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HAMMITT Bob <br /> From: ANDERSEN Chris F <br /> To: HAMMITT Bob <br /> Subject: FW: EWEB /City tree removal? <br /> Date: Monday, March 09, 1998 1:29PM <br /> fyi <br /> From: WALSTON Mary F <br /> To: ANDERSEN Chris F <br /> Subject: FW: EWEB /City tree removal? <br /> Date: Friday, March 06, 1998 8:30AM <br /> FYI....MW <br /> From: Lynn M. McDougal <br /> To: Usual Suspects; foe @efn.org; local_activists @efn.org <br /> Subject: EWEB /City tree removal? <br /> Date: Thursday, March 05, 1998 10:50PM <br /> A notification from EWEB was received in my mailbox today. The front of <br /> the notification informed residents within a general mapped out area that <br /> tree trimming would be going on in this area between the 23rd of February <br /> through the end of March. <br /> Turn the notification over and the last part includes a paragraph that <br /> reads as follows: <br /> "A few trees may be removed due to excesive rot [oh shades of Hendricks <br /> Park! -ed.]. All trees targeted for removal will be reviewed by the City <br /> of Eugene for structural soundness and posted for seven days to allow <br /> public comment. Two trees will be planted in the local area by the City <br /> of Eugene for each tree that must be removed." <br /> There are a couple of things that sort of bother me and I would like some <br /> input from anyone out there who might know something more about this: <br /> [ Just for edification: The map of the area in which this is happening <br /> indicates a large span of neighborhood - it is bordered on the East by <br /> Washington and West by Chambers and a bit of River Road just over the <br /> overpass; South at 13th and North to the edge of M. Jacobs park.] <br /> 1. How come this came to me in the mail today, March 5, with a postmark <br /> of March 4, but lists a work start date of FEB. 23 ?? Anyone out there <br /> living in this area who received this notification before Feb. 23? <br /> 2. Has anyone living in this area actually seen any postings on any <br /> trees? (I live off of N. Polk and haven't see anything on my few trips <br /> though the neigborhood over the past couple of weeks.) <br /> 3. Wonder what it means to say, Two trees will be planted in the _local <br /> area_...' What local area? Local to whom? (This is rhetorical.) <br /> 4. What if they posted on the trees to be cut on February 16, then <br /> actually cut them all on February 23 (the first scheduled work date) then <br /> sent out the notification on March 4? Legal? <br /> 5. OpEd piece: I find it a bit unsettling that they mail this <br /> notification of cuts under the umbrella of a notification of tree <br /> trimming. Then they place the cut info on the back of the notification at <br /> the end - almost as an afterthought ( "Oh yeah, we may be cutting a few <br /> Page 1 <br />