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• • <br />the next hole to do our work there. Many of the spots we cannot walk on <br />without sinking to our knees. <br />In the bio swales the landscaping has already happened. This is usually not an <br />issue, however there is nice rock mulch laid on the surface, that will be difficult <br />to keep clean while trying to plant trees in it without getting the rocks all <br />muddy. <br />The road was closed during construction and landscaping. I feel it would been <br />nice to have had the opportunity to plant the trees then. 1 was never informed <br />of any timeline to plant while streets were closed. I would have been able to <br />pull my truck and trailer next to the planting sites instead of having to dolly <br />trees that weighed 300 pounds hundreds of yards. I would alsol have been able <br />to use my equipment from the street side of the tree to prevent getting mud on <br />the sidewalks. <br />If the trees were planted along with the landscape installation, then we <br />wouldn't have the mud problem that we have now. I understand that this may <br />not have been possible because the trees couldn't be dug before the streets <br />opened. But if the trees were 1.35" caliper then I could have gotten them in <br />pots and planted them earlier. <br />Don't get me wrong, I understand that the trees to be planted for the city will <br />not always be easy locations to plant. Planting 2" trees in this muddy situation <br />is much more difficult than if they were smaller. <br />We are fully capable of planting the trees than are being requested. larger <br />trees just take more time and effort to plant, and are much more expensive to <br />buy. <br />