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Council tables PG&E request to remove five trees at North Alta Street entry
Summary
After staff recommended approval, the Gonzales City Council voted to table a PG&E request to remove five trees beneath transmission lines and replace them with shrubs, asking the utility to provide more information about undergrounding under CPUC Rule 20 and technical clearance.
The Gonzales City Council on April 8 voted to table a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. request to remove five trees at the North Alta Street entry and replace them with 10 shrubs until PG&E can provide technical experts and more information about undergrounding options.
City staff presented a report saying PG&E seeks a city coachmar permit to remove five trees that sit beneath electrical transmission lines and that the utility proposes replacing each removed tree with two frosty blue Ceanothus shrubs. The staff report said PG&E would hire Davy Tree Service to remove the trees and grind the stumps, and that the city’s landscape maintenance contractor, Smith and Enright, recommended the shrub variety. Staff estimated the planting cost at about $800.
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