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KILLEQ:TRE Page 2 <br /> Due to the above, what we intend to do is: <br /> a) Send them a bill <br /> b) If they pay, we'll send them a stronger reminder. <br /> c) If they don't pay we'll ask the City Attorney's office to send them a strong letter. <br /> d) If they still don't pay, Glenn recommends we drop it at this point. <br /> 2. To fix this problem we can develop specific new regulatory municipal code language <br /> to established regulatory standards under which street trees may be pruned. Of <br /> course, this would have to be done through a public hearing code adoption process. <br /> We likely do not want to get into a situation where we have to issue permits. At least I <br /> don't think we want this additional workload. However we could establish a standard that <br /> anyone pruning street trees has to do so under national accepted standards (ISA perhaps). <br /> We could establish that failure to do so would be enforced through payment of a fine and <br /> whatever costs it would take us to correct the problem. <br /> 3. If you assume the parking strip is part of the abutting property ,it then becomes <br /> legally arguable that any occupied property or vacant with a building permit and is <br /> less than 20,000 square feet could REMOVE street trees at their discretion without <br /> our having any recourse. This could be MOST of the street trees in Eugene. <br /> Again, this could be fixed by modifying the Tree Preservation Ordinance to require a <br /> permit and establish criteria for the removal of any street tree. Again. a public process <br /> and hearing would be required in the ordinance change process. <br /> This becomes an interesting "can -of- worms" which I think we need to have some serious <br /> strategy discussion on. <br />