SAVE ELEANOR PARDEE PARK TREES PETITION April 2010 We the undersigned residents of the City of Palo Alto, hereby petition the Mayor and Councilors of the City of Palo Alto to immediately halt all actions by the City to remove several eucalyptus trees located in Eleanor Pardee Park along Center Drive and Channing Avenue. And further, we petition that the city prepare and implement an approved maintenance program for the eucalyptus trees located in Eleanor Pardee Park and all other city owned tall trees, with a view to preserving Palo Alto’s heritage of tall trees and maintaining the amenity of Palo Alto. The preparation and implementation of the maintenance program to be prepared with the assistance of such outside experts as may be necessary to provide special knowledge of any specific requirements of the trees in question, due to climate, soil conditions and water table.