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Home My WebLink About2024-12-17 Malloy, Leslie - Closed1 Gloria Sanchez From:Janice Baluyut <jbaluyut@carlwarren.com> Sent:Tuesday, December 17, 2024 9:17 AM To:Gloria Sanchez Cc:Andrea Staehle; Amber Molina; Damian Olivares Subject:RE: CJP-3052846 - City of Palm Desert - 945 - Leslie Malloy / Fallen tree (limb) struck parked vehicle / Closing File Summary Attachments:CJP-3052846 signed POS.pdf Hi Gloria, Please see the attached rejection notice. There are no other exposures. Our file is now closed. Thank you. Janice Baluyut Claims Examiner jbaluyut@carlwarren.com Tel: (657) 622-4326 | Fax: (866) 254-4423 Carl Warren & Company LLC | A Venbrook Company CA Entity License No: 2607296 www.carlwarren.com PO Box 2411, Tustin, CA, 92781 Because Quality and Integrity Matter... please EMAIL my Supervisor about the service you received. 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From: Gloria Sanchez <gsanchez@palmdesert.gov> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2024 1:39 PM To: Janice Baluyut <jbaluyut@carlwarren.com> Cc: Andrea Staehle <astaehle@palmdesert.gov>; Amber Molina <amolina@palmdesert.gov>; Damian Olivares 2 <dolivares@palmdesert.gov> Subject: RE: CJP-3052846 - City of Palm Desert - 945 - Leslie Malloy / Fallen tree (limb) struck parked vehicle Good afternoon, Janice: Please see below the answers to the questions and additional records available through the link. https://cpdftp.org/link/83qjR5sVKeOidtkaz1R8fa Answers generated from the response received from: West Coast Arborists, Inc. (WCA) Erin Bohlin Brad Chuck If you have any questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Damian Olivares as Friday is my last day with the City. It has been a pleasure working with the CW team. Happy Holidays. M. Gloria Sanchez Records Coordinator City of Palm Desert 73510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92260 gsanchez@palmdesert.gov | 760.776.6354 | www.palmdesert.gov From: Janice Baluyut <jbaluyut@carlwarren.com> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2024 5:08 PM To: Gloria Sanchez <gsanchez@palmdesert.gov>; Damian Olivares <dolivares@palmdesert.gov> Cc: Andrea Staehle <astaehle@palmdesert.gov>; Amber Molina <amolina@palmdesert.gov> Subject: FW: CJP-3052846 - City of Palm Desert - 945 - Leslie Malloy / Fallen tree (limb) struck parked vehicle Good afternoon, Please provide us with the following information: Location: 1. Does the City own and maintain the tree? The City owns and contracts for the maintenance of tree. The current landscape maintenance contractor is West Coast Arborists, Inc. (WCA). (If the city does not own/maintain this tree, no need to answer remaining questions) 3 2. Who planted the subject tree? West Coast Arborists, Inc. (WCA) did not plant the tree. Work history from WCA began in 2019. 3. Was the tree planted as part of the city’s overall beautification design? The origin of the tree is unknown. The tree was part of the City’s Landscape Maintenance program for over fifteen (15) years. 4. What type of tree is this? Palo Verde 5. Is this type of tree intended for residential areas? Palo Verde trees are used in both Public and residential applications 6. What is the reasonable maintenance schedule for this type of tree? Prune every 1-2 years 7. What does staff believe was the cause of the failure? Wind 8. When staff inspected the tree following the failure, was there any decay or structural weakness noted? If so, was the decay/structural weakness visible from the outside? No and no 9. Were repairs to the adjacent sidewalk or street ever made in the past? If so, were any of the tree’s roots pruned? Was an arborist consulted prior to the roots being pruned to evaluate whether or not the structural integrity of the tree could be compromised? WCA did not perform these tasks. It is unknown to WCA if any sidewalk repairs or root pruning cuts were made. These typically would be done by City Public Works staff. 10. Were there documented complaints about the tree? If so, what did the City do in response to those complaints? There are no documented complaints in the system. These would have been received by City staff. 11. Have other trees of this type fallen in this neighborhood? If so, what was the cause of those failures, if known. Windstorms 12. If it is a City tree, please provide the tree’s historical maintenance records, any incident report or police report prepared by staff, and any photographs taken by staff. Photographs provided in the link. 13. If there are no maintenance records, please advise date of last trim? Tree Detail (maintenance record) provided in the link. Thank you. Janice Baluyut Claims Examiner jbaluyut@carlwarren.com Tel: (657) 622-4326 | Fax: (866) 254-4423 Carl Warren & Company, LLC CA Entity License No: 2607296 www.carlwarren.com PO Box 2411, Tustin, CA, 92781 Because Quality and Integrity Matter... please EMAIL my Supervisor about the service you received. Important Notice: This email (including any attachments) is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary, non-public and/or privileged. If you are not the in tended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete it from your system and advise the sender immediately. 4 Please be advised that we are unable to bind, endorse or amend coverage via voicemail, email, or facsimile until confirmed in writing by an authorized representative of this office. We accept no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. It is your responsibility to check this email (including any attachments) for viruses. From: Tim Varon <TVaron@carlwarren.com> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2024 4:20 PM To: Gloria Sanchez (gsanchez@palmdesert.gov) <gsanchez@palmdesert.gov>; Damian Oliares (dolivares@palmdesert.gov) <dolivares@palmdesert.gov> Cc: Janice Baluyut <jbaluyut@carlwarren.com>; Andrea Staehle <astaehle@palmdesert.gov>; amolina@palmdesert.gov Subject: FW: CJP-3052846 - City of Palm Desert - 945 - Leslie Malloy Hi Gloria and Damian, Please find attached a copy of our Notification Letter for your records. Have a great day! Tim Tim Varon Claims Supervisor TVaron@carlwarren.com Tel: (657) 622-4287 | Fax: (866) 254-4423 Carl Warren & Company, LLC CA Entity License No: 2607296 www.carlwarren.com PO Box 2411, Tustin, CA, 92781 Because Quality and Integrity Matter... please EMAIL my Supervisor about the service you received. From: gsanchez@palmdesert.gov <gsanchez@palmdesert.gov> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2024 2:10 PM To: thileman@palmdesert.gov; isra.shah@bbklaw.com; cjpia Claims <cjpia@carlwarren.com> Cc: cescobedo@palmdesert.gov; amejia@palmdesert.gov; astaehle@palmdesert.gov; Tim Varon <TVaron@carlwarren.com> Subject: CJP-3052846 - City of Palm Desert - 945 - Leslie Malloy Attached for your review and appropriate action is Claim No. 945 submitted by Leslie Malloy. 5 If you have questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Kind regards, City of Palm Desert Clerk's Office