certain things that the library was committing to that public works could not commit to, and roberto lombardi reached out to say, i'm sorry, but the library needs to focus on core business, and we had not finalized all of our near agreements, but that's the details as i went through them. and again, i do want to assure the commissioners and the public that we're evaluating these trees very, very carefully. roy and i have the same credentials. you know, i've been a proctor for the certified arborist exam. we don't need to list all of our professional qualifications, but i do want to assure the public that if we thought there was information to glean by removing the pavers and reviewing the roots of those trees, that would have been done. it's been considered, as well as putting a grate over the trees and getting rid of all that soil. the amount of debris that they're dealing with on a daily basis is not pleasant to talk about, but it can't be recessed below ground. these trees, even if you do that, they're still going to be sitting in water. we appreciate your patience. we're glad no one got h

certain things that the library was committing to that public works could not commit to, and roberto lombardiut to say, i'm sorry, but the library needs to focus on core business, and we had not finalized all of our near agreements, but that's the details as i went through them. and again, i do want to assure the commissioners and the public that we're evaluating these trees very, very carefully. roy and i have the same credentials. you know, i've been a proctor for the certified arborist exam. we don't need to list all of our professional qualifications, but i do want to assure the public that if we thought there was information to glean by removing the pavers and reviewing the roots of those trees, that would have been done. it's been considered, as well as putting a grate over the trees and getting rid of all that soil. the amount of debris that they're dealing with on a daily basis is not pleasant to talk about, but it can't be recessed below ground. these trees, even if you do that, they're still going to be sitting in water. we appreciate your patience. we're glad no one got hurt, but n

certain things that the library was committing to that public works could not commit to, and roberto lombardi reached out to say, i'm sorry, but the library needs to focus on core business, and we had not finalized all of our near agreements, but that's the details as i went through them. and again, i do want to assure the commissioners and the public that we're evaluating these trees very, very carefully. roy and i have the same credentials. you know, i've been a proctor for the certified arborist exam. we don't need to list all of our professional qualifications, but i do want to assure the public that if we thought there was information to glean by removing the pavers and reviewing the roots of those trees, that would have been done. it's been considered, as well as putting a grate over the trees and getting rid of all that soil. the amount of debris that they're dealing with on a daily basis is not pleasant to talk about, but it can't be recessed below ground. these trees, even if you do that, they're still going to be sitting in water. we appreciate your patience. we're glad no one got h