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Page 1 of 1 <br /> PICADO Therese M <br /> From: MEDLIN Johnny R <br /> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 5:18 PM <br /> To: *Eugene PW POS Mgmt Team <br /> Cc: FOERSTLER Kevin J . <br /> Subject: Communicating budget cuts <br /> Hi Folks, <br /> I just reviewed the recent"tree" article in the RG from Bob Welsh. While reading it my thought was that we need <br /> to be careful talking about "proposed" cuts as if they have already taken place. In the article it says we have <br /> already had the program cuts take place (and unless I'm not understanding the situation here) I don't think that is <br /> formally true. <br /> There are a bunch of program cuts we are talking about in funds 131, 535, and now 011. Please remember that <br /> these cuts are only PROPOSED until the council adopts the FY-05 budget in June. <br /> We have a number of programs on administrative hold (primarily in the stormwater fund) that we anticipate being <br /> cut but these also are in reality still on the books and we can't say for sure they have been or will be cut until the <br /> council acts in June. Similarly, we have also had a number of"tree maintenance" positions on administrative hold <br /> for several years. <br /> So specifically in regards to the Bob Welsh article, I think it would have been appropriate to say the funding for <br /> tree replacement is being proposed for elimination in FY-05 due to shortfalls in the Road Fund, but we still are <br /> doing both NeighborWoods and contract replacement to the extend of our previously approved funding (FY-04 <br /> and carry-over from earlier years). We do not know if the Council will accept these proposed reductions for FT-05 <br /> or give us instructions to do otherwise. <br /> Thanks <br /> Johnny <br /> Johnny Medlin <br /> Director, Parks and Open Space Division <br /> 1820 Roosevelt Blvd, <br /> Eugene, OR 97402 <br /> (541) 682-4930- Office <br /> (541) 682-4882-FAX <br /> 12/11/03 <br />