to uphold those r this permit it makes no sense at all this permit should be held in abeyance until they get approvals for the project. as i recall, i was here a month ago i ask this hearing to be held now the project because of misrepresentation about the size and height is set back to the starting point so two or one week from tonight there will be a public outreach meeting the starting place for projects they've been ordered to do that

because the height was misrepresented to the public so they have to start over so whether or not your decision is i think they should be cut down hold it in abeyance until they receive some approvals you've heard testimony the trees can last one hundred and 50 years those trees are 50 years old i've provide photographs even if exhibit one the trees are far older in the 80s then are there now. every time they talk about cutting the trees they're talking about replacement with street trees the economic benefits of the small trees you can see them on the pictures you

can't see them. those trees are not a hazard. further we're still talking to the supervisor cowen's office about possibly looking forward for the trees and that's not played out i want to remind the board this is not about establishing those trees for all-time this hearing is about whether or not those are significant you trees worthy of saving that's clear in the reports that's united states case that those trees provide significant public benefits and should be retained thank you. >> thank you. we, hear from the permit holder now.

>> hi i'm rick with the rain tree partners we're the owner of this property ii appreciate the time from the commission to allow us to take a few minutes we're here to request you uphold the dpw permit and allow the removal of eucalyptus trees they're not under the creative of the codes it will harm the project site. first of all, removing those trees is necessary in light of our project and our consultant will get into the details of the conditions of the trees. the trees at issue are on private property and the reason they meet the definition of a

significant tree which means they're within a certain height and within feet of sidewalk. the designation doesn't suggest those trees are healthy or historic or otherwise remark. after the removal of the trees we'll be planting 5 magnolia trees in their steady and making additional a additions to the streetscape this shows the existing this is the existing street on illinois this is relatively unattractive street foliage we propose to there the overall walkability by adding those much needed trees. before issuing the permit dpw

invested the site and dpw elevation sheets were attached as part of the exhibit they note the trees are significant in size and praurmentd but they made the reasonable recommendation to remove the trees among the reasons the tree are representing non-native trees and they have you structural issues and it was noted that the evidence show signs of previous branch flu and that subjects you tell us to liberate they've over the sidewalk but overall dpw position is a correct one they are located on the private property and the current project

has been in the planning process for nearly two years if so the trees stay there it will have a loss in design and delays we've determined the impacts of keeping those trees to keep them at the site a thirty diameter would have to be kept and this equals about 68 percent of density and the parking spaces. this will result in the loss of two of the b m r units we're proposing at the site this is in crafting he thought east neighborhood to strive to have a affordable to protecting and moderate income families. those are significant because

the project will plant healthy trees along both the frontages and activate and biff the current frontage not removing those are impact our project and with the remaining time i'd like to turn it over to mr. roy who will provide more information on this tree and i'm roy i'm a consultant ash i thought and on first glance the over the overhead you can see that the trees are large prominent features and lockup close as you saw in my report many of the limbs are heavy when you look at

what that means it means that limbs break off trees and that's you caused by two factors the branch that breaks is heavy in this case, the branches are closely spaced in the upper part of the trees they've grown long where the widens can catch them they break out of their attachment and that's shallow. so the crown is renewed in the trees at this point we have branches in the 4 to 8 inches that are breaking off from the tree and that pattern of failure is going to continue. and for scale you can see this is the smaller location where limb failures occurred an

american crow sitting on on top of this this is a good size bird so this is subsequential because all the greenery and foliage and growing points are above the old topping cuts there are topping cuts at 4 levels the trees and those trees whether it's good or bad the pruning has resulted in structural problems and hazards that have resulted. the root structure is confined their displaced by the two foot raiser bed where the trees are grown at right angles growing

down below this cinder block wall not enforced so there are lots of roots that are lifting sidewalk areas that will have to be dug up so there's many hazards >> the topping cuts is that the pruning our talking about. >> the topping cuts are a type of pruning. the way the topping is done the end of a branch or the entire top of the tree is removed >> and the results is you have the big cuts without foliage or side branches below 0 the cut ace the tree pushes out and the resulting branches are grown

from below the topping cuts. >> the attachment of the limb is in the outer most layers of the tree so because of that superficial attachment the limbs become harassesus. >> ms. short. >> good evening commissioner president lazarus holly with the department of public works just a few comments dpw gave the approval for the practices of the topping cuts that all 3 arc before us have commented on do result in the weekly failure so we think the branches are likely from that and we expect to see additional limb failures and in addition our concerns were about

the fact that the trees were plant in the raised bed so the root structure has exceeded the area of the raised bed there's roots underneath the bed that's not a healthy root structure so those are the primary reason reapproved those inform removal as you saw in the breeflgz or briefs they're of prominent landscape so we understand their loss from the neighborhood is an impact to 0 the neighborhood but we feel that the trees are not in great condition because of the past pruning practices and ultimately they're not sustainable in that site being planted in the raised bed. i would say we don't believe they're an immediate hazard and

i'll say that i think one hundred and 50 years for this species is an unlikely achievement >> the ash before us states that the pruning take place can be remedied by future improvements. >> certainly in some cases it could be possible to mimic the possible tree through the pruning one the challenges it appears they were topped several times in the past they're not many lateral brandishes you want to cut back to a lateral branch so limited structure to work with in order to correct the past pruning practices so the best case scenario to left leg

the end weight but not a lot of structure emerging you can cut back to create a more healthy structure so it i think there would still be issues with that but that is something, you know, we recommend the in some cases to try to restructure the tree. >> thank you any public comment on that item? please step forward and hand in a speaker card. >> i'm amy i live on illinois street i'm a next door neighborhood to mr. rose murray the two large trees i recently purchased many condo on january 14th and find out about this development only recently.

those are two last year big beautiful trees i can attest to the humming birds and the flowers it's a big reason i purchased the condo this beautiful neighborhood in the dog patch we need to protect that's why i am a homeowner and feel honored that i have an opportunity to talk about that i feel pride. so mr. price from the rain tree partners are saying those trees are not remarkable is untrue and creating an unattractive landscape those trees are beautiful i believe they can be

saved through a little bit of maintenance there's garbage all over the place in the planter so i think if it's inattractive they need to asking have care. so when i learned about the proposed building and the paratransit i was upset because the plan is not approved by the board yet which i think we should hopefully, if you can resend the agreement to having the trees torn down to see what the board said to give the rain variance not to have the backyard of 20 percent so i think we should try to safe the

trees so, please reconsider our agreement to not have the trees destroyed until we hear in the planning board >> thank you is there any additional public comment. >> hi i'm jackie live with amy we just purchased the unit app at the 610 illinois next door to those trees and overlook the canopy and any poor conditions are because of the poor pruning and the poor negligent they need a good hair cut. and i request that this permit be at least held until the

planning commission rules that the developer is able to get the 25 he percent rear yard variance and yeah. that's it. thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please good evening commissioner aim rob the project manager i'm here to urge you to ask that the appeal be denied rain tree presented this to our committee and we imported it without restoration we have well-designed areas in the city and it will create 94 balanced needed homes with 55 percent of area needing them it's a trans

vicinity area and it will creative vibrant used for the dog patch neighborhood it need that. on behalf of over one hundred and 20 members we're disappointed an appeal like this can harm or threaten the construction of new homes especially considering the timing of one housing affordability it's a great discern concerning to the city please deny the appeal >> if you will fill out a speaker card that will be helpful. >> oh, next. >> i'm maria i'm a resident on illinois for over 15 years i'm here to request the board to

delay the removal of the trees until the demonstration has been approved. we love those trees so cutting them now, when it may not be necessary would be a shame. thank you. thank you >> maria if you can fill out a card that will be helpful for the minutes thank you hi i'm sonya i'm here on behalf of the bay area federation to speak in support of the 94 unit and the new trees proposed. this organization was formed when we realize this is bias against the beneficiaries of the new building the opponents of the large prongs know that the project is happening but the

future resident and the wider rental community are either unorganized or not aware of an issue so 2 hundred and 50 people are involved. i'm part of the general community of rental areas i'm effected with high mortgages so you you've probably aware san francisco is in a severe hours crisis they're short one hundred thousand units this project is a tenth of a percentage and one hundred thousand units is not likely we got here by shutting down thousands of 80, one hundred and 40 unit over the course of 5 decades.

i'm here because every project matters to the future resident on third street and to the wireder rent i ask you to help ease our crisis bit by bit and project by project thanks here's my card >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi there i'm chris, i live and work in san francisco. i'm here to urge you to deny the appeal and to allow the removal of those two eucalyptus trees i support the construction even if 94 units and the discussion has not focus on the larger scene of the city and the scores of seeksz the people who will

inhabit those units on third street it will displace the people in the city and the people blocking the proposal are dribble responsible for insufficient city of lodging in here that's san francisco's real issue there you are cruelty against other loggers in the city we need to build up and bigger and now >> is there any additional public comment. >> hi i'm here i wasn't expecting to speak but i pay a lot in rent and know that the only way to lower rents is is to