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Residents urge protections for heritage redwoods, raise park-safety and demolition concerns during council public comment
Summary
At public comment, residents urged postponement of heritage-tree removals and stronger tree protections, reported ongoing park safety problems and a library grounds vandalism issue, and one speaker said the city demolished her floating home after an auction with little notice.
During the March 23 public-comment period at the Redwood City Council meeting, multiple residents urged policy changes and raised safety and property-loss concerns.
Paul Finkel, an Anamore Street resident, asked the council to immediately postpone two heritage-tree removal permits (listed for 1839 and 1882 Anamore Street) and to modernize the city’s heritage-tree ordinance. Citing Chapter 35 of the city code, Finkel urged a “mitigation-first” approach that would require applicants to provide an arborist’s report and to exhaust preservation options — such as deep watering, growth regulators and structural pruning — before a removal permit is approved. “A 100-year-old redwood is an…
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