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Conclusion Reducing wildfire risk in the WUI areas of the City can be accomplished through a combination of vegetation management around buildings and along roads, ignition -resistant construction, and early detection and response to new ignitions. Tree maintenance plays an important role in the vegetation management category by reducingthe risk of extreme fire behavior, including crown fires. The Livermore -Pleasanton Fire Department has published vegetation management standards that guide property owners on how to maintain the vegetation on their property to reduce the risk it ignites nearby buildings and provide space for firefighters to work safely. The City of Pleasanton prioritizes urban forest management, including conserving healthy, low-risk trees that provide a variety of benefits to property owners and the community. To ensure the health of the City's urban forest, the Parks Division and their contractors perform routine maintenance on public trees and the Landscape Architecture Office enforces the City's Tree Preservation Ordinance for Protected trees on private property. This Appendix intends to provide the City with information to strike a balance between the fire department's objective of minimizing wildfire risk in the WUI areas and the City's goal of improving the urban forest. Both the fire department and City's goals can be accomplished through regular tree maintenance that includes ensuring adequate clearance between trees and the surrounding vegetation, nearby buildings, and roads. Thoughtful planting of new trees can help improve the urban forest and ensure that the new generation trees do not contribute to overall wildfire risk in the WUI areas. APPENDIX A -WILDFIRE 30 of 219