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EUGENE Public Works Maintenance City of Eugene April 30, 1996 1820 Roosevelt Boulevard Eugene, Oregon 97402 (541) 687 -5220 Eugene Water & Electric Board Brad Edwards, Tree Trim Coordinator P.O. Box 10148 Eugene, OR 97440 -2148 Dear Mr. Edwards: This letter is in response to your correspondence dated April 18, 1996. I have examined the situation at the intersection of Woodland Drive and Spring Boulevard and I concur with your findings. The juvenile big -leaf maples located in the public right of way have not developed the branching structure to effectively use the pruning standard 90 -3 -90. What would be left after the required pruning would be severe reduction of existing canopies with a drop crotch pruning to meet the 90 -3 -90 standard and/or poles that would inevitably sprout into a multitude of suckers. These suckers would grow back up into the electrical lines causing you more pruning work, time, and expense. The best remedy is to remove the existing trees and replace them with vine maples. These vine maples should be a minimum of 10 -12' in height. The sooner the trees are removed and replaced, the sooner the new vine maple screen will develop. I would like to review the planting plan as to the size, number, and spacing for the new trees in order to ensure the screening provided will compensate for the loss of the existing trees in the public right of way. The spacing may vary according to the size of the plants and their fullness of foliage. Please let me know what your schedule will be to perform the work at this site. I, or my staff, will be available to review the replacement planting and respond to any other needs you have in the maintenance street trees under your electrical lines. Sincerely, Scott Plamondon Urban Forester cc: Mr. Ogle 2540 Woodland Drive Eugene, OR 97403