we have a large number of removals over a traynor of years and are concerned with ficus trees is their branching attachments. move forward another year or two and in 2017 the city became responsible for maintaining all the street trees so over the last several years as we go through systematically and strategically to evaluate all the street trees in san francisco we visit he blocks that are designated through our ... just our branchmanager, our database manager . we look at where we have the most trees and higher areas of volume and in the busiestareas of the city .he's on the trees we've beenprioritizing for maintenance . some of that maintenance efforts have come before you in the form of the old tree removal. in particular phase value among many others . you have information on our website about our concern about ficus trees . two years ago in 2018 the library submitted a permit application to remove all 19 ficus trees adjacent to the property at 100 larkin street and spend time going through the last couple of years very quickly.we have a lot of information we want to cover. the l

thank you . >> we will now hear from miss traynor. >> thank you very much.ntation will include some of these points and first one is that loss of mature trees and why this is such a major problem . mature and i emphasize that word to benefit theenvironment . all living things especially important in an urban environment .benefits include the reduction , provide shade for homes and office buildings andlibraries . reduce air pollution. pollutants from the atmosphere. it's especially important in a car congested city like the tenderloin where these are placed. one reason you see the new highway and neighborhoods, they can also provide positive sounds of nature, birds chirping, etc. they protect us from uv radiation and absorb 90 percent of ultraviolet radiation and of course any city planner will tell you the importance of trees, how they improve the area, the appearance but also make people feel better. they improve human health. studies have found connections between exposure to trees and better mental and physical health. lowering blood pressure and hormones

we have a large number of removals over a traynor of years and are concerned with ficus trees is their branching attachments. move forward another year or two and in 2017 the city became responsible for maintaining all the street trees so over the last several years as we go through systematically and strategically to evaluate all the street trees in san francisco we visit he blocks that are designated through our ... just our branchmanager, our database manager . we look at where we have the most trees and higher areas of volume and in the busiestareas of the city .he's on the trees we've beenprioritizing for maintenance . some of that maintenance efforts have come before you in the form of the old tree removal. in particular phase value among many others . you have information on our website about our concern about ficus trees . two years ago in 2018 the library submitted a permit application to remove all 19 ficus trees adjacent to the property at 100 larkin street and spend time going through the last couple of years very quickly.we have a lot of information we want to cover. the l