<br />The rendering provided by the applicant at the hearing (below) represents a significant <br />deception because the trees outside the tree preservation area are not protected by any <br />provision in the proposed Capital Hill PUD. Because of the number of the lots proposed, <br />the breadth of the Critical Root Zone for the large trees pictured in the rendering below, <br />there is no way of developing the proposed lots without destroying the trees pictured <br />below. As Forester James Merwin stated in his ForesterÈs report (attached to the Joint <br />Response Committee Document), the proposed Capital Hill PUD will create, in effect, a <br />clear cut on the ridge line that could be seen by the entire city of Eugene to the west and <br />the citizens of Laurel Hill Valley to the east. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />