Wednesday, May 13, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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City responding to illegal tree removal
Sisters City Council
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
The City Council meeting
will be open to the public via
Zoom. Using Zoom is free of
charge. The public is invited
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5 p.m. workshop:
1. Review of Wildfire
Mitigation Strategies.
2. Discussion
of
Reopening Framework:
a. Overview of State and
County Status.
b. Review Communication
Strategy.
c. Review Emergency
Declaration.
d. Review Administrative
Order 2020-03.
e. Review City Operations:
" City Hall
" Campground
" Recycle Center
" Public Events
" Board & Commission
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f. Business Outreach &
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6:30 Regular Meeting:
" Resolution 2020-08:
Extending the State of
Emergency declaration con-
tained in Resolution No.
2020-06
" Resolution 2020-07:
A resolution of the City of
Redmond, Deschutes County
and City of Sisters to spon-
sor the re-designation of the
Greater Redmond Enterprise
Zone.
By Jim Cornelius
Editor in Chief
A tree service company
out of Redmond felled a large
ponderosa pine tree on Larch
Street just south of Hood
Avenue last week. According
to the City of Sisters, the tree
was in the right-of-way of the
City of Sisters, and the tree
service had no authorization
to bring the tree down.
Cascade Tree Works
owner Aidan Grady told
The Nugget that the adja-
cent property owner believed
the tree was on his property.
Grady said the tree had blue
stain, evidence of beetle
infestation.
Regardless of its condition
taking down the tree without
authorization puts both the
tree service and the property
owner in legal jeopardy.
<The property owner
and arborist are going to be
responsible for compensating
the City and the community
for the felling of that tree,=
said City Manager Cory
Misley.
Misley said removal of
trees in the City right-of-way
is conducted with approval
from the City after the City9s
forester has determined that
a tree is dead, diseased, or
dangerous.
This is not the first time
a private property owner
has gotten into hot water for
removing trees in the City
right-of-way. In 2018, home-
owners on South Pine Street
and the tree service they
employed to remove nine
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The City of Sisters plans “swift response” to the felling of a tree on Larch Street last week. The tree was in City
right-of-way and felled without notification or approval by the City of Sisters.
mature ponderosa pine trees
from City right-of-way in
front of their houses were hit
with a fine. Fines and com-
pensation in such cases can
climb to many thousands of
dollars. In the 2018 case, the
fines were considerably less
than the tens of thousands of
dollars that could have been
assessed.
The City has reached out
to arborists across Central
Oregon to drive home the
point that they should check
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<If you are not 100 per-
cent sure that it is on your
property, assume that it is
NOT on your property,=
Misley said.
A phone call from the
arborist and/or the property
owner can save a whole lot of
legal hassle and tremendous
expense.
<If someone isn9t sure
whether a tree is on their
property or in the City
right-of-way, our public
works crew will come out
and tell them,= Misley said.
In this case, the tree was
felled blocking a street with-
out informing the City, and,
according to Public Works
Director Paul Bertagna, it
was also brought down on
top of a 12-inch water main.
Misley said that the City
plans <swift response within
our legal authority 3 and
probably pursuing all the
legal authority that we have.=
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