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Rec and Park proposes removing six trees at Cottage Row Mini Park; neighbors divided
Summary
Recreation and Park Department presented an informational plan to remove six trees (five coast redwoods and one red-flowering gum eucalyptus) from Cottage Row Mini Park, citing root damage to a sewer line, sidewalk uplift and a risk of limb failure; department said replacements would follow a community replanting process.
Recreation and Park Department Director of Operations Dennis Curran told the Historic Preservation Commission the department plans to remove six trees from Cottage Row Mini Park because their size and root systems now pose risks to adjacent residences, the park brick pathway and an underground sewer line. "The department plans to remove these 6 trees for the rationale that I just stated," Curran said, explaining that uplifted roots have already compromised the sewer and that towering crowns increase the risk of wind‑related failure.
Curran described the park as "a little over one‑tenth of an acre" and traced the issue back to a 1993 neighborhood planting of coast redwoods, which staff and…
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