MIAMI \u2014 In one Miami neighborhood there is an ongoing battle between developers and preservationists. <\/p>\n
Residents are pushing back against a plan to remove dozens of mature trees near Legion Memorial Park. <\/p>\n
Construction workers are already hard at work on a new development called Adella 3 that Acre Developments plans to build on the site.<\/p>\n
But first, for it to go up, trees have to come down. A total of 46 of them, including five large oaks.<\/p>\n
Some residents, including Peter Ehrlich, are livid and have filed appeals with the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery tree is crucial,\u201d he said. \u201cThe developer\u2019s architect should work diligently to save those trees, not to just kill them, because some of the oak trees are 120 or 150 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n
Attorney David Winker represents an environmental group that has also filed an appeal.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe feel strongly that they should stay, and also that they haven\u2019t met the code requirements which are to show that there\u2019s no alternative, that they can\u2019t build their building because of these trees that are on a public park,\u201d said Winker. <\/p>\n
The issue has sparked strong emotions among dozens of residents who say preserving the tree canopy helps reduce heat, provides shade, improves air quality, and protects wildlife.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s crucial, but unfortunately, developers in such a desperate bid to build as quickly as they can to help their general contractors to have sites with no trees and city officials who receive campaign contributions from developers bend over backwards to kill trees as quickly as they possibly can,\u201d said Ehrlich. <\/p>\n
As mitigation for the tree loss, the developer has agreed to plant 103 new trees in and around the property once construction is complete.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got eight appeals tonight, its unprecedented,\u201d said Winker. \u201cTonight it\u2019s just going to be, we have so many appeals going on and some people have expressed frustration with the number of appeals, but it really is, why are the appeals happening? Because the city shouldn\u2019t be approving these in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n
Local 10 News reached out to the attorney representing the developer but have not heard back as of the time of this story\u2019s publication. <\/p>\n
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