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36 | CITY OF PLEASANTON URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN <br />STATUS OF THE URBAN FOREST <br />Based on these assumptions, the City would need <br />to spend an estimated $61.6 million over the 25- <br />year timeline, ranging from roughly $1.2 million <br />annually at year one to $3.2 million annually at <br />year 25, to achieve the canopy goal (Figure 1-9). <br />While the year one projection is roughly equal in <br />cost to the current average annual spending on <br />the urban forestry program, as more trees are <br />planted and needing to be maintained, the year <br />25 funding needed represents an estimated <br />difference of over $1.2 million from the City’s <br />current budget, even when considering a <br />three percent inflation adjustment. This would <br />necessitate that the City identify potential <br />future funding sources (Appendix E) to <br />supplement the current urban forest program <br />funding or consider alternate strategies, such <br />as decreasing the establishment program to <br />only one year or having the community take a <br />larger role in the canopy cover goal. <br />HERE IS A BREAKDOWN <br />OF THE OVERALL PROPOSED <br />PLANTING EFFORT, <br />ON AN ANNUAL BASIS: <br />• 100 trees given away by City <br />to the community <br />• 25 trees planted by developers <br />and businesses <br />• 44 trees planted in existing <br />vacant sites by the City <br />• 83 trees planted in newly <br />identified or created sites <br />by the City <br />• 175 trees removed and <br />replaced by the City <br />The planting efforts described in this section <br />total from approximately 420 to 430 trees <br />planted annually on both public and private land <br />throughout the City of Pleasanton.