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7A Page 43 DRAFT-Wili be updated and provided in color for March 22'�Council meeting Using these modeis of community collaborative efforts,the City can continue to partner with public,non-profit organizations and businesses to preserve and restore natural spaces as ecologically productive areas and ta sequester carbon.Additiona[fy,restoration efforts can provide education and community building opportur�ities by engaging residents in the design and restoration process. �. �"��in��.�r�a�� i��r°��a�e?�e� �''��.`�'x�� Irrrptement 7ree Master Plarr,� The City can adopt and implement a tree master plan for the planting and maintenance of trees growing on public and private praperty throughout Re�wood City,The p(an should�onsider urban forrn,aesthetics,and the overail pasitive benefrt trees pravide ta neighborhoad character. Tn crafting the plan,the City should consider the relationship of street tree plant9ng to other Climate Action and General Plan goals and policies,including pedestrian orientatian, neighbarhood character,and complete streets. Through the Tree Master Plan,the City should establish standards for tree requirements for new development,tree maintenance,species selectian,and minimum shading and tree canapy coverage.Species seiection shall take in account their ability to provide suffcient shade,reduce pollutants,produce oxygen,reduce stormwater runoff,retain moisture,minimize impact to infrastructure,have few known disease and insect pests,and acceptabte fruit and flawer litter. The Tree Plan wi{I also establish tr-ee criteria(such as minimum number of firees for street frontage)far new development and redevelopment projects,and facilitate canopy cover on streets and parking areas. Pfant IVew and 1�eplacement Trees Since 2000,the City has planted an average of approximately 400 new trees per year. Many of these have been planted in cooperation with the non-profit organization CityTrees, which planted its 2,000"'tree in Redwooci City in September 2008. Building on the partnersh'sp that exists between Redwood City and CityTrees,the community is encauraged to continue to plant more trees to provide appropriate shading,to reduce the heat island effect,for food productian ancf to sequester carbon.Additionally,tree pfanting efforts can provide education and community building apportunities by engaging residents in the sefection and tree planting process. ��i. f�r°�;��i��...<:�r��rt��:��;��tYc,��:f`} lmpteme»f a Green Gardener CertifieafFan Pragram The Green Gardener Certificatian Program began in Santa Barbara County in March 2000.The goaf of the program is to educate and eertify local gardeners in resocarce efficient and pollt�tion prevention(andscape management practices.In 2005,with support from the State Water Resources Control Board,the non-profit organization Ecology Action collaborated with the Santa Barbara pragram to standardize the bilingual curriculum{Eng[Ish/5panish)and implement the program in the Monterey Bay area.The Green Gardener Cerkifcation program has since ��General Plan NR-36 20 General Plan NR-12 r