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<br /> Expense <br /> Benefits provided by the trees <br />The Environmental Board voted “Yes” to Question 1. <br /> <br />When boulevard trees are removed by the City, they are replaced as soon as budget <br />allows. This is not a requirement of the City, but a service that is being provided to the <br />community in recognition of the benefits that trees provide. The trees are replaced with <br />funds from the City’s forestry budget. <br /> <br />Question 2: Should the City continue the practice of replacing boulevard trees that <br />have been removed? <br />Considerations: <br /> Expense <br /> Potential loss of benefits provided by if trees aren’t replaced <br />The Environmental Board voted “Yes” to Question 2. <br /> <br />There are occasions in which a resident may not want to have the boulevard tree replaced. <br />They may be interested in planting their own tree on the private side of the property line <br />and outside the drainage and utility easement , they may want to install some other <br />landscaping that a tree might compete with, or they may not want a tree in that location <br />for another reason. <br /> <br />Question 3: Should a resident have the choice to opt -out of a replacement if the <br />boulevard tree associated with their property is removed? <br /> Considerations: <br /> <br /> CONS of offering an opt -out <br /> <br /> There would be a decrease in the overall benefits that the urban forest is <br />providing to the community. <br /> Future homeowners may want a boulevard tree. The site conditions may <br />no longer be conducive to planting a tree at that time. A resident choosing <br />to opt-out may be choosing for future residents on that property as well. <br /> Opt-out properties may disrupt the aesthetics of a street that has a uniform <br />row of similar species. <br />PROS of offering an opt-out <br /> Opt-out option provides more flexibility to residents who have a specific <br />tree species or landscaping plan in mind for their yard. <br /> Providing the opt -out option can minimize potential conflicts with <br />residents who would rather not participate in t he program. <br /> The City would not be cutting down healthy trees to facilitate the opt -out <br />option.