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How this is done in Burlingame |source:ccag.gov.org <br />Trees are supposed to improve drought conditions, flooding situations, and sustainability overall. These trees, however, are watered with fossil-fuel trucks and <br />require lots of leaf blowing; both are currently achieved using costly manpower, and both activities are increasing carbon emissions. Flooding is still a likely <br />occurrence during the rainy season here as these changes don't add features to capture rainwater. <br />The concrete and curb extensions should have been used to create safer crossings and better water management for the trees along the curb. Just like the <br />Burlingame photo shows and the county recommends, the plan should have included stormwater curb extensions, rainwater capture and bioretention areas to <br />turn Hopkins Avenue into a Green Street. Instead, the city put trees in the middle of the street where watering and leaf blowing created a less sustainable street <br />now. <br />The job to implement C/CAG's recommendation would fall to Council member Alicia Aguirre (D7). As a longtime member of the C/CAG board, she knows and <br />signed off on the county's Sustainable Streets Master Plan and yet she still voted for this Hopkins Avenue streetscape without any sustainability features. Even <br />worse, as the county seat, you would have to expect that Redwood City's council would lead by example. But so far, city hall has hardly done any Sustainable <br />Green Street projects. <br />Pedestrians are losing against trees and cars <br />7/21/24, 5:24 PM Blog: Pedestrians still drowning on Hopkins Avenue - Redwood City Pulse <br />https://www.rwcpulse.com/blogs/peeking-at-plans/2023/11/13/hopkins-2/4/5