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URL:https://www.citizensplanning.org/events/cpa-first-monday-rick-closson-
 italian-stone-pines-on-anapamu-street/
SUMMARY:CPA First Monday Rick Closson / Italian Stone Pines on Anapamu Stre
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DESCRIPTION:The Zoom meeting is now online.\n\nLink: click here\nPasscode: 
 CZ9T7^rE\n\nJanuary 6\, the first Monday of the year at noon\, CPA will pr
 esent a call-out by Rick Closson with Pearl Chase Society board members Ch
 eri Rae and Emma Brinkman\, PCS Vice-president. They will talk about the f
 ate of the Italian Stone Pines on Anapamu Street.\n\nOn January 14\, the a
 ppeal will be heard at the regular Tuesday afternoon City Council meeting.
  The gist is that the California Environmental Quality Act requires enviro
 nmental review of what amounts to delisting of landmarked trees and their 
 replacement with oaks. (The landmarking was done by City Council resolutio
 n in 1997.) Such delisting must be done by the City Council\, not by its a
 dvisory commissions.\n\nDecided at a recent Parks &amp\; Recreation meetin
 g\, on the recommendation of the PRC subsidiary\, the Street Tree Advisory
  Committee (STAC)\, was a replacement of the Stone Pines\, Pinus pinea\, w
 ith Coast Live Oaks\, Quercus agrifolia\, often used as street trees\, esp
 ecially to provide shade. Handsome trees\, with extensive roots\, they're 
 well-suited for wide parkways without immediately adjacent sidewalks and u
 nderground utilities. (See: ChatGPT for pros and cons.) ...\n\nThe 5-membe
 r STAC\, a Brown Act committee\, meets monthly at the Parks office on 402 
 E. Ortega Street\, 8:30 A.M.\, and the meetings are not televised or appar
 ently recorded for the public. Their recommendations are usually adopted b
 y the PRC.\n\nThe appeal argues that it is the sole authority of the Landm
 ark-designating City Council "to establish - or revoke - landmark designat
 ions and attendant protections for features within the City"\, contending 
 that "the PRC does not have the authority - by immediate direct action or 
 prolonged incremental action - to de-landmark these trees."\n\nRick Closso
 n has been actively researching and presenting information on the Stone Pi
 nes to the City Council for years. The PCS worked hard during the recent d
 rought to supply water to the Anapamu trees. This looks to be a fascinatin
 g presentation of the intersection of the challenges of urban street trees
  and the roles of government\, City Council and its advisory boards.
CATEGORIES:Monday Speaker Series
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