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CITY OF PLEASANTON URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN | 103 <br />URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES <br />Table 1-7. Annual Service Data, Goals, and Gaps <br />Tree Planting Establishment <br />Care Tree Pruning Dead Tree Removals <br />Current Service <br />(Average of last <br />6 years) <br />An average of 150 <br />trees are planted <br />annually. <br />250 trees <br />are watered, <br />on average, <br />annually. <br />The City currently operates a 5-year <br />pruning cycle, with approximately <br />3,455 trees pruned per year, but <br />with no structural pruning of young <br />trees. <br />Approximately 225 <br />trees are removed per <br />year. <br />Current Annual <br />Service Goal <br />Replace all trees <br />removed annually <br />(225 trees on <br />average) <br /> <br />*Note this number <br />may increase up to <br />320 trees per year <br />as the City’s tree <br />inventory increases, <br />assuming a 1% <br />mortality rate) <br />675 trees <br />watered <br />annually <br /> <br />(newly planted <br />trees watered <br />for first 3 years <br />multiplied by <br />226 trees per <br />year) <br />Achieve a 5-year mature tree <br />pruning cycle based on the City’s <br />2024 tree inventory of 23,722 trees <br />and perform structural pruning on <br />the previous three years of newly <br />planted trees totaling trees annually <br />in 2024 <br />No dead trees left <br />standing at end of year <br />(225 trees  on average <br />annually) <br />Gap to Current <br />Service Goal <br />75 additional trees <br />planted annually <br />425 additional <br />trees to be <br />watered <br />annually <br />The City is currently meeting their <br />mature tree 5-year pruning cycle <br />goal, but is missing structural <br />pruning on the previous three <br />years of newly planted trees <br />annually <br />Currently meeting the <br />Service goal