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Date: 05/06/92 MJXS - RIS1 <br /> From: Jan Staszewski CE CEWMJXS <br /> - RIS1 <br /> To: Shawn Boles CEWACFA - RIS1 <br /> cc: Chris Andersen <br /> Bob Hammitt CEWMJRH - RIS1 <br /> Johnny Medlin CEWMJRM - RIS1 <br /> John Etter CERMJFE - RIS1 <br /> Subject: Small Business Administration (SBA) Tree Planting Grant <br /> Shawn, remembering your interest from last year, I thought you might be inter- <br /> ested in some good news I just received. In February I submitted a grant appl- <br /> ication for $25,000 to plant trees long Unit One of the Highway 99 Overlay <br /> (Barger to Beltline). Recently, the Oregon Dept. of Forestry notified the City <br /> of an SBA grant award pending Federal approval. Federal approval is expected <br /> by September 1992. <br /> The State received 44 requests of grants and awarded 19. To accommodate more <br /> projects throughout the state Eugene's request has been reduced by half - <br /> $12,500, but this award is still one of the largest. The City will match the <br /> grant with a combination of existing dollars earmarked for project landscaping <br /> and the value of overhead and subsequent tree maintenance. I will meet with <br /> the staff team to explore design options for this funding level. <br /> I have recently received notification of another opportunity for a grant with <br /> the AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL program. This program offers upwards of $10,000 <br /> toward "new programs that might not be funded otherwise through existing bud- <br /> gets." I will submit the application for this program before June 22, 1992. <br /> If you have any questions or comments please let me know. Thank you. <br />