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UFSCMEMI Page 1 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> July 31, 1996 <br /> TO: Service Improvement Steering Committee <br /> FROM: Johnny Medlin, Maintenance Support Manager, Urban Forestry Service Lead <br /> Roland Hoskins and Marge Boutell, Service Improvement Team <br /> SUBJECT: URBAN FORESTRY SERVICE PROFILE <br /> Service Profile Meeting Schedule <br /> Service Team members have scheduled a series of ten, three -hour meetings to complete the service profile. <br /> Those dates start July 23 and continue through September 24. The core team will participate in all meetings <br /> and the extended team members will participate when issues directly relating to their activities are <br /> discussed. <br /> Service Team Members are: <br /> Core Team: <br /> Mike Bellmore, Urban Forestry Technician (AFSCME) <br /> John Luther, Tree Specialist, (AFSCME) <br /> Johnny Medlin, Maintenance Support Manager, Service Lead <br /> Dick Morgan, Parks Maintenance Manager <br /> Scott Plamondon, Urban Forester <br /> Adrain Stansfield, Landscape and Trees Supervisor <br /> Extended Team Members: <br /> John Etter, Principle Landscape Architect, Parks Planning <br /> Louis Kroeck, Landscape Architect Public Works Engineering <br /> Mike McKerrow, Land Use Analyst, Building Division <br /> Steven Nystrom, Senior Planner, Planning Division <br /> Citizen Involvement <br /> The City Council adopts policies and plans that affect the Urban Forestry Service. Some examples of these <br /> plans and policies include The Urban Forestry Management Plan, relevant sections of the Eugene Code <br /> (6.330 Tree Preservation), individual refinement plans (Whiteaker Plan, South Hills Study), and various <br /> policies relating to trees and parks in the Parks and Recreation Plan. Currently, the executive managers and <br /> City Council provide policy oversight. <br /> Customer Input <br /> Usually, Public Works Maintenance Urban Forestry staff receive informal input by telephone from property <br /> owners or neighborhood/societal groups. Often, Urban Forestry staff initiate these contacts by posting <br /> notices of tree cuttings in neighborhoods or sending postcard reminders to volunteers of the Neighborwoods <br /> Program. Additionally, Urban Forestry staff receive internal partner /customer input from Public Works <br /> Maintenance Parks Planning and other City departments regarding their forestry needs. Parks Planning <br /> gathers ideas concerning trees in parks from interested property owners or neighborhood/societal groups <br /> who participate in the Park Development planning process. <br />