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STREET TREE REMOVAL APPLICATION CITY OF EUGENE NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY 100 West 10 Avenue Eugene, OR 97401 Page 12 will however, require the removal of the street trees indicated. The project will encompass at least one level below grade and four floors above grade. At the current time, the project is estimated to be approximately seventy feet in height. This will require the use of cranes and concrete pumping equipment during construction. Access for these pieces of equipment will be limited, impaired or non - existent if the street trees indicated are not removed. Given the nature and intensity of the work to be undertaken, the safety and long term health of these trees is questionable. The trees identified to remain will be adequately protected and construction activities will be carefully managed in these areas to protect the health of these trees. (3) The Fire Marshal agrees that the trees need to be removed in order to protect from fire danger structures which exist or for which a building permit has been issued. This requirement does not apply. (b) In addition to compliance with at least one of the criteria in subsection (a) of this section, all tree felling applications shall be evaluated for compliance with all of the following criteria: (1) Oregon Department of Forestry guidelines; This is an urban site fully covered with paving and an existing structure. The guidelines of the Oregon Department of Forestry do not appear to apply. (2) Compatibility with generally accepted principles of horticulture, silvaculture, ecology and landscape architecture; This is an urban site. It is now fully covered with paving and existing structures. The trees will be felled into the site, on to asphalt or concrete paving. No landscaped or natural areas will be impacted by the felling process. Construction of the Library building in the proximity of the root zones and canopies of the existing trees makes it impractical to preserve many of the