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HENDTREE.MMO Page 2 <br /> the garden. There is one proposed action with respect to a small -scale playground. There are no proposed <br /> actions for trees in general or the remainder of the park. Page 22 of the plan does contain policies and <br /> proposed actions general to the South Hills, of which Hendricks Park is a part. Taken as a whole, the text <br /> addresses the need to plan for how the City both provides for various recreational opportunities while at the <br /> same time maintaining natural areas. <br /> I can find no written linkage between the texts that I mention above. No minutes exist to show that a plan <br /> was adopted by an oversight committee or council. I am quite sure the 2/16/88 draft is a product of one of <br /> the RGRC members, and was probably refined to the 7/23/88 document with the help of Parks Maintenance <br /> staff. <br /> The RGRC was an ad hoc committee that formed out of concerns for the garden. Approximately 12 <br /> individuals gave input over a period of about three years. Following the group's presentation to the JPC on <br /> 9/18/85, members time was spent on developing a plan that would guide development and remodeling for a <br /> long time frame. A number of different conceptual graphic proposals are in our file which reflect differing <br /> points of view. There was never consensus among the three (Paul Beistel, George Jette and "Tex" Matsler) <br /> who worked until a frustrating end. There is a staff drawing that was prepared in approximately 1988 that <br /> captures (in staff's opinion) the best of the ideas from the remaining committee of three. This plan has not <br /> had further public review, was never adopted, but has been used in reviewing the merits of remodels and <br /> minor additions to the garden. <br /> Tree cover is very important to rhododendron habitat, and therefore it was a major consideration for the <br /> three (Beistel, Jette and Matsler) who continued to give input on the future of the garden. The clientele we <br /> have traditionally consulted and worked with for rhododendron garden issues has been limited to those with <br /> an expressed interest in the garden, mainly members of the local chapter of the Rhododendron Society. <br />