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Broadway & Charnelton Trees <br /> 1. Urban Forestry flagged to the highest levels our concerns about the "significant" trees within <br /> the site. The primary attention was focused on the 6 heritage trees which would be impacted and <br /> the loss of canopy cover. <br /> The approved project would require the removal of all trees internal to the site since the building <br /> foot print covered then entire site. <br /> 2. Section 6.305 of the Tree Preservation Code requires a tree removal permit for tree removal in <br /> certain instances on private property, for street trees, and prohibits the removal of Heritage <br /> Street Trees except where such removal, and authorization for its removal, has been granted by the city <br /> because its removal is necessary to protect the public health, safety, or welfare. Otherwise, a tree <br /> removal permit is not required by the municipal code for the removal of trees from public <br /> property. <br /> The permit for the removal of the Heritage trees approved on January 22, 1997 by the City <br /> Manager Pro Tem was conditioned on Aobtaining a permit from the Urban Forester for the <br /> removal of the non - heritage trees on the development site according to the process contained in <br /> the Eugene Code Section 6.320 ACriteria for Permit Issuance ". <br /> The criteria from 6.320 (1) was evaluated and the removal met the conditions of (d) and (f): <br /> (d) The necessity to remove trees in order to construct proposed <br /> improvements, or to otherwise utilize the applicant's property in a manner consistent <br /> with its zoning, this code, the Metro Plan, and other applicable adopted plans; <br /> (f) The adequacy of the applicant's proposals, if any, to plant new trees or <br /> native vegetation to mitigate the environmental effects of removal of the trees to be <br /> felled. <br /> Since the project had an approved development plan the removal was in compliance with <br /> 6.320 (2). <br /> 3. The City Manager issued a determination that the public health, safety and welfare <br /> would best be served by removal of all 3 Heritage Class Trees internal to the site and two <br /> of the Heritage Class street trees. <br /> 4. Since approval had already been granted by the City Manager for the removal of the <br /> most significant and protected of the trees, a modified process for the removal of the <br /> remaining trees was approved. <br /> The number of meetings of the City Council and their subsequent approvals for the <br /> project and the various informational meetings already held for project was taken into <br /> account in designing a process. <br />