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<br /> 3 <br /> <br />Summary of Staff Interview Comments <br />Theme Staff Comments <br />private? <br />▪ Waterway trees are not inventoried. <br />Tree Maintenance, <br />Irrigation, and Planting <br />▪ Need more flexibility to current standards to allow for balance between <br />what is best for tree and best for product/project/or service. <br />▪ Plant trees with larger clearance between curb and sidewalk to allow for <br />growth and prevent potential future damage. <br />▪ Install larger root barriers if not sufficient room for a tree. <br />▪ Need more staff expertise on pruning. <br />▪ Recycled water used on commercial irrigation properties, doesn't do <br />well with Redwoods. <br />▪ 23,000 service connections, water provided to all young trees. <br />Biggest Challenges ▪ Public perception of trees. <br />▪ Redwoods do not do well with recycled water. <br />▪ Heavy clay content in soil makes plant establishment difficult- consider <br />with future species recommendation palette. <br />▪ Overall confusion across parties regarding who maintains different <br />trees. <br />▪ Monoculture of trees in street program, need for diversity to increase <br />resiliency from future pests, diseases and climatic changes. <br />▪ Not enough staff to adequately look at tree roots before pruning, <br />backlog of work. <br />▪ Parking lot shade requirements vs. number of parking space minimums. <br />▪ No landscape design guidelines/ development requirements. <br />▪ No planning-design-review mechanism to ensure landscaping not removed. <br />Biggest Opportunities ▪ Education and outreach to increase community buy-in and support in <br />maintaining the UF. <br />▪ Explain how trees and a well-maintained landscape increase property <br />value. <br />▪ Clarify Heritage Tree ordinance, make process more transparent and <br />systematic. <br />▪ Better enforcement of tree replacement. <br />▪ Better tree maintenance on hiking trails to prevent liability claims. <br />▪ Use more root barriers. <br />▪ Inventory of all City trees to clarify maintenance responsibilities and <br />streamline liability claims process. <br />▪ Incentivize tree plantings where there are less requirements for tree <br />density on properties. <br />▪ Emphasis on importance of shade from trees in future high temperature <br />events in educational outreach. <br />▪ Clear management guidelines and inventory analysis of trees. <br />▪ Add traffic & tree clearance code. <br />▪ Monetary value of trees to provide with removal requests. <br />▪ Improve removal ratio, define ratio sizes and credits. <br />▪ Existing interdepartmental communications are efficient. <br />