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Message Page 1 of 2 <br /> PICADO Therese M <br /> From: MEDLIN Johnny R <br /> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 2:23 PM <br /> To: PICADO Therese M <br /> Cc: MEDARY Sarah J; DUCKETT Scott <br /> Subject: FW. POS Landscape activities <br /> Here is some bad PR with the Assistant City Manager. We need to talk about this to see what we can do to avoid <br /> this kind of reaction in the future. -Johnny <br /> -----Original Message <br /> From:CARLSON Jim R <br /> Sent: Friday,August 22,2003 9:28 AM <br /> To: COREY Kurt A; MEDLIN Johnny R <br /> Cc: SVENDSEN Glen L; WALSTON Mary F <br /> Subject: FW: POS Landscape activities <br /> Kurt/Johnny- <br /> This report follows on the heels of the article within the past two weeks of POS staff investing staff time to do all of <br /> the work at Lark Park so they could save$50,000 for playground equipment. This involved POS maintenance <br /> crews performing extensive renovation, installation of irrigation systems, turf, landscaped beds. It is nice to know <br /> that the staff has the time and resources to do all of this extra work on behalf of the park and community centers <br /> but disappointing to know that there is not enough time to pull the weeds at City Hall. <br /> Jim <br /> Original Message <br /> From: SVENDSEN Glen L <br /> 4ir, Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:15 AM <br /> To: CARLSON Jim R <br /> Subject: <br /> Jim -So,how does this article in this week's Council newsletter relate to the P&OS budget reduction "in landscape bed <br /> maintenance at Echo Hollow Pool, Sheldon Center,and Laurelwood Golf Course"? Seems like a mixed message to tell the <br /> Budget Committee and Council that we are reducing services,and then get awards for intensely maintained <br /> seasonal plantings. And say that there isn't money for City Hall planting bed maintenance,which is primarily perennials that <br /> take minimal care. GlenS <br /> POS Staff Recognized for Landscaping at Sheldon Community Center <br /> For the second consecutive year, the Eugene Garden Club presented Parks and Open Space <br /> staff with the "Beautification Award" for the landscaping of Sheldon Community Center. The <br /> award, presented annually in honor of special landscape efforts to enhance Eugene, will be on <br /> display at the center located at 2445 Willakenzie Road. <br /> Large planter bowls, which staff salvaged from the Broadway reopening project, are the <br /> highlight of the center's landscape beauty. A variety of more than 600 petunias, alyssum, <br /> marigolds, zinnias, and salvia spill over the edges of the bowls and provide living artwork for <br /> passers-by. For year-round enjoyment, pansies fill the bowls during the winter months and <br /> offer a fresh breath of color during overcast weather. <br /> "The community and those who work at the center love the flowers," said Joanne Glore, the <br /> parks specialist who plants and maintains the landscapes at the center. "Almost every single <br /> person who walks by while I'm watering comments on the lovely flowers." <br /> 9/2/03 <br />