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�.�--Q�t�tP�" � p 7A PUBL{C WORKS SEftVECES DEPARTMEN7 MUIJlCiPAL SERViCES CEMffRage �H Right-4E�Vay Maintenance Division ��0� 1400 Broadway Redwood Cityr,CA 94063-2545 ,�. Telephone: (850)780-7484 �!1�� aX: �6sa�7aa�aas � f��1 www.redwoodcity.org June 28, 2006 irene Bender 111 Nevada Street Redwood City, CA 94062 RE: STREET TREE REM�VAI PERMIT APPLICATI�N F�R CONSTRUCTION OF SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM AT 111 NEVADA STREET Dear Ms. Bender; Thank you for providing additional detaiis that the City requested to re-consider your tree removal permit application for the remavaf of two Sycamare street trees at 111 Nevada Street. I have reviewed all af the fiformation you have submitted to make my fac�flndings. The fotiowing is a summary a#your appiication and submittais: i. The appficant provided a vaiid medical substantiation of the need for warm pool therapy, the ariginal bas'ss for#he installatian afi a solar energy system on the raof of the house. ii. The appticant provided three different submittals of solar panel arrangemen#s ranging from 18, 20 and 25 panels. iii. The appiicant amended the or'sgina! request to include solar energy for mitigating the energy issues assaciated with #he design ineffciencies of their home - windows and heating system. iv, The applicant showed the sotar panel arrangements as ait piaced on one raof direction face, represented as the most favorabl�, the sotathwest roof sxposure towards Nevada S#reet. v. The applicant presented genera! details that modifying the installation on optiona! or muitiple roaf faces would be marc expensive, by approximateiy $500. vi, The applicant provided sun exposure details in the most recent June 20, 2006 submittal on only the sauthwest roof expasure towards Nevada Street. vii. The applicant Mas provided letters irom atijacen# neighbars stating that they will object to the instaltation in a diffe�ent position than the roaf f�ce towards Nevada due to aesthetic f view concems. viii. The appticant stated that budget limitations wfll na# aliow installation of a more complicated framing system to put the paneis an a differen#roof facs or multiple faces. ix. The applicant is under a time constraint as the rebate pragram offered by CEC via Solar Technologies changes after June 30tn The foHowing are staff's censiderations of the request: a} The two City-owned Sycamore street trees proposed for removal benefit the community. They are heaithy and contribute to the streetscape on Nevada. They aiso have a significant Iifespan al�ead and represent an increasingly valuable public asset. b) The trees shade the Nevada frarrtage of the applicanYs home in the aftemoon, which should reduce interiar tempera#ures, at least #a some degree, and shoukd reduce cfloiing needs in the months the trees are in leaf, even if air conditioning is used. in fact, standard °green building" practices encourage planting deciduous trees on the southem exposu�es of homes Page 1 of 3