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P leas anto n has s et go als as a city to be e co logically fo r war d. S o why <br />would we le t developer s r em ove m atur e tr ees ? Tr ees captur e <br />ca r bo n, the s ame car bon that is caus ing clim ate cha nge. T he fir es in <br />LA in Januar y ha ve no his tor ica l pr ecedence. B e for e this week, never <br />in the his tor y o f Ca l Fir e r ecor d-keeping had one of the s tate's mos t <br />des tr uctive fir es bur ned in Januar y. <br />P r e vious to this year , the ear lies t wildfir e o n that lis t didn't occur <br />until July. <br />T he me nta lity is , that “thes e ar e jus t a few tr ees , they don’t <br />matter ”. The y do matter. They contr ibute to the quality of life. While <br />the s tate is m andating infill deve lopment, the r e ha s to be s ome <br />co ns ider ation fo r the bene fits of m atur e tr ees : beauty, pr ivacy, <br />ho m e for bir ds , and m any other well-documented be nefits . We <br />s hould no t allow develo per s with only financial motiva tion to cut <br />do wn our her itage tr ees , des pite the “m anda ted” pus h for r ele ntles s <br />infill development. <br />T he r e dwoo ds pr o vide a s onic buffe r for r es idents fr o m do wntown <br />tr affic. High s cho o l s tudents bene fit fr o m the em otionally ca lm ing <br />pr e s ence of tr ees & wildlife. We a r e s e tting a n e xam ple for o ur <br />childr en and your choice s will impact elder ly r es idents who r ar ely <br />leave home, s uch as citize ns who have los t mobility o r have <br />dis abilities that call S aint Jo hn’s C ir cle ho m e. <br />I pr o pos e that the B a r o ne’s ho us ing plan be r ede s igned to r em ove <br />o nly the Eucalyptus tr ees and to pr otect the Valley Oak, Redwoods , <br />a nd B la ck Walnut. If the floo r plans ar e s hape d a r o und them , then we <br />a r e following our comm itm ent to the envir o nm ent which is tr ue <br />pr o gr es s . Le t’s s how the wo r ld we ar e r eal innova tor s and no t jus t <br />ca s hing in on the tech boo m. <br />T he develo per , Ro bs on Homes , us es matur e tr ee s a s a s e lling point <br />for their hom es in C am pbell, C alifo r nia. While we have to watch o ur <br />belove d tr ees be cut down? <br />Uplo a d F ile (s )S aint Jo hn View o f Tr ees .pdf