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Funding and Resources <br />■ Help source water during a drought <br />■ Donate trees when they get too big <br />City Planting Efforts <br />■ Plant more trees <br />■ More trees, more fresh air to breathe <br />Species selection <br />■ Grow more drought resistant trees <br />■ Plant trees that don't cause allergies <br />■ Don't plant magnolia trees due to the difficulty in <br />cleaning up large leaves <br />■ Don't plant spikey ball trees (Liquidambar) <br />■ Plant trees that don't damage sidewalks <br />■ We need trees to climb that don't have sap, pine trees <br />are ok, but not for climbing <br />Better Maintenance and Replacement <br />■ Maintain existing trees better <br />■ Faster replacement of dead trees <br />■ Plant trees for every tree removed <br />■ Help trees make more oxygen for us <br />■ Cleaning up of oak acorns that have fallen on St John <br />street which pose a tripping hazard <br />A <br />COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT U <br />Increased trees in specific locations <br />■ More trees and shade needed at Pleasanton Middle <br />School <br />■ More trees at Pleasanton schools <br />■ Fairlands needs more street trees <br />■ More trees over bike trails <br />■ More big shade trees along major roadways <br />Better Tree Protections <br />■ Protect larger trees, neighbors cut down trees <br />■ Don't cut down trees <br />Education <br />■ Educate residents regarding the importance of trees <br />■ Provide tree pruning knowledge <br />■ Educate how to care for private trees <br />■ Neighbors planted trees after we did, lead by example <br />■ Make friends with a tree <br />■ Better outreach and education to make people care <br />about their trees <br />■ Spread the word about how important trees are <br />■ Don't litter <br />Limits to Urbanization Expansion <br />■ Prevent over -urbanization <br />■ Less housing development <br />Studies <br />■ Do a benefit analysis of how Muir Park is used <br />CITY OF PLEASANTON URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN 1 159 <br />