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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Item No: <br /> Meeting Date: October 12, 1997 <br /> EUGENE CITY COUNCIL Department:LRCS <br /> ITEM TITLE: STATUS REPORT -HAYS MEMORIAL TREE GARDEN IN ALTON <br /> BAKER PARK <br /> I. ACTION REQUESTED <br /> None. Status report only. <br /> II. COUNCIL ACTION HISTORY <br /> There is no previous Council action on this item. _ <br /> III. BRIEFING STATEMENT <br /> The Alton Baker Park Master Plan, written in 1973 and amended in 1979, .1986, and 1997, all <br /> include an element called a "Tree Garden." As mayor, Ruth Bascom was an avid supporter of <br /> Alton Baker Park and the tree garden concept. In December, 1994, Mayor Bascom approached. <br /> staff with the idea of creating a trust fund to receive donations _to implement the tree garden <br /> concept. She also informed staff that she would like to donate $100,000 to make the concept a <br /> reality. <br /> Working with her, we drafted a vision statement for the use of the trust funds to create the Hays <br /> <br /> Memorial Tree Garden, named after her mother. The general concept would be to create the <br /> opportunity for citizens to donate funds to pay for the planting of one or more trees to honor, <br /> remember, and memorialize family members or friends who have died. Donors could also <br /> purchase such items as planting beds, park walkways, fountains, benches, and other park <br /> amenities within the Memorial Tree Garden. <br /> The first draft of a landscape plan for the Hays Memorial Tree Garden, has been completed by <br /> Public Works landscape architects. The purpose of this briefing statement is to explain the <br /> project to Council and provide a status xeport. <br /> IV. SUGGESTED MOTION <br /> No motion is needed. <br /> i <br /> <br />