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PEOPLE Public agency cooperation Involvement of large private and institutional land holders Green industry cooperation Neighborhood action Community - municipality - business interaction General awareness of trees as a community resource Regional cooperation City staffing PERFORMANCE Relative canopy cover Age Distribution of the trees in the community Species suitability Species distribution Condition of publicly owned trees (trees managed intensively) Publicly owned natural areas Native vegetation Tree risk management Maintenance of publicly owned intensively managed trees PLANNING Tree inventory Canopy cover inventory Citywide management plan Tree establishment planning and implementation Publicly owned natural areas management planning and implementation Municipality-wide funding Tree habitat suitability Tree protection policy development and enforcement The criteria and key performance indicat ors (KPI ) used to assess San Leandra's urban fo rest were derived from the "Indicat ors of a Sustainable Urban Fo rest," a comprehensive re source and program assessment tool fo r urban forestry programs (Clark, et al., 7997; Kenney, et al., 2077). The 25 crit eria and indicators app ly u r ban fo rest ry industry standards and best management practices to evaluate and rate t re e s, how they a re managed, a nd the level of community involvement in the urban fo rest. The criteria were organized by the three TMP themes: people, pe rforma nce, and planning. San Lean d ro's performance level was r ated as low, medium, hig h , or opt imal based o n data ana lysi s, e x isting conditions, a nd feedback from the City's project t eam and department staff T he areas o f low a nd medium pe rfor mance a re areas of opportunities that, with active support a nd investme n t , could b e acf1ve ly e n hanced t o a h ig h o r optimal p e rform an c e le v e l. LOW MODERATE GOOD OPTIMAL PR IORITIZ I N G TREE EQU ITY: 22