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Memo To: Mark Snyder From: Jeff Anderson Subject: 7/14/99 Tree issues walk through of the Max Ansola properties at the Glenwood Interchange Attendees: Jeff Anderson (Urban Forestry- City), Eric Cariaga (Urban Forestry- City), Molly Ritter (City), Greg Stolt (City), Jerry Behney (City), Bill Baxter, Max Ansola Date: July 16, 1999 CC: Molly Ritter, Jerry Behney City Staff met with Mr. Ansola and Mr. Baxter on the site. On the northwestern property (Tax Lot 18-03- 03-23- 00400), the center of the Privately Engineered Public Improvement (PEPI) proposed Right -Of- Way(R.O.W.) was marked as were the required cut lines. Less than five trees had been removed from outside the proposed R.O.W. on this tax lot. On the property that is lower and to the southeast(Tax Lot 18- 03- 03- 20- 01100), the center of the proposed R.O.W. had been marked. No apparent tree removal had occurred near the proposed R.O.W., although Mr. Ansola stated that his long term plans did include removal of trees from the R.O.W. Tree felling has occurred on the area of the southeast corner of the tax lot. Mr. Ansola said he had some of these trees felled from the adjacent tax lot (18- 03- 03 -20- 01200). Without a formal survey to mark the property lines, it could not be accurately determined during this visit whether or not that was the case. (A site visit on 7/16/99 determined that Tax Lot 18- 03 -03 -20 -01200 was indeed involved, but that only one tree had been felled on that tax lot.) Mr. Ansola discussed his reasons for removing the trees that had been felled. After other City staff had looked at and discussed the areas of their concern, Molly Ritter stated that no further action of any sort on the site was authorized at this time, and all City staff except Urban Forestry staff left the site. Urban Forestry staff invited Mr. Ansola and Mr. Baxter to participate in or watch the measurement of the trees that had been felled. They declined at that point in time but later returned to watch a few measurements. Twenty nine trees were measured that had been stacked (decked) at the site. In addition, four unstacked trees that had been cut were measured. Tree diameters were taken at true dbh (diameter breast high which is 4.5 feet above ground) when the trunk was still attached to the root, or where a relationship could be unquestionably established between a trunk and stump. Otherwise, the diameter was taken 4.5 feet from the butt end of the log. This conservative measurement of tree diameter was used to remove any question of whether or not the woody stem was eight inches or greater at 4.5 feet (see the definition of a "tree" in Eugene Code 6.300). Observations by Urban Forestry staff on 7/6/99 led to the conclusion that all of these trees had been alive at the time of cutting (green needles or leaves on branches attached to trunks or shiny appearance of the inner bark).