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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-06-09
of the
City Manager
Delegating the City Managers Authority under Sections 7.635
and 7.640 (Plantings within Rights-of-Way) to the City's Urban
Forester.
The City Manager of the City of Eugene finds that:
A. Under the provisions of Chapter IV, Section 16 of the Eugene Charter of 2002 the
City Manager is designated as the administrative head of the City, specifically authorized to
appoint and remove all employees (except as otherwise provided in the Charter), organize, and,
as deemed necessary, disband and reorganize various City departments, and to enforce all
ordinances of the City.
B. Section 7.635 of. the Eugene Code, 1971 ("EC") contains provisions governing
the planting of trees, shrubs, or other plants within public rights-of-way, with the type, location,
spacing and number of each subject to the approval of the City Manager, or the Manager's
designee prior to issuance of a permit. EC Section 7.640 further provides that a tree species not
listed in the adopted Street Tree Species/Variety List may be planted within a public right of way
if it is specifically authorized in writing by the City Manager or the Manager's designee.
C. The City's Urban Forester is the most qualified person to review permit
applications and make the determinations required by EC 7.635 and 7.640, and should be
delegated that authority.
NOW, THEREFORE,
The City Manager of the City of Eugene Orders and Directs that:
Section 1. The City Manager's duties set forth in Sections 7.635 and 7.640 of the
Eugene Code, 1971 are hereby delegated to the City's Urban Forester.
Section 2. Upon finding it wquld be more efficient and in the public interest to do so, the
Urban Forester may, by administrative order filed with the City Recorder, sub-delegate any of
the duties and responsibilities delegated herein.
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Dated and effective this -+- day O:ijst. 20~6. .......--; ~
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r- Dennis M. TaYI~
City Manager
Administrative Order
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