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� <br />0 <br />~, SSu S Trees LLC <br />P.O. Box 234 <br />Walterville, OR 97489 <br />541747-2928 <br />January 6, 2010 <br />This is a letter regarding tree planting on Chad Dr. and abutting streets. <br />Before reading this letter please read the letter dated December 24, 2009. <br />We would like to request a price change for the tree planting service on this project. <br />Typically when we plant trees in bulk (many trees in one location) we are able to go quite <br />efficiently. When planting 1.35" caliper trees it takes minutes to correctly plant each tree. <br />Several trees can be planted over the span of an hour. <br />We have planted 42 of the trees so far on this project, and because of the issues in the <br />previous letter, we have averaged 1.25 trees per hour and we haven't gotten into the bio- <br />swales yet which will slow us down a bit. <br />The question is, what is fair to charge the city to install these trees. I would like to point <br />out that this project is taking us 4 times longer to plant as on typical street tree plantings for <br />the City of Eugene. However, I can't justify a 4 fold increase in price. <br />If the price were $145 to plant each tree, this would be a fair price for the city and our <br />company. <br />Thank you, <br />Jason Stein <br />I.S.A. Certified Arborist <br />CCB# 157600 <br />LCB# 8858 <br />