[Discuss] Special Meeting on Thursday to discuss tree planting plans on Jesus Green and Midsummer Common

Fri Sep 24 18:25:07 BST 2010

Adding my name and voice to your list.  Can't believe they are gong to chop the 
swimming pool trees, yes it is absolute madness.  Uniformity is not wanted and 
healthy trees must not be chopped.  The plane trees in Alexandra Gardens must 
not be felled, I think the argumetns against prevail entirely.

Do we know what the cost of the work to the man in Holland St. 's house would 
be?  I mean, I do have sympathy with anyone whose house and perhaps huge 
investment is suffering from soil movement - but we don't have to agree to chop 
trees.  We can: either give the council enough arguments to fight off the 
houseowners' insurers, by makign it clear that the trees cannot be blamed for 
this, sicne they have co-existed with the houses for 100years at least,but the 
clay can be and that other factors,- climate, water mains bursting and brick pit 
behaviour - will very certainly ahve influenced the soil movement.  That being 
the case, no tree can be found guilty.
We need a 'beyond all reasonable doubt' for the trees.

Could we agree that the Alexandra Gardens trees should simply not be felled, and 
other solutions found, including, as I think, that we find sources of funding to 
pay for the work to the house if the council refuses to play ball, and that no 
trees on Midsummer common or Jesus Green be felled for purely aesthetic reasons 
as present by teh council .  I cannot believe that we are being ignored by the 
council. 

Ok I hardly ever get to email and it is wonderful to find you all out there 
saying and doing things, my phone os 07847922023, and I would like to see a 
petition or a lshort letter sent out to all people in Cambridge at least, about 
the Alexandra Gardens trees, - this because of the time factor and they being so 
precious to so many locally.

I am horrified to find out about the Jesus Green etc. plans, and wonder what we 
can do to stop them, only I have to focus right now on the Gardens. I live on 
Vicotria Road, 103, in fact, and am so happy to hear all you people being tree 
defenders.

I suspect that some people may want to sit in trees to rpevent felling when push 
comes to shove as it were, and that we shoudl also have tree parties, with local 
schoolchildren also, to celebrate these trees, all of them and to come and sit 
under them and be motivated to take positive action towards saving them. 
They can't save themselves.... eheu
Joanna 
       Joanna 

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From: Ellie Stoneley <elliestoneley at googlemail.com>
To: SOS Cambridge discussion list <discuss at soscambridge.org.uk>
Sent: Thu, 23 September, 2010 14:55:26
Subject: Re: [Discuss] Special Meeting on Thursday to discuss tree planting 
plans on Jesus Green and Midsummer Common

I would second that ...  

just fyi - I have 'tweeted' about this and the meeting tonight from @FofSC the 
Friends of Stourbridge Common twitter account and also featured it on our new 
website please could you note the new website address ... forward me links to 
your sites as you would like and any other local news you would like including
http://stourbridgecommon.wordpress.com

good luck tonight - I can't make it due to long standing commitment but would 
add my voice to those already shouting about trees going out of fashion and so 
on ... there are not enough trees in Cambridge as it is

all the best
Ellie

On 23 September 2010 13:20, Anne Garvey <annemgarvey at ntlworld.com> wrote:

Thanks Peter – but I honestly think there should be zero tolerance on felling 
perfectly healthy trees just because they’re no longer fashionable.
>
>For instance the Copper Beech outside your house is earmarked for the axe – 
>simply because it’s the ‘wrong colour’ and they want a green line of trees.
>
>With reasoning like this, 10 trees is a lot. The conifers alongside the tennis 
>court and swimming pool are being axed for no good reason, and no one was given 
>any option on that – choice on that questionnaire was between two types of 
>replacement hedge. Like the majority of swimmers, I feel the conifers by the 
>pool are a useful screen for privacy and for wind. 
>
>
>
>The bottom line should surely be NO removal of trees other than for good sound 
>reasons. I think that was the will of the majority and certainly the view of 
>everyone I talk to . I should like this policy adopted.
>
>
>
>Best wishes
>
>
>Anne 
>
>
>
>On 23/9/10 11:45, "CONSTABLE PETER" <p.constable at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> Anne
>> Tonight's proposal is to plant 50 new trees and 10 replacements on
>> midsummer common and 20 new trees with 5 replacements on Jesus Green.
>> The wholesale felling options were opposed by a very large percentage
>> of the 400 or so respondents to the questionnaire.
>> We may be able to influence tonight's decision and reduce the
>> replacement numbers.
>> 
>> So the work we done by cambridge people has been effective and the
>> Alexander Gardens issue has been deferred. Madness does not entirely
>> prevail and our efforts should continue to bear fruit.
>> Let's be positive.
>> Yrs
>> Peter
>> 
>> On 23 September 2010 10:22, Anne Garvey <annemgarvey at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>> If only they were tree planting plans – it’s the tree felling to provide
>>> uniformity of species – and they told me, colour, all green which is a form
>>> of madness.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 22/9/10 21:35, "John Lawton" <chair at soscambridge.org.uk> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Just a quick reminder of the special session of the West / Central
>>>> Area Committee on
>>>> Thursday, 23rd September at 7.30pm to discuss the tree planting plans
>>>> developed by the council.
>>>> 
>>>> The meeting will be held in the Small Hall at the Guildhall in Cambridge.
>>>> 
>>>> The meeting details are here:
>>>> 
>>>> 
<http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/democracy/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=117&MId=502>
>>>> ht
>>>> tp://www.cambridge.gov.uk/democracy/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=117&MId=502
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Do take this opportunity to have your say. See you there!
>>>> 
>>>> John Lawton
>>>> SOS Chair
>>>> 
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