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HAMMITT Bob <br /> From: MEDLIN Johnny R <br /> To: HAMMITT Bob <br /> Cc: ETTER John F; PLAMONDON Scott F <br /> Subject: Urban Forestry - Temporary Assignment <br /> Date: Friday, July 12, 1996 8:01 AM <br /> Hi Bob, <br /> This is just a short note (I hope to get you a longer one when I get the rest of the info gathered) to let you <br /> know that the Urban Forestry backlog of referrals for land use plan review is getting excessive. We <br /> currently have approximately 60 referrals for major land use actions and likely an additional 40 for minor <br /> partitions and site reviews. We are not able to be timely on these reviews. I haven't received any formal <br /> complaint from Planning, but suspect things are getting passed on without our review. <br /> I think things are going to get worse before they get better. Starting on the 22nd we are beginning the <br /> Urban Forest Service Profile. Just to attend meetings alone is going to take about 10% of both Scott's <br /> and Mike's time over the next ten weeks. <br /> The new PIC technician will not solve this problem. At best that person can only put 20% of their time <br /> into this type of activity due to dedicated fund constraints. In addition, there will be a training curve, and <br /> there are a number of people lining up to get a piece of this positions time. <br /> As a stop gap measure I have reassigned Hal Gausman (temp employee in Park Planning) to work 3/4 time <br /> for Scott with his duties there limited to performing plan reviews. <br /> I think this will likely turn out to be a larger staffing problem than I can solve with short term measures. <br /> Also with the likelihood of the local street plan gaining acceptance from the Council and the additional <br /> work that will bring in I suspect we will need to look at doing something more comprehensive. <br /> Thanks <br /> Johnny <br /> Page 1 <br />