Supervisors flag mismatch on tree-removal language in permit draft

Supervisor Sabatier raised a discrepancy between what she recalled the board approving and the language in the posted Exhibit E: although the findings say tree removal should be limited to 'dead, dying, and disease as identified by a certified arborist or certified forester,' an earlier draft on Exhibit E was read as allowing the removal of 71 oak trees. County counsel told the board that Exhibit E presented at the meeting was a prior draft and that the proposed findings before the board carry the amendments approved at the Aug. 4 hearing.