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ckers two videos to watch if you ever have the time the filth from ncc about the why and how they got to remove the trees and an hour and a half about tree risk assessment which has both goodies and baddies in it the iconic laman street hill s fig trees have been voted on by newcastle city council over and over again did you think these million dollar trees were safe think again for up to the minute information on laman street use twitter we re saveourfigs and tweets can link using the hashtag saveourfigs and keep posting to the facebook page save the laman st fig trees if you want to make a financial donation any time it can be made to save our figs inc po box 155 islington 2296 thanks or click here this blog is a diary of the struggle to save an avenue of significant and beautiful street trees a struggle that was ultimately unsuccessful it pitted community volunteers against a toxic council administration and a conservative elected council and at the end some of the media and the riot police it still amazes me that such stupid people beat us but that s the way of the world isn t it 7 2 2012 newcastle city council surpassed themselves they finally reduced a beautiful space to nothingness 22 2 2012 the fig requiem will be held on sunday 26th february between 4 and 6pm and will start in the baptist tabernacle in laman street some people might want to bring a plate thanks to matthew glenn ward for this 6 2 2012 the last tree will be ripped out today might see you down there after work to bear witness and here s how it used to be scott cooper johnson made this video a few months ago it s just lovely thanks scott 2 2 2012 the last tree should fall tomorrow come and be part of the great shout of shame bring your sense of community and your noise maker 1st feb 2012 after two years almost 2million of ratepayers money and two unsuccessful goes at felling the trees newcastle city council were succesful in destroying four trees yesterday with the help of 60 police many of whom were riot police today the local paper is saying we should unite and move on the journalist is presumably bored with the story thankyou ncc from the archive on the radar report here s the original radar report and here s the one released via foi in march 2010 and what s new a bunch of reports and opinions have been added to the page key documents and links if you want to contact us leave a comment and we ll get back to you the most recent post is in the links on the right of this page the page you re on is a fast becoming tedious sorry chronology of the laman st issue the latest piece of information on laman street is mike ellison s response to council s disappointing take on his report mr ellison is a uk arborist who developed the tree risk assessment tool qtra quantified tree risk assessment newcastle city council relied heavily on this risk method until flaws in the reports done for council were pointed out you can read mr ellison s response click on the link on the right 11 1 2012 rumours are going around that the tree felling is next tuesday happy for this to be wrong in any case if you re looking for a peaceful community picket line you know where to come and read dr david lonsdale s commentary on today s post he is a uk expert who wrote a textbook quoted by newcastle city council experts and others 8 1 2012 looking forward to reading mike ellison s report on the laman street trees 28 12 2011 the developer of quantified tree risk assessment qtra is arriving in newcastle this week to have a look at our trees did you know that based on council s tree risk assessments there should have been six fig tree failures since 2007 and two deaths and how many have there been you guessed it none and none how long will laman street look this after the trees are destroyed this is tyrrell street in 2004 double click to enlarge 17 12 2011 laman street for dummies with too much time on their hands and just in case there are some details you missed of the laman street soon to be tragedy here is the link to save our figs inc s response to another of cr cook s missives 16 12 2011 good news the police can t help with the vandalism of laman street until after new year how good is that 14 12 2011 anniversary breakfast with the birds today see you from 5 30am onwards plus we re having a christmas get together in civic park from midday on sunday december 18th and keep a look out for those chainsaws 8 12 2011 more hopes dashed the alp may have given up on their attempt to close the road there will be some happy anti figgers around town 3 12 2011 come to a sips and nibblies get together at the corner of darby and laman streets where we will be distributing voodoo dolls just kidding come and see your colleagues and fellow travellers and people who think newcastle s hyde park should not be destroyed without good reason 4pm sunday 4th dec see you there and here s how the meeting finished up on thursday true leaders would have left the council chamber and addressed the crowd if they had left the chamber to walk between the people lining the hallway and told us why they had voted the way they had and owned their actions the night would have ended very differently 1 12 2011 lost again maybe for the last time 27 11 2011 laman street will come back to council at an extraordinary general meeting on december 1st probably after 6 30 if it s a different time i ll let you know and what s new on this site there s a new photo gallery of an october rally and protest for the fig trees 17 11 2011 the injunction has been granted 16 11 2011 council adjourned any further discussion of cr osborne s motion about the laman street trees and the premier s offer of an arborist until late november we re waiting to hear whether judge biscoe from the land and environment court grants the injuction the trees can still be felled from as early as 5pm on that day if the injunction is not granted on a happy note the fundraiser at lizotte s this week was fantastic 14 11 2011 off to the land and environment court our thoughts will be with the legal team and see you tomorrow night on the steps of town hall at 7pm and then inside at 8pm when crs osborne and claydon will be continuing the discussion of their motions from last week 8 11 2011 after 2 5 hours of debate and drama the extraordinary meeting was adjourned again so the gm can seek yet more legal advice about whether claydon s foreshadowed motion and osborne s motion are lawful there s a fundraising night at lizotte s on monday 14th november doors open at 6pm m ake sure you or your table get tickets for the night call 4956 2066 or go to lizotte s website and buy your ticket now if sof members supporters would like to organise a table of their family friends it would be fabulous lizotte s is the former king s theatre 31 morehead street lambton nsw 2299 5 11 2011 today s post is an update about next week on tuesday 8 11 11 there s a fig rally on the steps of town hall at 4 30pm before the council meeting council will discuss the premier s offer of an independent arborist then the injunction will be heard the next day 3 11 2011 the footpath on the art gallery side of the library was re opened hallelujah go for a walk and hear the birds visit by night and see the flying foxes listen to the family of kookaburras who live there enjoy 2 11 2011 saved again thanks to the legal team who were successful in arguing for an injunction in the land and environment court until november 11th the machinery is gone from the street and no trees can be felled until that hearing happy news for newcastle and next week the premier s offer of an arborist will be discussed at council xxx this is the tree failure council love to show you two eyewitnesses say the roots were cut on the northern side of the tree to fix the gutters unsurprisingly the trees fell in the next storm ncc claim one medium sized root was cut sorry i always forget this is a tree in bruce street not tyrrell st or is it tyrrell in any case it s not laman street 1 11 2011 drama and outrage at council tonight the community were let down again by crs king boyd sharpe and cook with buman a no show again no vote could be taken on the premier s offer of an independent arborist because these councillors either left the meeting when this was to happen or stayed away the general manager refused to reassure a councillor that the planned vandalism in laman street tomorrow with the backup of 80 100 police and dogs would not take place come and camp in civic park tonight come and be part of the peaceful community picket line tomorrow it may be an early start we hear police are coming at 4am 31 10 2011 the special council meeting held tonight failed to gain a quorum so it s been adjourned until tomorrow to be held in conjunction with the normal council meeting however the police inspected the site today so the chainsaws could come tomorrow morning despite the fact that it s melbourne cup day see you on the picket line any time from 5 30am the lord myor will be there at around 6 6 30am bring your breakfast and yes there will be another of our famous rallies on the steps of the town hall at 4 30pm 28 10 2011 today in laman street started at the crack of dawn for some waiting to see if the tree fellers and police were going to arrive it ended happily because we just had to greet politicians and the media john tate and tim crakanthorpe both had a go at the megaphone to an enthusiastic crowd and the herald nbn tv channel ten tv and 1233 local abc radio all came so that felt like a party and then most of us went back to our day jobs sips and nibblies in laman street at 4pm saturday 29th october byo everything see you there 26 10 2011 is it back to the barricades for the people of newcastle has there been more bad faith the single suitable arborist out of the three chosen by council is unwilling to do the so called independent assessment of the laman st trees instead of looking for another arborist the general manager has decided that later this week the tree felling will begin again it will be easier for them this time because in the time given over to negotiating with sof and making a phone call to an arborist chosen who knows how they ve doubled the fencing and increased the number of security guards great times in local government 11 15pm there have been offers of help from various state politicians and arborists and how do you think these have been greeted by our gm knocked back just like ncc knocked back the 35 000 statewide money and the 15 000 offered by a local businessman knocked back community arborists and community volunteer input on the working party a can t do not can do approach from the workers running this place and the greatest act of civic vandalism remains the answer sof inc has a meeting with the gm in the morning 24 10 2011put up a handwritten update on the fence at the darby street end of laman street we expect any day to hear that the brisbane expert will take up the poisoned chalice challenge of examining the risk of the hill s figs we all love we can t say how much we thank and admire the general manager of ncc for the leadership he s shown on this issue what a beginning to his time in newcastle meanwhile there are two new videos to watch about saving these trees and these were made by ed glatfelter jones thanks ed sunday 23 10 11 had a great ratbags and loonies picnic in civic park today susie had all the art spread out anna talked about plans for an exhibition after we ve saved the trees as has sharon for about a year people told positive stories about the days on the picket line and goodwill from and towards the security guards we all praised the gm for the leadership he s shown and we all shared food there were kids and dogs and a musician and a coffee van a good day and we have 6 working days from the time the agreement was signed for the brisbane arborist to decide whether she can help us out thursday 20th oct 2011 earlier today sof signed an agreement with council to engage an arborist to conduct a review and assessment of the laman st figs while this is a positive step forward it is not a clear path ahead we must still remain alert so that the process is not undermined sof agreed to a single expert and rejected the other two suggested arborists we felt that the other two arborists were not suitable and had irreconcilable conflicts of interest we deeply appreciate your support throughout this process and will keep you updated as developments occur the agreement signed today is a wonderful testimony to grass roots democracy it s because of you so thankyou there was a meeting in civic park at 7 30am on 20th october to let people know the good the bad and the ugly in the virtually non negotiable agreement with newcastle city council on the laman street figs expert determination hope to see you there late notice sorry we ll try to post here and our lovely facebook friends will post there and there may even be an update on the fence at the darby street end of laman street and who wants to have brunch on sunday 23rd oct at civic park to catch up not firmed up yet this idea but i m happy to go on my own if that s what happens 10am 18 october 2011 firstly thank you very much to everyone for coming to the figs community picket line it has been wonderful all the contribution of time so willingly given firstly thank you very much to everyone for coming to the figs community picket line it has been wonderful all the contribution of time so willingly given save our figs will speak to the general manager phil pearce at newcastle city council tomorrow morning hoping to ensure that agreement can be reached on expert evaluation of the trees whilst our progress is looking very hopeful and there was no action in the street today we cannot guarantee that we may need to start up the picket line again at short notice so keep alert but not alarmed we will post up as much information as we can we have decided to post a bulletin on the fences at the derby street end of laman street let everyone know 18 october 2011 sof and newcastle residents met in civic park this morning before the meeting with the gm to talk about the agreement and a couple of little issues in it as well as the list of experts suggested by council part of me regretted h0w close we came to finishing a process of choosing experts a couple of months ago but regrets are not helpful a few people will be contacting mr pearce the gm in the morning to finalise the document i m optimistic in spite of a couple of quirky things in the agreement like its reference to procedural fairness call me crazy with fatigue cheers 17 october 2011 the general manager has announced that he is to have talks with save our figs tomorrow morning having had talks with councillors tonight the general manager has formed the view that it is not practical to implement the resolution of 19 july 2011 to remove the trees and is looking at way to move forward the good news is no chainsaw...
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