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RESOLUTION NO. _____ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA ADOPTING THE PROCESS AND CRITERIA FOR THE HERITAGE TREE INVENTORY WHEREAS, the City of Saratoga Heritage
Preservation Commission was established by the City Council in 1982 to assist with and encourage the preservation of Saratoga heritage resources; and WHEREAS, the City Council of Saratoga,
at the January 28, 2011 Council Retreat, selected the Heritage Preservation Commission to consider and develop a process and criteria for the adoption of Heritage Trees; and WHEREAS,
Section 15-50.020 (k) (1) of the Saratoga City Code defines a “Heritage Tree” as any tree of historic significance or having historic value related to the heritage of the City and designated
by action of the City Council upon recommendation of the Heritage Preservation Commission; and WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the initiation of Heritage Tree status should
be voluntary and with the written consent of the owner(s) of the tree and impose no additional additional regulatory requirements beyond those specified in Article 15-50 of the Saratoga
City Code; and WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the process for creating a Heritage Tree List will include an application, review and determination by the City Arborist and the
Heritage Preservation Commission, and approval by the City Council; and WHEREAS, the Council has determined that for a tree to qualify for Heritage status, it must considered to be an
outstanding specimen that possesses good health, good structure and has the potential for a long life, as well as one or more of the following criteria; (1) it possesses distinctive
characteristics such as age, size, type of species or location; and (2) it represents special aesthetic, social, cultural, educational, economic, agricultural or historic importance
to the community; and WHEREAS, the Council has determined that owners of heritage trees shall be honored at Arbor Day celebrations, with a certificate or with some other appropriate
recognition of the tree’s uniqueness; and WHEREAS, the Heritage Preservation Commission recommends to the City Council that this process and these criteria be adopted for use in determining
Heritage Tree status; and
WHEREAS, the Heritage Preservation Commission recommends to the City Council that all costs for the adoption of Heritage Trees be borne by the City, except for costs associated with
the creation of a plaque, which shall be borne by the property owner; and WHEREAS, the Heritage Tree List will be periodically updated, by recommendation of the Heritage Preservation
Commission and resolution of the City Council, as additional heritage trees become known and documented; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of Saratoga hereby adopts
the process and criteria for the creation of a Heritage Tree List for Saratoga. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of Saratoga, State of California, on the 16th day of March 2011
by the following roll call vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Howard A. Miller, Mayor City of Saratoga Attest: Ann Sullivan, CMC City Clerk, City of Saratoga