Open letter to Ms. Carlile, City of Richmond,
Re: “Tree core rotten: City,” Letters, May 18.
Further to your letter in the Richmond News, I would ask you to look at the following list of addresses I have sent previously to city staff and councillors, as well as “tree protection” departments.
These properties have NO trees, NO replanted trees, no room to plant new trees as the properties are completely covered with the “house.”
These properties are in only a 10-block area of Seafair, and I did not include properties with even small trees.
After sending the following list, the house at 3371 Newmore was completely levelled. Not a shred of anything green was left on the lot.
I will be watching my tree at 8380 Seafair Drive, and although I may not be able to save it, I will be taking photos of the stumps and the house that is built on the property.
No doubt a driveway with take its place.
The lot at 8380 Seafair has been totally levelled and all greenery removed.
I am not alone in knowing that some people are not doing a good enough job of “protecting” trees in Richmond.
Your statistics on the books are only about trees that have been removed legally.
Judith Arnold
Richmond
