[Staff] [Board] Tree removal planned for the week of July 22

[Adee Wilson]

Thank you.

On Tue, Jul 9, 2024, 1:02 PM Karen <karjarmstrong at aol.com> wrote:

> Tiffany and Adee,
>
> Maybe coordinate with Trebbe for this coming Sunday since her service is
> "Earth" themed? You could easily do something after the service. Let me
> know and I will promote it.
>
> The next Sunday (July 21st) would work too. That would be the day before
> the tree is taken down.
>
> Karen[image: :-)]
>
> *Karen Manzer*
> Office Administrator/ Membership Coordinator
>
> Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Binghamton
> 183 Riverside Drive
> Binghamton, NY 13905
> office at uubinghamton.org
> www.uubinghamton.org
>
>
> On Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 11:53:07 AM EDT, Douglas Taylor <
> reverendsocks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Adee,
> You and Tiffany had talked about wanting to do a farewell ritual for the
> big tree.
> You can coordinate with Karen for timing, but it looks like you’ll want to
> do that in the next week or so.
>
> Douglas Taylor, minister
> Unitarian Universalist Congregation
> Binghamton, NY
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 3:00 PM Wes Ernsberger via Board <
> board at uubinghamton.org> wrote:
>
> This is the large maple tree in the courtyard that is near the Social
> Hall.  The work will be done by Orion Tree Service.  Removal of the tree
> will take one day;  drilling out the stump will probably be done about a
> week later.  I will talk to them on the previous Friday (19th) to pick the
> exact day based on the weather forecast, their schedule, etc.  When I know
> the day, I'll pass that along.  During that day, we can use the building
> normally but will need to park in the front and not use the courtyard or
> the back parking lot. Karen: Let me know if there is any day we should
> avoid due to our schedule.  I looked at our calendar and it looked ok to me.
>
> Details:
>
> The price is $1700.  I got one other bid, which was for  $2400.  There is
> $2000 in our budget for this work.
>
> This tree is being removed because its trunk was damaged during the
> renovation and because of a large limb that has been weakened due to stress
> damage in the past.  If it were to fall, it would hit our roof.
>
> They will haul away everything except for what we want to keep for
> firewood.  They are willing to cut two medium sized limbs into firewood
> length at no additional charge.   After they are done, we will stack it
> with our other firewood.
>
> Wes
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