Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z10110011
Project Number Z10110011
Review Stop L
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2011-05-11 10:41:40***LANDSCAPE REVIEW FAILED***
  
 PLEASE RESPOND TO REVIEW COMMENTS IN WRITTEN FORMAT.
  
 THIS REVIEW IS IN RESPONSE TO THE DAMAGE REPORTS
 RECEIVED ON 5/9/11. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ALL OF THE
 COMMENTS MADE ON 12/29/10 STILL APPLY.
  
 1. THE FIRST FIVE PHOTOGRAPHS DID NOT REFERENCE THE
 LOCATION OF THE DAMAGE. IT IS UNCLEAR TO ME AS TO WHAT
 THESE PHOTOS ARE DEPICTING. THERE APPEARS TO BE A PHONE
 OR CABLE TV WIRE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SPLICED. THESE
 CABLES ARE ALWAYS INSTALLED CLOSE TO THE SURFACE AND
 NEED TO BE REPAIRED FROM TIME TO TIME. LAWN MAINTENANCE
 CREWS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DAMAGE LINES BY INSTALLING
 PLANT MATERIAL OR EVEN RUNING AN EDGER AROUND A BED.
 PHOTO # 6 SHOWS A PATCH IN THE STREET, BUT NO TREE IS
 SHOWN IN THE PHOTO AND THE CURB APPEARS TO BE ORIGINAL
 AND UNDISTURBED. PHOTO # 7 SHOWS A DISCOLORATION AROUND
 A WATER METER. AGAIN, NO TREE IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND
 WATER METERS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO LEAK. PHOTOS # 8-10 DO
 SHOW TREE DAMAGE TO SIDEWALKS. HOWEVER, THE
 INSTALLATION OF ROOT BARRIERS COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS
 SITUATION. PHOTOS # 11-12 SHOW DAMAGE IN THE REAR OR
 SIDE OF A HOME. IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY UNLIKELY THAT
 ROOTS FROM A STREET TREE COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS DAMAGE.
 PHOTOS #11 AND 12 ARE NOT SHOWING ANY DAMAGE.
  
 2. CONCERNING THE WRITTEN COMPLAINTS, EIGHT OF THE
 SIXTEEN COMPLAINTS REFER TO THE TREES AS BEING DIRTY
 AND/OR DROPPING ACORNS. THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THESE
 TREES DROP ACORNS IS QUITE LIMITED. PERHAPS IF THE LAWN
 CREW WERE VACUUMING THE PAVED AREAS DURING THE TIME OF
 ACORN AND LEAF DROP INSTEAD OF USING A BLOWER, THE
 PROBLEM WOULD BE RESOLVED. MAINTENANCE IS REQUIRED FOR
 ALL LIVING THINGS. I AM CERTAIN THAT THE DOLLARS
 ALLOCATED FOR LAWN MAINTENANCE OF YOUR COMMUNITY FAR
 EXCEEDS THE DOLLARS ALLOCATED FOR TREE CARE. THE
 ELIMINATION OF ALL TREES WOULD RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE
 SAME ANALOGY CAN BE DRAWN THAT IF ALL OF THE LAWN AREAS
 WERE ELIMINATED, THERE WOULD BE NO NEED TO MOW THE
 GRASS. ONE OF THE LETTERS INDICATED THAT THE THATCH IN
 THE LAWN WAS CAUSED BY THE TREES. THATCH IS CAUSED BY
 NOT PICKING UP THE GRASS CUTTINGS AFTER MOWING AND
 MOWING AT TOO HIGH OF A SETTING. THE GENTLEMAN ALSO
 STATED: "THE LEAVES ARE HARDLY EVER CLEANED UP". AGAIN,
 I WOULD ATTRIBUTE THE PROBLEM TO THE LACK OF PROPER
 MAINTENANCE. I WOULD ALSO DISPUTE THE NEWS ARTICLE
 CONCERNING POLLEN LEVELS IN WEST PALM BEACH. I GOT ONTO
 THE POLLEN.COM WEBSITE REFERENCED IN THE NEWS ARTICLE
 AND FOUND THE EXACT OPPOSITE RESULTS STATED IN THE
 ARTICLE. I HAVE A PRINT OUT TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THEIR
 WEBSITE THAT SHOWS SOUTH FLORIDA, INCLUDING WEST PALM
 BEACH, AS HAVING A LOW TO MODERATE POLLEN COUNT AND AS
 BEING ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN THE COUNTRY TO LIVE IF
 YOU HAVE AN ALLERGY.
  
 3. REGARDING THE INVOICES, INVOICE # 267 AND 622 ARE
 VALID EXPENSES INCURRED BY HAVING THE TREES. THE TWO
 INVOICES TOTAL $2,750 AND WERE PAID OUT ALMOST TWO
 YEARS AGO. I BELIEVE THAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT SPENT IS
 LOW CONSIDERING THE COST OF THIS PROPOSED PROJECT. ONE
 OF THE INVOICES REFERENCED A BROKEN MAINLINE WITHIN A
 SLEEVE. I AM NOT CLEAR ON HOW THE MAINLINE WITHIN A
 SLEEVE WAS DAMAGED BY A TREE WHEN THE SLEEVE WAS NOT
 DAMAGED. ANOTHER INVOICE WAS FOR REPAIR OF BROKEN
 IRRIGATION LINES CAUSED BY CONCRETE REPAIR. IF THE
 CONCRETE COMPANY DAMAGED LINES IN THE COURSE OF DOING
 THEIR JOB, HOW IS THAT CAUSED BY THE TREES?
  
 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE
 DOCUMENTATION FROM POLLEN.COM, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE
 TO CONTACT ME. I CAN BE REACHED AT: (561) 822-1462.
  
  
  
  
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