Comments on: 400 S. Fifth Avenue

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:25:04 +0000

You folks aren’t seeing the upside. The more trees die, the less impact the city’s decision not to pick up leaves will have.And if *all* the trees die, then the city can decide to resume leaf pickup with no negative financial consequences. Win-win!

By: Edward Vielmetti

Edward Vielmetti — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:03:49 +0000

Here's the response I got back via the city's tracking website:

Comments By McGlinn, Richard: 7/17/2012 10:26:41 AM DEEP ROOT IRIGATION HAS TAKEN PLACE AND WILL AGAIN TAKE PLACE TOMORROW. BUR HAS SUFFERED COMPACTION AND KLOSS OF SOME ROOTS DUE TO CONSTRUCTION AND SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT. DEEP ROOT IRIGATION WILL HELP WITH COMPACTION ISSUE. PROPERTY OWNER HAS ALLOWED CITY TO TREAT LAWN OUTSIDE OF CITY R.O.W.. [link] "A 28-inch landmark Burr Oak tree on the lawn extension appears to be dying."

It's been a dry summer, and I'm sure that other street trees are showing the stress of the heat.

By: JK

JK — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:58:59 +0000

Apologies if it came across that way. My comment was not intended to berate anyone, but merely point out that it can be helpful to have issues electronically tracked. The City Forresters are nice folks in my experiences with them on park tree plantings through Adopt A Park in our neighborhood more recently and ash tree replacements years back.

By: Marvin Face

Marvin Face — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:26:03 +0000

Every time I’ve used that customer request page, it has been promptly taken care of, usually the next day. However, I would imagine that if you make enemies with folks at the City by publicly berating them that your service requests might get “lost”. Best of luck, Tom.

By: JK

JK — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:03:22 +0000

But now there is actually a service request ticket open… Harder to accidentally forget to address. ;)

By: Tom Whitaker

Tom Whitaker — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:47:05 +0000

The City had already been contacted, but thanks for the chuckle, Ed.

By: Edward Vielmetti

Edward Vielmetti — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:18:26 +0000

I filled out a customer service request at [link] linking to this page.

By: JK

JK — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:29:08 +0000

The City Foresters are still active. You could try contacting them with the issue directly.

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:42:41 +0000

Yes, I remember those golden days when the “Tree City” moniker actually fit. The Fraser reorganization got rid of most of our seasoned professionals. (I don’t know the new folks.)

By: Cendra Lynn

Cendra Lynn — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 05:59:54 +0000

We did once have a Forestry Department. I worked for a company that created a database of every city tree which Bill Lawrence, then City Forester, managed. If something possibly damaging to trees was reported, the Forestry Department would go out and get involved. Now there is no Forestry Department and unavoidable work, such as removing city trees that fall on a house or roadway. There certainly were once guidelines and may still be, but they are of no use if there is no one to report to.