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i <br /> ~ City of Eugene <br /> URBAN FORESTRY OFFICE <br /> Tree Appraisal Worksheet <br /> <br /> ~ Based on <br /> Guide for Plant Appraisal, 9~' edition, Council of Tree & Landscape Appraisers, 2000 <br /> Case# Property. 2495 Bailey Hill Rd. Date 10/10/2005 <br /> Appra sers: John Luther (PNW 1089A)• Matt Rivers (PlyW 0682A1; Mark Snyder (MA 0002AM) <br /> Field bservations: This tree is being appraised at the request of the Urban <br /> Forest r, who was contacted about the possible development of a <br /> <br /> l <br /> subdiv'sion located adjacent to this tree. <br /> <br /> ~I <br /> <br /> ' 1. S ecies: Quercus garryana, Oregon white oak <br /> j 2. C ndition: <br /> (Tot l subtotal points arv~aed by 32 and multiplied by 100 equals condition <br /> rating.) <br /> Structure ealth <br /> <br /> ' 1. 3 >Roots: <br /> • The trunk of this tree sits atop a bank that parallels Bailey Hill Road and is <br /> five feet higher than the roadbed. There are no apparent problems on the <br /> i i eastern half of the root system, which is the high side, and which extends in <br /> a plane from the middle of the base of the tree. There are, however, <br /> "extreme" category structure problems on the western side, where the other <br /> half of the tree's root system lies under a roadside storm water drainage <br /> ditch and likely extends beneath the roadbed. The ditch undergoes periodic <br /> maintenance for conveyance; damage to the trunk and root system <br /> (probably from maintenance equipment or from accidental vehicular <br /> collision) is apparent from the exposed face of the bank. Engineering <br /> drawings for a road widening project in 1982 show that the new excavation <br /> work was done on the west side of Bailey Hill Road, opposite this tree. The <br /> <br /> ' uniformly vigorous condition of the crown of the tree does not suggest the <br /> presence of decline or significant impact to root health, despite the <br /> <br /> I I structural damage on the exposed bank face. <br /> 2 3 >Trunk: <br /> <br /> I • There is a 12-inch by 12-inch wound on the western side of the trunk at 12 <br /> inches above ground level. A '/Z-inch wire cable eyelet is embedded in the <br /> j western side of the trunk at ground level. Wounds and embedded fence <br /> <br /> ~ ~ wire were also observed on this side of the trunk. <br /> 3 3 >Scaffo[d Branches: <br /> • Apiece of wire 7 feet long is embedded on the northern side of the tree at <br /> seven feet above ground level. <br /> <br /> ' 3 >Smaller Branches and Twigs: Minor problems <br /> <br /> I <br /> 3_ >Foliage: Minor problems <br /> 6 + 15 = 21 / 32 X 100 = 65% <br /> <br />