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)NCLUDED IN THE BUDGET REDUCTION WAS THE ELIMINATION
OF THE #ITYS PERSON INHOUSE 4REE #REW IN
MEANING THAT ALL OF OUR TREE WORK IS NOW DONE BY PRIVATE
SECTOR CONTRACTORS (OWEVER WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK
WITH OUR CONTRACTORS TO GET GOOD QUALITY TREE WORK DONE
FOR VERY COMPETITIVE PRICES 4HESE LOWER COST BULK PRUN
ING OR REMOVAL UNIT PRICES ARE THEN PASSED ON TO THOSE
PROPERTY OWNERS WHO AUTHORIZE THE #ITYS CONTRACTORS TO
DO THEIR STREET TREE WORK
7HAT ARE SOME OF THE CURRENT PRIORITY PROJECTS
ANDOR HOT TOPICS IN 3AN *OS£ 5RBAN &ORESTRY
2- 7E ARE CURRENTLY IN THE FINAL
PHASES OF FINISHING A COMPLETE
STREET TREE INVENTORY OF ALL OF OUR
STREET TREES IN THE PUBLIC
RIGHTOFWAY )N WE HAD UNIVER
SITY INTERNS CONDUCT AN I4REE 3TREETS
SAMPLE SURVEY WHICH ESTIMATED
THAT THERE ARE STREET TREES
IN 3AN *OS£ /NCE COMPLETED LATER
THIS YEAR THE INVENTORY WILL BE ABLE
TO VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF THE I4REE
3TREETS ESTIMATE
!NOTHER PROJECT THAT WE HOPE TO
ACCOMPLISH AFTER THE INVENTORY PROJ
ECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED IS TO FIND
THE FUNDING TO START DEVELOPING A
#OMMUNITY &OREST -ASTER 0LAN
3UCH A PLAN WILL LOOK AT HOW WE GOT
HERE AND WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE
AND IT WILL SET THE DIRECTION GOING
FORWARD ESPECIALLY TOWARDS ESTAB
LISHING A REALISTIC CANOPY GOAL /NE
OTHER MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO LOOK AT
ALTERNATIVE FUNDING OPTIONS FOR PRE
VENTATIVE MAINTENANCE TREE WORK TO
THE BENEFIT OF ALL THE PROPERTY OWN
ERS AND THE TREES
)N THE -AYOR AND #ITY #OUNCIL
OF 3AN *OS£ ADOPTED THE 'REEN
6ISION WHICH HAS AS ONE OF ITS
GOALS THE PLANTING OF A NET
TREES IN 3AN *OS£ BOTH ON PRIVATE
AND PUBLIC PROPERTY BY 4HIS
MEANS WE SHOULD BE PLANTING A NET
INCREASE OF TREESYEAR
!LAS THE SUBSEQUENT FUNDING PRO
VIDED HAS ONLY ALLOWED AN INCREASE
OF ABOUT TREESYEAR SO WE
ARE WELL OFF OF THE TRAJECTORY NEEDED
TOWARDS MEETING THIS YEAR PLANT
ING TARGET )F AN ALTERNATIVE FUNDING
OPTION IS ADOPTED IT IS HOPED THAT
IT WOULD INCLUDE PLANTING MANY OF THE VACANT STREET TREE
PLANTING SITES I4REE ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE
4HEN PERHAPS THE PLANTING GOAL COULD STILL BE ACHIEVED
WITHIN THE FINAL YEARS OF THE 'REEN 6ISION GOAL
7HAT ARE THE UNIQUE PLEASURES AND CHALLENGES OF
URBAN FORESTRY IN YOUR AREA
2- "ECAUSE OF 3AN *OS£S PROTECTED COASTAL CLIMATE ON
THE SOUTH END OF 3AN &RANCISCO "AY WE ARE ABLE TO GROW
A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TREE SPECIES 7E HAVE FAIRLY
RICH WATERRETENTIVE SOILS THAT SUPPORT GOOD TREE GROWTH
DESPITE OUR OFTEN LIMITED AMOUNT OF ANNUAL RAINFALL AVER
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