Okay. Once the door closes which i think it is okay. Item 4. Okay madam clerk call item 4. Admiting the recession and open space element. Okay. Im the sponsor of item number 4 this legislation all the times the general plan and sets the citys Long Term Strategy to make sure the stunt of our streets keep part of our urban forest this plan, which is exciting were moving forward with it is long overdue and longterm in the the making i want to commend the department of public works and for the thoughtful and deliberate process that processes this document the plan was supported by the Planning Commission and the urban Forestry Council it is a key component of our uttering and key to our healthy environments and our quality of life and have an estimated 5 hundred and plus street trees they remove pollutant from our air and water and confer millions of dollars to and city sadly many of the trees are not in good shape and San Francisco ranges low for the canopy coverage this is unacceptable f
Need of as supervisor wiener seven hundred we need a road map in dealing with the street trees one of the most important recommends is the sustainable Funding Source for street trees in San Francisco history of street trees in San Francisco is very long and very 2r0ub8d because it supervisors board of directors has given money prefixing and taken away money this is not the way to take care of urban trees they need to be taken care of i strongly recommend the supervisors endorse this plan. Thank you. John im on the board of friends of urban forest and want to thank you for having this hearing and urge you to approve this plan and recommended to the board of supervisors for passage as youve heard as you introduced and youve heard from the speakers trees add a tremendous value to our community add Million Dollars of value and improve the quality of life the promotion of the uttering is vital to the offer all health of the city as mentioned were a green city one of the areas where were in
Health and wellness with things like traffic calming so some of the studies for the first serve those are overall urban forest estimates as a Capital Asset in the city the city trees if we replaced them will be 1. 7 billion each year the trees give back benefits to the city and theres an estimate theyre responsible for one hundred percent of the Property Values so this you know one of the things that San Francisco is a top list of the world stresses but many of the citys trees we have a lack of green trees as the supervisor mentioned we have one the lowest canopies of street trees in the United States in addition the trees are not disabled city council throughout the city there are neighborhoods with less neighborhoods the dictate end neighbors neighborhood theres an interesting greening equality in planting new trees so with all those things were working on the urban forest plan this is a partnership between the Planning Department public works and weve been in talks with the rec and
Urban Forest Council this is the product of many many months of work and is really overdue because the city is in desperate need of as supervisor wiener seven hundred we need a road map in dealing with the street trees one of the most important recommends is the sustainable Funding Source for street trees in San Francisco history of street trees in San Francisco is very long and very 2r0ub8d because it supervisors board of directors has given money prefixing and taken away money this is not the way to take care of urban trees they need to be taken care of i strongly recommend the supervisors endorse this plan. Thank you. John im on the board of friends of urban forest and want to thank you for having this hearing and urge you to approve this plan and recommended to the board of supervisors for passage as youve heard as you introduced and youve heard from the speakers trees add a tremendous value to our community add Million Dollars of value and improve the quality of life the promotion
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