HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-04-2018 Heritage Trees - Power PointHeritage Tree Inventory
April 4, 2018
Background
•In 2011, the City established a process for nomination of Heritage Trees.
•Qualifications of a heritage tree:•Outstanding specimen that possess good health, good structure and has the potential for a long life and•Possesses distinctive characteristics such as age, size type of species or location, and/or•Represents special aesthetic, social, cultural, educational, economic, agricultural or historic importance to the community.
13865 Yerba Santa Court
Mexican Fan Palms Qualifications
•Estimated age: 100 years +
•Estimated height: 65 feet +
•Health: Good
•Historic: Once lined the driveway of Leland Howard
Wakefield’s 104 acre estate known as Casa Bella.
•Overall Importance: Trees represent historic, social
and cultural characteristics.
Recommended Action
•City Arborist and Heritage Preservation Commission
recommended approval of application and
•City staff recommends removing a deceased tree from Inventory.
•Adopt resolution adding the six Palm trees and
removing the deceased tree to the Heritage Tree
Inventory