mount davidson peace is the park. we used the bond funds to make a significant contribution toward making that isn t real. and doing work at those three sites. supervisor elsbernd: i do not think the answer there is the potential there may be some programs that could be funded by this, correct? there is overlap between the sites where we would want to do trailed restoration and sites that are included in the natural areas plan. supervisor elsbernd: more likely than not, the eir will not be here until, best case, 12 months from now realistically. could be longer. if you had to put a dollar figure on that program a ball park, the whole program? all the projects? supervisor elsbernd: and assuming it got approved. how much? the natural areas plan includes over 32 distinct park sites including sharp park which is 400 acres and it includes large portions of mcclaren which is over 100 acres. to be conservative, you d be talking $30 million or $40 million. arrange to do eve
playgrounds that are on the worst side of condition across the city. you can see that is spread or isolated to a neighborhood or district. we have the structures across the city so these funds would be eligible toward repeating remediating those playgrounds. this is another element. constituents and staff have had the frustrating experience of watching us water a sidewalk. this is a very small step in the right direction. we do feel like with the $5 million we should be able to address some of our highest water using parks and make them less water intensive and that includes parks like alamo square and plaza and even parts of moscone where we have seen a lot of water loss. we plan on using these funds [unintelligible] we have been successful in the past in obtaining puc funds to address some of these most water inefficient parks. forestry. this is $4 million for the continuation of the forestry program. i want to be clear that this forestry program is about remediating has
sites where we would want to do trailed restoration and sites that are included in the natural areas plan. supervisor elsbernd: more likely than not, the eir will not be here until, best case, 12 months from now realistically. could be longer. if you had to put a dollar figure on that program a ball park, the whole program? all the projects? supervisor elsbernd: and assuming it got approved. how much? the natural areas plan includes over 32 distinct park sites including sharp park which is 400 acres and it includes large portions of mcclaren which is over 100 acres. to be conservative, you d be talking $30 million or $40 million. arrange to do everything a range to do everything. supervisor elsbernd: not all of this $4 million proposed in the bond goes to the program but some may because there are there is some overlap. i am sorry. could you repeat that question? supervisor elsbernd: some of this $4 million may overlap into that program. yes. supervisor elsbernd
the recommendations that guides the program. supervisor elsbernd: he is here? since we are on it, if you could just answer? to? a question or two. what are these trees that are being cut down and how do you identify them? as part of the 2008 bond prices, our firm developed a prioritization for our properties and facilities within park properties. and identified 18 properties as having priority. and to each of those supervisor elsbernd: is that a list that is publicly available? people can explore this. ok. as part of the individual tree evaluation, we used a methodology that i and my partner developed in 1990 to and it has been applied, it is a rating system that considers that tree itself and the target that is around the tree. streets, parking, private property, buildings, etc., all the way down to trees, lawns, and landscapes. this is a numerical system and in 2008, part of the aspect of the bond establishing a threshold for action that we used in the subsequent
park. we used the bond funds to make a significant contribution toward making that isn t real. and doing work at those three sites. supervisor elsbernd: i do not think the answer there is the potential there may be some programs that could be funded by this, correct? there is overlap between the sites where we would want to do trailed restoration and sites that are included in the natural areas plan. supervisor elsbernd: more likely than not, the eir will not be here until, best case, 12 months from now realistically. could be longer. if you had to put a dollar figure on that program a ball park, the whole program? all the projects? supervisor elsbernd: and assuming it got approved. how much? the natural areas plan includes over 32 distinct park sites including sharp park which is 400 acres and it includes large portions of mcclaren which is over 100 acres. to be conservative, you d be talking $30 million or $40 million. arrange to do everything a range to do ever