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7A Page 14 d. There is insufficient consideration given to property owners regarding the removal of trees that cause monetary hardship to the property owner. e. In spite of fines, some residents and builders remove trees without approved permits. f. Canopy size does not enter into any decision-making criteria such as valuation for fines, replanting numbers or size, etc. g. The tree management plan does not designate or specify which trees can be planted in a particular neighborhood which may be affected by planting strip width, sidewalk/curb type, existing trees and overhead wires. h. Tree planting approach is in transition from the 1998 Council direction to plant uniform species from existing species composition. There is no written policy specifying a goal to plant same tree species down a street for visual continuity nor is there a goal to plant an assortment of species down a street for variety/diversity. i. An approved list of trees suitable for different situations (i.e. different planting strip widths) does not exist. The current list of banned/acceptable trees is quite out of date. j. There are 9 or 10 varieties of street trees currently being planted. Deciduous trees: Red or Scarlet Oak, Red Maple, Columbia Sycamore, Autumn Purple Ash, Chinese Pistache, Flowering Pear, and Ginkgo. We are using Bald cypress in flooded planting sites (where you dig the hole and it fills with shallow groundwater). Evergreen trees: Brisbane Box - Tristania (Lophostoma) conferta, Cork Oak, and Coast Live Oak. Guidelines from tree experts recommend that a specific tree species comprise less than 10 percent (that is a target rather than an absolute) of a city's urban forest. . The City's management approach has been to limit diversity to not exceed 15% of anyone species. At the time of our inventory in 1998, we had about 17,000 trees. The top 6 trees were Uquidambar - 2097, 12.3%; Sycamore - 1624, 9.5%; Magnolia - 1623, 9.5%; Modesto Ash - 1332, 7.8%; Crape Myrtle - 1091,6.4% Camphor - 959, 5.6% k. There is no one-source location for all tree-related information for all potential inquirers such as residents, commercial property owners, business license (or potential) operators, city officials or staff and other potential tree stakeholders). Online information that is available is not readily apparent and is not geared for residents. Obtaining tree information often requires speaking with City Public Works Tree Section staff. I. Not all Public Works practice is specified in written policy (tree ordinances). See Policy Matrix in Appendix A. Re-formatted 11/29/2006 Page 10 of 25