[Durham INC] Fwd: Concerning Trees From Carol Anderson

[Dorothy Potter Snyder]

Hey Rockwood and Preston Woods! Good job making City Council aware of Duke
Energy's depraved and illegal butchering of our city's trees! Now  Tom
Miller and I encourage all of us to take a minute and follow up with ONE
call to at least ONE council member to keep this subject on City Council's
radar.

Salient points are in Tom's email below. When you call, read out these
points and if you're leaving a voice mail leave your name, neighborhood and
a phone number to identify yourself as a Durham resident.

Among the people you can call are:

Steve Schewel: (919) 560-4396, ext. 10273

Don Moffitt: (919) 560-4396, ext. 10276

Eddie Davis: (919) 560-4396, ext. 10272

Diane Catotti: (919) 560-4396, ext. 10278

Eugene Brown: (919) 688-9314

Mayor Pro Tem Cora Cole-McFadden: (919) 560-4396, ext. 10277

Mayor Bill Bell: (919) 560-4333, ext. 10269


Thank you for helping to protect our trees from corporate violence. Call!


Dorothy


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tom Miller <tom-miller1 at nc.rr.com>
Date: Fri, May 22, 2015 at 10:06 PM
Subject: [Durham INC] Concerning Trees From Carol Anderson
To: inc-list at lists.deltaforce.net


Dear Friends;



We did it! We made a huge impression on city council and the city manager
about the horrific butchering of street trees by Duke Energy. We did by
generating over a hundred letters and emails!



The issue is on the 'radar' and we need to keep it there.



When I asked a council member what we could do to make sure the city
negotiates a reasonable trimming schedule they answered 'personal contact
with individual council members'.



That seems like a small task to preserve our trees!



Make a commitment to yourself right now to call just one council person.
Call someone you don't know well-they represent you and want and need to
hear your views.



Salient points:

*Duke Energy is in violation of a city ordinance (sec 26-231) and has been
since 2005.

*The ordinance requires Duke Energy to obtain a city permit and gives the
city manager the authority to set the final terms. And the city manager
follows policy set by the council.

*Duke Energy arbitrarily moved to a seven year trimming cycle saying it was
economically beneficial to them to trim less frequently.

*Ask your council person to support a return to a 2-3 year trim by Duke
Energy. This is beneficial to Durham.



Speak from your heart about the destruction of our beautiful tree canopy
and the negative environmental impacts-you can point to the impact this
will have.



The trees in front of your home may be compromised but it is not too late
for other areas of Durham. This is a legacy we can leave for the future.

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