planhasbeenconceivedandtreescategorizedaccordingtotheirhealth,allwithouttheexpertise <br />ofacertifiedarboristortheequivalentofanarborist. <br />TheApplicantadmitsthattheexpertiseofanarboristisnecessarytoenforcetheirplan,butthey <br />failedtoemploythesamelevelofexpertiseintheconceptionandconstructionoftheplanitself. <br />Asaresult,theplanlackscredibility.Wehavenowayofknowingwhichtreesarehealthyand <br />whichtreesarenothealthy,andthereforenowayofevaluatingiftheirplanforwhichtrees <br />shouldbecutdownislegitimate.Inaddition,SheetL3.0,SitePlansassertsthatconservation <br />treesmaybecutdownifnecessaryfor“construction”andreplacedwithdeciduoustreesof1.5 <br />inchesindiameterorfirtreesof5feetinheight.Allowingconservationtreestobecut <br />underminestheintegrityoftheTreePreservationPlan. <br />Accordingto EC6.310,treeremovalpermitsarerequiredfortheremovaloftreesoncertain <br />privateproperties.“Ifthepropertyispartofanapproved,plannedunitdevelopment,sitereview, <br />orconditionalusepermitthatincludesatreeremoval/preservationplanorconditionsrelatedto <br />theremoval,thenthelanduseagreementandapprovedplansregulatethetreeremovalprocess.” <br />TheApplicationclaims(p.39of67):“Theconservationareasheldbothinprivateandcommon <br />ownershipwillberegulatedbytheCCRsforthePlannedUnitDevelopment,”buttheproposed <br />CHPUDprovidesnoHOAcovenants,conditions,restrictions,orotherenforcementmechanisms <br />bywhichtheconservationoftreesinconservedareasmightbeprotected.Weassertthatitisnot <br />enoughtostatethatcertaintreeswillbeconservedwithoutprovidingthemeansandmechanisms <br />bywhichsuchconservationmaybeaccomplished,andwithoutdefiningwhatconstitutes <br />“conservation”inthefirstplace.Inessence,wecansafelyassumethatthereisnoTree <br />PreservationPlan;thereisonlythepretenseofaTreePreservationPlan. <br />EveniftheApplicantweretoprovideCCRs,HOAenforcementamountstoself-regulation <br />becausetheCityofEugenewillnotdirectlyenforceCCRs,whicharethereforeaninadequate <br />mechanismforpreservation.IftheApplicantwereseriousabouttreepreservation,theycould <br />stipulatespecificrestrictionsinthedeedsofspecificlotsthatwouldmandateconservationin <br />certainareas.Deedrestrictionsareoftenperceivedtolimitresalevalue,thoughthisisnotalways <br />thecase. <br />TheApplicationfailstooutlineaseriousTreePreservationPlan,andthereforefailsto <br />meetEC9.8320(4)(b). <br />TheCHPUDResponseCommitteecontendsthattheApplicationfailstooutlinea <br />substantiveTreePreservationPlanandfailstomeetthecriteriadefinedinEC9.8320(4). <br />Therefore,theApplicationshouldbedenied. <br />57 <br /> <br />