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Section II — Proposal Narrative <br /> Applicants must retain all text provided in this section to outline their narrative.Applicants must address each item <br /> provided, in order, as outlined. This section must not exceed four(4)pages in length including all provided text. <br /> 1. This inventory will include:f public trees + planting sites ✓J public trees only. <br /> 2. Clearly define the purpose, objective and need for the inventory. <br /> Everett Parks Urban forestry Department is responsible for managing park landscape <br /> trees, public owned forest tracts, and Public Right of way trees along medians and in the <br /> Central business district. <br /> Historically park arborists maintained landscape trees on a 3-5 year systematic visitation <br /> cycle. The scheduled work did not correlate to individual tree needs for maintenance. <br /> These maintenance schedules relied on institutional memory from in people who are in <br /> most cases no longer accessible to the program. <br /> With the opportunity for new growth and development we would like to develop park <br /> maintenance plans and a forestry maintenance schedule based on individual landscape <br /> tree needs. We would like to do so in a way that will outlast the individual employees in the <br /> program. To do this we need a completed, accessible tree inventory. <br /> In 2015 we began an aerial photo tree count project that revealed we have over 2300 park <br /> 3. Describe how data from the inventory will be used to manage the community tree <br /> resource. <br /> The data collected both by in house parks employees and through state assistance will be <br /> combined to create the first complete inventory of park landscape trees. <br /> These data will be imperative in developing and implementing a systematic tree health <br /> care program. The inventory will be used to assess future replacement tree planting <br /> needs, and park maintenance plans; it will help set informed park management goals and <br /> will be useful for communicating program opportunities and limitations. The inventory will <br /> also set a baseline to reference future successes and needs for programmatic changes <br /> and improvements. <br /> The graphical data and analysis of species and size distribution will be used to <br /> communicate regional needs. It will help determine new planting opportunities and will <br /> help with 5 year goals, policy development and project focus areas <br /> f <br /> 1 <br /> {{1 <br /> Revised 2015 Community Forestry Tree Inventory Grant 2015 <br /> Page 4 of 7 <br />