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Urban Forestry Service Profile Meeting of September 24, 1996 <br /> Flip Charts <br /> Strategy Formulation <br /> Current practice of request driven responses being changed to more systematic maintenance <br /> (Assumption: 70% work called in should be done anyway) <br /> - takes time to assess situations, real hazards only 20 -30% of the time. <br /> - change results in reducing miles per call by doing large blocks all at once <br /> - only pruning major arterials /roads at this time in block to block program - older trees <br /> IDEAS FOR AFFECTING CHANGE: <br /> - Gain better understanding of demand <br /> - Allow property owners to prune street trees according to city standards <br /> - Allow active citizen/volunteers or neighborhood groups to prune trees according to standards <br /> - Hire more people <br /> - Contract out more work - less control of quality of work, potential problems <br /> Developing Improved Planting Standards - Right Trees. Pruning Techniques <br /> IDEAS FOR CHANGE: <br /> - Work with local utilities like EWEB and organizations like 4J <br /> - Educate the public about our changes in standards and practices <br /> - Regulate tree planting activities early - young trees <br /> - Pursue some inventory system - currently don't know what is <br /> - Go to local schools like U of 0 and LCC to get extra help to design training materials <br /> - Pursue grants to get more money. Policy of department is to only go for big grants - staff <br /> intensive <br /> - Utilize a volunteer coordinator to look after whole instead of one neighborhood <br /> Neighborwoods - PR to Gain Public Support <br /> OF is doing a lot of work - utility locates, tools, to limit liability <br /> IDEAS FOR CHANGE: <br /> - Charge assessed value of street tree and ask Budget Committee to appropriate those charges to <br /> program <br /> - Train a core group of volunteer coordinators to work with neighborhoods <br /> - Require developers to put in street trees <br /> CURRENT STRATEGIES <br /> - Urban Forestry develop interface - mitigate impacts on Urban Forest - Regulatory <br /> - Regulation enforcement - develop review of public /private trees <br /> - Develop regulations for public /private trees <br /> - Regulate tree preservation - non - development private /public <br /> - Applying professional standards for public trees <br /> - Document current program <br /> - Develop Neighborwoods program into nationally recognized program <br /> - Increased volunteers and property owners for street trees <br /> - Planting new trees with Neighborwoods <br />