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Kingston Tree Commission OKs removal of Elmendorf Street tree at warming center, asks for replacement planting plan
Summary
The commission approved removal of a street tree at the Elmendorf Street warming center after sewer-line root damage, with conditions to cut the stump below grade, repair nearby bluestone sidewalk and create planting strips for replacement trees to be selected with the urban forester.
The City of Kingston Tree Commission voted to allow the removal of a street tree at 80 Elmendorf Street, a corner lot that houses a church which also functions as the city’s warming center, after city staff reported roots had intruded on sewer and water service lines.
Suzanne Haigh Hill, Kingston planning director, told the commission that a plumber, Carl Bell, had inspected the line and the sewer lateral had been lined “as far as they can go,” but that roots remained in the older…
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