ms. kantor, you have three minutes of rebuttal. >> i'm dr. kantor, f.y.i. but -- sorry. i'm sorry, but i actually put the amount of the price. i don't remember. i'm told it would be $925 by costello's tree service. president peterson: to remove the tree? >> right, to remove the tree. and the larger, you know, imprint in the sidewalk, the larger sort of dirt square area, it's really a huge four by nine feet is tremendous, like having a dirt lawn in front of your house. i realize it is a relatively wide sidewalk but it just -- i immediately was -- you know, it also has the water cap on the sidewalk there within that four by nine feet that was, you know, marked off by the white paint that the u.f. representative put on the sidewalk. so it's just -- i really felt that this would -- would just create a very large kind of dirt lawn in front of the house but it would be unfortunate and i'm hoping to keep the square around the tree a bit smaller. again, the meterociderus is aggressive and at this point fair i had -- it seems widely known to be quite damaging to infrastructure. t

ms. kantor? you also have seven minutes. >> i'm elizabeth kantor. and i own this house at 835 wisconsin street and i've had it since 1980. and in 1984, you know, with active neighborhood enthusiasm, we planted the meteosidius excelsior tree in front of the house. it didn't come along with any advice or any cautions or any information about what the maximum height of this tree would be. it has reached a stunning height and a huge size, and it was certainly the tree that was planted by the friends of the urban forest. i did not, unfortunately, research it or make any selection at that time. and in early 2010 i was cited by the city for the sidewalk, many, many squares, including the curb, and then i got informed by pg&e they were topping the tree because of the invasion of the overhead wires and i thought to myself how many times we have had to rout out the sewer pipe of roots, lately the plumber has been telling me he's taking roots out. it just seems like such -- the most obvious and perfect solution to plant another tree in that place. of course my