Environmental Board · Monday, February 26, 2024 · City Council Digest

3. AGENDA ITEMS

Urban Forest Management Plan Update

40 min · Dan Hintz, Urban Forest Supervisor PlanIT Geo, Inc. Consultants · packet pp.3–30

Topics: Trees

Open packet at p.3 ↗

Staff report:

URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN JOINT BOARD PRESENTATION Park Board Environmental Board

Park System Plan Update

Information / Discussion · 35 min · Robin Spear, Park Planning and Development Manager · packet pp.31–37

Topics: Parks

Open packet at p.31 ↗

Staff report:

Park System Plan Update: Draft Themes and Sustainable Practices in the Park System FEBRUARY 26, 2024 PARK BOARD & ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD SPECIAL

4. REPORTS

Environmental Board Reports

Park Director's Report

Topics: Parks

Youth Representative's Report

Park Board Chairperson's Report

Topics: Parks

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0:02 ↗ all the meeting to order um I guess I'll

0:05 ↗ start with roll call for the Parks Board

0:08 ↗ and then hand it off because Stacy

0:10 ↗ you're going to do it for the

0:12 ↗ environmental board and um real quick

0:16 ↗ one thing I was thinking about when we

0:17 ↗ decided to have this is our meetings are

0:19 ↗ very casual and

0:22 ↗ generally not terribly I don't want to

0:25 ↗ say passionate but they don't get heated

0:28 ↗ so we don't need to raise our hands or

0:29 ↗ anything we just have a dialogue but for

0:31 ↗ this meeting I think you guys do this

0:33 ↗ for when you want to speak so we can all

0:35 ↗ do this when you want to speak and then

0:37 ↗ the folks online can raise their hand um

0:40 ↗ okay so real quick uh I'll call roll uh

0:43 ↗ Katie

0:44 ↗ Bell here thank you Andrew

0:52 ↗ eloquin we'll see if he makes it later

0:56 ↗ uh I am here Chris kovak and Nicholas

0:58 ↗ Lee

1:03 ↗ uh David Lou has an excused absence Tim

1:10 ↗ Mutley may have some people joining us

1:12 ↗ at like seven o'clock

1:14 ↗ something thinking about it now uh

1:17 ↗ Brenda

1:19 ↗ Spears uh Zach

1:21 ↗ sabli

1:23 ↗ here and Marlene

1:26 ↗ waxy here sorry to be virtual the 6:30

1:29 ↗ got me knew I wouldn't make it so got me

1:32 ↗ too creped up uh and then Brad book

1:38 ↗ here than Andrew

1:45 ↗ Myers somebody's walking in it looks

1:49 ↗ like Andrew eloquin thank you Andrew

1:53 ↗ here and I see that Tim Mutley joined uh

1:56 ↗ Andrew I call Andrew Myers

2:00 ↗ and then Ryan Olson here and that hand

2:04 ↗ it over to you all right for the

2:06 ↗ environmental board Tommy

2:08 ↗ Anderson

2:10 ↗ here H Nancy Davidson here Jamie Finch

2:14 ↗ yeah J gapi has an excused absence Joey

2:17 ↗ Lewis has an excused absence Ashman

2:22 ↗ Canan Ash was to join um Ash and

2:27 ↗ Monon Don McWilliams here

2:30 ↗ an newom

2:33 ↗ here uh Janet

2:36 ↗ wall Dixie bear has an excused absence

2:39 ↗ and Alex Lee

2:41 ↗ tigner

2:44 ↗ here and then um don't believe we

2:49 ↗ anticipate any action items but it looks

2:51 ↗ like we have enough people for a quum if

2:52 ↗ if that were to arise uh and we're going

2:55 ↗ to skip the approval of the minutes for

2:57 ↗ the special meeting and so we're going

2:59 ↗ to move right into public comments um

3:03 ↗ people wishing to

3:05 ↗ speak no I don't see anyone

3:11 ↗ virtually um and we don't have anyone in

3:13 ↗ person but we did have a couple of

3:16 ↗ comments that were sent by email to both

3:18 ↗ boards um and both of those will be

3:20 ↗ included in the

3:24 ↗ minute I guess with that we'll move on

3:27 ↗ to regular business

3:30 ↗ which includes um an urban Forest

3:34 ↗ management Plan update presented by Dan

3:37 ↗ followed by a park system Plan update

3:39 ↗ presented by Robin so with that over to

3:42 ↗ you Dan great thanks Chris um I think

3:46 ↗ I've met mostly everyone in this room

3:48 ↗ but uh my name is Dan hence I'm the

3:50 ↗ urban Forest supervisor city of isqua

3:52 ↗ within our parks and Community Services

3:54 ↗ Department um hopefully you all have

3:57 ↗ some baseline on the urban Forest

3:59 ↗ management plan and kind of more in

4:00 ↗ general our Urban forth program that

4:02 ↗ we've been building out I just chat with

4:03 ↗ a few of you this is about a year into

4:06 ↗ my time with the city in this first role

4:08 ↗ uh as Urban Forest supervisor or or

4:10 ↗ first person in this role I should say

4:13 ↗ um so we met with both of these boards

4:15 ↗ separately I believe it was Park Board

4:18 ↗ in October environmental board in

4:19 ↗ November really is just kind of an

4:21 ↗ introduction to the urban Forest

4:23 ↗ management plan process so kind of core

4:27 ↗ parts of an urban forestry program we're

4:29 ↗ having a management plan you know

4:30 ↗ looking at kind of longterm you know

4:32 ↗ often a decade out planning for you know

4:35 ↗ maintenance coordination around our

4:36 ↗ existing tree canopy and really how we

4:38 ↗ can continue to enhance and build out

4:40 ↗ that tree canopy in in our uh Forest

4:42 ↗ here in isqua um and that's really kind

4:46 ↗ of the first big step after that I'll

4:48 ↗ kind of tease you know we're looking at

4:49 ↗ tree inventories and then also Staffing

4:51 ↗ positions like myself and our green is a

4:53 ↗ coordinator park ranger to really be

4:55 ↗ able to implement some of these programs

4:57 ↗ as well so uh this is looking at to be

4:59 ↗ about a year-long process we started

5:01 ↗ this back up with our consultant Planet

5:03 ↗ Geo I'll hand it off to Chris here in

5:05 ↗ just a moment he'll be presenting to you

5:06 ↗ all here this evening um over the last

5:10 ↗ few months and we'll get a quick recap

5:11 ↗ of this we've done a lot of uh uh

5:13 ↗ internal stakeholder engagement so

5:15 ↗ really working with City staff across

5:18 ↗ departments um and really gauging kind

5:20 ↗ of what the needs are around uh working

5:22 ↗ with trees in isqua uh so Chris will

5:25 ↗ have a brief update on that but then

5:26 ↗ we're really kind of excited to be

5:28 ↗ shifting gears here

5:30 ↗ uh over the next uh month or two into

5:32 ↗ the public engagement Community

5:33 ↗ engagement process for urban Forest

5:35 ↗ management plan so in the packet you

5:37 ↗ also should have the slides and a draft

5:39 ↗ of our public survey that we're hoping

5:41 ↗ to get uh posted and sent out in the

5:44 ↗ next couple weeks uh we'll be working

5:45 ↗ with our Communications teams and Planet

5:47 ↗ Geo to get that translated and get that

5:50 ↗ um uh all ready to go out there so we

5:52 ↗ hope that everyone a be minimum fills

5:54 ↗ that out when that's ready but tonight

5:56 ↗ we'll have a little time to discuss uh

5:58 ↗ we've already met with a hand full of

5:59 ↗ people from the park board on an early

6:01 ↗ draft of this with our Communications

6:03 ↗ teams with some other Park staff so we

6:05 ↗ hope it's pretty close and you know keep

6:07 ↗ in mind we're trying to balance a survey

6:09 ↗ that is accessible to a wide array of

6:12 ↗ the community not necessarily the people

6:13 ↗ that are you know maybe as obsessed with

6:15 ↗ trees as I am or kind of an the en

6:17 ↗ environmental side of things so trying

6:19 ↗ to kind of balance you know enough

6:21 ↗ detail to really help guide our vision

6:23 ↗ for our Urban Forest here in isqua and

6:25 ↗ really trying to kind of prioritize some

6:26 ↗ of the key theme areas as it relates how

6:29 ↗ we work with our forest um but not

6:32 ↗ getting so into the weeds that it's

6:34 ↗ going to you know turn someone off from

6:35 ↗ taking this survey so you know we're

6:37 ↗ really hoping this is something people

6:38 ↗ can complete in about 10 minutes and

6:40 ↗ then if there are you know areas that

6:41 ↗ you really want to kind of elaborate uh

6:43 ↗ there's you know ways to kind of put in

6:45 ↗ written responses then you know I'll be

6:46 ↗ available to uh follow with people as

6:49 ↗ well so we'll be really just kind of

6:51 ↗ introducing that that public engagement

6:53 ↗ process um and then a few other updates

6:56 ↗ you know moving forward you know likely

6:57 ↗ the next time we'll come back to you

6:59 ↗ will be in in the you know late spring

7:00 ↗ early summer uh with you know drafted uh

7:03 ↗ goals and strategies that will then

7:05 ↗ build out into our Urban Forest

7:07 ↗ management plan so you know we're still

7:08 ↗ looking at having this completed um by

7:12 ↗ September of this year you know

7:13 ↗ hopefully adopted by Council uh at the

7:15 ↗ end of 2024 so um that's just kind of a

7:18 ↗ little introduction but I'm gonna hand

7:20 ↗ it over to uh Chris Piper with uh Planet

7:23 ↗ Geo our consultant um jumping on this

7:26 ↗ call and like I said Chris will guide us

7:28 ↗ through and and Chris sorry I didn't

7:29 ↗ have a chance to ask you about this but

7:31 ↗ are you okay with questions throughout

7:33 ↗ or do we want to kind of go through the

7:34 ↗ whole presentation and and save them for

7:36 ↗ the end I'm open to either um typically

7:40 ↗ you know questions at the end I'm going

7:41 ↗ to try to keep the presentation brief so

7:43 ↗ that we can get into detail but if

7:45 ↗ there's something urgent um um I'll feel

7:48 ↗ those questions throughout the

7:50 ↗ presentation but good either way

7:52 ↗ honestly okay like said we should we

7:55 ↗ should have a good chunk of time to

7:56 ↗ discuss afterwards but if there's

7:58 ↗ something that really kind of feel

7:59 ↗ right in the moment you know we'll free

8:01 ↗ up raise hand or people virtually raise

8:03 ↗ your hand yeah sometimes sure yeah

8:07 ↗ sometimes the content on the slide is

8:08 ↗ easier just to raise the question as it

8:10 ↗ you know comes up so um definitely

8:12 ↗ flexible there and yeah if we're good to

8:15 ↗ go and you all can see the title slide

8:17 ↗ we'll get rolling with the

8:19 ↗ presentation and so before getting into

8:21 ↗ things I just want to thank you all for

8:22 ↗ the opportunity to present on the status

8:25 ↗ of isqua's first ever Urban Forest

8:27 ↗ management plan and Dan did a really

8:29 ↗ good job of highlighting kind of the key

8:31 ↗ topics for this um discussion and I'll

8:33 ↗ have a a really quick overview of our

8:36 ↗ agenda for the presentation but it

8:38 ↗ really comes down to sitting down with

8:40 ↗ you all to get an understanding and uh

8:42 ↗ considerations going into the external

8:44 ↗ engagement phase and uh we'll cover some

8:47 ↗ of the processes there and uh the

8:50 ↗ findings from the urban Forest

8:52 ↗ management planning process so far and

8:55 ↗ so to start off just want to give a

8:56 ↗ brief introduction as Dan mentioned my

8:58 ↗ name is name is Chris Pier I'm the

9:00 ↗ director of urban forestry consulting

9:02 ↗ services at Planet Geo and for this

9:05 ↗ project I'm the project manager and uh

9:07 ↗ going on 10 years at Planet Geo coming

9:09 ↗ in October and so for this project I'm

9:12 ↗ leading the internal engagement

9:14 ↗ synthesis and the external engagement

9:17 ↗ exercises and providing uh senior level

9:20 ↗ insights and reviews during the

9:22 ↗ development of the plan strategies the

9:24 ↗ recommendations and the overall final

9:26 ↗ product the final road map for Ur Forest

9:30 ↗ sustainability and of course uh I want

9:32 ↗ to recognize my planning team on planet

9:34 ↗ Geo side with Alex Hancock who is an

9:36 ↗ urban forestry climate consultant and an

9:39 ↗ APA planner focused on canopy goal

9:41 ↗ setting policy and sustainability and we

9:44 ↗ also have Matt mson an urban forestry

9:47 ↗ planner who's really just supporting all

9:49 ↗ aspects of the planning process and then

9:52 ↗ um as you all know Dan is the project

9:54 ↗ lead on the city's end and really just

9:56 ↗ uh been very helpful in coordin this

9:59 ↗ process as we wrapped up the internal

10:01 ↗ engagement and really wrapping up the

10:03 ↗ research and Analysis phase of the

10:06 ↗ project and so for this presentation

10:09 ↗ we'll cover the key items listed on this

10:11 ↗ slide from the internal and external

10:13 ↗ engagement processes and the findings to

10:16 ↗ the connections with other City plans as

10:19 ↗ well as the results of a draft reparan

10:21 ↗ area canopy study and so like I said

10:24 ↗ I'll keep the presentation high level so

10:27 ↗ that we have enough time for a summary

10:29 ↗ of next steps and really get into open

10:31 ↗ discussion like we said uh really

10:33 ↗ getting your insights into the external

10:36 ↗ engagement process considerations and uh

10:40 ↗ you know what information would be

10:42 ↗ helpful along the way as we develop the

10:46 ↗ plan and so starting off on this

10:48 ↗ presentation I'm going to share with you

10:50 ↗ some key findings from our internal

10:52 ↗ engagement exercises and at this stage

10:55 ↗ uh this is included an online survey and

10:57 ↗ a series of follow-up meetings and on

11:00 ↗ this slide we're talking about the

11:01 ↗ internal stakeholder survey that was

11:04 ↗ completed and engaging with City staff

11:06 ↗ enabled us to identify existing

11:09 ↗ workflows uh roles and responsibilities

11:12 ↗ along with those shared concerns

11:14 ↗ challenges and priorities across

11:17 ↗ different themes and different

11:18 ↗ departments and we also started to

11:20 ↗ uncover desired outcomes of this

11:22 ↗ planning effort as well as the future

11:25 ↗ programs for the trees in isqua and

11:28 ↗ these activities have engaged staff from

11:31 ↗ uh various City departments as shown on

11:33 ↗ the right side of the screen and the

11:35 ↗ engagement uh for the survey was in

11:37 ↗ October and November of last year and

11:40 ↗ the follow-up meetings were held mostly

11:42 ↗ at the end middle of December and then

11:44 ↗ beginning of

11:45 ↗ January and for the survey I want to

11:47 ↗ point out that we had one of the highest

11:49 ↗ response rates for these types of

11:51 ↗ projects and you know I've added up the

11:53 ↗ numbers it's over 400 City staff that

11:55 ↗ I've interviewed but with isqua an 80%

11:58 ↗ respond response rate for the survey

12:00 ↗ which is a really good telling sign that

12:02 ↗ you know the city's ready for this type

12:04 ↗ of management plan so just want to thank

12:06 ↗ you know getting everyone getting the

12:08 ↗ word out about you know participating in

12:10 ↗ this

12:11 ↗ effort and so on the previous slide I

12:13 ↗ mentioned that the engagement with City

12:15 ↗ staff help us to identify you know the

12:18 ↗ common challenges and priorities around

12:20 ↗ trees in the city and based on the

12:23 ↗ survey of 41 staff uh we found that they

12:26 ↗ represented five core departments and

12:29 ↗ identified the primary roles which

12:31 ↗ include um activities and services

12:33 ↗ related to infrastructure maintenance

12:35 ↗ and repair uh vegetation and Landscape

12:38 ↗ Maintenance and management and

12:40 ↗ enforcement of city codes ordinances and

12:43 ↗ Risk Management

12:45 ↗ Services and when asked to describe the

12:48 ↗ primary challenges uh related to trees

12:51 ↗ in isqua most responded with either

12:54 ↗ utility related infrastructure conflicts

12:57 ↗ or mobility and visit ability related

12:59 ↗ infrastructure conflicts as well as um

13:02 ↗ unclear delineation of roles across

13:05 ↗ departments and programs and this is

13:07 ↗ because we're finding that you know many

13:09 ↗ programs interact with public and

13:11 ↗ private trees in the city and so

13:14 ↗ clarifying roles and responsibilities

13:16 ↗ may be something that the plan addresses

13:19 ↗ we also have other notable challenges in

13:21 ↗ the bottom right relating to climate

13:23 ↗ related impacts uh monitoring and

13:25 ↗ enforcing ordinances and strengthening

13:28 ↗ partnership

13:30 ↗ um we also asked about the priorities

13:32 ↗ related to the trees and what the plan

13:35 ↗ May address and participants mostly

13:38 ↗ recognize the need to better Implement

13:40 ↗ best practices for trees um develop

13:43 ↗ goals that address climate and

13:45 ↗ sustainability and growing more trees

13:47 ↗ throughout the city but what's important

13:49 ↗ there is recognizing that there needs to

13:51 ↗ be a plan in place and the resources to

13:53 ↗ maintain them so as we look to increase

13:56 ↗ tree canopy cover what are the resource

13:58 ↗ requirements and the right types of

14:00 ↗ trees going in so that they're resilient

14:03 ↗ and sustainable and you grow you know a

14:06 ↗ healthy Urban

14:07 ↗ Forest we also looked at the possible uh

14:10 ↗ desired outcomes of the urban Forest

14:12 ↗ management plan and most participants

14:15 ↗ would like to see again a plan for

14:17 ↗ public tree maintenance public tree

14:20 ↗ inventory data to support management

14:22 ↗ identifying priorities service demands

14:25 ↗ the benefits associated with trees and

14:27 ↗ also the res ources for proactive Tree

14:30 ↗ Care so that's just a real highlevel

14:32 ↗ summary of the uh responses from the 41

14:35 ↗ staff but then we get into a more

14:38 ↗ granular level of Engagement with the

14:41 ↗ follow-up um interviews and so this

14:44 ↗ expands on some of those survey

14:45 ↗ responses and we had a more focused

14:48 ↗ discussion with various City staff

14:50 ↗ across departments and again this was

14:52 ↗ held in uh middle of uh December and

14:55 ↗ then wrapped up beginning of

14:57 ↗ January and we organize these meetings

15:00 ↗ into three different themes including

15:02 ↗ climate resiliency integrating plans

15:05 ↗ policies and practices and treat

15:07 ↗ conflicts and risk management and what's

15:10 ↗ nice about organizing themes is we don't

15:12 ↗ just meet with one Department who talk

15:14 ↗ amongst themselves we bring in multiple

15:18 ↗ programs uh and departments so there's

15:20 ↗ this cross sharing of information and

15:22 ↗ ideas and starting to see where things

15:24 ↗ align or where there are potential gaps

15:28 ↗ and so staff representing multiple

15:30 ↗ departments we created this space again

15:32 ↗ for that resource and information

15:34 ↗ sharing identifying cordination

15:37 ↗ opportunities and really just sharing

15:39 ↗ concerns and ideas around trees in the

15:41 ↗ city so as of today we have the notes

15:45 ↗ drafted for these meetings and we'll be

15:47 ↗ sharing those with the participants so

15:49 ↗ that they can weigh in on anything else

15:51 ↗ they'd like to add around their uh

15:53 ↗ responses or correct any kind of

15:55 ↗ misinterpretations of the the notes and

15:58 ↗ then uh once that's all completed what's

16:01 ↗ really important is synthesizing what

16:03 ↗ we've uncovered from all of these

16:04 ↗ discussions with City staff what are the

16:07 ↗ current workflows or the gaps how can we

16:10 ↗ leverage strengths to address challenges

16:12 ↗ and really just incorporate that into

16:14 ↗ the plan

16:18 ↗ strategies and so in addition to

16:20 ↗ Gathering those insights from internal

16:22 ↗ stakeholders the planning process also

16:25 ↗ includes uh public education and the

16:28 ↗ Gathering of viewpoints and priorities

16:29 ↗ from external stakeholders and so just

16:32 ↗ at a high level covering the process for

16:35 ↗ uh public engagement or external

16:38 ↗ engagement and really this is Guided by

16:40 ↗ an engagement strategy that we drafted

16:43 ↗ and then we revise based on uh City Comm

16:45 ↗ Communications review and input and uh

16:49 ↗ this strategy is guiding the education

16:52 ↗ the engagement sessions and some of

16:54 ↗ these range from social media uh

16:57 ↗ messaging campaigns

16:59 ↗ uh web content or website updates with

17:01 ↗ relevant information uh an online public

17:04 ↗ survey that we mentioned that's in draft

17:06 ↗ form right now and public meetings and

17:08 ↗ board presentations such as these which

17:11 ↗ will then will you know gather all the

17:13 ↗ information from those engagement

17:16 ↗ sessions analyze summarize and interpret

17:19 ↗ the findings so that really the ultimate

17:21 ↗ goal of the engagement is to identify

17:23 ↗ the a shared vision for trees raise

17:26 ↗ awareness start to build that Network of

17:29 ↗ Community Tree stewards and really be um

17:32 ↗ centralized around a a a message for

17:35 ↗ urban forestry and that folks have a

17:38 ↗ go-to place for more information about

17:40 ↗ trees in

17:44 ↗ isqua so um when we look at the status

17:46 ↗ of various uh external engagement

17:49 ↗ exercises at this stage the planning

17:52 ↗ messaging and draft public survey have

17:54 ↗ been completed and like we said we're

17:56 ↗ looking for input on the survey to

17:59 ↗ finalize and uh we've had various

18:01 ↗ stakeholders weigh in on some of the

18:03 ↗ questions like uh Dan had mentioned and

18:05 ↗ once we get final input we'll be taking

18:08 ↗ this to the communications team where

18:10 ↗ there will be language translations and

18:13 ↗ it will be uploaded to the city's uh

18:15 ↗ type form platform for the which is how

18:18 ↗ other um surveys at the city have been

18:20 ↗ uh launched in the past and then for the

18:23 ↗ public meetings uh materials and

18:25 ↗ messaging will be made available at uh

18:28 ↗ various uh community events like the

18:30 ↗ sustainability Fair on March 30th and

18:33 ↗ other community events because we find

18:35 ↗ that we get greater participation and of

18:38 ↗ a diverse group of participants uh when

18:41 ↗ we go to those local events rather than

18:43 ↗ some of those traditional openhouse

18:46 ↗ settings and so on on this slide like I

18:48 ↗ said we're going to incorporate the

18:50 ↗ feedback of that that you all share on

18:53 ↗ the survey this evening and then we're

18:55 ↗ looking to have that go live in time for

18:57 ↗ the sustainability fair so that as that

19:00 ↗ event is being Ted we have an action

19:02 ↗ item for uh folks that uh visit you know

19:05 ↗ to follow up on the survey and to share

19:07 ↗ initial findings and some key messaging

19:10 ↗ around the urban

19:13 ↗ forest and so this what I want to focus

19:16 ↗ on now is more details around the public

19:19 ↗ survey so that you're informed and can

19:21 ↗ weigh in and that we can keep moving

19:23 ↗ along with our schedule for public

19:25 ↗ engagement and this is um where as I

19:28 ↗ mentioned we gathered input from a

19:30 ↗ variety of stakeholders some of those

19:32 ↗ are listed here on the slide we've also

19:34 ↗ Incorporated demographic questions from

19:37 ↗ past City surveys so that will help for

19:39 ↗ comparing uh responses over time and

19:43 ↗ identify potential gaps in our Outreach

19:46 ↗ approaches so that we can improve upon

19:48 ↗ our engagement sessions going forward

19:51 ↗ and here um the primary objectives of

19:53 ↗ the survey are to share our initial

19:55 ↗ findings you know an educational

19:57 ↗ component to this

19:59 ↗ uh gather public perceptions and gain

20:01 ↗ insights into you know the Public's

20:03 ↗ understanding of the urban forest and

20:05 ↗ its related programs and really

20:07 ↗ ultimately identify that shared vision

20:09 ↗ for trees in

20:13 ↗ isqua so the draft survey again going

20:16 ↗ into a little bit more detail currently

20:18 ↗ has uh 20 questions and they're

20:20 ↗ organized into five themes that are

20:22 ↗ listed on this slide and the themes are

20:25 ↗ organized again to bring attention uh

20:27 ↗ maybe get the participants thinking

20:29 ↗ about how they interact with trees also

20:32 ↗ to gather input on the vision for the

20:34 ↗ urban forest and learn how uh

20:37 ↗ participants would like to stay engaged

20:39 ↗ and informed about the project and

20:41 ↗ ongoing uh related

20:43 ↗ topics we also then gather um

20:46 ↗ information about the demographics of

20:48 ↗ the

20:49 ↗ participants and as we stated earlier

20:52 ↗ we're looking to launch this survey in

20:54 ↗ um in March and then remain open until

20:57 ↗ after a uh after Arbor Day which would

20:59 ↗ be mid April and then um with upcoming

21:02 ↗ events in the city we'll provide um more

21:06 ↗ opportunities to get the word out and to

21:08 ↗ gather

21:09 ↗ input so but in addition to the survey

21:13 ↗ uh and the community event events we're

21:15 ↗ also looking to engage with stakeholders

21:17 ↗ throughout the city and the region and

21:19 ↗ these are just some of the examples that

21:21 ↗ are listed at the bottom of the slide

21:22 ↗ but you know that's also an opportunity

21:24 ↗ to to um weigh in you know uh neighbor

21:28 ↗ Ood associations different Community

21:30 ↗ groups that um provide different

21:32 ↗ perspectives around trees in the

21:37 ↗ city and lastly just giving a brief

21:40 ↗ overview of the questions in case you

21:42 ↗ haven't had a chance to review the

21:43 ↗ survey and so the next series of um

21:47 ↗ bullets are just summarizing the types

21:50 ↗ of questions and so we have uh questions

21:55 ↗ that cover experiences and issues with

21:57 ↗ trees

21:58 ↗ um questions that ask participants to

22:01 ↗ Envision what isqua's future Urban

22:03 ↗ Forest may look like uh the management

22:06 ↗ related priorities educational materials

22:09 ↗ and resources of

22:11 ↗ interest um new or revamped initiatives

22:14 ↗ and

22:15 ↗ actions we also look at Gathering

22:17 ↗ viewpoints related to private tree

22:19 ↗ planting programs and we can discuss

22:21 ↗ that more uh later but one quick note on

22:24 ↗ that is that you know we find a lot of

22:26 ↗ tree canopy cover is on private property

22:29 ↗ as well as the opportunity for more tree

22:31 ↗ plantings so Community groups may help

22:34 ↗ with addressing private property not so

22:36 ↗ much on the city's end but through

22:39 ↗ Partnerships looking for that network of

22:41 ↗ tree stewards we also include an

22:44 ↗ opportunity for um participants to add

22:47 ↗ you know open comments and then again uh

22:50 ↗ the demographic questions so that we

22:51 ↗ know our our audience and can adjust

22:54 ↗ strategies

22:56 ↗ accordingly

22:58 ↗ so that's a wrap up of the external

23:00 ↗ engagement process and uh we'll be

23:02 ↗ looking for feedback but um what I'd

23:05 ↗ like to just cover here briefly now is

23:07 ↗ how this Urban Forest management plan is

23:10 ↗ looking to align with other City

23:11 ↗ Planning efforts that are already in

23:14 ↗ place or are occurring concurrently with

23:16 ↗ this planning

23:19 ↗ effort so I'm sure many of you are aware

23:21 ↗ of the draft environmental stewardship

23:24 ↗ and climate resiliency policies for the

23:26 ↗ city's comprehensive plan

23:28 ↗ uh what we're looking to do is see how

23:30 ↗ our strategies that we develop based on

23:33 ↗ internal and external engagement our

23:35 ↗ research and Analysis alignment with

23:38 ↗ best practices see how that can align

23:40 ↗ with the comprehensive plan and um what

23:43 ↗ we find with the uh comprehensive plans

23:46 ↗ elements is that there are key urban

23:48 ↗ forestry elements within it such as the

23:51 ↗ the one start on the screen you know um

23:54 ↗ green

23:55 ↗ infrastructure increasing green spaces

23:57 ↗ and treat canopy cover and disaster

24:00 ↗ preparedness so as the management plan

24:03 ↗ strategies begin to take shape we're

24:05 ↗ going to look to coordinate AC cross

24:06 ↗ planning efforts so that both plans

24:09 ↗ complement one another and that we don't

24:10 ↗ have conflicting

24:14 ↗ priorities and another example is the

24:16 ↗ city's climate action plan or isqua's

24:19 ↗ climate action plan and IAP which calls

24:21 ↗ for a 55% tree canopy cover Citywide by

24:26 ↗ 2035 and thean Forest management plan is

24:29 ↗ looking to Leverage The IAP strategies

24:32 ↗ to provide urban forestry specific

24:34 ↗ guidance and

24:36 ↗ recommendations that support um

24:38 ↗ expanding tree canopy cover preserving

24:41 ↗ tree Health expanding uh climate

24:44 ↗ resilient natural landscapes promoting

24:47 ↗ water efficiency you know possibly

24:49 ↗ through the right tree species for the

24:51 ↗ sites uh and also improving storm water

24:55 ↗ management and lastly on this table on

24:57 ↗ the far right column the IAP also calls

25:00 ↗ for aligning with other City plans and

25:03 ↗ programs um strengthening or

25:05 ↗ establishing Partnerships and to address

25:07 ↗ tree canopy preservation uh protection

25:10 ↗ and replacement in the city's land use

25:13 ↗ code so there is already a foundation

25:16 ↗ from which the management plan is going

25:17 ↗ to build upon we are not starting from

25:19 ↗ scratch it's great to see these other

25:21 ↗ plans already discussing tree canopy

25:24 ↗ cover and the urban forest and canopy

25:26 ↗ cover goals and the natural environment

25:29 ↗ as a whole and the vital component that

25:31 ↗ tree canopy provides to Urban ecosystems

25:35 ↗ you know not all cities are have this

25:37 ↗ good foot forward on Urban Forest

25:39 ↗ management planning so it was something

25:41 ↗ that we really wanted to highlight here

25:43 ↗ and uh we'll make sure as we develop the

25:45 ↗ strategies in the plan that again they

25:51 ↗ align and so like I said um we can

25:54 ↗ expand on the connections of the urban

25:56 ↗ Forest management plan with other City

25:58 ↗ plans during our open discussion but the

26:01 ↗ last few slides are just going to touch

26:03 ↗ briefly on the draft results of the

26:05 ↗ recent uh highresolution tree canopy

26:08 ↗ study that was done for the repair in

26:10 ↗ areas uh across

26:15 ↗ isqua so as we look to develop

26:18 ↗ strategies as well as understanding the

26:20 ↗ Baseline conditions of the urban Forest

26:24 ↗ the um tree canopy cover along with uh

26:27 ↗ other land cover classes and possible

26:29 ↗ planting areas were um assessed using

26:33 ↗ highresolution imagery and GIS

26:35 ↗ processes and we understand that you

26:38 ↗ know tree canopy cover has a great

26:40 ↗ impact on water quality and cooling

26:42 ↗ effects creating you know Wildlife

26:44 ↗ corridors and habitats and organic

26:47 ↗ matter and so repair and areas are

26:50 ↗ really vital to this holistic approach

26:52 ↗ to Urban Forest

26:54 ↗ management and this highresolution tree

26:57 ↗ and land cover assessment was completed

26:59 ↗ for the primary waterways um as

27:02 ↗ discussed during the data collection

27:04 ↗ phase and that's um isqua Creek East and

27:07 ↗ North Forks of isqu Creek um laughing

27:11 ↗ Jacobs Creek Lewis Creek and uh tiet

27:15 ↗ Creek so like I said the tree canopy

27:18 ↗ cover provides you know vital components

27:21 ↗ to healthy waterways and and um

27:23 ↗ repairing areas and so we need to

27:26 ↗ understand the extent of can it be cover

27:28 ↗ uh the different ownership types you

27:30 ↗ know um looking at vulnerabilities and

27:33 ↗ susceptibility to Pest and disease

27:36 ↗ climate change um you know development

27:39 ↗ pressures things like that because not

27:41 ↗ only do Street trees and park trees

27:44 ↗ contribute to um the environmental

27:48 ↗ social and economic benefits but all

27:50 ↗ trees across isqua and so as we look to

27:53 ↗ develop strategies around repairing

27:55 ↗ areas this will really complement and

27:57 ↗ support you know the strategies in

27:59 ↗ isqua's comprehensive plan as well as

28:02 ↗ the climate action plan so it's a a

28:05 ↗ really great to see that the city

28:07 ↗ prioritized a repairing area study as

28:10 ↗ part of the urban Forest management plan

28:15 ↗ project and so um last thing I'll do is

28:18 ↗ uh just summarize some of our initial

28:20 ↗ findings from that repair and area study

28:23 ↗ and so for each water body the existing

28:25 ↗ tree canopy cover available PL space and

28:28 ↗ areas where new trees are not suitable

28:31 ↗ were assessed so the charts are showing

28:34 ↗ uh some key findings that we're going to

28:35 ↗ dig in a little bit deeper during the

28:37 ↗ development of the plan one thing to

28:40 ↗ note is you know uh laughing Jacobs

28:42 ↗ Creek has the highest proportion of tree

28:44 ↗ canopy cover with 78% of the reparan

28:47 ↗ area covered with tree canopy but when

28:50 ↗ you look proportionately it has the

28:52 ↗ second lowest amount of possible area

28:54 ↗ for new plantings so like I said this is

28:57 ↗ like a tier one analysis of the findings

28:59 ↗ but it starts to look at where those um

29:03 ↗ obvious opportunities or um restrictions

29:06 ↗ are when looking at canopy preservation

29:09 ↗ or planting we also look at uh North

29:12 ↗ Fork isqua Creek which has the lowest

29:14 ↗ proportion of tree canopy cover with 54%

29:18 ↗ but has a relatively high amount of

29:20 ↗ available space for new trees so that's

29:23 ↗ a starting point but we know there's

29:25 ↗ going to be on the ground you know type

29:27 ↗ of Assessments to see what is not only

29:31 ↗ possible but what is feasible and

29:33 ↗ preferable for you know tree plantings

29:36 ↗ going forward what Partnerships uh who

29:38 ↗ has the authority for preservation or

29:41 ↗ planting on different um areas within

29:43 ↗ the repairi and corridors you know uh

29:45 ↗ looking more closely at um not just the

29:49 ↗ assessment but getting into the

29:51 ↗ action and so the management plan is

29:53 ↗ going to provide guidance around uh tree

29:56 ↗ canopy preservation and planting and um

29:59 ↗ we're going to lay out recommendations

30:02 ↗ on how to address priority planting

30:04 ↗ areas or what to look at in terms of um

30:08 ↗ different programs and initiatives going

30:11 ↗ forward I did also want to mention that

30:13 ↗ this um study of repair and areas also

30:16 ↗ included a canopy covered change

30:19 ↗ analysis uh it looked at the 2017 and

30:22 ↗ 2021 time periods and that's going to

30:25 ↗ really help us to um you know look into

30:28 ↗ those possible causes of canopy cover

30:31 ↗ changes uh gains or losses and what are

30:34 ↗ the um implications or potential

30:36 ↗ strategies to address why those uh why

30:40 ↗ the canopy has changed in various um

30:42 ↗ repair and areas over

30:45 ↗ time and so um last thing I wanted to

30:48 ↗ point at is this study supports you know

30:50 ↗ a critical objective of the management

30:52 ↗ plan which is to look holistically at

30:55 ↗ the urban forest and then to develop

30:57 ↗ strategies that support the entire Urban

31:00 ↗ ecosystem and the goals for urban Forest

31:03 ↗ sustainability and climate resiliency

31:06 ↗ and so just uh one last note there's you

31:08 ↗ know we're we're looking at Urban Tree

31:11 ↗ canopy cover but other themes such as um

31:14 ↗ addressing Urban heat or reducing storm

31:18 ↗ water or connecting uh Wildlife

31:20 ↗ corridors and salmon habitat recovery so

31:24 ↗ having this data is really going to be

31:26 ↗ um a solid starting point plus the uh

31:29 ↗ Urban Tree canopy assessment that was

31:31 ↗ done Citywide a few years ago we have

31:34 ↗ that data as well to work with and the

31:36 ↗ repair and a is just a more recent more

31:39 ↗ granular study that we'll

31:45 ↗ utilize so that concludes the

31:47 ↗ presentation of the planning process and

31:49 ↗ our initial findings I covered the

31:52 ↗ internal and external engagement

31:54 ↗ processes and results and included a

31:56 ↗ request for input on the public survey

31:59 ↗ and public meetings I then touched on

32:02 ↗ the draft environmental element of the

32:04 ↗ comp plan and the city's climate action

32:06 ↗ plan and how the management plan will

32:08 ↗ align or support with these uh policies

32:11 ↗ and goals and then briefly covered the

32:13 ↗ repair and area canopy study as that was

32:16 ↗ completed as part of this project and so

32:19 ↗ at this time I'd like to share the next

32:20 ↗ steps with you um which includes

32:23 ↗ finalizing the public survey and

32:25 ↗ planning uh especially for the

32:27 ↗ stainability Fair coming up on March

32:29 ↗ 30th and applying our research our

32:31 ↗ analyses and our engagement findings uh

32:34 ↗ as we develop the draft strategies for

32:36 ↗ the

32:38 ↗ plan and so we're going to turn it over

32:41 ↗ for open discussion I'm going to see if

32:43 ↗ Dan has any uh other comments or

32:45 ↗ additional information to share um but I

32:48 ↗ did want to mention that um you know

32:50 ↗ over the last 10 years I've been

32:52 ↗ fortunate to work on about a little over

32:54 ↗ 40 of these Urban Forest management

32:56 ↗ planning project projects and I think

32:58 ↗ it's helpful to say you know what stands

33:00 ↗ out to me about this project for isqua

33:03 ↗ and some of the things I identified was

33:05 ↗ the extensive amount of planning efforts

33:06 ↗ underway at the city uh the coordination

33:09 ↗ across departments and teams that we've

33:11 ↗ uncovered during the um internal

33:14 ↗ stakeholder meetings uh really the

33:17 ↗ strong emphasis on climate resiliency

33:19 ↗ and public engagement you know having a

33:21 ↗ strong Communications plan and the

33:23 ↗ holistic approach to Urban Forest

33:25 ↗ management and and lastly the um the

33:28 ↗ responsiveness and participation from

33:31 ↗ stakeholders so um just want to give a

33:34 ↗ brief recap on where we're at what we're

33:37 ↗ finding uh how the process has been

33:39 ↗ going working with the city and just

33:41 ↗ really want to thank you all for this

33:42 ↗ opportunity and for listening in and

33:44 ↗ I'll turn it over to Dan for any other

33:46 ↗ remarks around the presentation thank

33:49 ↗ you hey thank you Chris um I don't have

33:54 ↗ much to add other than maybe just a

33:56 ↗ little bit more context on the riparian

33:57 ↗ study um you know obviously some of the

34:00 ↗ interest in that was certainly around

34:02 ↗ our salmon recovery effort so those are

34:04 ↗ our five sort of primary salmon bearing

34:06 ↗ streams also working with our public

34:09 ↗ works department and our storm water

34:11 ↗ permits uh Department of ecology is

34:13 ↗ going to be requiring more and more uh

34:15 ↗ riparian planning and kind of goal

34:17 ↗ setting in terms of you know essentially

34:19 ↗ viewing that as green infrastructure for

34:21 ↗ storm water management so this kind of

34:22 ↗ gets us ahead of that curve a little bit

34:24 ↗ too so there's going to be some good

34:26 ↗ efforts line with uh with Public Works

34:28 ↗ who manages our npdes national pollutant

34:32 ↗ discharge elimination service I should

34:34 ↗ be looking at Don for that one hopefully

34:35 ↗ I got that right sister is not so this

34:38 ↗ did I get that thanks Don so so you know

34:40 ↗ that we have to submit and this is this

34:42 ↗ is stuff that's coming down the line

34:44 ↗ probably a few years from now but this

34:45 ↗ puts us in a really good position to

34:46 ↗ start kind of building this data out too

34:48 ↗ for um benefits our trees have in areas

34:51 ↗ that do receive a lot of storm

34:53 ↗ water Dan we super fast again look

34:56 ↗ forward to open discussion and Q&A but

34:59 ↗ maybe you know and thank you Chris for

35:00 ↗ the overview I know as we've talked

35:02 ↗ engagement with so many of other

35:05 ↗ interest groups the tribes have been a

35:07 ↗ key group we've been engaging with so

35:09 ↗ I'd just maybe touch on that yeah thank

35:12 ↗ you and then yeah Chris sorry that's

35:13 ↗ something I could have synced up with

35:14 ↗ you on earlier but primarily I mean

35:16 ↗ primarily been working with the snow

35:17 ↗ Calli Indian tribe uh through their

35:19 ↗ government Affairs um manager

35:22 ↗ coordinator I'm not exactly sure her

35:23 ↗ title Jamie Martin uh they actually just

35:25 ↗ hired a uh tribal Forester which is

35:27 ↗ really exciting so I'll be meeting with

35:29 ↗ her uh in the next couple weeks to just

35:32 ↗ kind of check in on this planning effort

35:33 ↗ other ways we could overlap you've both

35:35 ↗ heard about our heritage tree programs

35:37 ↗ soami tribe still very interested in

35:38 ↗ building out uh more resources for

35:40 ↗ municipalities on culturally modified

35:42 ↗ trees um so yeah so that is something

35:45 ↗ we've had preliminary conversations they

35:47 ↗ seem to probably be most interested in

35:49 ↗ engaging once we're kind of at that goal

35:52 ↗ strategy kind of recommendation phase so

35:54 ↗ not not by any means a final draft but

35:56 ↗ you know kind of where there's a little

35:57 ↗ bit more uh substance to provide

35:59 ↗ feedback on and now that they have a

36:00 ↗ Forester there could even be a little

36:02 ↗ bit more engagement uh specifically

36:04 ↗ around that so that's that's kind of

36:05 ↗ been our our primary focus on the tribal

36:08 ↗ front too so thanks CH thank

36:14 ↗ you so I have comments about the

36:16 ↗ engagement and then General comments

36:18 ↗ about the plan so in terms of the

36:20 ↗ engagement piece of this it seems to me

36:23 ↗ some key stakeholders are not being that

36:25 ↗ I'm aware of from the presentation being

36:28 ↗ included they would include like the

36:29 ↗ school district PC state parks and King

36:32 ↗ County and they all own large partion

36:35 ↗ portions of land within the city or

36:38 ↗ right next to the city and PSC regularly

36:40 ↗ butchers our trees in the city I see

36:42 ↗ them do it quite well they're they're

36:44 ↗ good at it so it seems to me in addition

36:47 ↗ to talking about just engagement of the

36:50 ↗ citizens here we need to be talking

36:52 ↗ about more engagement of major land

36:54 ↗ owners in the community many of whom

36:56 ↗ have trees that need to be managed so

36:59 ↗ that's an engagement piece and if we're

37:00 ↗ not engaging them just going to the land

37:03 ↗ owners you know citizens of the city

37:06 ↗ we're missing a big piece of people that

37:08 ↗ have influence on trees and F so those

37:11 ↗ are my engagement comments can I go to

37:13 ↗ General comments now I'm going to switch

37:15 ↗ Yeah I'm happy to reply to that but I

37:16 ↗ can wait to well let me just finish it

37:19 ↗ all y it seems to me that one of the

37:23 ↗ things I've noticed in wandering around

37:25 ↗ the city is we're missing a big piece of

37:29 ↗ the urban Forest management plan and

37:31 ↗ it's not just trees it's the understory

37:34 ↗ it's the getting rid of the blackberries

37:37 ↗ it's the vinka and the other stuff

37:39 ↗ that's out there that's not very good

37:40 ↗ for our trees and um survey should also

37:44 ↗ include so at least people if they're

37:46 ↗ thinking about trees they're also

37:47 ↗ thinking about things they can do to

37:50 ↗ improve the overall condition of our

37:52 ↗ forest or our um green canopy so I did

37:55 ↗ not note any questions about

37:59 ↗ blackberries non-native species things

38:02 ↗ like that the second piece about it that

38:05 ↗ I would like to say is that when you're

38:08 ↗ engaging the public like this it would

38:10 ↗ be great if you're asking them for these

38:13 ↗ kind of questions if you had a place to

38:14 ↗ point them so that they know how to pick

38:17 ↗ the right trees to go into their spots

38:20 ↗ how to prune their trees man we not only

38:22 ↗ P butcher trees but jail blow citizens

38:25 ↗ do a great job too but um the watering

38:28 ↗ and management of them and kind of what

38:31 ↗ they need to protect their roots and to

38:32 ↗ be healthy and even if it's on the

38:34 ↗ website if you've got their attention

38:36 ↗ they're thinking about trees in the end

38:38 ↗ story they have a place to go on the

38:40 ↗ website to learn more about how to

38:42 ↗ handle the trees in the wrong yard or in

38:44 ↗ their neighborhood I think you have an

38:46 ↗ opportunity to touch the citizens in a

38:48 ↗ different way and make your message a

38:49 ↗ little bigger so that's my general

38:52 ↗ comment sorry Dan but I you probably

38:54 ↗ want to respond but I apologize it's

38:56 ↗ good to get it all out of no that's

38:57 ↗ great thank you um well maybe I'll

39:01 ↗ respond to the first part on groups and

39:04 ↗ we really appreciate that yes I mean as

39:06 ↗ Chris kind of hinted at that was

39:07 ↗ certainly not an all-inclusive list uh

39:10 ↗ up there psse and Bonville though those

39:12 ↗ are ones that I'll admit have been a

39:13 ↗ little off my radar and really good

39:15 ↗ recommendations and trying to get

39:16 ↗ contacts there physical School District

39:19 ↗ absolutely I've already connected with

39:20 ↗ their uh their lead arborist uh for kind

39:23 ↗ of the Landscaping on the groundwork and

39:25 ↗ then also have a few connections on the

39:27 ↗ uh School District board too so so

39:29 ↗ they'll definitely be contacted you know

39:31 ↗ you know essentially will'll be

39:32 ↗ obviously providing the survey and an

39:34 ↗ opportunities to meet and chat further

39:37 ↗ uh should people want to take us up on

39:38 ↗ that option so um HOA is being a big one

39:41 ↗ especially focus on some of our bigger

39:42 ↗ homeowners associations that have large

39:44 ↗ native growth protection areas or

39:46 ↗ easement areas so um you know Talis and

39:49 ↗ is Highlands come to mine right away but

39:51 ↗ there's plenty others like the woods

39:53 ↗ like Summer Hill South Cove even where

39:55 ↗ there's privately managed Forest areas

39:58 ↗ not just individual trees so that's

40:00 ↗ definitely something and Chris we

40:02 ↗ haven't talked about this but I was just

40:03 ↗ kind of brainstorming you know if that's

40:05 ↗ something we're offering as a meeting to

40:07 ↗ bring multiple HOAs together at once

40:09 ↗ there could be some interest around that

40:10 ↗ or or the very minimum you know

40:12 ↗ providing the the survey and the

40:13 ↗ opportunity them to to meet and speak in

40:15 ↗ person or or you know for virtual

40:17 ↗ meeting so um and then other agencies

40:20 ↗ you know if you go to those HOAs they

40:22 ↗ can potentially get it out to their

40:23 ↗ Community as well absolutely so news

40:26 ↗ their networks but then their leadership

40:28 ↗ you know I mean like talison and uh IHC

40:31 ↗ or sorry ihca is a Highlands Community

40:33 ↗ Association you know each have their own

40:35 ↗ maintenance people that are focusing on

40:37 ↗ tree work you know whether they're

40:39 ↗ specifically arborist or not they're

40:40 ↗ doing a lot of that work you know both

40:42 ↗ on the maintenance planting and

40:43 ↗ permitting side too so kind of you know

40:46 ↗ already starting to build some those

40:47 ↗ connections with the bigger ones but yes

40:48 ↗ there's there's more to do there and to

40:50 ↗ tap networks and then agencies

40:52 ↗ absolutely as well um you know state

40:55 ↗ parks I'm on the friends of M State Park

40:57 ↗ board so I am definitely kind of been

40:58 ↗ nudging in that direction to get some

41:00 ↗ feedback there both you know from staff

41:02 ↗ on the ground with this region of state

41:04 ↗ parks and then um you know kind of more

41:06 ↗ broadly as well and then King County

41:08 ↗ have also been serving um they've just

41:10 ↗ kind of built up urban forestry uh forum

41:13 ↗ and actually they're developing a lot of

41:14 ↗ resources that I think that you know

41:15 ↗ you're kind of hinting at that we could

41:17 ↗ do a much better job providing here in

41:19 ↗ isqua uh in terms of some of that uh

41:22 ↗ even fairly basic information on you

41:24 ↗ know kind you're saying right tree right

41:25 ↗ place and then some of the maintenance

41:27 ↗ needs too so so all those things are on

41:30 ↗ our radar I say the utilities is one

41:31 ↗ that I think I need to figure out a

41:33 ↗ little bit better um but you know in

41:34 ↗ terms of other public agencies you know

41:36 ↗ DNR as well with the amount of um U

41:39 ↗ bordering land we have on Tiger Mountain

41:41 ↗ with with the the state there too so um

41:45 ↗ I would be curious to hear Chris's

41:47 ↗ opinion I guess I can provide my two

41:49 ↗ cents specifically on the kind of the

41:50 ↗ more holistic understory invasive

41:52 ↗ species approach Chris if you have kind

41:54 ↗ of a thought on that we haven't spoke

41:55 ↗ about this but but to me we can probably

41:57 ↗ do a pretty good job uh at least to get

42:00 ↗ started connecting it back to the green

42:02 ↗ isqu 20year implementation plan that

42:05 ↗ plan itself was essentially a 1500 acre

42:08 ↗ analysis on you know current Forest

42:10 ↗ composition and invasive species threats

42:12 ↗ to our parks and open spaces so it's a

42:15 ↗ fairly simple Matrix in there but

42:18 ↗ they're looking at you know Forest cover

42:19 ↗ with a mix of you know how the age and

42:21 ↗ the uh you know Conor for deciduous

42:23 ↗ breakdown and then they're also looking

42:25 ↗ at um um cover of invasive species and

42:28 ↗ you know that they use it's it's it's a

42:31 ↗ um I'm blinking on the consultant that

42:34 ↗ we work with on that one for for Tera

42:36 ↗ but then for Tera contracts with it's

42:38 ↗ like Cascade Forest management or

42:40 ↗ something something like that that does

42:42 ↗ these and they've essentially built this

42:43 ↗ little Matrix that looks at areas to

42:45 ↗ kind of prioritize obviously as much as

42:47 ↗ we like to think going after the worst

42:49 ↗ of the worst areas sometimes that's

42:51 ↗ maybe not worth the you know essentially

42:53 ↗ areas that have no existing forest and

42:54 ↗ nothing but weeds you know finding some

42:56 ↗ of the those areas in the middle ground

42:57 ↗ is what that plan often kind of

42:58 ↗ prioritizes you know protecting the

43:00 ↗ mature intact Forest that doesn't have

43:02 ↗ much non-native vegetation figuring out

43:05 ↗ what we can do with some of those areas

43:06 ↗ that are very significantly degraded but

43:08 ↗ then those areas that are more in the

43:09 ↗ middle that are kind of the threat of

43:11 ↗ losing Forest canopy that we can maybe

43:13 ↗ do some better enhancement work with

43:15 ↗ maybe less of the uh uh you know dollars

43:18 ↗ and resources to do some of those areas

43:20 ↗ that are in really bad shape and then

43:21 ↗ you know certainly tying it back to

43:22 ↗ ripari and critical areas where we have

43:24 ↗ some of these other ecosystem lifts in

43:26 ↗ terms of the uh invasive species kind of

43:28 ↗ control work we're doing yeah I

43:30 ↗ acknowledge that that is missing at this

43:32 ↗ point I definitely think we will be you

43:34 ↗ know including that and I IID say a lot

43:36 ↗ of the areas that I can say personally

43:38 ↗ I'm working on right now is areas along

43:40 ↗ is Creek that were planted 15 20 years

43:42 ↗ ago we've done a really good job lifting

43:44 ↗ initial tree canopy but then there is

43:46 ↗ that kind of void underneath you know in

43:48 ↗ terms of ground covers understory

43:49 ↗ species and kind of providing that that

43:52 ↗ Forest structure you know really looking

43:53 ↗ at edge of forest and pollinator

43:55 ↗ habitats something we're really trying

43:56 ↗ to do on a smaller scale right now but

43:58 ↗ how we can really build that out too and

44:00 ↗ you know edge of forest is often where

44:02 ↗ we see BlackBerry still hanging on where

44:03 ↗ there's enough sunlight and trying to

44:04 ↗ figure out species that would be better

44:07 ↗ uh um better complement to our our

44:10 ↗ native pollinators too is something that

44:11 ↗ you know I'm personally really

44:13 ↗ interested in um so doing that on a a

44:15 ↗ smaller scale but hoping this plan can

44:17 ↗ kind of inform those as you know goals

44:19 ↗ and strategies that uh at a you know

44:20 ↗ kind of increased scale planning on

44:23 ↗ adding any of that to the just to follow

44:25 ↗ up are going to add any of that to the

44:27 ↗ survey since it is part of for plan

44:29 ↗ since there isn't anything about the end

44:31 ↗ story and you know how to protect that

44:33 ↗ or getting people informed that I think

44:36 ↗ Chris and I need to talk about that but

44:37 ↗ I definitely think there's whether

44:39 ↗ that's a full question or something we

44:40 ↗ can incorporate some of the existing

44:42 ↗ questions on you know threats or

44:43 ↗ challenges with the forest you around

44:44 ↗ maintenance needs issues like that um

44:47 ↗ you know Chris and I will be probably

44:48 ↗ chatting tomorrow you know and trying to

44:50 ↗ make some of these revisions in the next

44:51 ↗ couple days so we can get this out but

44:53 ↗ yeah um maybe I'll let you jump in the

44:55 ↗ ch

44:58 ↗ yeah I'll keep my response brief in case

44:59 ↗ there there are more questions um I will

45:01 ↗ say like we're looking at existing tree

45:04 ↗ lists what is approv or recommended

45:06 ↗ because as many of you may know uh

45:09 ↗ native trees or regionally native trees

45:11 ↗ um really support biodiversity and

45:14 ↗ habitats and looking at wildlife and

45:16 ↗ other ecosystem benefits related to that

45:19 ↗ so that's one component um the canopy

45:21 ↗ assessments can really look at those you

45:23 ↗ know um Forest edges

45:26 ↗ that's oftentimes the interface for

45:28 ↗ where invasives begin and then

45:30 ↗ proliferate um one thing I will say is

45:32 ↗ that um you know the focus of the urban

45:34 ↗ Forest management plan is on public

45:37 ↗ trees with um looking at uh public

45:40 ↗ Street trees and trees and maintained

45:42 ↗ areas of parks which tend to have less

45:44 ↗ under story and it's probably um

45:47 ↗ recommended not to have turf you know

45:49 ↗ have a Mt Shing around but then when we

45:51 ↗ look at and a holistic approach for

45:54 ↗ urban Forest management when you look at

45:56 ↗ um the repairing areas and wood Lots

45:58 ↗ that's where we get into uh leveraging

46:01 ↗ other resources the park system Plan

46:04 ↗ update the um the plan that Dan shared

46:07 ↗ uh Partners looking at efforts and where

46:10 ↗ we can make recommendations for

46:12 ↗ improving uh things to address

46:14 ↗ understory or or invasives and

46:16 ↗ supporting ecosystems so um like Dan

46:19 ↗ said more to discuss on that um but just

46:22 ↗ want to share my perspective on it so

46:24 ↗ it's a good it's a topic that comes up

46:26 ↗ often with these plans and we just want

46:28 ↗ to make sure we have an effective

46:29 ↗ approach

46:32 ↗ then got two questions online um and Tom

46:36 ↗ I see your hand was up first and then

46:38 ↗ Ann got two ping over here great thank

46:42 ↗ you tomerson here uh first an easy

46:45 ↗ question is this repair

46:49 ↗ repairing canopy study document is that

46:51 ↗ available to the public at this

46:54 ↗ point uh not yet Tom it's still pretty

46:57 ↗ preliminary but you know obviously we

46:58 ↗ hope to make that more publicly

47:00 ↗ available here soon is that like in the

47:03 ↗ next few weeks or something like that or

47:06 ↗ what what's your probably more so months

47:08 ↗ I would say as it's kind of informing

47:10 ↗ some of the initial goal strategies but

47:12 ↗ Chris might be able to speak to that

47:13 ↗ better but I I wouldn't say

47:15 ↗ weeks okay um so just to help me kind of

47:19 ↗ understand how this would be applied I'd

47:21 ↗ like to just use a couple of examples of

47:24 ↗ parcels that I know Pro city property

47:27 ↗ owned that uh formerly was single family

47:31 ↗ residences along the creek like on Front

47:34 ↗ Street U Front Street South there's a

47:37 ↗ few houses there that were removed and

47:39 ↗ and those lots are now Parkland and then

47:43 ↗ further south a bit the former hope

47:46 ↗ property okay so here's some parcels

47:48 ↗ that seem to me to be right for this

47:51 ↗ sort of analysis and planning uh they

47:55 ↗ they I wondered well hey why why hasn't

47:58 ↗ that lawn area been replanted both in

48:01 ↗ terms of the health of the Aquarian

48:05 ↗ Corridor there the creek they could

48:07 ↗ benefit from trees and also in story

48:10 ↗ plants and U and then the overall

48:13 ↗ benefits of the tree canopy in terms of

48:15 ↗ climate resilience Etc so are are these

48:18 ↗ the kind of parcels that will be

48:21 ↗ included in the plan and uh dealt with I

48:26 ↗ would say absolutely and to Chris's

48:27 ↗ point you know I mean that's where we

48:29 ↗ have the most opportunity is on those

48:31 ↗ publicly um managed Parcels like that I

48:34 ↗ mean I think it's a a conversation

48:35 ↗ obviously working with Robin here our

48:38 ↗ our Parks planning manager team on just

48:39 ↗ you know what future use for some of

48:41 ↗ these lands look like a lot of them are

48:43 ↗ obviously not real developable at all

48:45 ↗ and you know really are best suited for

48:47 ↗ kind of you know path of recreation if

48:49 ↗ anything and conserved habitat

48:50 ↗ restoration work but um I'm really

48:53 ↗ hoping too Tom this this this informs

48:56 ↗ uh work we can as as Chris kind of

48:58 ↗ mentioned whether that's your Community

48:59 ↗ Partners like mountain sound Greenway

49:00 ↗ trust or actually working with

49:02 ↗ sustainability and and David Rey a bit

49:04 ↗ right now on what a uh kind of tree

49:06 ↗ giveaway incentive program on private

49:08 ↗ property would look like and you know

49:09 ↗ how we can Target Outreach to maybe

49:11 ↗ prioritize that in riparian areas you

49:13 ↗ know not be exclusive to riparian areas

49:15 ↗ but know that that's where there's a lot

49:16 ↗ of good opportunity and and you know uh

49:19 ↗ kind of overall lift in terms of

49:21 ↗ ecosystem benefits so uh really look at

49:23 ↗ it twofold for you know strategies we

49:25 ↗ have a little bit more direct uh uh

49:28 ↗ opportunity on on public land like you

49:30 ↗ said the Hope parcel some of the Front

49:31 ↗ Street Parcels uh stuff like that and

49:34 ↗ then you know where we can try to do our

49:36 ↗ best to uh educate incentivize on

49:38 ↗ private land as

49:41 ↗ well great okay thank

49:45 ↗ you and do you want to go

49:47 ↗ ahead sure hey I just want to say um way

49:51 ↗ to go this is a beautiful plan and we're

49:54 ↗ so lucky to live in a city that creates

49:57 ↗ great plans like this um and I love that

50:01 ↗ um it seems like we're thinking more

50:03 ↗ about incorporating uh private property

50:06 ↗ to help out with tree canopy and things

50:08 ↗ like that

50:11 ↗ and um I know Belleview you probably

50:14 ↗ know that Belleview has a program where

50:16 ↗ they're giving you know thousands of

50:18 ↗ trees away um to the public so I thought

50:20 ↗ that was a great question to um to

50:24 ↗ explore what will work best for

50:27 ↗ isqua um and then there's also there's

50:32 ↗ there's other agencies out there that

50:34 ↗ are already educating people on um how

50:38 ↗ to have a how to create a healthy Forest

50:41 ↗ um like DNR and potentially King County

50:45 ↗ so I'm just thinking like can we save

50:48 ↗ energy by piggybacking with some of

50:51 ↗ those um so if you do end up wanting to

50:54 ↗ educate the public on on how to create

50:56 ↗ healthy forests on their own property

51:00 ↗ um how to do it without you know with

51:04 ↗ less

51:05 ↗ energy for the city um and I just want

51:09 ↗ to reiterate the under story that um

51:12 ↗ Nancy brought up and Dan was talking

51:14 ↗ about um so I work um working with uh

51:19 ↗ the green isqua I've definitely seen

51:23 ↗ that you know it's already happening um

51:25 ↗ the there's a lot of understory that

51:27 ↗ gets planted whenever we plant

51:29 ↗ trees so um I guess the reason and and I

51:33 ↗ feel like it's extremely important um

51:35 ↗ for the health and diversity and um also

51:39 ↗ to hold back the uh invasives once you

51:42 ↗ know we spend a lot of time getting

51:45 ↗ those invasives out and so um we need a

51:48 ↗ lot to be able to plant a lot of

51:49 ↗ understory because we can't plant the

51:50 ↗ trees super close together so we need to

51:52 ↗ be able to plant a lot of

51:54 ↗ understory um so I just the reason that

51:56 ↗ I think it's important to have it in

51:57 ↗ these plans is because um we might I

52:02 ↗ think it could help with grants so if

52:05 ↗ it's not written in the plan it might

52:07 ↗ not get

52:08 ↗ funded so thank you so much for looking

52:11 ↗ at this and um just one more thing that

52:15 ↗ I'm uh thinking of for both this plan

52:18 ↗ and the parks's plan so you've got the

52:21 ↗ connections to other cities plans um

52:23 ↗ where it overlaps with the comprehensive

52:25 ↗ Plan and there's a circle with

52:27 ↗ mitigation and a circle with adaptation

52:30 ↗ and then where the overlap is so I see

52:32 ↗ one more place that we could be

52:34 ↗ overlapping and that's um clean

52:37 ↗ energy so uh we could have more

52:39 ↗ distributed energy like um

52:42 ↗ solar uh in our Parks either on roofs or

52:46 ↗ maybe there's um maybe there's some open

52:48 ↗ space someplace where we can't plant

52:51 ↗ trees where some solar panels could go

52:55 ↗ uh um but definitely on all the roofs

52:57 ↗ all all around I think there's quite a

52:58 ↗ few roof

52:59 ↗ rooftops

53:01 ↗ so that will help us uh with climate

53:05 ↗ change

53:06 ↗ mitigation thank you so much for your

53:09 ↗ time and great

53:12 ↗ work than thanks an and just a couple

53:14 ↗ quick comments Chris Chris briefly

53:16 ↗ mentioned University of Washington Evans

53:18 ↗ school so that that's the one I kind of

53:20 ↗ touched on that we are working with a

53:22 ↗ cohort of graduate students at udub uh

53:25 ↗ this quarter and next uh so essentially

53:27 ↗ the first half of 2024 and they're

53:29 ↗ really doing a review of other cities

53:32 ↗ programs that are focusing on tree

53:34 ↗ giveaway and incentives for tree you

53:36 ↗ know maintenance and other Tree Care on

53:37 ↗ private property so they will be

53:39 ↗ presenting back to the city that'll be

53:41 ↗ incorporated in the urban Forest

53:42 ↗ management plan essentially

53:43 ↗ recommendations of different approaches

53:45 ↗ for programs like that and uh sounds

53:48 ↗ like sustainability would potentially

53:49 ↗ even have a little funding in the next

53:51 ↗ BM to implement something like that too

53:53 ↗ so um so so that kind of touches your to

53:56 ↗ to your point on the kind of programs

53:58 ↗ like Belle and some of our other cities

54:00 ↗ has and then absolutely leaning into

54:02 ↗ some of the existing information out

54:03 ↗ from other groups around native plant

54:05 ↗ selection you know noxious weed control

54:08 ↗ U you know I think it's really trying to

54:09 ↗ figure out how we can best synthesize

54:11 ↗ that make that available and um you know

54:13 ↗ fill some of the gaps in between uh how

54:15 ↗ some of the different agencies and

54:17 ↗ organizations focus on forestry

54:21 ↗ work awesome great work thank you come

54:25 ↗ to the room I see Jamie and Don I'm not

54:27 ↗ sure who went first and then we'll go

54:29 ↗ back to the screen and get

54:32 ↗ to over um so thank you thank you Don

54:35 ↗ and Chris for bringing this to us um a

54:38 ↗ couple quick things first I would just

54:40 ↗ Echo what Nancy had said about St St

54:42 ↗ other stakeholders and Partnerships

54:44 ↗ being super important so how that makes

54:47 ↗ its way to the plan seems like an area

54:49 ↗ um maybe some more attention um also

54:53 ↗ ecosystem H story health being critical

54:56 ↗ I mean I actually am encouraged by the

54:58 ↗ riparian area I think that's a really

55:00 ↗ interesting approach of it's still not

55:02 ↗ talking about understory but starting to

55:04 ↗ apply trees to ecosystems which I think

55:07 ↗ is ultimately in a lot of cases there's

55:10 ↗ obvious going to be our street trees and

55:11 ↗ other things but I think that's a good

55:13 ↗ starting point for something that is

55:15 ↗ more applied to ecosystem so um other

55:20 ↗ thoughts um I do think that this plan in

55:23 ↗ general has a bit of a marketing

55:24 ↗ branding like Urban the word Urban to me

55:28 ↗ I think Street trees I don't think like

55:30 ↗ the forested hillsides so I do think

55:33 ↗ whatever we can do to make sure that

55:34 ↗ people aren't just thinking about Street

55:36 ↗ trees when we say Urban Forest like I

55:39 ↗ would question why we have the word

55:40 ↗ Urban in there but there's probably a

55:42 ↗ good reason for that but uh I would I

55:44 ↗ just think that that leads people to

55:46 ↗ think in a certain way and it might

55:48 ↗ people don't know where the edges of

55:49 ↗ isqua are so they might think that we're

55:51 ↗ they might not know where you're talking

55:53 ↗ about so that that's one other thing how

55:55 ↗ do you set context for like what is

55:57 ↗ isqua forest look like today and I think

55:59 ↗ that's both area as well as some of the

56:02 ↗ things you're mentioning around like

56:04 ↗ potential risks and I don't I'm not sure

56:06 ↗ how you do this but if you already have

56:07 ↗ it for four stewards that there's things

56:10 ↗ like we've already done studies on the

56:12 ↗ the invasive cover we've done there's

56:14 ↗ certain issues that are known and how do

56:16 ↗ you provide context on the things that

56:18 ↗ aren't in their face um so I think

56:21 ↗ there's may be some opportunity there

56:22 ↗ and I do think that just making sure

56:25 ↗ that they're clear on what we're talking

56:26 ↗ about with an urban Forest management

56:28 ↗ plan is important um I think one idea

56:32 ↗ that I really like from the community

56:35 ↗ survey that is not necessarily in this

56:37 ↗ survey is asking the question of what is

56:40 ↗ important and how how is the city

56:42 ↗ delivering on it and being able to

56:44 ↗ directly tie those across like there's

56:47 ↗ so many City presentations I've seen

56:48 ↗ where you can tie okay this is important

56:51 ↗ to people and it's poorly served and so

56:54 ↗ right now we ask that

56:55 ↗ this is important and then we ask

56:57 ↗ overall how are we doing on on Forest

57:01 ↗ Health but we don't actually have the

57:03 ↗ direct tie so we might ask get a bunch

57:05 ↗ of responses this is really important

57:07 ↗ and we might already be doing really

57:08 ↗ great on those things so that actually

57:09 ↗ isn't identifying the areas that more

57:11 ↗ focused into so um I think that yeah

57:17 ↗ that that's probably the biggest thing

57:18 ↗ is just making sure that we have really

57:20 ↗ actionable feedback coming out the other

57:22 ↗ end so I think something that is more

57:24 ↗ granular on how are we doing um might

57:27 ↗ might help with

57:28 ↗ that so yeah

57:33 ↗ thanks me okay um I think you're off to

57:36 ↗ a great effort and I'm very encouraged

57:38 ↗ to see that you've leveraged um storm

57:41 ↗ water aspects into it and you're going

57:43 ↗ to partner with your public works

57:44 ↗ department I there's a lot there that

57:45 ↗ you can benefit from I'm not going to

57:49 ↗ Echo what everybody else said about the

57:50 ↗ UN story you heard enough there just

57:53 ↗ remind you that a successful course

57:54 ↗ management plan looks at all tiers of

57:57 ↗ the canopy all the way from the ground

57:58 ↗ to the top and then the one thing I

58:00 ↗ didn't see in here Dan is um the forest

58:03 ↗ edge you have a lot of city property

58:05 ↗ with a lot of private property adjacent

58:07 ↗ to it you're going to hear a lot of

58:08 ↗ gripes from Neighbors about Hazard trees

58:10 ↗ and trees of

58:12 ↗ concern you need some aspect in there to

58:15 ↗ adjust that it might be there I just

58:18 ↗ see I think that falls into some of the

58:20 ↗ overall obviously risk management

58:22 ↗ conversations we've had but yeah that's

58:23 ↗ a specific call out and I think last

58:25 ↗ time I was year I said this and I still

58:26 ↗ haven't done this I would love to G at

58:28 ↗ some point the amount of Forest public

58:30 ↗ perimeter public Forest perimeter we

58:32 ↗ have next to private property it's a lot

58:34 ↗ so I mean you're right I mean that's a

58:36 ↗ good chunk of what I do especially this

58:38 ↗ time of year is working with those

58:40 ↗ neighbors becomes a a high liability

58:42 ↗ once you ADV develop a forest management

58:45 ↗ plan there's expectations that go along

58:47 ↗ with it that that Forest is now being

58:49 ↗ managed by the city and the city becomes

58:53 ↗ liable something

58:58 ↗ great Point yep that Forest Edge is

59:00 ↗ critical both in its vulnerability to

59:02 ↗ invasives and how we manage that that

59:04 ↗ then you write the the

59:07 ↗ relationship to to the to the private

59:09 ↗ and and our s responsibility and

59:11 ↗ liabilities as you said

59:14 ↗ D all right Tim you're

59:18 ↗ up thank you very much and thanks for

59:20 ↗ the great presentation and um most of my

59:23 ↗ concerns have been touched on already by

59:26 ↗ some others uh primarily you know trees

59:29 ↗ do not equal a forest so the under story

59:33 ↗ question is important but the

59:34 ↗ presentation and the way we talk about

59:36 ↗ things tends to sort of uh use the term

59:41 ↗ trees and Forest interchangeably and I

59:43 ↗ think it's important that those two

59:46 ↗ terms be acknowledged as having

59:48 ↗ different

59:49 ↗ meanings

59:51 ↗ um so one question that has not

59:55 ↗ come up uh is do we have a model for

59:59 ↗ what a healthy

1:00:01 ↗ forest for isqua looks like meaning X

1:00:05 ↗ number of Cedars uh big big leaf maples

1:00:10 ↗ uh Doug Furs what what does that look

1:00:12 ↗ like because otherwise we could

1:00:15 ↗ overemphasize a particular species

1:00:17 ↗ versus another and what what's the

1:00:19 ↗ what's sort of like the goal of what an

1:00:22 ↗ esqua Forest we want it to look like so

1:00:26 ↗ I think that's an important sort of uh

1:00:28 ↗ Guiding Light for when we start looking

1:00:30 ↗ at what trees you put where and how you

1:00:32 ↗ interpers them

1:00:35 ↗ um as to the survey uh I think it's

1:00:38 ↗ great you're doing the survey getting

1:00:40 ↗ minut much input as you can uh I am

1:00:43 ↗ sensitive to surveys and the fact that

1:00:45 ↗ you have to be very careful to ask

1:00:47 ↗ unbiased questions to get the

1:00:50 ↗ information you're really looking for so

1:00:53 ↗ I hope somewhere along the line you have

1:00:56 ↗ some people that have some background on

1:00:58 ↗ formulating unbiased questions so that

1:01:01 ↗ you're not leading people to the answer

1:01:03 ↗ that you want to get it's kind of an art

1:01:06 ↗ part art part science but it's an

1:01:08 ↗ important part of the process when you

1:01:10 ↗ do a

1:01:11 ↗ survey and my last point or question is

1:01:14 ↗ around funding with the vision that's

1:01:18 ↗ being put forward on what we're going to

1:01:20 ↗ do to manage the isqua uh Urban for

1:01:24 ↗ forest does it line up with with the

1:01:26 ↗ anticipated funding uh it's great to

1:01:29 ↗ have an a great idea but if it's out of

1:01:31 ↗ the

1:01:32 ↗ budgetary uh capabilities then it

1:01:35 ↗ doesn't do a lot of good so I just want

1:01:37 ↗ to kind of see how it falls within that

1:01:40 ↗ uh framework and that's all I have thank

1:01:45 ↗ you thank you Tim um I guess kind of on

1:01:49 ↗ the model Forest thing I think I think

1:01:51 ↗ it's still important to kind of look at

1:01:52 ↗ trees in the built environment in a very

1:01:54 ↗ clear recommendation that will be in

1:01:55 ↗ this plan is a need for a tree inventory

1:01:57 ↗ so this once again to be clear is

1:01:59 ↗ talking usually more about Street trees

1:02:01 ↗ trees that maintain Park areas we don't

1:02:04 ↗ have a good sense of you know what

1:02:05 ↗ percentage of trees from certain

1:02:07 ↗ families and I think as most of you know

1:02:09 ↗ I mean trees the closer related they are

1:02:11 ↗ the more likely they're susceptible the

1:02:13 ↗ same disease pest pathogens all that

1:02:15 ↗ sort of stuff so I mean you'll see

1:02:16 ↗ guidance of you know having less than

1:02:17 ↗ 10% of trees from the same genus you

1:02:20 ↗ know at used the street trees as you

1:02:22 ↗ know we're concerned around Emerald ashb

1:02:24 ↗ and other you know pests that are making

1:02:26 ↗ their way out to the West Coast in terms

1:02:28 ↗ of our natural areas and forests that's

1:02:30 ↗ a good question you know I have I've

1:02:31 ↗ been doing this work you know more so in

1:02:33 ↗ those areas for the past decade and have

1:02:35 ↗ a pretty good visual in my head but I I

1:02:38 ↗ I've never actually seen that clear and

1:02:40 ↗ writing and I think you know the the

1:02:41 ↗ main takeaway there is is biodiversity

1:02:44 ↗ you know the more different species and

1:02:45 ↗ once again this comes back to what you

1:02:47 ↗ all are talking about too you know both

1:02:48 ↗ at the level of canopy but also you know

1:02:50 ↗ within our tree species is you know

1:02:52 ↗ looking at biodiversity at the species

1:02:54 ↗ level and also at the genetic level is

1:02:56 ↗ kind of really where a lot of the field

1:02:58 ↗ is moving in terms of the climate

1:02:59 ↗ adaptation and and looking where we

1:03:01 ↗ actually Source our plants for and what

1:03:03 ↗ they're uh adapted to in terms of their

1:03:05 ↗ genetics so that kind of answers the

1:03:07 ↗ first part of it I I maybe for now we'll

1:03:10 ↗ hold off unless Jeff or Chris wants to

1:03:12 ↗ add anything on um you know kind of

1:03:15 ↗ model Forest uh funding things like that

1:03:18 ↗ all things that we're going to be you

1:03:19 ↗ know working on to kind of build out

1:03:20 ↗ both internally certainly through grants

1:03:22 ↗ that the state provides there's a really

1:03:24 ↗ opportunity through DNR to build out the

1:03:26 ↗ tree inventory and some work there but I

1:03:28 ↗ wouldn't say I have a perfect answer for

1:03:30 ↗ you on that one right now

1:03:32 ↗ but yeah I maybe I can touch real quick

1:03:35 ↗ on the funding question it's a really

1:03:36 ↗ good one I would say that's never a

1:03:38 ↗ static question uh funding is always

1:03:40 ↗ going to be a dynamic reality um

1:03:43 ↗ something I was going to say at the end

1:03:44 ↗ but I'll say now um a little Bridge

1:03:47 ↗ comment we're talking about an urban

1:03:48 ↗ Force management plan our first one

1:03:50 ↗ we're also talking about a park Plan

1:03:51 ↗ update um Park plan updates matter this

1:03:55 ↗ is a 2018 plan it's pretty tattered this

1:03:58 ↗ is my copy um one of our operational

1:04:01 ↗ strategies was initiate Green isqua in

1:04:05 ↗ an urban Forest management plan so when

1:04:07 ↗ this was adopted in 2018 we really

1:04:09 ↗ started telling that story we didn't

1:04:11 ↗ have the operational capacity we didn't

1:04:13 ↗ have the funding to do that and starting

1:04:16 ↗ to tell that

1:04:17 ↗ story be an extension of the community

1:04:20 ↗ voice of why this is important I think

1:04:22 ↗ we can see we've made a lot of progress

1:04:24 ↗ and so um I would say that funding

1:04:27 ↗ question is again is not static as as we

1:04:30 ↗ tell the

1:04:31 ↗ stories near the importance of um truly

1:04:36 ↗ managing and stewarding a forest that is

1:04:38 ↗ not static in itself it's constantly

1:04:40 ↗ Dynamic um that's you know we're going

1:04:44 ↗ to continue to be um sort of having

1:04:46 ↗ those conversations with not only City

1:04:48 ↗ resources needed but how those City

1:04:50 ↗ resources can leverage other grants um

1:04:53 ↗ so

1:04:54 ↗ again kudos to Dan but uh kudos to the

1:04:57 ↗ community um the the the park plan

1:04:59 ↗ starts to tell some really really

1:05:01 ↗ important stories that we're seeing um

1:05:03 ↗ some really demonstrated progress in

1:05:05 ↗ both green Isa and um our first urban

1:05:08 ↗ Forest

1:05:17 ↗ plan right we'll move on to the not

1:05:21 ↗ segue to the park system Plan update I

1:05:23 ↗ guess was a

1:05:25 ↗ sign thank you thanks so much Chris

1:05:28 ↗ thanks Chris thanks everyone for your

1:05:30 ↗ time and the questions take care Dan

1:05:33 ↗ yeah thank you Dan thank you everybody

1:05:35 ↗ um I just want to Echo one thing I'm

1:05:37 ↗ sorry Chris under story matters you're

1:05:40 ↗ absolutely right and and whether it's

1:05:43 ↗ the the I think the feedback we've

1:05:45 ↗ already gotten um what we're learning

1:05:47 ↗ through green isqua Dan is not only

1:05:50 ↗ leading this effort but um our volunteer

1:05:53 ↗ coordinator who leads green qua is also

1:05:54 ↗ under Dan's charge so like we already

1:05:57 ↗ have some Symmetry and understanding um

1:06:00 ↗ how we're launching greenis sequa how

1:06:03 ↗ we're sort of Leaning into removal of

1:06:06 ↗ invasives health of understory is going

1:06:07 ↗ to be that's that's going to be data

1:06:09 ↗ that's right in line with um with this

1:06:12 ↗ work as well so really appreciate

1:06:14 ↗ everybody's comments and um really many

1:06:18 ↗ of you drove that that point home and

1:06:21 ↗ it's it's absolutely

1:06:23 ↗ true

1:06:28 ↗ that

1:06:31 ↗ problem let's

1:06:33 ↗ go and Chris can I just ask you to oh

1:06:36 ↗ there we go give me one second I

1:06:40 ↗ share thanks again

1:06:42 ↗ everyone thanks

1:06:53 ↗ Chris

1:06:56 ↗ so maybe while this is getting teed

1:06:58 ↗ up um thank you Park Board environmental

1:07:01 ↗ board so great to have you here Park

1:07:03 ↗ Board this is an extension of a number

1:07:06 ↗ of our conversations but great to have

1:07:07 ↗ environmental board enter into this um

1:07:11 ↗ um we had a survey go out to the

1:07:13 ↗ community speaking of surveys over 750

1:07:15 ↗ responses great feedback um had a great

1:07:18 ↗ discussion last month with the park

1:07:20 ↗ board around that survey feedback began

1:07:22 ↗ to sort of um prop up what was six

1:07:25 ↗ themes that were discussed um at the

1:07:27 ↗ last meeting your your feedback has has

1:07:30 ↗ really I think driven and scaled this

1:07:32 ↗ down to to sort of four themes we want

1:07:34 ↗ to consider um Robin's gonna sort of

1:07:37 ↗ walk through these we really are looking

1:07:39 ↗ forward to a very facilitated discussion

1:07:42 ↗ that um I think speaks to one of the

1:07:44 ↗ really really important elements of isaz

1:07:47 ↗ Park system and that's um this community

1:07:50 ↗ wants its Park system to do multiple

1:07:52 ↗ things um this park system is essential

1:07:56 ↗ in stewardship um ecological

1:08:00 ↗ Environmental Conservation goals that

1:08:02 ↗ have long existed in isqua um and that's

1:08:04 ↗ a key role of this park system but

1:08:06 ↗ another key role of this park system is

1:08:08 ↗ the ability and quality of life and the

1:08:11 ↗ community wants athletic fields and

1:08:13 ↗ courts and playgrounds and all sorts of

1:08:16 ↗ that other stuff and um I think our goal

1:08:20 ↗ tonight is to really um hear from all of

1:08:24 ↗ what a great representation of residents

1:08:25 ↗ who feel both of those are really really

1:08:28 ↗ important how do we best balance those

1:08:31 ↗ and how do we recognize our our canvas

1:08:33 ↗ here in isqua is not um it's not landr

1:08:38 ↗ we're extremely land constrainted um as

1:08:40 ↗ a as a town and a city so just look

1:08:42 ↗ forward to a really good discussion

1:08:45 ↗ and helping us begin to to really start

1:08:48 ↗ framing up and create projects and

1:08:50 ↗ priorities Within These these themes so

1:08:53 ↗ thanks for that intro Rob take it

1:08:56 ↗ away thank

1:09:05 ↗ you all

1:09:08 ↗ right I yeah great so I know that the

1:09:12 ↗ park board knows a lot about the park

1:09:14 ↗ system Plan update and why we're doing

1:09:16 ↗ it we thought we'd update the

1:09:18 ↗ environmental board to let you know why

1:09:20 ↗ we're doing the plan uh what its purpose

1:09:22 ↗ is and what it can achieve for us in the

1:09:25 ↗ future so park system plans are created

1:09:27 ↗ and updated every six years um we're at

1:09:31 ↗ our fifth year

1:09:33 ↗ so that's why we're doing the update

1:09:35 ↗ right now um adopted Park plans ensure

1:09:38 ↗ eligibility for state and federal level

1:09:41 ↗ grants which we go for I believe almost

1:09:44 ↗ every year on those espcially King

1:09:45 ↗ County and then the goals and policies

1:09:48 ↗ are incorporated into the city's

1:09:50 ↗ comprehensive plan and the comprehensive

1:09:52 ↗ plan comes is part of the state's growth

1:09:55 ↗ management act so um our Park element is

1:09:58 ↗ in there I think there's an

1:09:59 ↗ environmental element that I just

1:10:01 ↗ reviewed so it's a critical pretty

1:10:04 ↗ critical piece of every part of the

1:10:06 ↗ plans in the city Um this can guide the

1:10:09 ↗ community's goals and Visions for the

1:10:11 ↗ park system we don't do this alone it's

1:10:14 ↗ definitely part um it's really the

1:10:17 ↗ community's Visions um our goals and

1:10:21 ↗ what they want for the park system so

1:10:23 ↗ really a reflection of the the

1:10:25 ↗ neighborhoods and uh residents needs um

1:10:29 ↗ includes quite a bit of public

1:10:31 ↗ participation for comments and feedback

1:10:33 ↗ we've done a survey uh we've done focus

1:10:35 ↗ groups um we're about to go back out for

1:10:38 ↗ another mapping exercise so um we're

1:10:42 ↗ really enjoying connecting with the

1:10:44 ↗ community and learning more about what

1:10:45 ↗ they

1:10:46 ↗ need uh this will establish level of

1:10:49 ↗ service which again speaks to grant

1:10:51 ↗ opportunities and alternative funding

1:10:52 ↗ sources and this helps us to establish

1:10:55 ↗ the goals and policies that that uh help

1:10:58 ↗ guide the parks and especially the

1:11:00 ↗ planning team when we're making

1:11:02 ↗ decisions and setting priorities and

1:11:04 ↗ projects for the next six

1:11:07 ↗ years so at our last session in January

1:11:12 ↗ we came to the park board with I believe

1:11:14 ↗ six themes and from the feedback we

1:11:16 ↗ heard it was a lot of overlap in those

1:11:19 ↗ themes so we came let's see if we could

1:11:21 ↗ review those it was connections Park and

1:11:23 ↗ entities athletic fields acquisition

1:11:26 ↗ strategy Environmental Protection and

1:11:28 ↗ stewardship and Partnerships so this

1:11:30 ↗ came from a lot of the feedback we heard

1:11:32 ↗ from the community and the focus groups

1:11:34 ↗ and these are the key elements that we

1:11:36 ↗ pulled out parkboard asked us because

1:11:39 ↗ there was so much overlap and to

1:11:41 ↗ condense us a little bit more into four

1:11:44 ↗ and we came up with four pretty much

1:11:46 ↗ four main themes um we're looking at

1:11:49 ↗ system connections which is systemwide

1:11:52 ↗ connectivity between the part trails

1:11:54 ↗ open spaces and surrounding public

1:11:56 ↗ lands um that ties back into the green

1:12:00 ↗ necklace but we're also looking at those

1:12:02 ↗ social and economic connections that

1:12:04 ↗ Parks provides so we're not look not

1:12:06 ↗ only looking at your physical well-being

1:12:08 ↗ but mental and social well-being as well

1:12:11 ↗ um making sure that enriches and kind of

1:12:15 ↗ enhances our quality of life and and

1:12:17 ↗ fulfills a thriving Community here we're

1:12:20 ↗ looking at system resiliencies

1:12:22 ↗ so again tying back into what Dan was

1:12:25 ↗ saying about the urban Forest future

1:12:28 ↗ adaptability of systems that can respond

1:12:30 ↗ to climate change and environmental

1:12:32 ↗ pressures and back to what Jeff was

1:12:34 ↗ saying because we are land constrained

1:12:36 ↗ our parks are going to have to serve

1:12:37 ↗ multiple purposes now so we want to

1:12:40 ↗ focus on protection and stewardship

1:12:42 ↗ still of our natural and open spaces and

1:12:45 ↗ securing enhancing and creating habitat

1:12:48 ↗ where we can and that's a personal

1:12:50 ↗ philosophy of M if we take it out we

1:12:51 ↗ want to put it back even better or more

1:12:54 ↗ if we can uh we're balancing the

1:12:56 ↗ environment and Recreation by creating

1:12:59 ↗ systems that co-exist again this is

1:13:01 ↗ going to be really important moving

1:13:02 ↗ forward in the future that we have that

1:13:05 ↗ balance we reset some priorities but

1:13:07 ↗ we're also meshing the environment and

1:13:10 ↗ the active Recreation together as much

1:13:12 ↗ as possible uh system

1:13:15 ↗ capabilities uh maximizing utilization

1:13:18 ↗ and optimizing functionality of Park

1:13:20 ↗ spaces for multi-use amenities and and

1:13:23 ↗ acquiring a diverse range of spaces

1:13:25 ↗ spaces that remain Dynamic for future

1:13:28 ↗ recreational Trends and conservation

1:13:30 ↗ opportunities again serving

1:13:33 ↗ multi-purposes multi-use activities but

1:13:36 ↗ meshing the two together as much as

1:13:38 ↗ possible and our last one was

1:13:40 ↗ Partnerships and

1:13:42 ↗ inclusion uh so we want to make sure we

1:13:44 ↗ have access to high quality Parks

1:13:46 ↗ cultural celebrations and amenities

1:13:48 ↗ across different neighborhoods and

1:13:50 ↗ populations making sure that

1:13:52 ↗ disadvantaged communities have the same

1:13:54 ↗ opportunities as other areas in the in

1:13:57 ↗ the city so we want to be fostering

1:13:59 ↗ local and state collaborations of

1:14:01 ↗ Partnerships Partnerships to expand

1:14:03 ↗ system opportunities again we're we're

1:14:05 ↗ going to be looking at other

1:14:07 ↗ Partnerships we're going to be looking

1:14:08 ↗ at school districts so we can expand our

1:14:11 ↗ Athletic Field capabilities among other

1:14:13 ↗ amenities as

1:14:16 ↗ well can I focus on one real quick great

1:14:19 ↗ overview Robin you know the system

1:14:21 ↗ connections is is really big we we hear

1:14:24 ↗ over and over again with this community

1:14:28 ↗ um not only connectivity from a a trail

1:14:32 ↗ standpoint uh but really um and not just

1:14:35 ↗ in the city but how our system really is

1:14:38 ↗ that gateway to the public lands around

1:14:40 ↗ us um I got here in 2016 the green

1:14:45 ↗ necklace was a vision within the central

1:14:48 ↗ Isa plan I think as we hear more and

1:14:50 ↗ more from the survey we've had this

1:14:52 ↗ conversation with the park board um we

1:14:55 ↗ really think this plan's an opportunity

1:14:58 ↗ to brand and identify that necklace um

1:15:01 ↗ and when we hear the mix of definitions

1:15:03 ↗ in this community the green necklace

1:15:05 ↗ really is about the entirety of the city

1:15:08 ↗ um it really is thinking of the system

1:15:10 ↗ in its entirety um it's what would it

1:15:14 ↗ look like to really be ambitious and say

1:15:16 ↗ let's make every part connected let's

1:15:18 ↗ create a network that is both in city

1:15:21 ↗ and connects uh to the public lands

1:15:24 ↗ around us

1:15:26 ↗ so just want to want to emphasize that

1:15:29 ↗ point that that in some ways that system

1:15:31 ↗ connection piece is an opportunity to

1:15:33 ↗ really brand and Define the the the

1:15:36 ↗ system um um and not just Central isqua

1:15:40 ↗ so taking that idea of the green

1:15:41 ↗ necklace out of Central isqua and into

1:15:44 ↗ really the whole city thanks Roman did

1:15:47 ↗ you want to do next slide or sure I can

1:15:50 ↗ touch on that okay at least yeah Kick It

1:15:52 ↗ Off yeah sure little improv sure you

1:15:55 ↗ don't want no I don't mind I don't mind

1:15:57 ↗ um so I think this is sort of a

1:16:00 ↗ launching of some of the questions we

1:16:03 ↗ have in the conversation and something

1:16:05 ↗ that we within the parks department

1:16:07 ↗ really um feel compelled to try and

1:16:11 ↗ balance and this becomes a really really

1:16:12 ↗ hard balance in any town right in any

1:16:15 ↗ City you know a a park system and Jamie

1:16:18 ↗ I think your questions were so spot on

1:16:19 ↗ thank you right where you were asking

1:16:22 ↗ hey what is our Park l

1:16:23 ↗ right and when you look at isest Park

1:16:25 ↗ line if you had a chance to look at the

1:16:27 ↗ classifications and the work that we've

1:16:29 ↗ been drafting with the park board and

1:16:31 ↗ how we Define and classify each Park um

1:16:34 ↗ a vast majority of our acreage is open

1:16:36 ↗ space right and and that's really

1:16:38 ↗ important and and that's not

1:16:40 ↗ rare but this reality and this this this

1:16:44 ↗ graph that Robin put together is really

1:16:45 ↗ meant to maybe highlight that the tug

1:16:48 ↗ and pull we we we want to really try and

1:16:51 ↗ balance these values but at times if

1:16:53 ↗ we're not careful these values can

1:16:54 ↗ compete against one another you can have

1:16:57 ↗ this oh my gosh our Park system needs to

1:16:59 ↗ be all about resiliency when you think

1:17:01 ↗ of resiliency the conservation

1:17:03 ↗ environmental ecological climate goals

1:17:06 ↗ that this community has and we really

1:17:08 ↗ need to have and prioritize

1:17:11 ↗ um along with a strong desire that this

1:17:15 ↗ community has um both current residents

1:17:18 ↗ and new residents hey we need athletic

1:17:21 ↗ fields for our kids hey we need we need

1:17:23 ↗ playgrounds in our neighborhood hey we

1:17:26 ↗ need dog parks hey we need stuff so we

1:17:30 ↗ we as we have to act as a developer um

1:17:32 ↗ as we're doing those as well um if you

1:17:35 ↗ take a look at our park

1:17:37 ↗ classifications um you're going to

1:17:39 ↗ notice something that we really want to

1:17:40 ↗ emphasize and it's that honest look in

1:17:42 ↗ the mirror less than 10% of our acreage

1:17:45 ↗ is community Parks neighborhood parks or

1:17:47 ↗ linear parks and those three

1:17:49 ↗ classifications are really our developed

1:17:51 ↗ Parks that's a really really small

1:17:55 ↗ percentage of of our Park system and

1:17:57 ↗ that's not to say oh my gosh we're in

1:17:59 ↗ crisis but it means we're in deficit of

1:18:02 ↗ those Park LS that can provide those

1:18:05 ↗ active amenities that the community

1:18:07 ↗ wants um and so again not trying to

1:18:12 ↗ create crisis in this but really as as

1:18:14 ↗ we jump into the four questions just

1:18:17 ↗ wanted to you to sort of think of this

1:18:19 ↗ graphic and and really want to invite

1:18:21 ↗ some of your your feedback your thoughts

1:18:23 ↗ which which of these maybe are a higher

1:18:24 ↗ priority to you um do you see cities as

1:18:28 ↗ you visit other other communities other

1:18:30 ↗ cities that feel like they've done a

1:18:32 ↗ good job of meshing this balance um and

1:18:34 ↗ maybe just any any feedback you might

1:18:37 ↗ have um because I think this idea of we

1:18:39 ↗ need to be both a resilient and a

1:18:41 ↗ vibrant Park system we really want that

1:18:43 ↗ to be a central message um of this park

1:18:46 ↗ PL

1:18:47 ↗ update oh that's great where is that

1:18:52 ↗ where are the park class ifications that

1:18:53 ↗ you mention I need to send that to the

1:18:56 ↗ environmental board so yeah we'll share

1:19:00 ↗ that

1:19:02 ↗ at also I have a couple copies that we

1:19:05 ↗ can pass

1:19:09 ↗ around hard copies we'll make yeah sorry

1:19:12 ↗ j we were uh putting putting those

1:19:15 ↗ together today on of the park board had

1:19:17 ↗ a chance to see those but um we'll um

1:19:20 ↗ certainly include these in the meeting

1:19:21 ↗ minutes um

1:19:23 ↗ and again hopefully uh in Stoke further

1:19:26 ↗ further conversation not just

1:19:32 ↗ tonight that's kind of a good segue into

1:19:35 ↗ the next slide talking about planning

1:19:36 ↗ and design principles that we be

1:19:39 ↗ undertaking that seek to balance that

1:19:41 ↗ vibrancy and that resiliency in that

1:19:43 ↗ system and I think this is where we can

1:19:46 ↗ overlap with Public Works we can overlap

1:19:48 ↗ with the other plans coming up but it

1:19:50 ↗ feels like what we're hearing and what

1:19:52 ↗ we're finding is we have a lot of the

1:19:54 ↗ same priorities as some of the other

1:19:56 ↗ elements so now it's a matter of meshing

1:19:58 ↗ those together when we go back into

1:20:00 ↗ design and we kind of have six

1:20:03 ↗ principles that that I look at that our

1:20:05 ↗ Consultants look at when we go into

1:20:07 ↗ design we're looking at the cultural and

1:20:09 ↗ physical kind of capabilities of the

1:20:12 ↗ property um whether it's developed

1:20:14 ↗ already or undeveloped we really want to

1:20:16 ↗ take a good look into a feasibility

1:20:18 ↗ study uh we're going to be looking at

1:20:21 ↗ promoting multimodal connectivity

1:20:23 ↗ throughout the city again that goes back

1:20:25 ↗ into our idea of the green necklace

1:20:28 ↗ every Park connected every trail

1:20:30 ↗ connected to making sure that people

1:20:32 ↗ feel comfortable and safe um and have an

1:20:35 ↗ alternative way to move around in the

1:20:38 ↗ city um next one multifunctional

1:20:42 ↗ amenities we want to consolidate

1:20:43 ↗ recreational amenities into sites that

1:20:46 ↗ can provide multi-use

1:20:49 ↗ functionalities uh we can potentially

1:20:51 ↗ reduce land footprint in critical

1:20:54 ↗ resource areas where we need to and

1:20:56 ↗ redevelop and look at redeveloping exist

1:20:58 ↗ existing parks to function a lot better

1:21:02 ↗ um again you know Landing straight we

1:21:03 ↗ have certain minimal land available for

1:21:06 ↗ active Recreation so we want to maximize

1:21:09 ↗ those to the extent possible uh we want

1:21:12 ↗ to be proactive in Park and trail design

1:21:14 ↗ that can integrate sustainable and

1:21:17 ↗ maintainable uh materials and vegetation

1:21:20 ↗ again that goes back to can reinfor

1:21:23 ↗ and can we budget for that maintenance

1:21:26 ↗ capability um and we want to plan for

1:21:28 ↗ parks to have a a Synergy with natural

1:21:31 ↗ weather Cycles again what we're finding

1:21:33 ↗ that potentially could become more

1:21:35 ↗ extreme and we want to make sure our

1:21:37 ↗ Parks can handle that either way so

1:21:39 ↗ we're looking at storm water management

1:21:41 ↗ drought tolerant plants and kind of

1:21:43 ↗ doing a shift looking

1:21:47 ↗ forward next one again tying back into

1:21:51 ↗ climate change and adaptation

1:21:53 ↗ uh we're looking at utilizing new plant

1:21:55 ↗ pallets that are coming out again tying

1:21:57 ↗ back into F urban forestry uh Concepts

1:22:02 ↗ and making sure that our repairing areas

1:22:04 ↗ are active and healthy and Performing

1:22:07 ↗ that storm water management that we

1:22:09 ↗ needed to do uh we want to increase War

1:22:12 ↗ coverage in natural areas to mitigate

1:22:14 ↗ erosion and Rising temperatures that

1:22:16 ↗ also goes for our street trees in our

1:22:18 ↗ Urban forest and more more urban areas

1:22:21 ↗ uh the more trees we have we can combat

1:22:24 ↗ that heat island effect and pull those

1:22:26 ↗ temperatures

1:22:28 ↗ down and reducing perious areas or

1:22:31 ↗ mitigate with perious materials which is

1:22:34 ↗ something we'll be looking at more and

1:22:35 ↗ more in the future and working with

1:22:37 ↗ public works on that uh low impact

1:22:40 ↗ development big buzzword right now

1:22:43 ↗ particularly with storm water management

1:22:45 ↗ but I can of you low impact development

1:22:48 ↗ um as a holistic approach uh looking at

1:22:51 ↗ buildings looking at structures again

1:22:53 ↗ you know rooftop burdens things like

1:22:54 ↗ that or solar just looking at other

1:22:57 ↗ opportunities um it goes along with our

1:23:00 ↗ plant palets of vegetation as well as

1:23:02 ↗ storm water management so it's a lot of

1:23:04 ↗ different characteristics a lot of

1:23:06 ↗ different layers all um combined

1:23:09 ↗ together and of course we want to design

1:23:11 ↗ parks and systems that are Dynamic and

1:23:13 ↗ resilient not only for the social aspect

1:23:16 ↗ but for the environmental aspect as well

1:23:19 ↗ uh green infrastructure are one of my

1:23:21 ↗ favorite topics

1:23:23 ↗ uh we we we're going to be looking at

1:23:24 ↗ integrating bio retention and storm

1:23:26 ↗ water management into our designs and

1:23:30 ↗ that's something that we can kind of fit

1:23:31 ↗ in and fit in around active areas or

1:23:34 ↗ active Recreation areas um again

1:23:38 ↗ choosing green sustainable materials and

1:23:40 ↗ vegetation to decrease storm water

1:23:42 ↗ runoff and increase canopy coverage to

1:23:45 ↗ reduce heat island effects uh water

1:23:48 ↗ conservation you know just based on the

1:23:51 ↗ rain today you don't think we need to to

1:23:52 ↗ conserve water but again with climate

1:23:54 ↗ change changing that's going to be

1:23:56 ↗ something that we'll look at more

1:23:57 ↗ closely so we want to design parks that

1:24:00 ↗ minimize water usages and promote native

1:24:03 ↗ or drought tolerant planting want to

1:24:05 ↗ choose materials that are permeable or

1:24:08 ↗ promote

1:24:09 ↗ infiltration and utilize water-wise

1:24:11 ↗ irrigation systems and reclaimed water

1:24:13 ↗ which I know I reckon the operations

1:24:15 ↗ team is already looking at and doing

1:24:17 ↗ right now and working with public work

1:24:19 ↗ so the best part is we get to start

1:24:22 ↗ working with all the other departments

1:24:24 ↗ um on layering these ideas together with

1:24:27 ↗ our projects

1:24:31 ↗ together so we had four questions we

1:24:33 ↗ wanted to ask both boards

1:24:36 ↗ tonight um the first one did the four

1:24:39 ↗ themes that that we proposed represent

1:24:41 ↗ the diversity of roles we need to we

1:24:44 ↗ need for the city park system to support

1:24:46 ↗ the natural environment and the

1:24:49 ↗ community and we could roll back up to

1:24:52 ↗ those four

1:24:53 ↗ themes why don't you just cover the four

1:24:55 ↗ questions real fast and maybe we can

1:24:57 ↗ just open it up

1:24:59 ↗ for sure what elements of the park

1:25:01 ↗ system help support the climate action

1:25:03 ↗ plan uh what trends or practices have

1:25:06 ↗ you seen the park system that

1:25:07 ↗ successfully balanced resiliency and

1:25:10 ↗ vibrancy um and how do we improve

1:25:12 ↗ functionality in the system while

1:25:14 ↗ accomplishing the conservation efforts

1:25:17 ↗ and practices and this is something we

1:25:19 ↗ talk about and struggle with every day

1:25:21 ↗ it is a big challenge

1:25:22 ↗ uh we'd love more input and more insight

1:25:25 ↗ and just it's a great conversation to

1:25:28 ↗ have with

1:25:31 ↗ everybody had seen an's up before

1:25:37 ↗ something yeah an I think you're first

1:25:40 ↗ if you want to go

1:25:42 ↗ ahead okay cool um way to go another

1:25:46 ↗ great plan and um just just one thing

1:25:49 ↗ that pops out at me is

1:25:52 ↗ we um we're better than all the other

1:25:55 ↗ cities around with um carbon

1:25:58 ↗ sequestration because we have so many

1:26:01 ↗ amazing

1:26:02 ↗ forests um so that I believe is we've

1:26:08 ↗ got question number two what elements of

1:26:10 ↗ the park system can help support the

1:26:11 ↗ climate action plan so that's actually

1:26:15 ↗ in my mind mitigation climate change

1:26:18 ↗ mitigation because we're um we're

1:26:20 ↗ hanging on to and

1:26:23 ↗ quering um carbon in our forests so

1:26:26 ↗ we're helping the whole world with the

1:26:28 ↗ forest and so maybe that's something we

1:26:31 ↗ could call out a little bit more

1:26:34 ↗ um and and

1:26:37 ↗ then another thing

1:26:40 ↗ um I know I said this before but this is

1:26:43 ↗ actually the the right space for it um

1:26:46 ↗ the distributed energy um solar panels

1:26:50 ↗ is what comes to my mind first

1:26:52 ↗ but maybe some storage eventually um you

1:26:56 ↗ know maybe on all of the buildings and

1:26:58 ↗ I'm really visible out there in our

1:27:00 ↗ parks and in the community um not just

1:27:04 ↗ because for two reasons because it helps

1:27:07 ↗ people see that we're actually doing

1:27:09 ↗ something it um um climate

1:27:12 ↗ change is um it's hard on the it's

1:27:16 ↗ especially hard on the younger

1:27:17 ↗ generation psychologically and so when

1:27:20 ↗ the kids are at The Parks at their games

1:27:22 ↗ and they see um that the city is

1:27:25 ↗ actually doing something they're they've

1:27:26 ↗ got clean energy that they're um

1:27:30 ↗ Distributing um and creating it makes

1:27:34 ↗ people feel really good so we could do

1:27:38 ↗ two things at once and um and

1:27:43 ↗ then I was I wasn't sure if you wanted

1:27:45 ↗ to add Wildlife corridors in there

1:27:51 ↗ someplace

1:27:52 ↗ and I guess um that's it for me thank

1:27:55 ↗ you so

1:27:56 ↗ much thanks an I'm looking at Stacy's I

1:28:00 ↗ say this we're a few months away from

1:28:03 ↗ having we'll have our first Bay of solar

1:28:05 ↗ panels on the community center uh so

1:28:08 ↗ again as as step one of a a rather big

1:28:11 ↗ public demonstration of of clean energy

1:28:14 ↗ opportunities on our buildings I know

1:28:15 ↗ that was something we've been talking

1:28:17 ↗ about pre pandemic and uh here we are

1:28:20 ↗ about to see it come to fruition so

1:28:22 ↗ yeah and PSC also has a community solar

1:28:25 ↗ program for open spaces so that's

1:28:27 ↗ something I

1:28:30 ↗ cannect so those are those are on top of

1:28:33 ↗ this community those Will Go On Top of

1:28:35 ↗ the community center it's a community

1:28:36 ↗ solar project so it's not to um it's not

1:28:40 ↗ for the community center community

1:28:42 ↗ members will be able to subscribe to

1:28:46 ↗ it cool well thank you the more we the

1:28:50 ↗ more we can have of that the better

1:28:54 ↗ D

1:28:56 ↗ um I don't really have a response

1:28:58 ↗ necessarily to these questions I have

1:29:00 ↗ more of a question to you

1:29:03 ↗ so many of the low impact with

1:29:06 ↗ experiened in developing Parts I've

1:29:08 ↗ learned that many of the low impact and

1:29:10 ↗ green

1:29:12 ↗ infrastructure um bmps as they're called

1:29:16 ↗ um are often diff difficult to get to

1:29:18 ↗ work or get to work properly or to be

1:29:21 ↗ maintainable

1:29:22 ↗ um but that doesn't reduce the

1:29:26 ↗ importance of trying and trying to

1:29:28 ↗ improve those and learning from

1:29:30 ↗ them uh with especially with the new uh

1:29:35 ↗ chapter 18 Title 18 yeah TI 18

1:29:39 ↗ requirements regarding trees and tree

1:29:41 ↗ coverage require canopy coverage

1:29:45 ↗ requirements it seems like that would be

1:29:49 ↗ uh a strong uh promoter

1:29:52 ↗ of for any development including Park

1:29:55 ↗ projects to

1:29:57 ↗ encourage basically massive planting of

1:29:59 ↗ trees or you much higher level of

1:30:01 ↗ planting of trees but it could also be

1:30:04 ↗ sort of a challenge when you're trying

1:30:06 ↗ to create a large Park area you know

1:30:09 ↗ like a athletic field where the the

1:30:12 ↗ requirements May burden what's available

1:30:16 ↗ and what you're trying to accomplish and

1:30:19 ↗ I so where I'm getting to is my question

1:30:21 ↗ is

1:30:22 ↗ have you

1:30:23 ↗ guys encountered this challenge with you

1:30:26 ↗ know essentially the the accounting of

1:30:29 ↗ usable park space as compared to now

1:30:33 ↗ current requirements for canopy coverage

1:30:35 ↗ and how has that impacted you you know

1:30:37 ↗ because even if you're planting trees in

1:30:39 ↗ every corner of something you might

1:30:42 ↗ still be constrained so you may not know

1:30:44 ↗ the answer now but I I'm really curious

1:30:46 ↗ about how that's no it's a it's a great

1:30:49 ↗ example Chris of the very thing that

1:30:50 ↗ that Matrix were saying

1:30:52 ↗ we want to do both but we're um we

1:30:55 ↗ haven't faced the new title 18 yet in

1:30:57 ↗ terms of a a project and submitting an

1:30:59 ↗ application for it but we know we will

1:31:01 ↗ we've already been in conversation with

1:31:03 ↗ planning about how do we um how do we

1:31:06 ↗ accomplish both um you I think many of

1:31:10 ↗ the room are probably already aware we

1:31:12 ↗ last year we planted about 20,000 trees

1:31:14 ↗ we're going to plan another 20,000 this

1:31:16 ↗ year so so we are stewards within the

1:31:19 ↗ entirety of the park system uh the

1:31:22 ↗ conversations we're having with planning

1:31:23 ↗ is how do we see and understand that

1:31:27 ↗ every parcel isn't the same right tibits

1:31:30 ↗ Valley Park or Central Park and the

1:31:33 ↗ synthetic turf fields up there have a a

1:31:35 ↗ really important role to play that's

1:31:38 ↗ sort of density that multi-use and the

1:31:40 ↗ more multi-use we get the better we can

1:31:43 ↗ we can sort of Serve and Protect the

1:31:46 ↗ rest of the park system and so um I

1:31:50 ↗ think as we look at our next one two or

1:31:54 ↗ three sort of larger Park projects um

1:31:56 ↗ and have to apply that uh we're like

1:31:59 ↗ already trying to pose those questions

1:32:01 ↗ to planning and and how do we sort of

1:32:05 ↗ recognize as stewards of the park system

1:32:08 ↗ our right hand and left hand are trying

1:32:09 ↗ to work complimentary we're we're we're

1:32:11 ↗ trying to plant trees and protect the

1:32:13 ↗ forest while at the same time

1:32:15 ↗ understanding there's certain large

1:32:17 ↗ Parcels that probably we we we can't

1:32:21 ↗ plant a forest in a multi-use athletic

1:32:24 ↗ field and so um its application is still

1:32:28 ↗ to

1:32:29 ↗ be figured out but but planning is

1:32:32 ↗ certainly certainly very understandable

1:32:35 ↗ of

1:32:37 ↗ of our intent and our desire to do both

1:32:41 ↗ I think another more direct example that

1:32:43 ↗ maybe isn't to the new title 18 but I

1:32:45 ↗ think represents the balance we're

1:32:47 ↗ trying to make as Hillside Park without

1:32:49 ↗ going into too many examples we should

1:32:51 ↗ be to bid here in the next couple of

1:32:53 ↗ weeks but if you recall Park Ford knows

1:32:56 ↗ this Hillside Park neighborhood park um

1:33:00 ↗ Community up there has wanted

1:33:01 ↗ neighborhood park amenities within that

1:33:04 ↗ um other community members not so much

1:33:06 ↗ Brenda knows this she's she's a neighbor

1:33:09 ↗ uh we um have proposed some neighborhood

1:33:12 ↗ park improvements at at Hillside Park

1:33:14 ↗ that are going to really strike that

1:33:16 ↗ balance um but in that work we

1:33:19 ↗ discovered that Playfield that ball

1:33:21 ↗ field also had a very isolated

1:33:23 ↗ nonfunctioning Wetland on it and so um

1:33:28 ↗ not trees specifically but it's like how

1:33:30 ↗ do we accomplish this goal of resiliency

1:33:33 ↗ and vibrancy we we need that Wetland to

1:33:35 ↗ function but it's functioning very

1:33:37 ↗ poorly when it's also trying to be a

1:33:39 ↗ field and so in that work we ended up

1:33:43 ↗ fully mitigating that Wetland so we're

1:33:45 ↗ about to create a wetland down on isqua

1:33:47 ↗ Creek on the park Point Property again

1:33:50 ↗ utilizing thinking of the whole system

1:33:52 ↗ we're going to end up with a better

1:33:53 ↗ functioning Wetland um that's connected

1:33:56 ↗ to the creek and the neighborhood's

1:33:58 ↗ going to have a better functioning field

1:34:01 ↗ um in its neighborhood park and so um I

1:34:04 ↗ I I think as we move ahead with projects

1:34:07 ↗ whether it's trees whether it's but

1:34:10 ↗ looking at Title 18 I think we're going

1:34:12 ↗ to need to be very creative in how we're

1:34:16 ↗ um again try as as Robin said have this

1:34:20 ↗ goal of in the park system but also

1:34:23 ↗ environmental resiliency we're going to

1:34:25 ↗ we're going to need to get really Uber

1:34:27 ↗ creative and and how we maybe have to

1:34:30 ↗ separate them to have them work better

1:34:33 ↗ together that makes sense so using a lot

1:34:36 ↗ of the small Pockets to help compensate

1:34:39 ↗ for offset offset

1:34:42 ↗ for I guess thinking of the whole

1:34:45 ↗ system and its function and could we put

1:34:48 ↗ those trees somewhere else and still

1:34:50 ↗ accomplish the same goal

1:34:52 ↗ could we trade that off with more

1:34:53 ↗ pollinators in those little pocket areas

1:34:55 ↗ instead so still there's that that

1:34:58 ↗ ecological benefit to that make the

1:35:01 ↗ intent let's make the system better but

1:35:04 ↗ also part of making that system better

1:35:06 ↗ is we

1:35:07 ↗ need we need active Recreation areas to

1:35:12 ↗ to function really well

1:35:13 ↗ too yeah I to just to touch on it what

1:35:17 ↗ triggered that thought for me was not

1:35:19 ↗ everybody U see the the classification

1:35:23 ↗ table or now everybody has it one form

1:35:25 ↗ or another but you know the number that

1:35:26 ↗ jumped out was you so we have 85%

1:35:28 ↗ essentially of open space and that's

1:35:31 ↗ great but we also have these other

1:35:33 ↗ pressures from you know vast percentage

1:35:36 ↗ of the population that that wants these

1:35:39 ↗ active Recreation uses so how do you how

1:35:42 ↗ do you accomplish both goals and balance

1:35:44 ↗ this is where I was going really good

1:35:47 ↗ Chris and you're right our sister I

1:35:48 ↗ would say when we Benchmark that

1:35:50 ↗ percentage

1:35:51 ↗ breakdown with other cities were

1:35:53 ↗ underprescribed in in community park and

1:35:56 ↗ neighborhood park spaces and that's not

1:35:57 ↗ to say well it was us that's just to say

1:36:00 ↗ hey we're gonna really need to get

1:36:02 ↗ creative and how

1:36:04 ↗ we accomplish

1:36:07 ↗ both got Tom first then Brad and then

1:36:10 ↗ we'll come to Jamie and then

1:36:13 ↗ Nancy okay thank you Tom Anderson here a

1:36:17 ↗ lot of great themes here of the park

1:36:20 ↗ system elements I just want to focus on

1:36:22 ↗ uh one that's near and dear to my heart

1:36:25 ↗ and that is the multimodal uh

1:36:27 ↗ Transportation element and how the

1:36:30 ↗ green necklace can couple into that um

1:36:34 ↗ providing new corridors of multimodal

1:36:38 ↗ Transportation uh you know we have a

1:36:41 ↗ transportation problem here in isqua and

1:36:44 ↗ and often when it's disgustful what to

1:36:46 ↗ do what to do we just rig our hands and

1:36:49 ↗ unsure about what to do because because

1:36:51 ↗ our options for producing more roads are

1:36:55 ↗ are very limited our options for

1:36:58 ↗ producing uh more multimodal uh

1:37:02 ↗ corridors are there's there's many more

1:37:05 ↗ of those and U uh this is this has been

1:37:08 ↗ a part of my life I I have bicycles and

1:37:11 ↗ uh if I want to zip into town to do an

1:37:13 ↗ era during rush hour uh I can I can

1:37:17 ↗ accomplish that little eror down my my

1:37:19 ↗ bike more quickly than I can get got my

1:37:21 ↗ car this is a fact and it has affected

1:37:24 ↗ my behavior and I think that this is an

1:37:28 ↗ increasing U condition for many

1:37:31 ↗ residents in in town and providing the

1:37:34 ↗ opportunity to get where they need to go

1:37:37 ↗ through a

1:37:38 ↗ multi- modal Corridor on non-motorized

1:37:42 ↗ vehicles is something we need to really

1:37:45 ↗ work on and um so I I look forward to uh

1:37:50 ↗ where we can go with that here with the

1:37:52 ↗ park system plan and I guess part of qu

1:37:56 ↗ so the question I wanted I wanted to

1:37:57 ↗ make that point but then ask the follow

1:38:00 ↗ on question how does that couple in with

1:38:03 ↗ uh the park plan versus uh

1:38:06 ↗ Transportation plan I mean these things

1:38:09 ↗ kind of go together uh how is that

1:38:12 ↗ balanced out in the preparation of the

1:38:15 ↗ related

1:38:17 ↗ plans thank you yeah well thanks Tom I

1:38:20 ↗ I'll I'll touch on that really fast I

1:38:23 ↗ it's it's both but starting with the

1:38:25 ↗ park system plan and it sounds like you

1:38:27 ↗ would agree we feel like the green

1:38:30 ↗ necklace again needs to be taken taken

1:38:33 ↗ out but broadened Beyond just

1:38:35 ↗ centralistic law the green necklace

1:38:37 ↗ really should Encompass the whole system

1:38:40 ↗ and and we really want to take the

1:38:41 ↗ opportunity to for this park Plan update

1:38:44 ↗ to really give it a definition that is

1:38:46 ↗ systemwide um that definition is and

1:38:50 ↗ this gets to what I was saying about

1:38:51 ↗ both is hey how do we prioritize and and

1:38:55 ↗ find those off- right away Trail

1:38:58 ↗ connections um

1:39:00 ↗ utilizing existing corridors um Etc but

1:39:04 ↗ realizing that systemwide every part

1:39:07 ↗ connected vision is going to also need

1:39:11 ↗ key RightWay on RightWay in RightWay

1:39:14 ↗ pedestrian connections multimodal

1:39:16 ↗ connections and so that's where um we

1:39:20 ↗ will be working very closely with public

1:39:22 ↗ works and the transportation folks and

1:39:24 ↗ making sure that new green necklace um I

1:39:29 ↗ hesitate in saying that name that that

1:39:31 ↗ new brand of sort of systemwide

1:39:33 ↗ city-wide connectivity Public Works is

1:39:36 ↗ involved in that so is they're doing

1:39:38 ↗ their um transportation Mobility

1:39:42 ↗ planning um transportation

1:39:44 ↗ prioritization for their capital

1:39:46 ↗ projects they're really thinking of not

1:39:48 ↗ just park projects but um those

1:39:51 ↗ connectivity projects um so that the

1:39:54 ↗ sidewalk system isn't a separate set of

1:39:58 ↗ infrastructure from these connectivity

1:40:00 ↗ goals they're really complimentary so

1:40:03 ↗ more work ahead for us to make sure

1:40:05 ↗ those talk to each other a whole lot

1:40:06 ↗ better than I think they have over the

1:40:09 ↗ last 20 30

1:40:13 ↗ years okay thank

1:40:17 ↗ you your

1:40:19 ↗ next

1:40:21 ↗ did you say my name sure did

1:40:26 ↗ okay uh so I like it all and uh I like

1:40:30 ↗ the four themes I I guess the thing that

1:40:33 ↗ I might like to perhaps see incorporated

1:40:37 ↗ into one of the themes in system

1:40:40 ↗ resilience might be something related to

1:40:43 ↗ Wildlife you know there certainly we

1:40:45 ↗ have importance of wildlife but I'm not

1:40:47 ↗ seeing Wildlife actually captioned

1:40:49 ↗ anywhere and that might be a good place

1:40:51 ↗ to put it in conjunction with

1:40:53 ↗ habitat uh and that might be also in

1:40:55 ↗ conjunction with understory and and all

1:40:58 ↗ of that but uh you know Wildlife

1:41:00 ↗ corridors Wildlife related habitat all

1:41:03 ↗ important elements uh to

1:41:05 ↗ this um regarding the clim the second

1:41:08 ↗ one with climate action plan you know

1:41:11 ↗ Jeff has made lots of really great

1:41:13 ↗ comments tonight about connectivity and

1:41:15 ↗ I think frankly that's really a huge

1:41:18 ↗ contribution to the climate action plan

1:41:22 ↗ if we can really solve the connection

1:41:24 ↗ aspect to it because it takes so many

1:41:26 ↗ more cars off the road people have

1:41:28 ↗ access to all the parks and trails and

1:41:30 ↗ everything and and just I I just really

1:41:34 ↗ think that would help substantially in

1:41:35 ↗ addition to you know improving the tree

1:41:38 ↗ canopy you know one thing sticks out to

1:41:40 ↗ me when I see this comment what trends

1:41:43 ↗ or practices have you seen in park

1:41:45 ↗ systems I'm not sure whether this

1:41:47 ↗ comment belongs in that one or the next

1:41:49 ↗ question but you know when I when I

1:41:52 ↗ travel around and look at National Park

1:41:55 ↗ systems for instance a couple thing and

1:41:57 ↗ State Park systems as well the couple

1:42:00 ↗ things that that stick out to me that

1:42:02 ↗ would be really nice at some point to

1:42:04 ↗ implement within our Park system uh is

1:42:07 ↗ more interpretive elements because

1:42:09 ↗ that's a kind of a an educational

1:42:11 ↗ component for the for the community and

1:42:14 ↗ as it relates to our our parks and and

1:42:18 ↗ interpretive elements can be signage

1:42:20 ↗ interpretive elements can be um

1:42:23 ↗ interpretive Specialists like the state

1:42:25 ↗ park you know puts on for the community

1:42:29 ↗ uh and I know our park rangers is

1:42:30 ↗ starting to do a little of that it' be

1:42:32 ↗ nice to expand on that somewhat you know

1:42:35 ↗ and this is really way out there I

1:42:37 ↗ suppose but you know as we're growing

1:42:39 ↗ into the trail City and and all it

1:42:42 ↗ really be nice to give some

1:42:43 ↗ consideration at some point to actually

1:42:45 ↗ having a visitor center someplace you

1:42:49 ↗ know Central Within within our Park

1:42:51 ↗ system that the community could go as an

1:42:54 ↗ to have access to uh to a lot of

1:42:58 ↗ educational

1:42:59 ↗ elements uh and uh could really

1:43:02 ↗ recognize you know how they can

1:43:05 ↗ contribute to um uh you know our

1:43:08 ↗ landscape and and what is available you

1:43:10 ↗ know a lot of times uh you know you can

1:43:13 ↗ go online and actually maybe see

1:43:15 ↗ something but to actually have a central

1:43:18 ↗ location maybe you know in Junction with

1:43:21 ↗ the green necklace that that could be a

1:43:24 ↗ hub to some extent and an opportunity

1:43:27 ↗ for people to have a bit of a visitor

1:43:30 ↗ center situation I I love the visitor

1:43:32 ↗ centers that are conducted by the

1:43:34 ↗ national park system and that's a down

1:43:38 ↗ the road Vision but something to maybe

1:43:40 ↗ plant the seed that would really be nice

1:43:42 ↗ to incorporate within our system at some

1:43:44 ↗ point so thanks thanks

1:43:49 ↗ thanks

1:43:53 ↗ awesome thank you um no I appreciate you

1:43:55 ↗ bringing this um to us and and uh great

1:43:58 ↗ to see the progress you guys have made

1:44:00 ↗ um I first of all I I love the idea of

1:44:02 ↗ connectivity between all of I mean

1:44:04 ↗ that's one of the things I love about is

1:44:06 ↗ sad connectivity to all the parks that

1:44:08 ↗ we have the undeveloped spaces I do

1:44:10 ↗ think that's a theme that I want to talk

1:44:12 ↗ a bit more about which is I think it's

1:44:15 ↗ we we've as a city I think chosen that

1:44:17 ↗ we want to have a lot of open natural

1:44:19 ↗ Green Space so it's a little worrisome

1:44:21 ↗ to hear like that because we have 85%

1:44:24 ↗ natural undeveloped land basically or

1:44:27 ↗ within our Park system that that gives

1:44:28 ↗ us the like that we need to go fill the

1:44:31 ↗ gap or anything I think that that um I

1:44:33 ↗ think there's plenty of spaces already

1:44:36 ↗ semi developed or in more in central is

1:44:39 ↗ I think we should look at the way we

1:44:40 ↗ develop our Parks system to an extent

1:44:42 ↗ how we've looked at how we develop our

1:44:43 ↗ city which is we have Central isqua we

1:44:46 ↗ have areas that we want to put

1:44:48 ↗ development where it's easy to get to

1:44:51 ↗ where there's going to be a lot of

1:44:52 ↗ people that have C that have access to

1:44:54 ↗ it there's public transportation Etc so

1:44:57 ↗ I really think that that is a theme that

1:44:59 ↗ we should bring through and so I'm I

1:45:02 ↗ don't think we're going to go like cut

1:45:04 ↗ down all of Park point or cut like that

1:45:06 ↗ I know that that's not but I do think

1:45:08 ↗ that that doesn't necessarily give us in

1:45:10 ↗ some ways I think it actually when you

1:45:12 ↗ look at the fact that

1:45:13 ↗ 85% plus of our Park system is natural

1:45:17 ↗ space and we don't actually see nature

1:45:19 ↗ in any of the four themes we say them in

1:45:21 ↗ the sub bullet but we use I mean I think

1:45:23 ↗ this is getting into feedback on that

1:45:25 ↗ question of to me using the word system

1:45:28 ↗ three times and not using the word

1:45:29 ↗ nature once in those themes is an

1:45:32 ↗ oversight and I think if you actually

1:45:34 ↗ look at what system resilience says I

1:45:36 ↗ think it says nature and supporting the

1:45:38 ↗ environment so I don't know why we don't

1:45:40 ↗ just say that because I do think that

1:45:42 ↗ that's within our Park system one of the

1:45:44 ↗ key kind of battles or kind of tug of

1:45:47 ↗ wars that that is a great tug of war to

1:45:49 ↗ have which is how do we give the

1:45:51 ↗ services the amenities that everyone

1:45:53 ↗ wants at the same time we promote nature

1:45:55 ↗ and so I think the fact that we don't

1:45:57 ↗ say that is is we should just call it

1:45:59 ↗ what it is which is that is about

1:46:01 ↗ promoting resilience promoting how we

1:46:04 ↗ protect the environment so I think

1:46:05 ↗ that's that's one piece of feedback on

1:46:08 ↗ those themes um so going a little

1:46:12 ↗ further down

1:46:14 ↗ um I do think that in that vein like how

1:46:17 ↗ we look at even areas within our Central

1:46:20 ↗ isqua that are officially on isqua creep

1:46:23 ↗ like how do we make sure that if we're

1:46:25 ↗ going to improve a park um and I think

1:46:27 ↗ the the parks that Tom mentioned a great

1:46:29 ↗ example like if we're going to add

1:46:30 ↗ amenities for for Citizens how do we

1:46:33 ↗ make sure that we're also it's in a

1:46:35 ↗ critical area how do we make sure that

1:46:36 ↗ we're promoting and kind of paying the

1:46:38 ↗ due that that was acquired to to be kind

1:46:41 ↗ of to add connectivity along the along

1:46:44 ↗ the creek and so how do we make sure

1:46:46 ↗ that not only are we developing in a way

1:46:48 ↗ but also like the way that people use it

1:46:50 ↗ think confence is a great example of

1:46:52 ↗ like how are we encouraging and

1:46:54 ↗ discouraging people from certain parts

1:46:56 ↗ of the park and and how do we make sure

1:46:57 ↗ that people are aware that these are we

1:47:00 ↗ say we we put signs but how do we make

1:47:02 ↗ sure that there's like clear

1:47:03 ↗ designations both within the parks and

1:47:06 ↗ within the like our Park system of what

1:47:08 ↗ is for people and what is not for people

1:47:10 ↗ or what is for people in certain

1:47:12 ↗ constraints on a trail versus um running

1:47:15 ↗ them up wherever they want to go so I

1:47:17 ↗ think that's something that um I I I

1:47:20 ↗ think we just I would encourage and and

1:47:22 ↗ want to make sure that makes it into

1:47:24 ↗ this and I think it it will I'm already

1:47:25 ↗ hearing conversation about the kind of

1:47:28 ↗ that that that balance which I think is

1:47:31 ↗ the right word um and then I think the

1:47:35 ↗ last thing that I wanted to mention is I

1:47:38 ↗ will be really curious to see the

1:47:40 ↗ connection between urban Forest

1:47:42 ↗ management plan how we look at I mean

1:47:45 ↗ one of the biggest things that come to

1:47:46 ↗ mind is like samamish coin I don't

1:47:49 ↗ actually know who I think City owns

1:47:50 ↗ smish Co like if you look at satellite

1:47:53 ↗ imagery of of the city and you see like

1:47:57 ↗ where do we actually have space to add

1:47:59 ↗ trees where do we have area like we have

1:48:01 ↗ our crazy like I think we have to add

1:48:03 ↗ 380 acres to get to our 55% can cover

1:48:06 ↗ which a whole don't get me started on

1:48:08 ↗ that I'm not quite sure how we're going

1:48:09 ↗ to do that but like if we look at the

1:48:11 ↗ areas that we really have to like pick

1:48:13 ↗ up Canopy pickup places that we can add

1:48:16 ↗ um

1:48:17 ↗ habitat that seems like a really great

1:48:20 ↗ so I think thinking about how those how

1:48:22 ↗ those areas and and how those two plant

1:48:25 ↗ can tie together to um and it's kind of

1:48:28 ↗ tying in the climate action plan as well

1:48:31 ↗ um but those those types of connections

1:48:33 ↗ I think uh will be super important to

1:48:35 ↗ make sure that we I mean I think that

1:48:37 ↗ would be a great opportunity to have a

1:48:39 ↗ bunch of wins for for all sides on on

1:48:42 ↗ something like a sanish CO par there's

1:48:45 ↗ other examples So yeah thank you thank

1:48:49 ↗ you Jamie and if please everyone but

1:48:51 ↗ both boards please know my my comment of

1:48:54 ↗ 85% isn't the problem it's not a problem

1:48:58 ↗ it's a good thing um I'm just

1:49:02 ↗ recognizing that

1:49:04 ↗ the the acreage we have right now for

1:49:09 ↗ providing the active spaces that this

1:49:11 ↗ community wants is

1:49:13 ↗ underprescribed that doesn't mean the

1:49:15 ↗ parks director isn't saying cool we got

1:49:16 ↗ to go take 85 we got we got to reduce

1:49:18 ↗ that 85 we we need just you let's let's

1:49:23 ↗ keep that percentage of open space let's

1:49:26 ↗ understand some of our it might it might

1:49:29 ↗ mean we need to shift some of our

1:49:30 ↗ acquisition strategies um I look back

1:49:33 ↗ for the last 30 40 years we haven't been

1:49:36 ↗ much of an acquirer of active

1:49:39 ↗ developable land we we might need to do

1:49:42 ↗ that developers don't gift that to the

1:49:44 ↗ city uh we might need to become a little

1:49:46 ↗ bit more aggressive in that right so

1:49:48 ↗ it's some of those approaches we need to

1:49:50 ↗ be thinking of and you're exactly right

1:49:52 ↗ Jamie you know how we

1:49:55 ↗ maximize that existing developable um um

1:50:00 ↗ Community Park neighborhoods Park spaces

1:50:03 ↗ um you know how do we how do we do that

1:50:05 ↗ in a fashion that um

1:50:09 ↗ realizes um I'm glad you you caught

1:50:12 ↗ balance you're absolutely right that

1:50:14 ↗ that we're looking for those wins we're

1:50:16 ↗ looking for that um as you said ability

1:50:20 ↗ for the system has to do both this

1:50:23 ↗ community wants the system to to do both

1:50:27 ↗ um I I also appreciate your your comment

1:50:31 ↗ of of nature right these themes are in

1:50:33 ↗ draft form currently uh we're not trying

1:50:36 ↗ to it's funny we call it Urban Force

1:50:39 ↗ which almost to me is an

1:50:40 ↗ oxymoron system and nature which are

1:50:43 ↗ almost like oxy it can be but you're

1:50:46 ↗ right you're right system could be

1:50:47 ↗ thought of as built system I think my in

1:50:50 ↗ my vac I think of system as both natural

1:50:53 ↗ and but you're right words matter so how

1:50:55 ↗ do we make sure we're

1:50:58 ↗ emphasizing this is very much a natural

1:51:00 ↗ system um and less of a built system we

1:51:03 ↗ got to be really smart and creative in

1:51:05 ↗ how we do the build system so such good

1:51:11 ↗ feedback yeah well I really like your

1:51:14 ↗ themes I think you've done a great job

1:51:16 ↗ with that but the only thing I would

1:51:18 ↗ suggest going along with Jamie's comment

1:51:21 ↗ take system out of each one of them just

1:51:23 ↗ the title is system connections just

1:51:25 ↗ call it connections system resiliency

1:51:28 ↗ take system out of it just say

1:51:29 ↗ resiliency so that in your descriptions

1:51:32 ↗ you can describe what you're trying to

1:51:34 ↗ achieve but not put it in your titles

1:51:36 ↗ because really what you want to talk

1:51:38 ↗ about is more than that we good the

1:51:41 ↗ second part M are kind of different

1:51:43 ↗ ideas around things one of the things

1:51:46 ↗ people really like living here in Isa

1:51:48 ↗ about not just the parks but the bear is

1:51:51 ↗ in your backyard oh I saw a cougar today

1:51:53 ↗ or you know so we need to talk about

1:51:56 ↗ wildlife and that is one of the coolest

1:51:59 ↗ things about isqua and you see it on

1:52:01 ↗ Facebook everybody talking about some

1:52:03 ↗ Critter that showed up last night so we

1:52:05 ↗ need to include that as part of what

1:52:07 ↗ we're trying to protect on our

1:52:09 ↗ Parks then my third theme for you is we

1:52:12 ↗ have another big land owner in this

1:52:14 ↗ community it's called the school

1:52:15 ↗ district somehow belu has managed to

1:52:18 ↗ work with their school District to put

1:52:21 ↗ Sports fields that are maintained by the

1:52:23 ↗ city on School District properties and I

1:52:27 ↗ look at many of the school properties

1:52:29 ↗ squa Bley Elementary is a prime example

1:52:31 ↗ it's locked when kids aren't in school

1:52:34 ↗ squa high fields and stuff are locked so

1:52:38 ↗ we need to find if we're looking for

1:52:40 ↗ land we have somebody that has developed

1:52:42 ↗ facilities with big Parcels of land that

1:52:45 ↗ we need to build Partnerships with and

1:52:47 ↗ somehow find a way following the B

1:52:50 ↗ example

1:52:51 ↗ to multi-use some of that just like they

1:52:54 ↗ multi-use ours that's happened they've

1:52:56 ↗ done it down at dods Fields down there

1:52:58 ↗ with the school district the little loot

1:53:00 ↗ did um soccer has gotten in with the

1:53:04 ↗ state parks and gotten that kind of

1:53:05 ↗ accomplish we need to find a way to get

1:53:08 ↗ the city and the school district to work

1:53:10 ↗ together making some really really good

1:53:12 ↗ progress there and I know parkboard will

1:53:14 ↗ be talking really more specifically

1:53:16 ↗ about our Athletic Field strategy and a

1:53:18 ↗ couple parkboard meetings from now but

1:53:21 ↗ um yeah we outlined it as a goal in the

1:53:23 ↗ 2018 plan we've made some really good

1:53:26 ↗ relationship strides in both of those

1:53:28 ↗ groups I if we have time for director's

1:53:30 ↗ report I'm G to mention an update on the

1:53:32 ↗ state park and Sam Cove Park um I'll

1:53:35 ↗ touch on the school district as well but

1:53:37 ↗ great Point stancy you're right we we

1:53:39 ↗ need to look at all public lands and

1:53:41 ↗ really partner with the other public

1:53:42 ↗ land owners I mean if we're talking

1:53:44 ↗ Acquisitions they're already publicly

1:53:46 ↗ owned lands who all the same public but

1:53:49 ↗ they're paying scho District land so we

1:53:52 ↗ need to find a way to work together

1:53:56 ↗ good your

1:54:00 ↗ hand oh yeah I was going to build on a

1:54:02 ↗ previous Point um but I think and I'm

1:54:06 ↗ not sure exactly who said it in the room

1:54:08 ↗ but you know really making sure that you

1:54:10 ↗ know as we do think about keeping isqua

1:54:12 ↗ isqua which is you know the great open

1:54:14 ↗ spaces and the trails and then really

1:54:16 ↗ making the most out of the active

1:54:20 ↗ um Recreation that we do have and really

1:54:22 ↗ focusing our attention on places that we

1:54:26 ↗ can get to via transit that we know

1:54:28 ↗ we're going to have more population

1:54:30 ↗ density I know we had a long

1:54:31 ↗ conversation last week or last month

1:54:33 ↗ about tibits I think that is another um

1:54:36 ↗ just for the um environmental board to

1:54:38 ↗ hear like we are thinking about where

1:54:39 ↗ are those places where there's Transit

1:54:42 ↗ where there's population growth planned

1:54:45 ↗ and where we already have you know land

1:54:48 ↗ acquired that we could make more more

1:54:49 ↗ use out of so um I think making the best

1:54:52 ↗ use of what we already have is going to

1:54:55 ↗ um key priority that I I think I'm

1:54:57 ↗ hearing people say in different ways but

1:54:58 ↗ wanted to

1:55:00 ↗ reiterate

1:55:04 ↗ thanks okay we are wildly close to the

1:55:08 ↗ end of our meeting holy um

1:55:12 ↗ so to any other comments on this

1:55:15 ↗ particular subject one other quick one

1:55:18 ↗ one thing maybe to consider is as we

1:55:21 ↗ develop

1:55:22 ↗ Parks um the materials we use have a

1:55:26 ↗ significant

1:55:27 ↗ carbon um or not benefit a significant

1:55:31 ↗ carbon impact and so I I know that

1:55:34 ↗ ultimately like there's a certain cost

1:55:36 ↗ that you have you have certain amount of

1:55:37 ↗ money to spend on a given project but

1:55:39 ↗ that's just something to think about as

1:55:41 ↗ we go about just this is not specific

1:55:44 ↗ departs just any City development but

1:55:46 ↗ like what could help support a climate

1:55:48 ↗ action plan I don't think it's

1:55:50 ↗ specifically laid out but actually what

1:55:52 ↗ will help like reduce greenhouse gas

1:55:53 ↗ emissions is using materials that do

1:55:57 ↗ that so just something to to keep in

1:55:59 ↗ mind and consider thank you thank you

1:56:03 ↗ everyone great great

1:56:05 ↗ discussion Robin do you want to quickly

1:56:07 ↗ talk next steps um this is still work in

1:56:11 ↗ progress um really really good and I

1:56:14 ↗ just I want to thank Robin as well Robin

1:56:16 ↗ and Julie Casada who's our our senior

1:56:18 ↗ Park planner Robin who's our part

1:56:19 ↗ planning manager both came on board in

1:56:21 ↗ the fall jumping right into this uh so

1:56:24 ↗ they're they're fast work with the the

1:56:26 ↗ consultany working on this I I really um

1:56:29 ↗ in discussions like this I think we're

1:56:30 ↗ gonna end up with a um a park Plan

1:56:34 ↗ update that really um set some some

1:56:37 ↗ really strong priorities for our our

1:56:39 ↗ next six

1:56:41 ↗ years yeah so we started in May and July

1:56:44 ↗ of last year uh with kickoff focus

1:56:47 ↗ groups in September we looked at review

1:56:49 ↗ and refinement of the classifications

1:56:51 ↗ which you'll get a copy of that uh

1:56:54 ↗ October through February we've been

1:56:55 ↗ looking at the goals and policies uh

1:56:58 ↗ from our element slam and looking at our

1:57:01 ↗ data input mapping and

1:57:03 ↗ inventories uh we're moving forward in

1:57:06 ↗ the next few months with another

1:57:07 ↗ Community Workshop uh draft system Plan

1:57:10 ↗ update with a focus group review at the

1:57:13 ↗ end of April so look for another meeting

1:57:16 ↗ coming up and another mapping exercise

1:57:18 ↗ and then May we're looking towards

1:57:21 ↗ recommendations of the draft system Plan

1:57:23 ↗ update by the park board we'll be back

1:57:25 ↗ here again um and then to the services

1:57:28 ↗ safety and Parks committee and hopefully

1:57:30 ↗ city council adoption by July it's our

1:57:33 ↗ goal so we're moving through this pretty

1:57:36 ↗ fast but we're definitely open to more

1:57:38 ↗ feedback and looking for more Community

1:57:40 ↗ engagement in the next few

1:57:46 ↗ months

1:57:48 ↗ good

1:57:50 ↗ okay it's time for reports um we have an

1:57:54 ↗ item here environmental board reports

1:57:56 ↗ and I don't know what those might

1:57:58 ↗ be think Stacy and J yeah um I'll be

1:58:03 ↗ very quick since we're at time um so

1:58:05 ↗ with the environmental board we

1:58:07 ↗ typically do some quick Council updates

1:58:09 ↗ I will go ahead and send those an email

1:58:11 ↗ given that time now but there are some

1:58:12 ↗ upcoming meetings um with Council to be

1:58:15 ↗ aware with some topics of interest um

1:58:18 ↗ other quick updates is we've received a

1:58:21 ↗ climate planning Grant from Department

1:58:23 ↗ of Commerce for

1:58:25 ↗ $280,000 um I'll send out an email to

1:58:28 ↗ the board about what that Grant is going

1:58:30 ↗ to be covering it's really to supplement

1:58:32 ↗ a lot of work that we're doing um and

1:58:34 ↗ allow City budget to instead go towards

1:58:37 ↗ um purchasing equipment for example um

1:58:39 ↗ where the Commerce grants can help with

1:58:41 ↗ a lot of the planning and facilitation

1:58:43 ↗ work um reminder that City Board and

1:58:45 ↗ commission recruitment is open please

1:58:48 ↗ share with your networks we have a

1:58:49 ↗ number of positions opening up on the

1:58:51 ↗ board um if your position is opening up

1:58:54 ↗ I encourage you to uh reapply for

1:58:57 ↗ another four

1:58:58 ↗ years um and then just another reminder

1:59:01 ↗ around the March 30th sustainability

1:59:03 ↗ Fair Nick sent out a volunteer

1:59:05 ↗ recruitment to the AMA board um really

1:59:08 ↗ encourage you all to H get involved um

1:59:11 ↗ or at least attend we can send that to

1:59:13 ↗ the park board too if there's interest

1:59:16 ↗ um and then just want to touch on the

1:59:18 ↗ environmental boards next r meeting is

1:59:19 ↗ March 13th we're planning to start a

1:59:22 ↗ little bit

1:59:25 ↗ early

1:59:27 ↗ check uh we're planning to start a

1:59:30 ↗ little bit early it is March 13th

1:59:32 ↗ Wednesday yeah hopefully Jamie's there

1:59:36 ↗ um uh to allow for some extra time for

1:59:39 ↗ discussion uh Jamie will talk about that

1:59:41 ↗ in just a moment um our one topic we are

1:59:44 ↗ going to be discussing is the

1:59:45 ↗ transportation Improvement plan and

1:59:47 ↗ looking at the project

1:59:50 ↗ criteria um and then we'll also be doing

1:59:53 ↗ some follow-up discussion on the retreat

1:59:55 ↗ you want to go a little bit just quick a

1:59:57 ↗ little more on T tip what we're going to

1:59:59 ↗ be covering

2:00:00 ↗ sure um great so uh trans uh

2:00:04 ↗ Transportation Advisory Board is meeting

2:00:06 ↗ this Wednesday to talk about uh climate

2:00:09 ↗ and environment criteria for vetting

2:00:11 ↗ their

2:00:12 ↗ projects um they will then be bringing

2:00:15 ↗ that uh proposed criteria to the

2:00:17 ↗ enironmental board for discussion that

2:00:19 ↗ will inform the projects um that go

2:00:22 ↗ forward on their plan that they'll

2:00:23 ↗ discuss in late March we are going so we

2:00:26 ↗ will be talking

2:00:28 ↗ about um cool and just really briefly on

2:00:31 ↗ um follow-ups from The Retreat um we are

2:00:34 ↗ going to be going through basically a

2:00:36 ↗ proposed kind of changes document that

2:00:39 ↗ uh cover a lot of the the main

2:00:41 ↗ conversation points we had at The

2:00:43 ↗ Retreat and the feedback we had on the

2:00:45 ↗ on the survey so um that's something we

2:00:47 ↗ will review um during our next meeting

2:00:50 ↗ so look forward to talking through

2:00:57 ↗ that okay thank you over to you sounds

2:01:01 ↗ good something do you have a I'll be

2:01:03 ↗ super fast you're good okay you are

2:01:07 ↗ good uh boy I I teed up state parks a

2:01:11 ↗ little bit

2:01:13 ↗ um happy to go into more details next

2:01:15 ↗ month with Park Board um state parks has

2:01:18 ↗ been going through a lot of staff

2:01:20 ↗ changes in their um Park planning uh

2:01:23 ↗ division in particular uh the last

2:01:25 ↗ couple months um Robin and I have been

2:01:27 ↗ meeting uh multiple times with state

2:01:30 ↗ parks uh long and the short of it

2:01:32 ↗ they've Statewide been looking at sort

2:01:34 ↗ of reprioritizing their um all their

2:01:37 ↗ projects that they have uh in the works

2:01:40 ↗ um they shared with the friends of Lake

2:01:42 ↗ samamish uh group uh just a couple weeks

2:01:44 ↗ ago I attended that with them um they

2:01:48 ↗ have decided to to stop um no longer

2:01:50 ↗ proceed with they had a Master Plan

2:01:52 ↗ update that they were going to be doing

2:01:54 ↗ for the state park they're G to stop

2:01:56 ↗ doing that um sort of reset um back to

2:02:01 ↗ um the 2007 uh master plan that was

2:02:03 ↗ adopted uh for the state park and really

2:02:06 ↗ hold true to that as as really the

2:02:08 ↗ anchor and the vision for the state park

2:02:11 ↗ given its uh really key environmental

2:02:14 ↗ role um much more to come um they're

2:02:17 ↗ going to be updating the broader the

2:02:19 ↗ state park commission which is the

2:02:21 ↗ Statewide group in in May um as to that

2:02:24 ↗ approach um um the relationship with the

2:02:27 ↗ city is I think getting certainly

2:02:29 ↗ stronger uh they're going to have a more

2:02:30 ↗ direct relationship with us um um within

2:02:34 ↗ the the parks department um things such

2:02:37 ↗ as athletic fields as Nancy touched on I

2:02:39 ↗ know has been dear to to a number of our

2:02:41 ↗ Park board members Hearts as well um how

2:02:44 ↗ we approach that how we get creative

2:02:46 ↗ with uh the athletic field footprint

2:02:48 ↗ there uh in the state park much more to

2:02:50 ↗ much more to come but they are not going

2:02:52 ↗ to be proceeding with uh the bigger

2:02:54 ↗ broader master plan that um started just

2:02:57 ↗ before the pandemic um Sam Amish Cove um

2:03:01 ↗ lots happening with that City own parcel

2:03:03 ↗ right next to state parks um um I think

2:03:07 ↗ Park Board knows this environmental

2:03:09 ↗ board you may know this there are three

2:03:11 ↗ projects currently underway that are

2:03:13 ↗ impacting that property uh we are um as

2:03:18 ↗ as your Representatives as the landowner

2:03:20 ↗ making sure that those three proposed

2:03:22 ↗ projects are um in the end going to be a

2:03:25 ↗ benefit to to samamish Cove um wash dot

2:03:29 ↗ um is proposing as part of their fist

2:03:31 ↗ passage project they want to align a new

2:03:33 ↗ Creek or not a new Creek but align

2:03:35 ↗ Schneider Creek um through samamish Cove

2:03:39 ↗ um I've got a meeting with them again

2:03:41 ↗ tomorrow um in making sure as they do

2:03:44 ↗ that that that property is not

2:03:46 ↗ encumbered or burden but is actually

2:04:00 ↗ that's what I

2:04:02 ↗ sound

2:04:04 ↗ um making sure that in the end uh that

2:04:07 ↗ that property is benefited uh from from

2:04:10 ↗ that um you may know a lot of that

2:04:13 ↗ property has Reed canary grass um we

2:04:17 ↗ would love to see not only the wash doot

2:04:20 ↗ project uh there's a development

2:04:22 ↗ agreement that was done years ago

2:04:24 ↗ certainly predates probably any of us in

2:04:26 ↗ this in this room uh with rowy uh for a

2:04:30 ↗ storm water pipeline to go through Samus

2:04:32 ↗ Cove we want to make sure as the city

2:04:35 ↗ Honors that development agreement that

2:04:38 ↗ um again the property is benefited um

2:04:41 ↗ and the property is the site is in a

2:04:44 ↗ better condition uh because of that uh

2:04:46 ↗ so making sure um restoration of the

2:04:50 ↗ existing Wetland as the creek is added

2:04:52 ↗ as this utility project is added and

2:04:54 ↗ then you may know also Northwest Camis

2:04:56 ↗ road the road that um goes along

2:04:59 ↗ samamish Cove that's a high priority

2:05:02 ↗ Transportation project so as we're

2:05:04 ↗ working with Public Works making sure

2:05:06 ↗ again samamish Cove is not harmed in

2:05:09 ↗ that uh in that project but um is

2:05:12 ↗ benefited so um interesting thanks for

2:05:14 ↗ bringing that up Jamie um it's a it's a

2:05:16 ↗ property it's a park property that is

2:05:19 ↗ being challenged right now with a couple

2:05:21 ↗ of other um desired uses we want to make

2:05:24 ↗ sure that that property in the end is um

2:05:28 ↗ seen as a a benefit to to the site um

2:05:32 ↗ well that's it I have a couple other

2:05:34 ↗ updates but they'll wait till next time

2:05:36 ↗ lot's going

2:05:39 ↗ on okay thank you so uh even though it

2:05:43 ↗ is often one of the more encouraging and

2:05:46 ↗ inspiring reports we don't have the the

2:05:48 ↗ youth Representatives today you guys

2:05:51 ↗ have them in your

2:05:55 ↗ meetings oh you have one okay she we are

2:05:58 ↗ both here we've just been we've been

2:06:00 ↗ online

2:06:03 ↗ perfect welcome

2:06:05 ↗ sorry okay

2:06:08 ↗ so um I think ARA also has some stuff to

2:06:11 ↗ say as well but we do have our state of

2:06:15 ↗ mind conference coming up on March 9th

2:06:18 ↗ and then we are also planning a YY hacks

2:06:22 ↗ which is a hackathon for ages thir uh 13

2:06:26 ↗ to 17 I believe I think it's supposed to

2:06:28 ↗ be like you know either eth grade to

2:06:30 ↗ like senior year of high school or like

2:06:32 ↗ freshman to senior year somewhere around

2:06:34 ↗ that um supposed to happen sometime in

2:06:37 ↗ May and then we also are working on

2:06:40 ↗ opening up the application you know the

2:06:43 ↗ whole application process for next year

2:06:46 ↗ yeah and yeah to add on on we have a

2:06:49 ↗ couple more events coming up so we have

2:06:51 ↗ a career exploration event on Saturday

2:06:55 ↗ April 20th it's at the isqua community

2:06:57 ↗ center and I think that one is mainly

2:06:59 ↗ for high schoolers it's kind of like to

2:07:02 ↗ have them gain exposure to the different

2:07:04 ↗ careers that are out there and then um a

2:07:08 ↗ couple days after that is the Middle

2:07:10 ↗ School dodgeball tournament on Friday

2:07:12 ↗ April 26th also in the isqua community

2:07:15 ↗ center and yeah in the next couple

2:07:17 ↗ months that's what coming up C can can I

2:07:21 ↗ ask one of you to again youth Advisory

2:07:24 ↗ Board you do such great work state of

2:07:26 ↗ mind conference is is a really big deal

2:07:28 ↗ and something you've done maybe a 60-

2:07:31 ↗ second overview of what it is um because

2:07:34 ↗ it's very timely in um what's going on

2:07:37 ↗ with with middle schoolers and high

2:07:38 ↗ schoolers right now yeah so state of

2:07:42 ↗ mind conference is basically where the

2:07:45 ↗ youth board invites the youth board

2:07:47 ↗ specifically our

2:07:49 ↗ um advocacy part we invite speakers to

2:07:52 ↗ talk about different you know pressing

2:07:54 ↗ issues in like the teed Community for

2:07:56 ↗ example like um mental health is a

2:07:59 ↗ really big thing so they have you know

2:08:01 ↗ speakers coming in that are talking

2:08:03 ↗ about either they're from either their

2:08:06 ↗ you know job concerns with you know

2:08:08 ↗ teens and mental health or they have

2:08:10 ↗ experience there so they're coming to

2:08:12 ↗ the conference it's at Gibson I believe

2:08:15 ↗ and they're going to come they're

2:08:16 ↗ talking to teens and to adults Stephen

2:08:19 ↗ about you know ways to either manage

2:08:21 ↗ mental health or you or um you know just

2:08:26 ↗ basically whatever their profession is

2:08:27 ↗ on the topic of mental health yeah if

2:08:30 ↗ that was thank you for that yeah adults

2:08:33 ↗ are welcome to if you're ever interested

2:08:35 ↗ um it's it's inspiring to there's gonna

2:08:39 ↗ be a teen track this year and then a

2:08:41 ↗ parent track as well so if you're a

2:08:43 ↗ parent of a teen and you want to attend

2:08:45 ↗ there will be sessions for also I do

2:08:48 ↗ have have to drop off and I believe ARA

2:08:50 ↗ does as well

2:08:51 ↗ so um thanks so much for your report

2:08:54 ↗ thank you both thank you bye have a good

2:08:56 ↗ evening

2:08:58 ↗ okay it's awesome that they were there

2:09:00 ↗ I'm sorry I didn't realize they were uh

2:09:04 ↗ last one on the agenda is my report

2:09:06 ↗ we're gonna truncate it um the 6:30

2:09:10 ↗ caught me but I have because we always

2:09:12 ↗ run out of time it's just going to be a

2:09:14 ↗ list that I'm going to send to Santi and

2:09:17 ↗ we'll do it that way and a gener it's a

2:09:18 ↗ calendar events update so that's what

2:09:20 ↗ I'll do and I'll I'll send it out as an

2:09:22 ↗ email or you

2:09:24 ↗ will uh do we have any other business or

2:09:32 ↗ announcements okay thanks I think we're

2:09:34 ↗ good with that we'll call the meeting

2:09:36 ↗ adjourned and 15 minutes over but we're

2:09:39 ↗ good lot good stuff thank you envir so

2:09:43 ↗ much

2:09:44 ↗ for thanks

2:09:47 ↗ everyone

2:09:49 ↗ hi all on the screen

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