HomeMy WebLinkAbout09 - Citywide Tree Maintenance Services with Great Scott Tree Service, Inc. (C-5648) - CorrespondenceReceived After Agenda Printed
March 12, 2019
Item No. 9
From: Dawn Thompson [mailto:juliusrealtycorp@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 9:13 AM
To: Dept - City Council <CityCouncil@newportbeachca.gov>
Subject: Vote Tonight
To Whom It May Concern,
The community has been made aware Item 9 on the agenda tonight — the vote regarding Great
Scott Tree Service funding. I speak for several members of our community, as well as myself,
when I say that we are outraged by these "Tree Butchers" who have illegally performed
damaging "lion tail cuts" under the cover of darkness much to the outrage of our community.
We ask that the Great Scott Tree Service contract terminated permanently as of tonight.
Please further note, several neighbors are prepared to make an issue of the City's breech of the
"Special Tree" ordinance. The discussion ensued as follows: "Marine Avenue trees have
been designated by the City as "Special Trees" of historic significance and can only
be removed under extreme circumstances. It has been suggested to me that the
trees are being deliberately mismanaged so that they will fail and have to be
removed. If so, is the City aware that its own ordinance requires that any "Special
Trees" must be replaced with the same species? Apparently not since the City is
already in non-compliance since they have replaced Eucalyptus trees with other
species including Ginkgo Biloba and African Tulip trees. Fittingly, these trees were
poor choices and are failing. They should be removed and replaced with Lemon Gum
Eucalyptus to comply with City ordinance."
These matters are of significant importance to the residents of what was once known
as "Tree City USA". Please do the right thing and terminate Great Scott Tree Service,
and replace with a qualified service which adheres to our City Ordinance, and replace
the non-compliant trees with the proper ones.
Dawn Thompson
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March 12, 2019
Item No. 9
-----Original Message -----
From: Carleen Butterfield [mailto:butteI l5nmai1.chapman.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 9:07 AM
To: Dept - City Council <CityCouncil@newportbeachca.gov>
Cc: pvpalmer@icloud.com
Subject: Great Scott
Wait and study options to this firm and the price increase. Did you get other bids? Who suggested this proposal?
Don't let staff or outsourced vendors run our City. Question them and each other on every single issue
There's no reason that there could not be several tree trimming vendors working for the City.
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March 12, 2019
Item No. 9
From: Nancy Kreft[mailto:outlook_D282E944AACDB9DF@outlook.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 10:12 AM
To: Dept - City Council <CityCouncil@newportbeachca.gov>
Subject: tree trimming on Marine Avenue
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The price for tree trimming is exorbitant , please hire properly trained tree trimmers who work to
ANSI A300 standards.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy Kreft
Balboa Penisula