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Council directs staff to reconcile conflicting arborist and structural reports on tree removal at 460 Hale Avenue
Summary
After extended testimony and conflicting expert letters, the council asked staff to convene the arborist and the structural engineer who prepared the foundation report and return with clarifying evidence and photographs before deciding whether the city should remove a street tree that a property owner says is damaging a building.
The council considered a request to modify a prior condition requiring removal of two live oaks near a multiunit building at 460 Hale Avenue. The property owner said the trees on his land were not causing the reported damage; staff had conditioned the earlier approval on removal of two additional trees near the structure.
What council heard: The property owner and his arborist said only one tree — a city-owned tree adjacent to the…
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