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of street tree planting are easily identified and the program is designed to fully <br /> recover all costs associated with providing the service. <br /> Comment 18: The local arborist is prejudiced against perhaps the most <br /> popular street tree in America (flowering or ornamental pear) which nurseries can't <br /> grow fast enough. <br /> Finding: The Urban Forestry Management Plan policy # 1 states "the City <br /> will plant trees on public property that have potential for good performance and <br /> will, over time, achieve a diversity of species for greater stability of the urban <br /> forest" and Proposed Action #10.1 states, "Develop standards for minimum area <br /> requirements to ensure that trees of differing mature size classes can thrive along <br /> new and widened streets." The flowering pear is a popular street tree and it is on <br /> the approved street tree species list. Due to the need of species diversity, proper <br /> selection for the site, and the planting of large canopy trees along with smaller trees <br /> the flowering pear is not recommended for all situations. The flowering pear is a <br /> smaller tree with minimum canopy and it is identified to be used where appropriate <br /> in sites that have little room, are under wires or where a under story canopy tree <br /> is more appropriate. As with the Elm tree and the Bradford Pear, the flowering <br /> pear is now banned by many cities and we have to be very careful not to over plant <br /> one species just because it is popular. <br /> Comment 19: Landscaping and tree establishment is seasonal - dependent <br /> on weather. <br /> Finding: I agree. New trees have the best chance of survival if planted <br /> when they are dormant in the late fall and winter months. R- 7.280- D.7.1, which <br /> specifies the limits of the planting seasons for various types of trees, was included <br /> for just this reason. <br /> Comment 20: Do not require the establishment of street trees, landscape <br /> and irrigation systems until home is completed. <br /> Finding: Neither the Eugene Code, 1971 provisions nor the implementing <br /> rules require the planting of the street trees prior to the completion of the home. <br /> However, the Code provisions do place the responsibility on the developer to ensure <br /> the trees are planted and established. <br /> If the developer chooses to plant and establish the trees, the administrative <br /> rules set requirements for the developer to show how the trees, if planted early, will <br /> not conflict with later construction. If the developer elects to wait until home <br /> construction is completed, the rules require the developer to show how (s)he will <br /> track the completion of specific home construction projects and provide for the trees <br /> Exhibit B to Street Tree Plan Agreement <br />