[ACT] Remaining Trees SAFE! Moratorium on Felling Healthy Trees in Pasadena Approved!
William Ramseyer
wmr83 at earthlink.net
Tue Mar 3 16:27:20 PST 2009
Can we all just chill now?
Bill Ramseyer
On Mar 3, 2009, at 6:12 AM, SSL wrote:
> Again, what has this to do with the Altadena Crest Trail? The rest of
> us are not allowed to post off topic at all, let alone endlessly so.
> Congrats.
>
>
>
> --- On Tue, 3/3/09, Gaboon <gaboon at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> From: Gaboon <gaboon at sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: [ACT] Remaining Trees SAFE! Moratorium on Felling Healthy
>> Trees in Pasadena Approved!
>> To: chaneytrail at yahoogroups.com, act at fourpalms.org
>> Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 1:53 AM
>>
>> * Please cross-post to other listserves and feel free to forward...
>>
>> Dear Tree Huggers,
>>
>> Good news!
>>
>> As some of you may know by now, the remaining old trees in the
>> Pasadena Playhouse District are safe and likely to remain so for
>> the foreseeable future. Thanks to all of you who called and wrote the
>> Mayor and City Council! Special thanks to the stubborn souls who
>> held late night vigils by the doomed trees, who took photographs,
>> sent out e-mail alerts, circulated petitions, sat through the tedious
>> and frustrating Council meetings and finally spoke so passionately on
>> behalf of the trees!
>>
>> Strong public opposition to the cutting down the big trees on
>> Colorado Blvd. is what won a reprieve for the surviving trees. We are
>> hopeful that the tentative protection approved at the meeting will be
>> made permanent in the future.
>>
>> After a long and complex discussion last night, the Pasadena City
>> Council approved an interim moratorium protecting all healthy "public
>> trees" (both street trees and park trees) in Pasadena, excluding only
>> trees that must be removed on an emergency basis because they pose an
>> immediate danger to public safety. As part of a motion proposed by
>> Councilmember Tyler, an initial, interim moratorium will last two
>> weeks. During that time, City staff, working with the Urban Forest
>> Advisory Committee (UFAC) and others, will gather data on the exact
>> number of Pasadena trees, identify which projects involve tree
>> removals and why, and collect other pertinent information about
>> Pasadena's urban forest. Once accurate info. is in hand, the Mayor
>> and Council anticipates extending a more formal moratorium that will
>> better protect old trees and preserve canopy shade. Pasadena may seek
>> guidance in this endeavor with organizations that promote drought
>> tolerant native trees. Councilmember Tyler mentioned consulting with
>> the Theodore Payne Foundation. He may have spoken with TPF
>> representatives at the Green Fair in the City Hall Courtyard last
>> Saturday.
>>
>> The 13 year old "Pasadena Playhouse District Streetscape Walkways and
>> Alleys Plan" that called for small gingko trees and invasive Mexican
>> fan palms to replace all the majestic old Indian Laurel Fig and
>> mature Carrotwood trees will also be re-evaluated. The Council
>> acknowledged that the lack of shade provided by these "stick and
>> pole" replacement trees, along with strong public and UFAC opposition
>> to the plane, has caused reconsideration of the 1996 streetscape
>> "tree palette." An additional concern is the anticipated water
>> shortage. Any new street tree should be extremely drought tolerant
>> and able to thrive with minimal supplemental water.
>>
>> Councilmember Tyler led the call for a blanket moratorium that
>> specifically included the remaining trees on Colorado Blvd. and
>> Pasadena Playhouse District streets. Along with Councilmember Tyler,
>> Councilmembers Holden, Madison, and McAustin all expressed an
>> interest in reconciling the apparent conflicts and contradictions
>> between various policies affecting healthy trees, including the
>> current tree protection ordinance, the general plan (Open Space &
>> Conservation Element), district streetscape plans, etc.
>>
>> There was stronger support at this meeting for acknowledging the
>> benefits provided by mature trees, including shade, beauty, bird
>> habitat, noise reduction, water conservation, and carbon
>> sequestration. The fact that every one of the many speakers supported
>> full protection of the trees was a major factor in swaying the
>> Council's opinions.
>>
>> Again, thank you to everyone who took action to stop Pasadena from
>> cutting down more magnificent trees!
>>
>> If you can spare the time, it would be helpful to send a brief e-mail
>> of appreciation to the Mayor and City Council for finally protecting
>> the trees. Better late than never, at least for the sake of the
>> surviving trees. Encouragement may help keep the Council rumbling
>> down the right track towards permanent tree preservation. (See
>> contact info. for the Mayor and City Council listed last below.)
>>
>> That's the tree news,
>>
>> Lori
>>
>> - - -
>>
>> In Memoriam:
>>
>> The hard-won and somewhat vague procedural victory last night remains
>> bittersweet as we recall the massive old trees cut down on Colorado
>> Blvd. in the last two weeks. The trees pictured below will never
>> shade visitors, movie goers or bus stops again. They will never
>> shelter birds and their nests, nor look lovely in the setting sun.
>> The wind will never be heard rustling through their leaves and their
>> 3 to 5 story high silhouettes will no longer hide ugly stucco
>> storefronts.
>>
>> Today, not even the stumps of the trees below remain; they've been
>> ground down and obliterated. Those trees now live only in a few
>> photos and our memories...
>>
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>>
>> This last photo was taken just before the tree was cut down and
>> hauled away at approximately 2:00am in the morning.
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>> Rejoice in the Sun
>> -- from the 1972 movie, Silent Running
>> by Peter Schickele, originally sung by Joan Baez
>>
>> Fields of children running wild
>> In the Sun
>> Like a forest is your child,
>> Growing wild,
>> In the Sun
>> Doomed in their innocence
>> In the Sun
>>
>> Gather your children to your side,
>> In the Sun
>> Tell them all they love will die,
>> Tell them why,
>> In the Sun
>>
>> Tell them it's not too late,
>> Cultivate
>> One by one;
>> Tell them to harvest
>> And rejoice
>> In the Sun.
>>
>> - - -
>>
>> Contact info:
>>
>> Bill Bogaard
>> Mayor of Pasadena & Pasadena City Council
>> 626-744-4311
>> Fax: 626-744-3727
>> bbogaard at ci.pasadena.ca.us
>> P.O. Box 7115
>> Pasadena, CA 91109-7215
>>
>>
>> District 1:
>>
>> Councilmember Jacque Robinson
>>
>> Field Representative: Tina Williams
>> district1 at ci.pasadena.ca.us
>>
>> 626 744-4444
>>
>> Fax: 626 396-7300
>>
>>
>>
>> District 2:
>>
>> Councilmember Margaret McAustin
>>
>> Field Representative: Margo Morales-Fuller
>> mfuller at cityofpasadena.net
>>
>> 626 744-4742
>>
>>
>>
>> District 3:
>>
>> Councilmember Chris Holden
>>
>> Field Representative: Jacqueline McIntyre
>> jmcintyre at cityofpasadena.net
>>
>> 626 744-4738
>>
>> Fax: 626 744-4774
>>
>>
>>
>> District 4:
>>
>> Vice Mayor Steve Haderlein
>>
>> Field Representative: Rhonda L. Stone
>> rstone at cityofpasadena.net
>>
>> 626 744-4740
>>
>>
>>
>> District 5:
>>
>> Councilmember Victor Gordo
>>
>> Field Representative: Vannia DeLaCuba
>> vdelacuba at ci.pasadena.ca.us
>>
>> 626 744-4741 or 626 831-8609
>>
>> Fax: 626 398-1836
>>
>>
>>
>> District 6:
>>
>> Councilmember Steve Madison
>>
>> Field Representative: Takako Suzuki
>> NO e-mail listed! Use online form under "Contact" tab at:
>> http://cityofpasadena.net/district6/
>>
>> 626 744-4739
>>
>>
>>
>> District 7:Councilmember Sid Tyler
>>
>> Field Representative: Pam Thyret
>> NO e-mail listed! Use online form under "Contact" tab at:
>> http://cityofpasadena.net/district7/
>>
>> 626 441-4802
>>
>> Fax: 626 441-4806
>>
>>
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