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R-Cs- ,212 4. <br /> PICADO Therese M <br /> rom: PICADO Therese M <br /> ent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 11:58 AM <br /> To: DIETZ Diane (SMTP) <br /> Subject: Info about Lark Park <br /> Importance: High <br /> Hi, Diane. Hope you got your purse back in order and your day is unfolding with less aggravation. Thanks for <br /> your interest in our parks projects and crews. Here's the information you requested to complete your story: <br /> • There are approximately 2,600 acres in the parks and open space system in Eugene. About 600 of those <br /> acres are currently developed parks and require regular maintenance. <br /> • The Irrigation crew maintains over 120 miles or 600,000 feet of irrigation pipe. <br /> • The playground will be installed around mid February(weather permitting). <br /> • Eric Johnson, Parks Amenities Supervisor, will refer the basketball backboard to the crew as a <br /> maintenance project. <br /> • The playground surface will be engineered woodchips which is real wood of uniform size, is ADA <br /> accessible, and is produced locally. <br /> • The trees that will be planted in the park in the spring are showy ornamental varieties to bring some <br /> color to the park in spring and fall--red horsechestnut (first to bloom in spring with big pink spires - <br /> good shade in the summer), Autumn Blaze red maple (brilliant fall color, as the name suggests), and <br /> Scarlet Spire crabapple (magenta blooms in the spring and purple summer foliage). <br /> Thanks, Diane. Let me know if you need more information, <br /> Therese M. Picado <br /> Public Information Specialist <br /> Parks and Open Space <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 1820 Roosevelt Blvd., Eugene, Oregon 97402 <br /> (541) 682-4814 (office), (541) 682-4882 (fax), therese.m.picado@ci.eugene.or.us (e-mail) <br /> "Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by."--Carl Sandburg <br /> L <br /> 1 <br />