Happily, it seems things are being worked out, but my neighbors didn't know
about that before asking people to contact Alder Rummel and/or the city's
Engineering Department.
If you have comments about the kind of landscaping that may replace the trees,
please let the Parks and/or Engineering departments know, as they are working
together on this.
Thanks!
-Monica
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:39:05 -0600
CC: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Bikies] trees along the Eastwood Dr section of the Cap. City trail
This e-mail is not entirely
accurate. The following info is from
City of Madison, Engineering Division:
Our Forestry Department cut down
diseased elm trees and they are obligated to do that. The Engineering Division
was not involved in that effort but of course concurs that it must be done.
Engineering met with the Parks Department last Tuesday and discussed planting
additional trees in the corridor. Our Landscape Architect on staff is working
with the Parks Department on a landscaping plan.
Tony Fernandez
[email protected]
voice: 608-266-9219
fax: 608-264-9275
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Monica
H
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:00 PM
To:
[email protected]
Subject: [Bikies] trees along the Eastwood Dr
section of the Cap. City trail
In the past few weeks, 14 elm trees were taken down along the
section of the Cap. City trail that runs alongside Eastwood Dr. Most of these
trees were diseased. Other, healthy non-elm trees have been removed too. I'm
not
sure which city agency is doing what, but city forestry and engineering have
both been involved.
Apparently the trees will not be replaced--the
engineering department would like to have all the remaining trees cut down in
order to reduce "maintenance" (of a thicket of scrub trees that look at least a
couple decades old--I'm not sure why they care about maintenance
now).
The trees along this section of trail have made it a pleasant
section to be on. The area around the trail is under the City of Madison's
Engineering dept., as are the roads. But when trees are cut down along a road,
they're replaced. Why shouldn't trees cut down alongside a multi-use path also
be replaced? Can you imagine going down the SE path if there weren't trees on
either side? Yuck.
I'm going to ask the Alder Rummel, whose district this
section of the Cap. City trail is in, if she would create/sponsor an ordinance
that would require city engineering to replace trees along ANY type of traffic
route, not just the streets (see section 10.10(2) in the city general
ordinances).
If you like this idea, I hope you'll contact Alder Rummel
([email protected] ) and let
her know. It'd be nice for her to hear how (if) the presence of trees along the
trail affects people who use the trail, not just the people who live next to
the
trail. The residents who've "lost" trees behind their yards are really upset
and
are organizing to meet with her soon, and also write to the mayor and the
interim city engineer. Conversely, if you don't like the idea of the trees
being
replaced, I guess you'd want to let her know that, because the movement to have
the trees replaced is a fairly upset/strong one.
Thanks for reading and
thinking about this!
-Monica Harkey
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