i will invite douglas legg from the department of public works to address your question. >> good afternoon, commissioners. we have been before you a number of times talking about our need to align our resources with the work that we have to do, so we have started the transfer of maintenance responsibility to private property owners for the approximately 35% of trees they're not already private property owner's responsibility. i would like to start by reminding you that most of your constituents with a street tree ready have responsibility to maintain that tree. the circumstances, there are a number of people who have been lucky enough to have the city maintain their tree. because of reductions in our staff through many years of budget cuts, we simply do not have the ability to maintain the trees that are in the public area of responsibility. i have been doing a little bit of research. right now, the general fund and gas tax are paying for tree crews with about nine people. arborists and truck drivers who are taking care of those trees. the city of minneapolis where i come from, a populatio