Oppose the Destruction of an Ann Arbor Urban Forest

Robyn Frey

Cutting down the forest would be a huge loss to the neighborhood. Trees make Ann Arbor great. Not just another faceless urban sprall.

Nina Rogow

This is appropriate growth.

Supporter

Any clearcutting of a mature forest is a loss to the entire community. Toll Brothers has a notorious reputation for doing just this. Any permits by the City must be accompanied with conditions to ensure that removal of mature trees be kept to an absolute minimum and placement of houses take the environment into account. Penalties should be attached for failing to follow strict conservation guidelines.

susan bass

I agree with the statements in the petition. We pay so much in taxes without any relief regardless of how much new building there is - demolishing the forest is not worth more human storage.

JUDITH FREEDMAN

This would be a detriment to the area. It will remove an important area for many reasons. A top reason is that the land there absorbs so much water that will run down that huge hill on Glazier Way and create a flood zone farther down.

Lora Wingate

The name of the town is Ann Arbor. The razing and mutilation of trees to make way for pricey housing and city planning projects is a failure by the city to protect one of its most valuable commodities. Trees

Gregory Urda

This forest is needed in the community.

Jean Desrosiers

The proposed density is completely inappropriate for this area. The traffic impact this would have is extremely dangerous at an intersection that has already had many accidents and one related death. The loss of this forest would be terrific for the ecosystem.

Brooks Barnes

As people who need to breathe fresh air and stay sane with a walk in the woods. We need this forest to be left alone.

cindy johengen

mature urban forests must remain

Supporter

I’m sick and tired of seeing mature trees cut down to build more housing- Enough already!

Bob Hart

This is a highly-terrained piece of land with a valuable older urban growth forest The number if townhomes would be devastating and akin to the “ hatchet job” inflicted on the property that Toll developed on Concordia land on Earhart Road . If it must be developed, please scale it back to be more sympathetic to its site. Not every piece of property in A2 needs the densification treatment

Thomas Gilpin

Habitat destruction on this site is ill advised

Tanya Lubo

Don’t cut down urban forests and new land. There are plenty of empty businesses and buildings that should be converted to housing/affordable housing first.

Supporter

Builders continue to takedown too many trees in our Tree City. There seems to be no limit as to how many they have taken or when will it stop. Elizabeth Green is surely flipping in her grave. We are losing our beautiful Tree Town. Has to Stop!!!

Edmond Nadler

This forest is a dense, established tree canopy that helps absorb stormwater, cool the neighborhood, and support wildlife habitat. Once it is gone, it cannot be quickly replaced. The loss would permanently weaken the natural buffer that protects nearby homes and streets, and it would add to the urban heat island effect at a time when Ann Arbor should be protecting every tree it can.

susan slack

so many reasons to oppose this including traffic speeding up to get up the hill when it's icy while at the same time Grace church is trying to get out of their lots. The entire natural area on that hill is an ecosystem with many inhabitants, including deer, coyotes, foxes, skunks, owls, turkeys, birds of all stripes. And where will they go? Into the yards of geddes lake condo owners. I have looked up the people planning this project and I am not impressed with their expertise.

Constantine Lekas

Additionally, there is a very large deer population in northeast Ann Arbor and night-time driving is often hazardous because of this. Removing more natural habitat will only push more deer into already developed areas and create more hazardous driving conditions.

Diane Massell

The nearby deforestation off Earhart Road by the Toll Brothers has already had a big impact on wildlife in this area, and this development propses a similar disregard for the environment. Others have already commented on the out of scale density for the infrastrucure and traffic in this particular area, and I concur. . High density in this spot is also

Ruth Barry

Very concerned about the environment consequences and the population density