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,.$CTREESI.MEM Page 1 <br /> EUGENE <br /> Planning & Development <br /> Community Development <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 99 West 10th Avenue, Suite 240 <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> (541) 687 -5443 <br /> Date: March 13, 1997 <br /> To: Linda Norris, Assistant City Manager <br /> From: Abe Farkas, Planning and Development Department Director <br /> Subject: TREE REMOVAL AT BROADWAY AND CHARNELTON <br /> This memorandum is in response to your request for how to go about removing the trees at the Broadway and <br /> Charnelton site. According to our current schedule we anticipate that the contractor will likely remove the <br /> affected trees shortly after June 1, 1997. The affected trees include the two heritage trees in the right-of- way <br /> and about thirty eight (38) trees on the site. Three of the 38 trees are also designated heritage trees: This is a <br /> total of forty (40) trees to be removed on the site. <br /> Public Works staff has provided some advice on the best way to go about removing the trees and options for <br /> making the wood available to the community. 1) It is recommended that each tree get posted with a notice two <br /> weeks to 30 days prior to removal. 2) Provide a Council newsletter article at least a month before removal. 3) <br /> Develop a "flier" with similar information that is provided in the Council newsletter and distribute it to <br /> businesses and residents in the area. Options for making the removed wood available include, 1) making it <br /> available to abutting property owners, 2) directly sell the wood to another party and, 3) have it moved to one of <br /> the City wood "stockpiles" where someone can obtain a permit to remove it for firewood. The first two options <br /> do not appear viable. The site has no directly abutting property owner similar to street trees removed in <br /> residential areas. Previous experience with having wood milled on site to be later sold involved much labor <br /> and provided only minimal income for the City. Our recommendation is to have the trees cut and removed <br /> through the parking garage bidding process so that the project contractor take into account the salvage value for <br /> those trees which have a reuse more valuable than firewood (to lower the City project cost) and to deposit the <br /> remaining wood at the designated City "stockpile" site so that it can be made available to interested persons. <br /> We currently have four businesses and about 400 parking permit holders that we would like to notify before we <br /> begin the tree notification process. Letters to the Pizza Pipeline, Hutches Bicycles, Pipin Hot Bakery and <br /> Henderson Locksmith Service are currently being prepared as we would like to notify them before we proceed <br /> with the tree removal notices. After we send these notices we can provide an item in the Council newsletter. <br /> Based on the advice from Public Works staff, it seems that it would be better to provide notice in April when it <br /> is closer to the time of actual removal. We are also scheduled to get final approvals for the project from <br /> Council on April 28. Please let me know when you think would be the best time to proceed with notifying the <br /> City Council. <br />