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provide better watering coverage. This may be possible without abandoning the existing piping <br /> which is PVC and quite sound. Staff needs to do some on- site measurements and testing to <br /> verify the feasibility of these ideas and plan to do so this spring. If successful, such an effort <br /> would make turf renovation within the currently developed and irrigated area a possibility for <br /> next fall. <br /> Staff has worked with the neighborhood association in providing access to the park's in-ground <br /> "quick couple"valves so they could be used to water trees. Holes and fittings have also been <br /> supplied for the neighbor's use. The existing turf irrigation system was never adequate for the <br /> establishment of newly planted trees. Newly planted trees require three years of additional <br /> watering to become established and self sufficient. The dry summer of 1994 caused stress to <br /> many of the treft and the loss of a few others. This occurred during the period that the irrigation <br /> system was shut down due to the"Eugene Decisions"process. <br /> Our current Capital Improvement Project budget for parks is very small. The funding that we do <br /> have is being used for the preservation and maintenance of our existing park amenities. Your <br /> request for renovation of the irrigation system and its extension into the undeveloped portion of <br /> the park are certainly appropriate when/if funding becomes available. <br /> The funding to renovate the Washburn Park irrigation system has been made possible by <br /> delaying other scheduled Capital Improvement Projects. This schedule change has been made by <br /> the Public Works division because of the number of unique tree species that have died or decline <br /> in the park due to the lack of water. A new irrigation system is planned for Washburn Park <br />