We have made some progress toward getting our caboose WP668 moved
into our backyard:
- The new caboose roof is in good shape despite the current rain storm.
Hooray! - The San Jose city planner (intern) assigned to us said on Friday that we
need a variance rather than a special use permit. John went to City Hall on
the way home to pick up our original application plus the new variance form.
He needs to read through what they gave him to find out
what parts of the documentation they originally requested we can reuse
for their latest request. We hope that a variance will be approved faster. - I met with the
Davey Tree man early today about getting 11 trees pruned and shaped
around our property. This includes the two hawthornes, privets, silk
tree (mimosa), two olives, plus the two big ash trees in the area where the
caboose will go. We want the trees well back when the crane lifts
WP668 into place. Davey Tree will also prune one of the almond trees, plus
four unhealthy low branches on the big oaks on the riverbank. We checked
but decided to leave the riverbank cottonwoods and pepper tree alone for
another year. The new pepper tree we planted on the bank last Spring is
growing well. The fruit trees in our little side orchard are short enough
that we prune them ourselves so I did not ask him to look at those.
We hope to schedule the tree work during the last week of 2006 or the
first week of 2007. In accordance with the request of
the water company, we asked Davey Tree to dump the pruned wood and brush
down the slope to build up the riverbank rather than hauling it away.
We hope to start work on stripping and preparing to paint the outside of the
caboose during Sun’s winter break.
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