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• f ® m City of Eugene <br />Lane 7iransit District <br />P.O. Box 7070 <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401 -0470 <br />(541) 7 41 -6100 <br />Fax (541) 741 -6111 <br />April 24, 1997 <br />Scott Plamondon <br />Urban Forestry <br />City of Eugene - Public Works <br />1820 Roosevelt Blvd. <br />Eugene, Oregon 97402 <br />Dear Scott: <br />Thank you for meeting me at the Eugene Station site to discuss the trees located at 10 and <br />Olive Streets adjacent to the future Eugene Station plaza. As you know, the current plan is f <br />three of those trees to remain and for a new large tree to be planted in the center of he lazar <br />We believe that the current trees, which are columnar in shape with dense foliage, do not fit <br />the planned plaza design and that a canopy style tree with lacier foliage would be more <br />attractive. <br />The change in trees is clearly optional and would be done solely to improve the appearance <br />of the plaza. However, if the trees are to be changed, now is clearly the best Opportunity o <br />do so. ty <br />We would like a determination from the City if changing these trees would require a fee for <br />the removal of mature trees and replacement with younger, smaller caliper trees. We do not <br />believe that the fee should be charged, since the change is strictly optional and woul <br />done with the sole intent of establishing more appropriate trees in that location. d be <br />It is not certain if the cost to replace the trees will fit within the project budget or be considered <br />an appropriate expense. It is extremely unlikely that the change would be made if there were <br />also tree removal fees. <br />The decision on the trees needs to be made very soon. <br />May 2, if at all possibi <br />Since y, c <br />Charlie Simmons <br />Facility Services Manager <br />CS /crt <br />Please get back to me on this by <br />H1WP DATAKEUGSTATN\plt,.,, .doc <br />