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• <br /> * Proactive Work Reporting. work can be organized and scheduled prior to <br /> service requests, from residents. Special tree situations can be easily monitored. For <br /> example, hazardous trees, heritage trees or trees with specific insect or disease problems can <br /> be located for examination and/or treatment. <br /> * Accessible Records for Special Situations. Tree records and new <br /> service histories will be readily available in uses of vandalism <br /> from invr eamval nf ne, <br /> economic development. Actual tree appraisals could be prepared <br /> verified by on-site inspection and submitted to insurance carrier's for payment. <br /> * Population Monitoring. Because trees are tiring organisms, contin` elty growing <br /> and maturing, tree condition would be most meaningful if gam on a tree-by-tree is. <br /> Trees of differs t species, ages, and conditions can occur on the same block. Many parts <br /> the city have aging tree population which must be closely monitored to ensure maximum <br /> economic value to VPs. <br /> Approximately 10 percent of Vancouver's street trees were <br /> . -inventoried as part <br /> of the sample survey performed as part of <br /> this study in October 1988. This sample data base should be <br /> _the .basis for continuing the street tree data collection <br /> operation in the summer of 1989. <br /> -. FI ; IMPACT : THE -.ONE - TIME - CAPITAL COSTS FOR PERFORMING A STREET TREE INVENTORY, <br /> :: PURCHASING =COMPUTER MOM* MD *SOFTWUtE ? WO UPDATING THE PRELIMINARY STREET 'TREE MANAGEMENT <br /> `'- PLANT IS AT. $200;000. , <br /> 13.0,PUBLIC INFORMATION <br /> _ -�.... <br /> ublia•information pr <br /> 13.1 Policy Recommendations: - A p program should <br /> be established to promote urban forestry programs and <br /> policies and to encourage community - support• <br /> •• •ACRT has seen technically proficient, competent programs <br /> that significant benefits to the community cancelled <br /> when the political environment changed and there was no <br /> citizen support group present. This happened to some urban <br /> forestry programs in the United Sates during the mid to late <br /> •1970's. The programs that survived and flourished had very <br /> • strong public relations components, with 'Minneapolis and <br /> Milwaukee being prime examples. <br /> Other municipalities have found that pubic relations <br /> specialists can provide valuable expertise in the development <br /> of the tree promotional outreach programs.: <br /> * Arbor Day Tree Plantings <br /> * Promotional Literature • <br /> * Urban Forestry Displays and Mascot <br /> * Billboards <br /> * Newspaper Columns and Radio Shows <br /> * Resident Watering Programs for Newly Planted Trees <br /> -12- <br />