Agenda - Environmental Policy Board - 10/16/2017

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Team |Ada Moreno Gomez Instructor | Fernando Burga Nick Kieser Lead |Chris Anderson Victoria Dan Cultivating vibrant and resilient streets in the City of Ramsey Trees are unique assets to cities and properties because they generally appreciate in value as they grow and age. Some trees do survive the urban environment for over a century, but most city street trees have a 20 Years of Featured below are two street oaks planted at the eastern corner of Ramsey City Hall. Over the next 20 years, they will perform services valuing $1,168, and they will increase property value as the canopy grows. Between 2017 and 2037, these trees will reduce atmospheric CO by 2 10, 676 lb, about the annual CO emission of a typical 2 passenger vehicle. Trees can sequester (trap) CO 2 in the tree body; they also reduce pollutants by intercepting particulate matter (e.g. dust and smoke). Energy saving production, lowering emissions. In 2017, these two trees will add $23 to the propertys value. A trees Leaf Surface Area (LSA) is an effective predictor of a trees impact on property value: In two decades, these trees will as the canopy grows, it conserve 1,461 kWh of electricity, becomes a greater asset. the equivalent of running a 750-watt microwave for 81 days. They will also conserve 285 therms, which is enough Over the next 20 years, these trees will intercept to operate a household dryer for 59 days with natural gas. 477 bathtubs! This will prevent pollutants from Trees produce energy savings quickly washing from impervious surfaces (like by shading buildings to reduce concrete and asphalt) into the nearby Mississippi air conditioning, buffering wind River. Trees can hold rain on leaves, bark, and to conserve heat, and cooling branches. Root networks are also more effective surrounding air temperature via than the soil matrix at moving water, promoting evapotranspiration (as water leaves the canopy, it becomes a storage in the tree and soil.cooling vapor).