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Commission overturns staff: Liquid amber at 1158 Cuesta Drive to be retained
Summary
The Parks and Recreation Commission and Urban Forestry Board voted to overturn staff and deny removal of a heritage liquid amber at 1158 Cuesta Drive, finding that the removal criteria in Mountain View City Code §32.35 were not met.
The Parks and Recreation Commission and Urban Forestry Board voted on June 25 to uphold an appeal and deny the removal of a heritage liquid amber at 1158 Cuesta Drive, overturning staff’s finding that removal was necessary to construct proposed improvements.
Russell Hansen, urban forest manager for the City of Mountain View, told commissioners the liquid amber “has approximately a 40 inch diameter when measured at 54 inches above grade. We estimated the height of the tree to be about 60 feet and considered about 20 to maybe a little bit more, feet of canopy spread.” Hansen said staff’s on-site review found the tree to be in “good to fair, health and structure,” but flagged conflicts including lifted sidewalk, root intrusion into a sewer lateral, and a…
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