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Names. Go ahead and come to the podium calling names good afternoon. Im rancho im the director of policies and communications inform the San Francisco parks lions im here to speak in favor of the program we think this is a wonderful way to add to the space and encourage stewardship of our public spaces. Our streetscapes partner with Public Utilities thats a useful model to think about when our considering this program because it has allowed neighbors to take an interest in underutilized public spaces and turn them into maskal neighborhood gyms the hidden sunset in the a buff beautiful ill work...

Encourage stewardship of our public spaces. Our streetscapes partner with Public Utilities thats a useful model to think about when our considering this program because it has allowed neighbors to take an interest in underutilized public spaces and turn them into maskal neighborhood gyms the hidden sunset in the a buff beautiful ill work and the penn e pennsylvania garden has been a gem so we think this is a very positive extension of that idea. And we want to always encourage more activation and beneficial uses of public spaces while preserving the access to public space. I understand about t...

Not i dont know why that is. Second im the executive director of the friends of urban forest weve been working with the Forest Council for the last two years to construct a master plan for the San Francisco urban forest its been an open process to the public. Weve been working with the Forest Council for the last year and a half having meetings with the Planning Department. Weve excited about the work and we think that the Planning Department in conjunction with the dwp and other entities have strong recommendations. We look forward to presenting it on the 15 and hope youll participation to it...

And those trees are actually a tremendous capital estimate it will cost about 178 billion if we replanted those trees but those trees are mature they provide 10 million a year in environmental benefits from cleaning the air and a filtering are stormwater and increase Property Values in the city by 100 million. The trees have environmental benefits to economic benefits. They make studies have shown they make commercial districts more importantly and reduce heating and cooling costs and their calming in our streets. Studies have shown that the trees religious crimes ease speed healing in hospita...

Public works so article 16 to transfer the maintenance to the adjacent Property Owners but outlines the steps so prior to the transfer of trees the are tree needs to be inspected theres no immediate maintenance required we have to post a notice on the tree and provide information for tree care and address concerns and have a public hearing as requested by someone that has received a street tree so, now some of the challenges for the tree transfer we have many Property Owners that are unwilling to care for their trees theyre facing maintenance and some of the trees are large trees maintained by...