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Eugene Tree Foundation <br /> Making Our Community a More Pleasant Place for both People and Trees to Live <br /> 693 W. 10th, Eugene, OR 97402 <br /> • (541) 484 -7173 <br /> August 11,1997 <br /> Vicki Elmer, City Manager <br /> Chris Anderson, Public Works Director <br /> City of Eugene <br /> Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> Dear Vicki and Chris, <br /> On behalf of the Eugene Tree Foundation I want to thank you for your <br /> commitment to allocate $26,942 in city funds for the planting of trees <br /> in the downtown park strips. <br /> Dennis Lueck is completing an inventory of existing trees in the area bounded by <br /> High to Lincoln Streets and 5th to 13th Avenues. This inventory will identify <br /> each tree by species, canopy size, and relative health. Dennis is also <br /> identifying sites within the public right of way where there are no trees. <br /> We will be recommending to the city's Urban Forester that trees be planted <br /> in available sites. <br /> I would also like to thank you for sharing your visions of planting more trees <br /> in public spaces in the city. I think we are very much in agreement about the <br /> importance and the necessity of creating a well - established, healthy tree <br /> canopy in Eugene. As city dwellers we have chosen to live and work where over <br /> 90 percent of the land is covered with asphalt and concrete. And in Eugene, <br /> where construction of parking garages, apartment buildings, offices, and other <br /> commercial ventures are being built at a very rapid pace, the livability and <br /> quality of life to which we have become accustomed are being seriously <br /> ened. Trees are our most visible and satisfying connection to the natural world <br /> and are an essential feature of our habitat. <br /> We at the Eugene Tree Foundation also support the idea of using this seed money <br /> from the cutting of the trees at Broadway /Charnelton as the beginning of what <br /> could become a long -term, institutionalized committment on the part of the city <br /> (with the help of downtown businesses) toward reclaiming the public right of <br /> way as places where trees can grow. <br /> We look forward -to working with you on this initial tree - planting project, and <br /> on others to follow...for the health and livability of our city. <br /> Yours Truly, <br /> C�0 1/1.,t --\ <br /> John Kline <br /> Member, Eugene Tree Foundation <br /> 360 Owosso Drive Eugene, Oregon 97404 -2631 <br /> (alternative address) <br />