From the Planning Department for the urban master plan. Good afternoon, everyone. Supervisors im john sway with the planning staff and the manager of the citys urban forest plan i want to give you an update and copy for the supervisors so the urban forest plan a joint effort between the Planning Department and the rec and Park Department as well as work with the friends of the urban forest and the urban Forestry Council the goal to figure out a way to manage the cities trees and grow our urban forestry so the plan will be taking place in 3 phases the first phase before i is the centralizing weve completed he earlier this year and we expect to be moving on to phase 2 regarding trees in the parks and third phase that addresses trees on backyards we have longer budget for street consensus for 12 though street trees and the urn policy document and the vision for the urban forestry plan to develop a healthy sustained urban forest for the city of San Francisco im going to highlight two of th
Also transferred trees to other agencies so the agencies other city agencies buildings and as a result of the program were going saying we cant do this so were making you responsible for the trees outside of their properties. It transfer doesnt save public money it is only a different action that is doing it less efficiently. It doesnt save the public money but were able to allocate that to other agencies. Other agencies part of the city budget for whatever it might be are having to spend money stay great cost per tree because they dont have the inhouse staff. Thats valid. Hi carla when our talking about transferring trees back to other agency when was that transfer made. It was done in fiscal year 20132014 and after we transferred trees to residential owners or homeowners. Yeah. Its concurly we identified the trees adjacent to other city agencies but were continuing to transfer trees to adjacent Property Owners and presumably if we come across other tree that is a city agencies respon
Money but were able to allocate that to other agencies. Other agencies part of the city budget for whatever it might be are having to spend money stay great cost per tree because they dont have the inhouse staff. Thats valid. Hi carla when our talking about transferring trees back to other agency when was that transfer made. It was done in fiscal year 20132014 and after we transferred trees to residential owners or homeowners. Yeah. Its concurly we identified the trees adjacent to other city agencies but were continuing to transfer trees to adjacent Property Owners and presumably if we come across other tree that is a city agencies responsible well transfer that. When the trees are transferred and accident homeowners are unable to pay is there some kind of a special program for a senior new tree owner. Weve investigated this and worked with we have a program for sidewalk repairs for low income Property Owners it is a loan program but very if i people take advantage of this to qualify f
Will be taking a leave from his business and general counsel. No start date has yet been set for his new white house job but white house Spokesman Says he would start soon and the appointment is expected to last for roughly five to six months on the ebola initiative. The New York Times also addressed ron clain and described his background in this story. But is ron klain even a czar . Actually the wall street journal and the washington wire reported that that is the inappropriate title that is not the right thing to call him even though white house critics have been hearing from critics to appoint a czar. Thats not what the white house has done. Heres josh speaking yesterday on why ron klain is the right person for the rob. What kind of person is appropriate to fill this role . The fact of the matter is, this is much broader than just a medical response. The response youve seen from the administration is a whole of government response. To ensure were leveraging the necessary resources t
This is a collaborative effort with various city county act sis such as a ta, and tpw and the department is playing a leading role. We did request funding from the Capital Planning committee during last fiscal years budget process, we did receive funding and we are asking for some additional funding for our continued work on that project, similar to the payment to parks program, this will allow for the department to retain and formalize the program, conducting a Program Evaluation and analysis, again, last year, we requested fund, we received some and we are requesting some additional funding to continue our efforts in that project. With the street tree inventory, the city did submit an application for a grant in december which will lead an interagency effort that would fund an intensive Public Engagement and education program, and for the first time to have a park and first trees, it will be the capital allocation. And then lastly, as i mentioned, the Department Anticipates requesting