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<br />7A <br />Page 19 <br /> <br />c. Expenditures: <br /> <br />. Funding for existing tree maintenance. <br />Tree maintenance comes from General Fund. <br />. Funding for new tree installation. <br />· Tree installation comes from the City Capital Improvement <br />Program, grants for specific projects and the city's partnership with <br />City Trees. <br />. Funding for sidewalk repair due to root damage. <br />· Sidewalk repair comes from Public Works <br />. $50Klyear to administer the tree permit process <br />· Comes from General Fund Street Tree Maintenance Program <br /> <br />Findinas: <br /> <br />a. Fines derived from tree ordinance violations are designated to go to the <br />general fund, not directly to the tree program. <br /> <br />Topic 7. Education <br /> <br />Recommendations: <br /> <br />22.Create an education/outreach program (brochures, website) to provide <br />information on topics such as: the city's Urban Forest Program, the city's <br />Urban Forest Vision, the city's Landmark Trees, benefits of trees, Certified <br />Arborists, tree ordinances, pruning practices. and tree selection for different <br />planting situations. <br /> <br />23. Create additional partnerships to further community education about proper <br />arboricultural practices with businesses such as local garden/landscape <br />suppliers and community groups such as City Trees. Encourage local tree <br />service companies to adopt the city's Landmark trees. In doing so, they would <br />donate their services to care for and maintain trees in exchange for positive <br />public relations. <br /> <br />24. Communicate how trees get the designation of Landmark Trees, and develop a <br />program to educate the public about these trees. <br /> <br />Context: <br /> <br />a. The city does have a "tree section" on the Public Works website with <br />educational material on it, (e.g. value of trees, care of trees and city policy <br />for trees). It may not be obvious to residents to go find the information under <br />the Public Works link. <br /> <br />Re-formatted 11/29/2006 <br /> <br />Page 15 of 25 <br />