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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPacket 2007-02-20_4-6_3_00pm - 3_15pm_ Streets & Forestry______________________________________________________________________ STREETS __________________________________________ FY 07 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS ƒ Pave L Street and South Church $228,000 ƒ Sidewalk and Curbing Improvements $97,000 ƒ Chip Seal Surface Treatments $100,000 ƒ Hot Mix Recycle Plant $140,000 ƒ Work Order Management System $2,400 ƒ Median and Boulevard Maintenance Program $25,000 FY 08 ANTICIPATED ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Start in house sidewalk panel repair, grinding and/or replacing. • Increase use of alternative fuels • Decrease time to plow all City streets. • Continue pro-active pothole patching program to repair pavement defects before they happen. • Improve quality of discharge into Bozeman Creek • Continue sharing of equipment between departments so as to utilize seasonal equipment year round. • Repairing and improving of medians and boulevards. • Pave gravel downtown alleys. • Lease another grader for winter plowing operations. • Purchase small milling machine and used paving machine to pave projects. • Increase signage on snow routes and promote odd/even parking on routes such as S. Willson. • Work with other subdivisions for snowplowing as we have with Marwyn in FY ’07. City of Bozeman, Montana F-11 Approved Budget FY2005-2006 4 ______________________________________________________________________ FORESTRY __________________________________________ FY 07 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS ƒ Replacement of 1984 Bucket Truck $129,400 ƒ Increase Cost Share Program $15,000 ƒ New FTE $45,000 FY 08 ANTICIPATED ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Continued cyclic pruning of boulevard, park and cemetery trees. • Continued trimming for sidewalk clearance, traffic signs, sight triangles and construction projects. • Expansion of Cost-Share program to a total of 160 trees planted. • Continue ISA Certified Arborist education. • Provide information to the public on appropriate planting practices, species selection, code requirements related to public and private tree plantings, and the benefits of the urban forest. • Increased effectiveness of the Planting Permit process with Planning and Building Departments. • Integrate GPS technology into the city’s Tree Inventory Program. • Continue Arbor Day activities and Tree City USA accreditation. • Work injury free. • Continued use of alternative fuels. • Promote use of trees in Storm Water management. • Start planning a program where trees are planted before new houses are occupied or shortly thereafter. City of Bozeman, Montana G-17 Approved Budget FY2005-2006 5