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The categories with their respective items included: <br /> 1. Underground Utilities <br /> * All utility lines underground <br /> * No topped trees under electric lines (some lines interred, and <br /> elsewhere topped trees replaced with smaller, but not lollipop trees <br /> * More buried power lines <br /> * Establishing a development plan followed by implementation to bury <br /> existing overhead EWEB lines to the fullest extent possible <br /> 2. Historic Trees <br /> * Public information brochure about historic street tree district with <br /> pictures <br /> * Historic district marked by signs <br /> * All historic trees in and around the city growing now should still be <br /> there in 2010 <br /> * Designated historic trees <br /> * Historic or landmark trees preserved and in good health on both public <br /> and private lands <br /> 3. Wildlife Preservation <br /> * Naturally forested areas of city managed sensitively to provide maximum <br /> wildlife habitat, along with limited access to humans <br /> * Wildlife habitat areas managed for wildlife, not people (i.e. left <br /> "wild" but still managed) <br /> * Snags (standing dead trees) permitted to stand, unless of "clear and <br /> present" danger <br /> * Preservation of natural minimally developed sites within city limits <br /> for wildlife preservation and landscape diversity <br /> * Large and small areas not groomed for human use alone; leave some room <br /> for wildlife <br /> 4. Education <br /> * Acknowledge trees as a renewable resource <br /> * Right tree for right soil <br /> * Urban forest seen as much more than just trees <br /> * Public appreciation of value of trees <br /> * A deeper awareness of the urban forest <br /> * Builder /developers understand value of trees <br /> * Property owners encouraged to plant and maintain trees <br /> * All school grounds have beautiful healthy trees <br /> * Well- established information source for advice to homeowners about <br /> trees <br /> * Each neighborhood has brochure about local trees (distinctive) <br /> * Tree commission meetings "public" <br /> * Annual "tree" clinics <br /> * Regular "tree" articles in newspaper ( "education ") <br /> * Greater awareness of and appreciation for the benefits of a healthy and <br /> diversified urban forest by both the private and public sector <br /> MINUTES - -Tree Commission March 8, 1990 Page 2 <br />