Unfortunately, i live on the side of town and they planted palm trees all the way down the street. They look horrible. I mean, they look miserable. And they dont do anything as far as what they are taking out as far as carbon monoxide. Its kind of a weed. So it saddens me to see that we are taking this many trees out like wholesale. And what is the survival rate for a new tree . Theres typically a two to four percent mortality of replacement trees. Only four percent . You are saying 98 percent survive. Of trees that are planted yes. When proposition e was suggested, we absolutely wanted to see i did want to answer that. Because maintenance was a challenge. And the mayor initiated the planning of a lot of trees. Tree advocates say whoa, how about we get funding for maintaining the existing trees. We have that now. So actually the trees that we are planting we can guarantee longterm funding for. Okay. We are working hard on getting that funding. We have already made progress this year, t
That doesnt include trees on private property. I realize that these are not all the urban forestrys fault. It is the only group in the city dedicated to our urban canopy. Better than anyone else, they understand just how bad our tree situation is. The recent urban Forestry Council noted at the citys current funding we have barely enough money to replant trees at the rate we are removing them. Putting all these things together if the city is serious about slowing down Climate Change and making this a place we can live in ten years if we know we dont have the money to plant the trees we need to achieve our goals then we need to do everything in our power to save trees that we have. Thats basic economics. Conserve until you have the spending money and right now we dont. Theres the issue of public trust, with funding numbers like these its Little Wonder the public doesnt believe city officials believe or trust the city officials to keep the city sustainable and to do everything they can to
Octavia. It was not the biggest one out there. It split in half. If you think about it buses get in accidents all the time and people get hurt but for the common good of the city, we have buses. So i think trees are very similar to that. I mean i unfortunately, i live on the side of town and they planted palm trees all the way down the street. They look horrible. I mean, they look miserable. And they dont do anything as far as what they are taking out as far as carbon monoxide. Its kind of a weed. So it saddens me to see that we are taking this many trees out like wholesale. And what is the survival rate for a new tree . Theres typically a two to four percent mortality of replacement trees. Only four percent . You are saying 98 percent survive. Of trees that are planted yes. When proposition e was suggested, we absolutely wanted to see i did want to answer that. Because maintenance was a challenge. And the mayor initiated the planning of a lot of trees. Tree advocates say whoa, how abo
Democracy. John kirby was asked about the situation between russia and ukraine, and the potential for u. S. Troop involvement. Mr. Kirby also answered questions about u. S. Defense partnerships with qatar and other middle east countries, and recent missile tests by north korea. Mr. Kirby good afternoon, everybody. A couple of things at the top. I think you know secretary alston met earlier today with the m year of qatar to affirm the strength of the u. S. Partnership. The secretary reiterated his heartfelt gratitude to their indispensable and ongoing support to our efforts to continue to get americans and our afghan allies out of afghanistan. The leaders discussed shared security interest, deescalating tensions, terrorism, and the full scope of threats represented by iran. Secretary alston emphasize the importance of multilateral efforts and integrated operations with partners like qatar to address threats confronting the region. Speaking of threats in the region, earlier this morning,
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