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Commission upholds denial to remove liquid‑amber at 5 Forest Glen; owner advised to submit additional evidence if damage recurs
Summary
The commission voted to uphold staff’s denial of a 22‑inch liquid‑amber removal request at 5 Forest Glen, while noting the owner’s later excavation found a leaking irrigation main; commissioners and staff said new, material evidence could be resubmitted under city rules.
The Parks & Recreation Commission on Thursday voted to deny an appeal and uphold staff’s decision refusing removal of a 22‑inch liquid‑amber street tree at 5 Forest Glen Street.
Staff Urban Forest Manager Russell Hansen told commissioners the liquid‑amber was in fair health and structure, and that while the property manager subsequently uncovered a leaking 2‑inch irrigation main in excavations near the tree, staff’s on-site assessment did not show structural failure or public-safety conditions that met the…
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