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EUGENE Public Works Maintenance 1820 Roosevelt Boulevard Eugene, Oregon 97402 (503)687-5220 February 28, 1996 Mylie Carter 2112 Agate Street Eugene, Oregon 97403 Dear Mylie Carter: Your interest in the status of irrigation needs and trees within Washburn Park has been passed onto me for response. Let me take a moment to explain what events are happening, and have happened, with respect to this park. It has been decided to replace the deteriorated irrigation system due to an urgency, identified by the Urban Forester, to replace the system or risk losing additional choice specimen trees. The funding for this work comes from reprioritizing other park maintenance projects in the current year's budget, and postponing some deemed less urgent until the following year. Our goal is to have the new system functional in early summer prior to the ground drying out after the rainy period ends. We are currently in the design phase for the system and hope to go to bid and subsequently select a contractor prior to May 1, 1996. Since the chance of survival for young trees is the greatest if planted in the winter months when they are dormant, our plan is to schedule the plantings between November of 1996 and February of 1997. This will allow us time to work on the tree species and planting site selection to insure we get the proper trees planted in the proper places. I will be working with Scott Plamondon,the City's Urban Forester,to develop a draft tree planting plan over the next few months. Once we have a draft plan I will place a news item into the Fairmount and SUNA newsletters inviting people such as yourself with an interest in this park to comment on the plan. Meanwhile, if you have any questions, I may be reached by telephone at 687-5325. Sincerely, John Etter Principal Landscape Architect cc: Councilor Laurie Swanson-Gribskov