1. That all obtainable Plant for Tomorrow tree stock be reserved as replacement trees, available on a first-come first-served basis, for previous applicants to the Plant for Tomorrow program who were unsuccessful in establishing previously distributed trees;

2. That the $250,000 identified in the Region of Ottawa-Carleton’s Forest Renewal Capital Budget for the 2001 Plant for Tomorrow program be directed to initiate a new City of Ottawa Street Tree planting program that will expand the scope of the existing tree programs offered by the current municipalities;

3. That the new Street Tree Program be subject to the criteria in Annex A and that new tree planting locations be solicited through an annual campaign which would offer, on a first come first served basis, one street tree per residential municipal road allowance in partnership with the adjacent homeowner throughout the new City of Ottawa;

4. That except as noted in Annex A, trees under the new City of Ottawa Street Tree planting program shall be installed on municipal road allowances by City staff until such time as the new City Council confirms the appropriate service standards for street tree planting;

5. That information on tree maintenance and the benefits of how tree cover and greenspace fulfils the new City’s objectives in the areas of water quality, healthy communities and environmental protection be part of the new City of Ottawa Street Tree planting program;

6. That the new City of Ottawa continue the Community Partnership Tree Planting Projects and the Green Acres rural reforestation program subject to the availability of funding and a partnership commitment from local interest groups, communities and government agencies.