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<br /> - ~ _ <br /> Public Works <br /> City of Eugene <br /> N E W S R E L E A S E 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> ' April 8, 1 91 <br /> CONTACT: an Staszewski, Urban Forester, 687-5220 <br /> ohnny Medlin, Maintenance, 687-5220 <br /> From Sandr Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> I <br /> FOR IMMEDI TE RELEASE <br /> TREE CO MISSION HOSTS MEETINGS ON PROPOSED URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN <br /> The C ty of Eugene Tree Commission and the Public Works Department have <br /> scheduled wo meetings as the first of a series of public sessions that are <br /> planned fo the next year in the development of the city's first Urban Forest <br /> Management Plan. The plan will include policies to help the city effectively <br /> and equita ly manage trees on public and private property. Scoping meetings <br /> are schedu ed for Tuesday, April 9 and Thursday, April 11, from 7 p.m. to 9 <br /> p.m. in EW 6's Training Room, 500 East 4th Street. Participants at the <br /> meetings w 11 be asked to help the Commission and staff identify elements <br /> that shoal be included in the plan. <br /> The T esday (April 9) meeting will focus on issues of concern to <br /> i <br /> I profession is who work in tree-related businesses, such as landscapers, <br /> landscape rchitects, builders, real estate agents, developers, etc. The <br /> Thursday ( pril 11) meeting will address issues of concern to community <br /> residents. Although each meeting will focus on a particular interest area, <br /> people are welcome to attend either or both sessions. <br /> Accor ing to the city's newly hired Urban Forester Jan Staszewski, <br /> developing the plan is the Tree Commission's highest priority for the next <br /> year. "This is the city's first Urban Forest Management Plan and will <br /> more <br /> <br />