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� Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations Trees within the Environmentally Critical Areas at the Villas at Glenwood Terrace in the City of Everett were cut without required permits. The City produced a stop work order with specifics on the required action by the community to redress non-permitted cutting. To facilitate mitigation for the loss of the trees cut and to carry out an Arborist's inspection and Risk Assessment of trees indentified by the community as trees of concern, an assessment was made with site visits taking place during the week of the 25th of September, 2011. Fifty trees were flagged with orange or yellow tape; as a result of the Tree Inspection and Risk Assessment twenty-five of those trees were deemed High Risk 2(action shown on the chart on page 10). The trees were marked with a swatch of florescent tape. Action is recommended to reduce the risk associated with the high risk trees; options include the reduction of the trees to wildlife snags or removal by cutting to a low stump. Where there is a likelihood of failure there is the possibility of injury and damage. Trees, although generally long lived, are organic structures with a finite life cycle, which includes senescence and decline. They are also shedding organisms that periodically cast off parts to manage disease and to provide for growth. Each of these elements involves a degree of risk. Much of the risk can be managed by cultural techniques such as pruning or additional structural support. To remove all risk associated with trees would call for the removal of all trees. As a solution, wholesale tree removal is neither prudent nor practical. To live with trees is to assume some level of risk. The degree of risk that is acceptable must be determined by the owner or manager of the property on which the tree resides. The goal here is to provide a conservative assessment of the current condition of Villas at Glenwood Terrace Tree Risk Assessment Robert W. Williams Consulting Arborist � 2