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To foster and support community forest programs and encourage good tree <br /> management; and <br /> <br /> To maintain and preserve the many benefits that trees provide including, <br /> but not limited to, the following: <br /> <br /> 1. Character and Aesthetics <br /> <br /> (a) Trees buffer different land uses for the visual screening, noise, <br /> glare and heat abatement in transitional zones; <br /> <br /> (b) Trees conserve and enhance the City's quality of life and <br /> ecological and aesthetic environment, especially its valuable and <br /> rural atmosphere; and <br /> <br /> (c) Trees provide important psychological benefits to the persons <br /> within the City and neighborhoods. <br /> <br />2. Wildlife Habitat <br /> (a) Trees are essential to maintain wildlife habitat within the City. <br /> <br />3. Energy Conservation <br /> <br /> (a) Trees assist in the moderation of climate by providing shade, <br /> windbreaks, and the cooling of air; thereby reducing the <br /> requirements for air conditioning and heating and the subsequent <br /> utilization of energy resources. <br /> <br />4. Air and Water Quality <br /> <br /> (a) Trees aid in the filtering of storm water as it passes through the soil <br /> to the ground water; <br /> <br /> (b) Trees maintain permeable land areas essential to surface water <br /> management and aquifer recharge; and <br /> <br /> (c) Trees aid in the purification of the air through the removal of <br /> carbon dioxide, the generation of oxygen, and the precipitation of <br /> dust and other airborne pollutants. <br /> <br />5. Socioeconomic <br /> <br /> (a) Trees enhance property values; and <br /> <br />142 2 <br /> <br /> <br />