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When completed, Main Street Cupertino will have a new tree canopy to boast alongside the new dining, retail and common areas.
The Cupertino City Council on May 20 unanimously granted a tree removal permit to the developers of Main Street Cupertino. The permit grants developers permission to remove and replace a couple dozen trees that are unhealthy and in conflict with on-site utilities.
Of the 24 private non-specimen trees to be removed, 23 are Shamel Ash trees and one is a Chinese elm. The trees range from 10 to 23 inches in diameter.
Most trees will be replaced by 24-inch Americana Ash and Flowering Pears. In total, 420 trees are proposed for the project, according to a Cupertino city staff report.
The council also will have public works look into the possible removal and replacement of 48 public non-specimen street trees at the site of the project: 45 Shamel Ash and three Autumn Purple White Ash.
Developers have been working since about 2007 on turning a swath of vacant Cupertino land into the city's first true downtown setting. Main Street Cupertino will include retail shops, restaurants, office space, loft-style apartments, a town square and a hotel catering to business travelers. Outdoor seating, walkable retail shopping and an entry plaza are some of the plans for the property bounded by Stevens Creek Boulevard, Finch Avenue, Tantau Avenue and Vallco Parkway.
The city council initially approved the project in 2009, but the site was dormant through 2011 until applicants returned to the city asking for two modifications to make the project more financially viable in order to break ground. In September 2012, the city council approved another round of modifications. A ground-breaking ceremony was held last September.
In February, the council approved the removal of four trees on Stevens Creek Boulevard along the property berm, and up to 17 ash trees along Tantau Avenue that were found to be dead or unhealthy. Since the February meeting, developers and the city's consulting arborist gathered more information on where utilities and construction impact zones might be.
Shamel Ashes in particular were singled out as problematic street trees due to their invasive surface root system and "excessive limb and branch weight which can present danger to persons and property," according to the staff report.
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Posted: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:48 am
County introduces new Fitzgerald plan By Julia Reis [ julia@hmbreview.com ] Half Moon Bay Review |
San Mateo County Parks officials have scaled back the number of cypress trees they plan to remove from the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve after Coastsiders sent numerous emails to the department expressing concerns about the need for tree removal.
Of the groves 1,068 trees, 11 living trees and 34 dead trees will be removed, and 56 will be trimmed, according to a revised plan that was introduced to Coastsiders at a meeting on Thursday evening. While the exact number of trees County Parks planned to remove was not known in January when vegetation management plans were first discussed with the public, County Parks Director Marlene Finley said at the time that 134 trees were dead and most were slated for removal.
Around 20 people turned out for the meeting and provided a lot of feedback for the department, Finley said.
A number of people were urging us to really look at the aesthetic of which limbs do we trim and how do we go about trimming them, Finley said. It was very constructive and I feel confident that were on the right track.
To help Coastsiders visualize what the forest would look like with these trees removed and trimmed, County Parks plans to enlist the help of a local photographer who volunteered to Photoshop a current picture of the trees to reflect these changes.
The revised plan also calls for removing the nonnative ice plant close to the mouth of San Vicente Creek and replanting it with shrubs and small trees.
Suggestions that arose from the meeting included a request to remove the eucalyptus trees within the cypress grove and not to fence off a rare chestnut tree in the forest. Finley said County Parks will likely forgo fencing off the tree and will look into removing the non-native eucalyptus.
After the outcry in January, County Parks indicated in April that it was no longer looking to adopt a five-year project plan, but rather to complete stages as pilot projects that would be revised and adopted on an individual basis.
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HOUSTON -- Tree trimming and removal businesses have been booming for days thanks to the rain.
"We've been swamped with calls," said Adam Cavazos, owner of Adam's Tree Service. "Trees falling all over and uprooted."
We caught up with his crew at Thomas Barnes' house near Terry Hershey park in West Harris County.
"It came down in the night," said Barnes. "We had a lot of rain, lot of wind."
All over Southeast Texas, falling trees have wreaked havoc.
Cavazos says your best defense is to get to know what's in your yard.
Trees such as the Hackberry, Post Oak or Pin Oak are all large with weak roots. They are the ones most likely to fall after heavy rains.
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GLORIOUS MISHMASH: Mural at the Oriente station.
A whim takes over on the train from the airport. Oriente station looks so bright and fascinating, that it's worth getting out way before the right stop.
The station is awash in coloured tiles. On them, weird, long-necked alien figures play the drums, cartoon pirates swashbuckle and coral polyps dominate space-like starry backgrounds.
The idea to turn a public transport hub into an art gallery came when the stations of the red line were built, just before Lisbon hosted Expo 98. At Oriente, artists from five continents were brought in and given a section of wall to work their magic on. There's a vague maritime theme but it's a gloriously jarring mishmash of styles.
The one constant is the material the works are displayed on. Portugal does tile art like nowhere else and the Metro's commitment to showcasing the best from modern artists offers a counterpoint to the geometric shapes found all over Lisbon.
The difference between tile art in Portugal and that of elsewhere is explained at the Museu Nacional do Azulejo.Elsewhere tiles are used as decoration but in Portugal they're used as a construction material. Entire walls will be covered in the painted azulejos, rather than carefully selected patches. And thus the term azulejo has a much stronger meaning than the rough translation of "tile art".
It also explains why some of the more spectacular pieces in the museum seem to have bits missing. They have been brought to the museum from churches and houses all over the country, and the absent sections are usually where a window or door originally was.
The history of the art form - it was introduced by Arabs in the Middle Ages - and techniques for making the tiles are covered, but it is the in-situ works that are truly spectacular. The museum is inside an old convent complex, and the central church is a masterpiece.
The blue and white azulejos spread across the walls, telling the stories of saints in the way friezes do elsewhere. The detail is worth getting lost in - lions prowl behind St Francis of Assisi, Moses' followers carry sheep over their shoulders.
But until the Metro stations gave azulejos a new lease of life, they were regarded as somewhat dowdy and old-fashioned. Now you can't commute without seeing inventive twists on the old ways. At Cais do Sodre station, giant Alice in Wonderland-esque rabbits seem to race across the tunnel walls.
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For the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, it was justice served.
Ray Caldwell and his All-Out Sewer and Drain company in December were found guilty of 25 counts of breaking the federal Clean Water Act. In April, Caldwell was sentenced to 27 months in prison and a $250,000 fine. In May, he was ordered to pay $650,000 in restitution.
After an aggressive investigation, the EPA could say it had won.
I was very pleased with a number that high, said Tyler Amon, special agent in charge of criminal investigation for the Northwest region of the EPA. I think from the governments position (demand for restitution) could have been much higher up to $900,000 but cases (like that) come to some kind of an agreement often.
Government prosecutors had sought 42 months in prison and $650,000 in fines, on top of higher restitution, but Amon said this case still should send a strong message to those in the septic industry and any other potential polluters.
This does come up pretty often in the Northwest, unfortunately, with corners being cut, he said. We dont have regulators on every corner; its a merit system.
Caldwell was convicted of dumping collected septic tank wastes directly into the citys sewer lines over 10 years and later underreporting by hundreds of thousands of gallons the sewage his company collected. That shortchanged the county, city and Three Rivers Wastewater system of revenue that should have been collected in per-gallon dumping fees.
Amon said two main points led to his agencys successful pursuit that All-Out had been illegally dumping for so long, and that Caldwell didnt stop after being approached by investigators nearly a decade into his polluting.
Often even just an interview from a federal investigator is enough to bring someone in line, Amon said, but Caldwell continued his illegal practices even after several jurisdictions became involved in investigating the company.
The EPA got involved in the Caldwell case in 2012, following the allegations of wrongdoing initially investigated by the city of Longview in 2010. Drawing on allegations from past employees, neighbors and local regulators, EPA obtained and carried out a search warrant in August 2012, which is serious business, Amon said.
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SOUTH BERWICK, Maine Representatives of Maine's two U.S. senators addressed town councilors regarding the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement at the council's Tuesday meeting.
Bonita Pothier of Sen. Angus King's office and Cathy Goodwin of Sen. Susan Collins' York office were asked by town councilors to explain the senators' positions on TPP, as well as to clarify aspects of the proposed agreement.
Also present at the meeting was South Berwick resident Mike Hasty, who asked the council to support a resolution opposing TPP.
While she has not yet taken a stand on TPP, Collins "tries to make sure that any agreement meets the best interests of Maine and the United States," Goodwin said. The senator's representative also indicated Collins is concerned about the proposed fast-track process for the treaty. Through this process, Congress could only vote "yes" or "no" on TPP it would lose any authority to make changes to the treaty.
Pothier indicated King is "very concerned that negotiations for this treaty are taking place behind closed doors" and, like Collins, is seeking protections for regional shoemaker New Balance that would enable it to better compete with the Vietnam shoe industry.
"When the public hears about fast-track and closed doors, it doesn't sit very well with the people of South Berwick, or the rest of the United States," Councilor Jack Kareckas said following remarks by Pothier and Goodwin.
Kareckas also cited TPP's possible impact on what he called "home rule authority."
According to TPP critics, transnational corporations could bring litigation against towns or even local property owners in global tribunals if they believed their ability to make a profit was being curtailed.
Councilor Jean Demetracopoulos criticized a TPP proposal that would eliminate country-of-origin tags and labels attached to clothes and similar products.
"'Made in Maine' helps us to market ourselves on quality," she said. "We would lose an effective tool to promote our products."
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