Laserfiche WebLink
STATUS OF THE URBAN FOREST <br />1.4.4.2 Budget <br />The City's urban forest funding <br />has been increasing over the past <br />six years to meet rising costs and <br />the growing needs of maintaining <br />a healthy urban forest. The six- <br />year averages per maintenance <br />activity is broken down by line <br />item in Table 1-3 in the Technical <br />Appendix (pg. 90). The most <br />recent fiscal year 2023-2024 <br />spending on the City's Urban <br />Forest program was $1,604,187, <br />which covered all projected <br />urban forest maintenance and <br />emergency work from storm <br />events. The six-year running <br />average does not meet the <br />projected funding requirements <br />if the City is to meet its future <br />canopy cover goal of achieving <br />25% cover in all residential <br />neighborhoods. Achieving this <br />goal will require the City to fill <br />over 1100 vacant tree sites over <br />the next 25 years and invest <br />CITY OF PLEASANTON URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN i 31 <br />