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• <br /> 4 - <br /> - EUGE1EJ Public Works <br /> Maintenance <br /> 1820 Roosevelt Boulevard <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97402 <br /> (503) 687 -5220 <br /> May 9, 1994 <br /> Mr. Lawrence Bahn <br /> 4525 Spring Blvd. <br /> Eugene. Or. 97405 <br /> Re: Application to remove trees <br /> Dear Mr. Bahn: <br /> The following is the City's findings and decision on your request to remove <br /> trees from your property at 4525 Spring Blvd. <br /> Background <br /> This request is only for the portion of your property that lies inside the <br /> Eugene Urban Growth Boundary, approximately 3/4 of an acre with frontage on <br /> Spring Boulevard. Having received the initial application on March 16, 1994 <br /> and noting in a letter to you dated March 30, 1994 that more information was <br /> needed, you hired a practicing forester, Lynn Larson, to make an assessment of <br /> the trees on your property. We received this information on April 27. 1994 and <br /> I met with you at the site on May 5, 1994 to discuss the requested removal. <br /> All of the trees proposed for removal in this request are firs in excess of 8" <br /> DBH. Your original application noted approximately 30 firs to be removed. <br /> During my site visit on May 5th. I noted a little more than 40 firs marked <br /> with ribbons for removal. <br /> Findings <br /> The evaluation of your request is made in accordance with the review criteria <br /> contained in Lane Code Section 9.920. These criteria are discussed below to <br /> the extent that they are applicable to your request. <br /> The relationship of the proposed tree removal to accepted <br /> forestry practices. <br /> Your consultant, Lynn, has stated that the number of trees proposed for <br /> removal should leave approximately 150 evenly spaced crop trees per acre to <br /> conform to normal timber management guidelines. The area in question is <br /> approximately 3/4 of an acre. which would equate to approximately 110 trees to <br /> remain. Lynn has estimated your stand currently has approximately 450 trees <br /> per acre, which would amount to 337 trees. Normal timber management would <br /> therefore allow approximately 187 trees to be selectively removed. You have <br /> revised your request during my site visit on May 5th to ask for a removal of <br /> 36 firs, still well within the limit of normal timber management guidelines. <br />