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Title: Urban Planning Sacramentos Urban Forest


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Urban Planning Sacramentos Urban Forest
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  • We built our urban forest

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1850 - 1910
  • Early Community values
  • Public Health
  • Shade from Summer Heat
  • Beautification

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1910 - 1950
  • Expanding the Urban Forest
  • 1st Parks Department
  • Tree Services Founded
  • Community Partnerships

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1950 - 1982
  • Urban Planning
  • Mis-trees-takes

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1982 - 2007
  • URBAN PLANING
  • RE-DISCOVERS
  • THE TREE

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GREENPRINTRegional Initiative
  • Building the best urban forest
  • for the Sacramento region

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Greenprint goals
  • Improve our quality of life
  • Optimize the benefits of trees
  • Create sustainable urban forests
  • Build community-wide appreciation
  • for our urban forests

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Guiding Principles
  • Best urban forests are created when
  • cities and counties regionally
  • share a vision and goals.

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Greenprint
  • 6 Counties 22 Cities
  • Regional Steering Committee
  • Agency Nonprofit Liaisons

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Community Values
  • A Sacramento Legacy
  • Signature Identify
  • Partnerships

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Property Values
  • Each large front yard tree adds 1 to sales price
  • Large specimen trees can add up to 10 to
    property values
  • Homes sale sooner on tree-lined streets.

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Trees Save Money
  • Save up to 40 of annual cooling costs
  • Save 10-25 of energy used for heating
  • People shop longer and more frequently in tree
    lined business districts

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Healthy Communities
  • 100 trees remove five tons of CO2
  • 100 trees remove about 1000 lbs of pollutants per
    year, including
  • 400 lbs of ozone
  • 300 lbs of particulates
  • 100 mature trees catch about 250,000 gallons of
    rainwater per year...
  • Decrease polluted runoff
  • Decrease flood risk

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Urban Heat Island Effect
Thermal image of West Sacramento from NASA
flyover in June 1998 Air temperature 75F
Wind speed 6 knots Rooftops 135F Parking lots
115F
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  • Shade Cover
  • is Important
  • 105.5
  • Million Dollars Annually

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2008 and tomorrow
  • Just as we must carefully plan for and invest
    in our roads, bridges and waterlines
  • We must also invest in our green
    infrastructure.
  • Maryland Governor Glendening
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