| # | Name | Comments |
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| 401 | Ron | |
| 402 | luba rosenblum | |
| 403 | Helen Mauchi | |
| 404 | Dennis Scargill | |
| 405 | Louis Leal | They've been there longer than all the councilmen have been in their positions. Lets keep the trees just where they stand....things take time to grow and they're doing just fine. |
| 406 | Anonymous | mature trees are essential to our environment and costly to replace. the ficus along 2nd and 4th street are part of the santa monica lanscape language and it would be sad to replace them wiht a species that is not part of the neighborhood and that woudl take long time to achieve the desired canopy effect of the existing trees. please invest the money on other porjects to beautify the wonderful city of SM.
thank you,Paola |
| 407 | Susann Takaki | |
| 408 | Anonymous | sace the Ficus trees in SM |
| 409 | Georgina Rotter | Dear Sir or Madam,
I like Santa Monica. When I decide where to go shopping or for leisure time, I always head to where I see trees, as they relax me more than anything else in a city. But what is this Los Angeles mania to cut down beautiful and old trees? Trees create oxygen. Los Angeles needs MORE good air, not less! Trees create a spirited atmosphere. I go where the trees go. If the trees go away I won't want to go there anymore and my friends and my family actually all think the same. And we all do not care too much for the thought of miniature gingko trees. Actually oaks would be a lot more comforting.
Thanks for listening.
Georgina Rotter |
| 410 | Sharon M Ruhland | The destruction of these beautiful shade giving trees would be an immensely short-sighted and stupid and irremediable crime. As one who loves the unique beauty of Santa Monica business, residential and beach areas i petition that the se trees are NOT removed. |
| 411 | Francesco Belvedere | Bigger, greener trees help reduce green house gasses. What happened to Santa Monica's pioneering efforts in environmentalism, and green architecture? Keep the ficus trees. |
| 412 | Francesco Belvedere | |
| 413 | Margaret Lynch | |
| 414 | Jessica Brown | |
| 415 | Anonymous | |
| 416 | Diego Wallraff | |
| 417 | Barbara Bronie | Please do not destroy these trees that adds to the beauty and uniqueness of Santa Monica, which is what actually attracts people.
Thank you. |
| 418 | Susan Killian | |
| 419 | Julia Fonda-Bonardi | keep on the good fight ! |
| 420 | Anonymous | Keep on the good fight ! |
| 421 | David Bischke | I love the trees outside our building! |
| 422 | ari arom | too much carbon dioxide emissions to do that, although those trees aren't the prettiest. |
| 423 | Linda Stitt | |
| 424 | Liz Greenberger | Please do not cut down the ficus trees on 4th and 2nd. |
| 425 | James Quinn | |
| 426 | Robyn Dunbar | dont cut the trees! |
| 427 | Daiva K. Venckus | I was born in Santa Monica and have remained a Santa Monica resident all of my life (over 41 years). Many of the new development projects in Santa Monica seem to be mindful of the historical "neighborhood feel" of Santa Monica. Removing mature trees, removes part of that historical legacy (albeit these trees are only a few decades old) - the nice balance of old and new is being threatened. The money should instead be used towards resolving the homeless problem. |
| 428 | Anonymous | Please dont cut down the trees! |
| 429 | Anthony Nelson | |
| 430 | Stuart M. Chandler | I earned all my income as a Balloon Artist for over 10 years on the 3rd Street Pormenade. I know Santa Monica far better than I know my own neighborhood in Mar Vista. Touch not a leaf or you will lose the finest aspect of Sant Monica.
Last night November 3, 2007, I walked nown 4th street from the elementary school to Hill and over to the Church of Ocean Park. In spite of the fact of my pronounced limp, due to my left leg being shorter than my right, I had no difficulty negotating the sidewalk in spite of the presense of mature Ficus trees. |
| 431 | Vicky D'Amico | |
| 432 | Anonymous | |
| 433 | Trevor Algatt | DO NOT CUT DOWN THE TREES! Don't be assholes. Or idiots. THOSE TREES ARE VALUABLE AND APPRECIATED. |
| 434 | Anonymous | Please don't forget to turn on your heart an brain while making far- reaching decisions.
If you see that people love these trees, why are you still thinking about cutting them all? This is neither rational nor shows it special leadership qualities. It' s really hard to believe that all trees get "sick" at the same time. This really seems to became another short- sighted decision based on ideas of already afore failed planning concepts.
Economic prosperty is not only a result of nice surroundings. First of all it lives from people who can identify themself with their immideate and broader environs. If they feel, that they are not involved in decision- making process, how will you make them feel close to their surroundings in order that they take care of it? Lively, attractive spaces live from the people who feel incident to it. Otherwise these top down planned areas normally became cold anonymous places, by which nobody can identify himself. Social and economic cohesion can only be reached by working with the people and not against them.
In this case perhaps it' s better to go out together, residents, activists, policy- makers and green area experts and to analyze the conditions of the trees together. In order to get mutual consent ,you can find understanding, if there are really dying trees, which can pose a risk and you on the other side can get a feeling of how much people are loving their trees. Perhaps you can find in a group discussion with the people what they have for ideas to make their part of town more attractive. As living there for years you will never find more proficident and sensitive experts, which are not only interested in transient unadapted prestige but in sustainable developpement of their district. And to achieve this longlife social and economic success is maybe the hardest but in any case the most responsible way for policy- makers to do their job.
But I think too, that people are able to propose a lot of space where it' s possible to plant some trees. Perhaps you can start an action programm WITH them. |
| 435 | Alexandra I. Alvarez Fuentes | These trees established this place as their home many years ago and I believe that it should stay that way. |
| 436 | Richard Dent | |
| 437 | Diane Budzik | Why anyone would want to waste so much money cutting down beautiful trees that seem perfectly healthy is beyond me. |
| 438 | Wendy Walwyn | The city is trying to do the same to a large ficus on our street- Bay. |
| 439 | karin | The trees are life! they are history! And the damage to them shows the peop[le of our world that dont think about the trees. But that percentage of people is small and are we going to let them turn this beauiful place into a concrete jungle? It would be sad. Nature should be treasured- it is being destroyed TOO FAST. Let's not do it intentionally. |
| 440 | Rhonda Carr | |
| 441 | ashley weis | |
| 442 | Carolyn Dawn Cartwright | |
| 443 | Alice Mouradian | I live on 2nd street and overlooking the trees that are designated to be removed.
The polution and noise from the buses is as bad as it could be already. We need the green tree canopys to stop the reverberation of the noise and stop the fumes and purify the air . We also need the shade of the trees, since summer time the sun is very strong and some of my friends, who have lived for long time in much better shaded area of Santa Monica have aqcuired skin cancer from exposure to the sun.
The birds have no place to live and nest. We are seeing the nests and eggs destroyed because of it. PLEASE SAVE THE TREES! |
| 444 | Janis Posin | |
| 445 | Janis Posin | |
| 446 | crystal adams | |
| 447 | angel pineda | |
| 448 | Kirstin McLatchie | |
| 449 | julia Jaye | This would be a horrible mistake, especially considering the state of our environment right now. Economically and ecologically, this is not a wise move on the cities part. |
| 450 | Anonymous | Please don't chop them down. They are so beautiful and provide shelter for birds and people. Without them the streets would look dull. |