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<br />'~ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-96-23-F <br />of the <br />City Manager of the City of Eugene <br />STREET TREE PROGRAM <br />ADMINISTRATIVE RULE R-7.280 <br />The City Manager of .the City of Eugene finds that: <br />A. Section 2.019 of the Eugene Code, 1971, authorizes the City Manager to adopt <br />rules for implementation of any provisions of that Code. Section 7.280 establishing policies, <br />standards and procedures for the City's Street Tree Program was added to the Eugene, Code, <br />1971, by Ordinance No. 20056 passed by the City Council and approved by the Mayor on August <br />5, 1996: <br />B. In accordance with the procedures set forth therein, on December 5,-1996 the City <br />Manager Fro Tem issued Administrative Order No. 58-96-23 proposing the adoption of the Street <br />Tree Program Administrative Rule R-7.280 ~as proposed therein, in order to ensure that the City's <br />Street Tree Program is implemented in a manner that is in compliance with the newly adopted <br />provisions of the Eugene Code, 1971. Notice was provided to the Mayor and City Councilors, <br />posted at two locations at City Hall on December 9, 1996, published in the Register Guard, a <br />newspaper of general circulation within the City for five consecutive days, to-wit, December 9, <br />10, 11, 12, 13, 1996, and made available for inspection by interested persons at the office of the <br />City Manager, 777 Pearl Street,-Eugene, Oregon 97401 during normal business hours (8:00 a.m. <br />to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, exclusive of holidays): <br />C. The notice provided that interested, persons could submit written comments thereon <br />for a period of thirty (30) days from the first date of publication and posting. Written comments <br />were received from Kathy Bruebaker of the Home Builders Association of Lane County, Future <br />Homes, Wade Fletcher, Benchmark Northwest, Jim Breedon of Breeden Brothers, and Bart <br />Wardwell of Benchmark Northwest, to which I make the following findings: <br />Comment 1: We need an exemption for the South Hills where there is no room <br />to plant trees within the right'of--way because .existing trees have been preserved and left <br />within that right-of--way. <br />Fin in It is agreed that the ability to obtain an exemption from planting street <br />trees is needed for those cases where the terrain will not allow proper planting and for <br />cases where existing properly located trees can be preserved within the right-of--way. Rule <br />R-7.280-C has been revised to incorporate such an exemption. <br /> <br />Administrative Order - i <br />