Comments on: Plant a Tree for Every Tacoman http://www.tacomasun.com/2008/06/27/plant-a-tree-for-every-tacoman/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:27:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: anon http://www.tacomasun.com/2008/06/27/plant-a-tree-for-every-tacoman/comment-page-1/#comment-248 anon Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:23:09 +0000 http://www.tacomasun.com/?p=217#comment-248 rpierce2@cityoftacoma.org= new urban forester...please contact for tree info! rpierce2@cityoftacoma.org= new urban forester…please contact for tree info!

]]> By: marco http://www.tacomasun.com/2008/06/27/plant-a-tree-for-every-tacoman/comment-page-1/#comment-245 marco Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:36:05 +0000 http://www.tacomasun.com/?p=217#comment-245 I am all for going green, but there is a huge problem with the council's proposal. For starters, their recent decision to close the HOV lane in Tacoma off HWY16. The City even lobbied the state to close it. Why? So now, we are saying don't carpool or forget about it, since there is no back up today, but we will re-examine tomorrow. Then there is the fact that no council member even carpools or takes mass transit. Ask any of them. Do they own a pass or take the bus to council meetings? If transit is so wonderful, then take it to your council meetings. Lastly, why tell residents not to plant trees on their own property line? This is crazy. If there are no safety, utility lines, why does the city care? Are they going to go around town and pick up ever darn "free growing" tree that roots itself naturally along roadways or property? I doubt it. So, before we claim we are committed to going green, try practicing what they preach!!! Marco I am all for going green, but there is a huge problem with the council’s proposal. For starters, their recent decision to close the HOV lane in Tacoma off HWY16. The City even lobbied the state to close it. Why? So now, we are saying don’t carpool or forget about it, since there is no back up today, but we will re-examine tomorrow. Then there is the fact that no council member even carpools or takes mass transit. Ask any of them. Do they own a pass or take the bus to council meetings? If transit is so wonderful, then take it to your council meetings. Lastly, why tell residents not to plant trees on their own property line? This is crazy. If there are no safety, utility lines, why does the city care? Are they going to go around town and pick up ever darn “free growing” tree that roots itself naturally along roadways or property? I doubt it.

So, before we claim we are committed to going green, try practicing what they preach!!!

Marco

]]> By: Morgan Alexander http://www.tacomasun.com/2008/06/27/plant-a-tree-for-every-tacoman/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Morgan Alexander Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:28:02 +0000 http://www.tacomasun.com/?p=217#comment-244 Heather: The city has an arborist, try googling them. Joanna: Somehow it doesn't surprise me that the tree program is not user friendly. I was surprised that there was a tree program at all. Better marketing and perhaps a revamp in the program is in order. Anyone at city hall reading this? Heather: The city has an arborist, try googling them.

Joanna: Somehow it doesn’t surprise me that the tree program is not user friendly. I was surprised that there was a tree program at all. Better marketing and perhaps a revamp in the program is in order. Anyone at city hall reading this?

]]> By: Joanna http://www.tacomasun.com/2008/06/27/plant-a-tree-for-every-tacoman/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Joanna Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:06:25 +0000 http://www.tacomasun.com/?p=217#comment-243 My neighborhood is conspicuously treeless, so yesterday I requested information about Tacoma's free street tree program. After reading the guidelines for planting street trees, I completely ran out of enthusiasm for this project. If I read the standards correctly (and I'm hoping I didn't), small trees can't be planted within 10 feet of a driveway or property line, 5 feet of an underground utility, 20 feet from another tree or 25 feet from a corner. This means that I can plant a total of. . .zero trees along the street. These guidelines also eliminate most of my neighbors. Though I'm still going to plant a few trees on my property, I'm really disappointed that the whole neighborhood won't be able to benefit from having street trees. Someone please tell me that I read the standards incorrectly. Please! My neighborhood is conspicuously treeless, so yesterday I requested information about Tacoma’s free street tree program. After reading the guidelines for planting street trees, I completely ran out of enthusiasm for this project. If I read the standards correctly (and I’m hoping I didn’t), small trees can’t be planted within 10 feet of a driveway or property line, 5 feet of an underground utility, 20 feet from another tree or 25 feet from a corner. This means that I can plant a total of. . .zero trees along the street. These guidelines also eliminate most of my neighbors. Though I’m still going to plant a few trees on my property, I’m really disappointed that the whole neighborhood won’t be able to benefit from having street trees. Someone please tell me that I read the standards incorrectly. Please!

]]> By: Heather http://www.tacomasun.com/2008/06/27/plant-a-tree-for-every-tacoman/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Heather Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:25:53 +0000 http://www.tacomasun.com/?p=217#comment-242 If anyone has a suggestion of a good source of information on tree species that do well in urban areas, that includes their rate of growth and size, please share. We had to remove a tree from our front yard and we are trying to decide on replacements. As we all strive to plant more trees, we need to be sure that we are planting trees that fit and will thrive. If anyone has a suggestion of a good source of information on tree species that do well in urban areas, that includes their rate of growth and size, please share.

We had to remove a tree from our front yard and we are trying to decide on replacements. As we all strive to plant more trees, we need to be sure that we are planting trees that fit and will thrive.

]]> By: Thorax O'Tool http://www.tacomasun.com/2008/06/27/plant-a-tree-for-every-tacoman/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Thorax O'Tool Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:00:15 +0000 http://www.tacomasun.com/?p=217#comment-239 I think it might actually be a more interesting idea to take the current almost 202k number and multiply it out by our current growth rate to get a practical and reasonable projection for the population in 2018. Then plant that many trees. I think it might actually be a more interesting idea to take the current almost 202k number and multiply it out by our current growth rate to get a practical and reasonable projection for the population in 2018.
Then plant that many trees.

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