| Incident Text |
| Type | Date | Comments |
| INITIAL | 09-01-2013 | STREET SWEEPTER TORE LG BRANCH OF GUMBO LIMBO TREE |
| | | THIS EMAIL WAS RCVD 8/31/13 10:56 AM |
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| | | USER SUBMITTED VALUES: |
| | | NAME: JEAN BURNS |
| | | EMAIL: [email protected] |
| | | ADDRESS: 345 PLYMOUTH ROAD |
| | | PHONE: 561-533-1111 |
| | | CITY: WEST PALM BEACH |
| | | STATE: FL |
| | | ZIP / POST CODE: 33405 |
| | | DEPARTMENT: GENERAL |
| | | MESSAGE: THE DRIVER OF A CITY STREET-SWEEPING TRUCK, WE |
| | | BELIEVE DRIVING WITHOUT REGARD TO THE TRUCK'S CLEARANCE |
| | | HEIGHT, STRUCK AND TORE OFF A LARGE BRANCH (APPROX. 30" |
| | | DIAM.) FROM A GUMBO LIMBO TREE WHICH GROWS IN THE SWALE IN |
| | | FRONT OF OUR HOUSE. THE FALLING BRANCH CRUSHED PART OF OUR |
| | | SPRINKLER SYSTEM. IT ALSO MADE UP ABOUT 1/3 OF THE ENTIRE |
| | | CANOPY GROWTH, SO IT IS QUESTIONABLE WHETHER THE MATURE |
| | | TREE WILL SURVIVE. |
| | | I HAVE SEVERAL PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE AS WELL AS RESIDUAL |
| | | TIRE MARKS SHOWING THE PATH OF THE STREET-SWEEPING TRUCK AS |
| | | IT MOVED DOWN OUR STREET. DUE TO THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THE |
| | | FALLEN PORTION OF THE TREE, IT IS UNLIKELY THE DRIVER WAS |
| | | UNAWARE HE STRUCK THE TREE. |
| | | WE HAVE CUT APART THE FALLEN BRANCH AND CREATED A LARGE |
| | | PILE OF CUT BRANCH DEBRIS AT THE CURB. I WANT TO CALL THIS |
| | | TO YOUR ATTENTION FOR 2 REASONS. FIRST, TO URGE YOUR DEPT. |
| | | TO INSTRUCT DRIVERS TO LOOK UP AT TREE CANOPIES AS WELL AS |
| | | DOWN AT THE CURB. SECOND, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT CODE |
| | | ENFORCEMENT IS AWARE THAT THE DEBRIS LEFT AT THE CURB OVER |
| | | THIS WEEK IS THE RESULT OF THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE CITY'S |
| | | TRUCK DRIVER AND OUR NEED TO REMOVE THE DEBRIS FROM THE |
| | | ROAD. |
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| CLOSING | 09-03-2013 | MRT HS BEEN PLACED ON A WORK PENDING LIST. |
| | | SANITATION DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATED AND FOUND NO TREE LIMBS |
| | | TO BE PICKED UP. |
