Park Board · Monday, April 29, 2024 · City Council Digest

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of Special Meeting March 26, 2024

packet pp.3–6

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 03-26-24 Park Board Minutes CITY OF ISSAQUAH Park Board 7:00 PM Tibbetts Manor, 750 17th Ave March 26, 2024 MINUTES NW, Issaquah

Minutes of Special Joint Meeting February 26, 2024

packet pp.7–9

Previously discussed: Environmental Board · Mar 13, 2024 Park Board · Mar 26, 2024

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES b) 02-26-24 Park Board Minutes CITY OF ISSAQUAH Park Board 6:30 PM Tibbetts Manor, 750 17th Ave February 26, 2024 MINUTES NW, Issaquah

4. REGULAR BUSINESS

Heritage Tree Program and Urban Forest Team Update, (D,I)

40 min · Dan Hintz, Urban Forest Supervisor · packet pp.11–27

Topics: Trees

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Staff report:

REGULAR BUSINESS a) APRIL 29, 2024 | PARK BOARD Dan Hintz, Urban Forest Supervisor

Public Art Update: Pedestrian Park, Senior Center Plazas, (D,I)

20 min · Amy Dukes, Cultural Arts Manager · packet pp.29–43

Topics: TransportationParksArts & Culture

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Staff report:

Public Art Update: Pedestrian Park, Senior Center Plazas APRIL 29, 2024 | PARK BOARD Amy Dukes, Cultural Arts Manager

5. REPORTS

Youth Representative's Report

packet pp.45–46

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Staff report:

Applicable Strategic Plan Goal Areas 2024 WORKPLAN Proposed Meeting (check all that apply) PARK BOARD Schedule ☒Mobility ☒Social & Economic Vitality ☒Growth & Development ☒City Leadership & Services Tentative Timeframe ☒Environ. Stewardship ☒Infrastructure

Director's Report

Chairperson's Report

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0:04 ↗ all right it's 7:01 I'll call the

0:06 ↗ meeting to order and I'll start by

0:10 ↗ taking

0:11 ↗ roll uh Marlene here

0:17 ↗ Zach

0:19 ↗ Here Andrew

0:22 ↗ e David Luke present Nicholas

0:28 ↗ Lee think he might might be joining

0:30 ↗ because he was asking me for stuff after

0:32 ↗ him so corresponding I should say uh

0:36 ↗ Brenda Spears here kie

0:39 ↗ Bell Tim

0:42 ↗ Motley

0:44 ↗ online and I am here Andrew

0:49 ↗ Myers uh Brad

0:51 ↗ book said he wasn't gonna make it I

0:53 ↗ think so him and then Ryan

0:57 ↗ Olsson hey with that

1:02 ↗ move into the

1:03 ↗ meeting um did everybody get chance to

1:06 ↗ review the meetings for the last the

1:08 ↗ minutes from the last

1:09 ↗ meeting any objections to approving them

1:13 ↗ we had two sets of

1:16 ↗ minute so you have minutes from your

1:18 ↗ February joint meeting with the

1:20 ↗ environmental board and then you had

1:22 ↗ your minutes from the last

1:24 ↗ meeting okay well let's uh the minutes

1:28 ↗ from our last regular

1:32 ↗ think

1:33 ↗ objections so those are

1:37 ↗ hereby and then from The Joint

1:42 ↗ meeting any objections to

1:46 ↗ those so those are

1:49 ↗ approved with

1:51 ↗ that we will move and do um public

1:56 ↗ comments do we we have Connie right have

1:59 ↗ anybody else

2:02 ↗ I think

2:03 ↗ just

2:09 ↗ right hello there sorry for being a

2:12 ↗ little late no

2:15 ↗ worries okay so public comment from we

2:18 ↗ have one one speaker yep let me just

2:21 ↗ unmute you Connie

2:31 ↗ hey Connie you should be

2:44 ↗ here you able to do your video Connie or

2:47 ↗ give us any indication if you're hearing

2:56 ↗ us but she might have just dropped maybe

2:58 ↗ yeah it looks like she dropped she might

3:00 ↗ be calling back

3:01 ↗ in can wait a

3:04 ↗ minute we don't have anybody else we

3:07 ↗ don't have anybody else we did receive

3:09 ↗ comments from her by email which you all

3:11 ↗ received and I can include in the

3:12 ↗ minutes um and we'll see if she's able

3:14 ↗ to rejoin but we didn't have any other

3:16 ↗ or their public

3:41 ↗ what we could do is move into regular

3:44 ↗ business which is the first item is the

3:47 ↗ Heritage tree program and urban forest

3:49 ↗ team

3:50 ↗ update presented by Dan hints I suspect

3:53 ↗ Connie's comments will relate to that so

3:56 ↗ maybe she'll jump in after that what

3:58 ↗ email comments were that's a great

4:01 ↗ idea it

4:08 ↗ away wellan is getting the slides up

4:13 ↗ um think I've met everyone and presented

4:16 ↗ to this group a couple times now but um

4:18 ↗ Dan hint Urban FL supervisor with the

4:20 ↗ city of

4:21 ↗ isqua um been this roll over a little a

4:24 ↗ little over a year now and kind of have

4:25 ↗ two parts for my agenda items today kind

4:28 ↗ of kind of refresh in um our where we're

4:31 ↗ at with our heritage tree program and

4:32 ↗ talking about some kind of nomination

4:35 ↗ process uh updates and some discussion

4:37 ↗ questions to hopefully really pin that

4:39 ↗ down and and and bring that back to the

4:41 ↗ board in the next couple months for a

4:42 ↗ vote to actually move forward with those

4:44 ↗ updates that's that's the goal at least

4:47 ↗ um so we'll kind of dive into that here

4:48 ↗ in just a minute and then we'll have

4:49 ↗ some updates on the urban Forest program

4:53 ↗ over the last year since we've really uh

4:54 ↗ kind of built this out and continue to

4:56 ↗ grow so uh we will stop in the middle

4:58 ↗ for the disc discuss questions uh as we

5:01 ↗ get through the Heritage tree slides so

5:03 ↗ um if you have anything before then feel

5:04 ↗ free to raise your hand but uh just just

5:06 ↗ to be clear we'll we'll stop on those uh

5:09 ↗ slides with the four or five questions

5:10 ↗ we had proposed for you all um coming

5:12 ↗ into tonight

5:16 ↗ so so uh you essentially we'll do a

5:19 ↗ quick quick review of uh Heritage treat

5:21 ↗ programs I guess that could be plural uh

5:23 ↗ you know kind of what those look like

5:25 ↗ across our region um kind of talk about

5:28 ↗ this draft process of how trees are

5:30 ↗ nominated and ultimately selected in

5:32 ↗ isqua um and some of those proposed

5:35 ↗ updates uh and then we have our

5:37 ↗ discussion question so that'll really be

5:39 ↗ the focus to start and said we'll pause

5:40 ↗ there after item number four for

5:42 ↗ discussion and then mostly just updates

5:45 ↗ from the urban forest team after that

5:47 ↗ but certainly open to questions comments

5:49 ↗ you all may have on some of the work

5:50 ↗ we're doing with our team

5:56 ↗ um okay so this is just kind of our

5:58 ↗ cover slide but

6:01 ↗ um this is a few of our trees at the uh

6:04 ↗ hellside Cemetery there no worries just

6:05 ↗ forur i' kind of point out where those

6:06 ↗ pictures are from you've seen a couple

6:08 ↗ of these slides uh when we initially

6:10 ↗ brought this to the park board back in

6:11 ↗ the fall so this like I said early on is

6:13 ↗ kind of a little bit more of a refresher

6:15 ↗ but uh yeah Heritage tree programs are

6:17 ↗ pretty common in cities around the

6:19 ↗ nation really uh meant to recognize uh

6:22 ↗ the significance of trees to the

6:24 ↗ community and we'll kind of get into

6:25 ↗ those different categories for that here

6:27 ↗ in just a moment um recognize celebrate

6:31 ↗ educate about unique unique trees um

6:33 ↗ should also just be clear to point out

6:35 ↗ to you know we do have uh added

6:37 ↗ protections for our existing Heritage

6:39 ↗ trees and we can chat about that a

6:40 ↗ little bit more too so really kind of

6:42 ↗ balancing all of those things in in our

6:45 ↗ program you know recognition celebration

6:47 ↗ and then also the uh you know added

6:49 ↗ added protection that status brings for

6:50 ↗ those trees uh here specifically in

6:53 ↗ isaka our program was launched by the

6:55 ↗ park board in 2005 so we're almost 20

6:58 ↗ years into this but has been fairly

7:00 ↗ dormant the last uh you know almost 10

7:03 ↗ years or so um and you know we really

7:05 ↗ focus on uh you know trees that reflect

7:07 ↗ the character of is AA so the next slide

7:09 ↗ will have a little bit more on those

7:11 ↗ categories so yeah there's the last tree

7:13 ↗ actually a little over 10 years I should

7:14 ↗ say uh that was nominated and selected

7:16 ↗ in 2012 so this is what's a bit out of

7:20 ↗ date and needs some refreshing partly

7:22 ↗ because this is still a you know paper

7:23 ↗ nomination form so very obvious things

7:25 ↗ like getting some uh electronic or

7:28 ↗ online submitt for nomination set up to

7:31 ↗ um but you can kind of see it's it's a

7:33 ↗ pretty basic form with the name of the

7:35 ↗ property owner person nominating if

7:37 ↗ different with a property owner needing

7:39 ↗ a signature from the land owner there at

7:41 ↗ the bottom and then you know kind of

7:43 ↗ brief description of uh the

7:45 ↗ characteristics you know that are really

7:47 ↗ meriting that uh nomination so um that

7:51 ↗ could come from Individual citizens that

7:53 ↗ can come from City staff that could

7:54 ↗ certainly come from parkboard Members um

7:57 ↗ but you know kind of the main main thing

7:58 ↗ there is you that uh approval from the

8:02 ↗ from the land owner there so you can see

8:04 ↗ in the past you know these were

8:05 ↗ generally reviewed on September 1st and

8:07 ↗ we'll talk a little bit about it trying

8:08 ↗ to expand that time frame out both for

8:10 ↗ outreach information gathering and

8:12 ↗ decision- making um definitely based on

8:15 ↗ some feedback from you all the first

8:17 ↗ time we met about how it sounds like in

8:18 ↗ the past uh not sure how many of you

8:20 ↗ were on the board I think this was maybe

8:21 ↗ Brad a little bit more was kind of

8:22 ↗ discussing how it would kind of come in

8:24 ↗ fast decisions were kind of made fast

8:26 ↗ and there wasn't time for a whole lot of

8:27 ↗ context or understanding about you know

8:29 ↗ some of those individual trees that were

8:31 ↗ being nominated so um it is reviewed by

8:34 ↗ the park board once those nominations

8:36 ↗ come in you know if approved the tree

8:39 ↗ the name of the nominator and the

8:40 ↗ property owner will be acknowledged in a

8:42 ↗ a proclamation by the mayor at a city

8:44 ↗ council meeting so those steps will

8:47 ↗ remain somewhat

8:51 ↗ similar so this is where we there's

8:54 ↗ definitely a couple things missing from

8:55 ↗ this flowchart but uh this is General

8:57 ↗ kind of process that we are kind of

8:59 ↗ hoping to build out on an annual basis

9:02 ↗ um I really think it would be neat to

9:04 ↗ use our Spring Arbor Day uh which we

9:06 ↗ usually celebrate in the beginning of

9:08 ↗ April um to kind of really launch you

9:11 ↗ know this this program annually and kind

9:13 ↗ of bring some renewed recognition to the

9:15 ↗ fact that we have this Heritage tree

9:16 ↗ program and uh trying to trying to get

9:19 ↗ some more of that public engagement so

9:21 ↗ really using that as kind of a launching

9:22 ↗ point for for program Outreach um having

9:26 ↗ a request to have nomination form sub

9:29 ↗ committed by June uh so I think this

9:31 ↗ would be different from before where

9:33 ↗ those would kind of come in right up

9:34 ↗ till September 1st so we're kind of

9:35 ↗ looking at a you know two to three month

9:37 ↗ window to really try to publicize I

9:39 ↗ think honestly this time of year is our

9:41 ↗ best time of year for trees everything's

9:42 ↗ so green Lush flowering it's a really

9:44 ↗ good time for photos and and celebration

9:46 ↗ of all our different trees here in isqua

9:49 ↗ um those nominations would be reviewed

9:51 ↗ initially by me or the person in the

9:54 ↗ urban Forest supervisor uh role so

9:57 ↗ that's something that we just want to be

9:58 ↗ clear about too whether those are trees

10:00 ↗ nominated on public land or private um

10:04 ↗ then this is what we kind of talked

10:05 ↗ about was maybe missing a little bit

10:07 ↗ before but you know essentially what I'm

10:08 ↗ kind of looking at is a is a you know at

10:10 ↗ most onepage memo that is kind of

10:12 ↗ looking at uh both the kind of Health

10:14 ↗ assessment of these trees we obviously

10:16 ↗ want to nominate trees that have at

10:17 ↗ least some longevity and staying power

10:19 ↗ we we've already lost a couple Heritage

10:21 ↗ trees that were nominated in the early

10:22 ↗ 2000s that have come down in storms or

10:24 ↗ you know died just from old age

10:26 ↗ essentially um and uh also as we kind of

10:30 ↗ talked about too having a kind of

10:32 ↗ assessment on you know the location and

10:34 ↗ the fit in the landscape with the trees

10:36 ↗ uh you know from any uh other other kind

10:38 ↗ of plans and you know competing needs in

10:40 ↗ those areas so uh this is where you know

10:42 ↗ it does come in to be to be clear you

10:44 ↗ know this this something we talked about

10:45 ↗ last time but through the update of

10:47 ↗ Title 18 Heritage trees are now

10:50 ↗ essentially having added protection from

10:52 ↗ from development and Redevelopment uh

10:54 ↗ they're pretty similar in terms of just

10:56 ↗ basic tree removal they can be removed

10:58 ↗ if they're uh deemed a hazard tree if

11:00 ↗ there's like an imminent risk to people

11:02 ↗ or property um that is still a route to

11:04 ↗ potentially remove a hazard tree but

11:06 ↗ that's the big difference from other

11:07 ↗ trees is this protection from uh you

11:10 ↗ know development

11:11 ↗ Redevelopment um so that's that's where

11:13 ↗ we just want to be really you know

11:14 ↗ certain about you know the longevity of

11:16 ↗ these trees uh you know kind of right

11:18 ↗ tree in the right place and then you

11:20 ↗ know also getting into like hey are

11:22 ↗ there different know will be on the next

11:23 ↗ slide kind of different categories or

11:25 ↗ levels of nomination in certain areas we

11:27 ↗ might be still kind of figuring out that

11:29 ↗ you know kind of you know competing

11:31 ↗ needs potentially with the location

11:33 ↗ certain trees might be at uh so

11:35 ↗ essentially those memos would be

11:37 ↗ developed by by me Consulting with other

11:39 ↗ City staff as it relates to public trees

11:42 ↗ you know working with private land

11:43 ↗ owners as well just to really make sure

11:44 ↗ they're understanding of you know the uh

11:47 ↗ uh requirements of the program and what

11:48 ↗ designation means um and then you know

11:52 ↗ it kind of be sent through uh to to the

11:54 ↗ park director just kind of for uh

11:56 ↗ approval might be the kind of not the

11:58 ↗ exact backward at at that process it's

12:01 ↗ not designation necessarily but just

12:03 ↗ just kind of as a final review of those

12:05 ↗ steps for you know essentially the

12:07 ↗ recommendation to to nominate and move

12:09 ↗ forward with these trees to the park

12:11 ↗ board um you know at the same time you

12:13 ↗ know obviously we'd be notifying uh

12:15 ↗ private uh nominations as well that you

12:18 ↗ know these are moving forward and kind

12:19 ↗ of what the steps are for uh review and

12:22 ↗ potential selection by the park board so

12:24 ↗ that's what that little blue bubble is

12:26 ↗ off to the side trying to kindy to kind

12:28 ↗ of track both the public process in

12:30 ↗ green and and some of the slightly

12:32 ↗ different steps that uh uh would be

12:34 ↗ required for trees on private property

12:37 ↗ so the idea is that you know we'd be

12:38 ↗ bringing a lot more information uh you

12:41 ↗ would have a lot more kind of review

12:43 ↗ amongst uh our our uh team and my you

12:46 ↗ know my position as Urban Forest

12:47 ↗ supervisor and then still be bringing

12:49 ↗ this to the park board in September um

12:51 ↗ some questions will certainly talk

12:52 ↗ through is you know number of

12:53 ↗ nominations you can see right there our

12:55 ↗ current uh uh program States Three Trees

12:58 ↗ per year we talked about that briefly if

13:00 ↗ there would be a reason to bump that up

13:01 ↗ a little bit especially since this

13:02 ↗ program has been dormant I think that's

13:04 ↗ definitely something we want to discuss

13:05 ↗ with you all here in a couple minutes um

13:08 ↗ and then you know really bringing that

13:10 ↗ to the to the board in uh September to

13:12 ↗ kind of review and and help help us

13:14 ↗ select and uh you know ultimately

13:15 ↗ nominate those three or however many

13:17 ↗ trees we settle on so you know my

13:19 ↗ thought is with these um uh these tree

13:22 ↗ assessments you would also touch on our

13:24 ↗ categories

13:26 ↗ which thought we had that slide it's not

13:29 ↗ that's why it's next so actually let's

13:30 ↗ let's hop to that one we might hop back

13:31 ↗ to this one for a second but you know

13:33 ↗ with that just kind of basic tree Health

13:35 ↗ assessment location uh you know kind of

13:38 ↗ review um how does it fit these

13:40 ↗ categories you know and and I'll admit

13:42 ↗ we we've tried to look a lot into

13:44 ↗ specific criteria because that was some

13:46 ↗ of the interest last time we met is like

13:47 ↗ how do how do we have kind of clear

13:49 ↗ definitions on Heritage trees I don't

13:51 ↗ want to say it doesn't exist but it is

13:52 ↗ one of those things that's a little bit

13:54 ↗ subjective you know most these programs

13:56 ↗ I found a little bit out there from city

13:58 ↗ of Seattle where there's some like you

13:59 ↗ know percentage size comparisons to some

14:01 ↗ of the you know same species biggest

14:04 ↗ specimens in the state there's little

14:05 ↗ things like that that could potentially

14:07 ↗ work for specimen but historic and you

14:09 ↗ know kind of cultural significance in

14:10 ↗ history is a little bit subjective and

14:12 ↗ this is where I do want to also make

14:14 ↗ kind of a little add-on that we have

14:16 ↗ been working really closely with the

14:17 ↗ snowy tribe and their new tribal

14:19 ↗ Forester Elizabeth Walker on how we

14:21 ↗ include maybe not just culturally

14:23 ↗ modified trees which we talked about

14:25 ↗ trees that have been modified

14:26 ↗ historically by um uh indigenous people

14:29 ↗ uh but maybe even just that broader

14:31 ↗ cultural significance for you know both

14:33 ↗ the early European migrants and uh you

14:35 ↗ know the tribes that have been living

14:37 ↗ here since time of Memorial uh so that

14:39 ↗ is something that's definitely going to

14:41 ↗ get included in historic that was

14:42 ↗ missing uh there's still stuff that we

14:45 ↗ need to kind of work out on the tribes

14:46 ↗ end in terms of how they want those

14:48 ↗ trees potentially publicized mapped all

14:50 ↗ those sort of things there might be a

14:51 ↗ little bit more

14:53 ↗ um guess privacy around that and and

14:56 ↗ lack of you know specific locations but

14:58 ↗ maybe some more General eneral

14:59 ↗ information on on the type of trees and

15:00 ↗ that cultural significance to tribes

15:03 ↗ like the snami so so essentially kind of

15:06 ↗ get a little off track there but you

15:07 ↗ know making sure that we're tying back

15:09 ↗ to one or maybe multiple uh of these uh

15:12 ↗ nomination categories for you know

15:14 ↗ specimen kind of historic cultural

15:16 ↗ significance and and ecological value I

15:18 ↗ do think an area we could potentially

15:20 ↗ add to this to is you know kind of

15:22 ↗ Aesthetics come into this commonly in

15:23 ↗ programs we don't have that called out

15:25 ↗ but other than that I would say for the

15:26 ↗ most part these three categories are

15:29 ↗ pretty comparable to what other uh

15:30 ↗ cities are doing uh for their Heritage

15:32 ↗ tree programs um s do you mind going

15:36 ↗ back to the flow chart just real quick

15:37 ↗ to kind of finish that out so just just

15:39 ↗ want to want to be clear that there

15:41 ↗ would be some kind of uh you know as

15:43 ↗ objective as possible kind of guidance

15:44 ↗ on you know why these trees whoever is

15:46 ↗ nominating them is supposed to kind of

15:47 ↗ provide that but as I'm kind of

15:48 ↗ reviewing them too can kind of add to

15:50 ↗ that or you know highlight that into

15:52 ↗ these uh memos that would go to the park

15:54 ↗ board and essentially you know in the

15:56 ↗ September meeting the park board would

15:58 ↗ be voting to move forward or to deny

16:00 ↗ these trees hopefully with more

16:02 ↗ information than been provided in the

16:03 ↗ past uh and you know assuming we're

16:05 ↗ moving forward with three or whatever

16:07 ↗ number we settle on um that Heritage

16:09 ↗ tree status is awarded as as mentioned

16:11 ↗ earlier at a city council meeting uh

16:13 ↗ with a a mayoral um declaration to so uh

16:17 ↗ this is where there's a lot more to do

16:19 ↗ at the end of this you know how do we

16:21 ↗ publicize this how do we map this how do

16:23 ↗ we provide more uh engaging information

16:25 ↗ and opportunities to learn about these

16:27 ↗ trees you know talks around small QR

16:29 ↗ codes signage things like that all great

16:33 ↗ conversations and open to some

16:35 ↗ conversations on that tonight but I

16:36 ↗ think we are really trying to hammer

16:38 ↗ down the you know kind of points to get

16:40 ↗ us to getting more trees into this

16:42 ↗ program and then you know really uh

16:44 ↗ getting more creative about what uh you

16:46 ↗ know program Outreach and and you know

16:48 ↗ kind of visibility looks like so that's

16:50 ↗ that's kind of where that last kind of

16:52 ↗ public facing part comes in there um

16:54 ↗ before starting the process over again

16:56 ↗ the following year around Arbor a so

16:59 ↗ really really looking at this as a

17:00 ↗ program for a good chunk of our year to

17:01 ↗ be you know celebrating recruiting

17:03 ↗ educating and uh you know hopefully

17:05 ↗ adding to to our heritage tree uh

17:09 ↗ inventory so yeah skip ahead one more so

17:14 ↗ uh really these are some of the

17:16 ↗ discussion questions we are hoping to

17:17 ↗ hear from you all tonight um we try to

17:21 ↗ give you know what are what are very

17:22 ↗ common you know kind of primary reasons

17:24 ↗ or goals for a Heritage tree program but

17:26 ↗ would love to hear kind of more

17:27 ↗ personally what resonates with you most

17:29 ↗ on uh you know why this this program is

17:33 ↗ you know useful necessary uh you know

17:35 ↗ important here in isqua

17:38 ↗ um kind of going back to we talked about

17:40 ↗ does this give you know this process

17:42 ↗ enough uh time and information to make

17:44 ↗ inform decisions as a Park Board um and

17:47 ↗ can try to provide more details or

17:49 ↗ please if there's more requests on

17:50 ↗ things you would like to see throughout

17:51 ↗ those kind of summer months as the

17:53 ↗ nominations come in and then ultimately

17:55 ↗ get reviewed and and sent to the park

17:57 ↗ board um additional information you're

17:59 ↗ looking for to determine if trees should

18:01 ↗ be selected like I said there's there's

18:03 ↗ not necessarily cut and dry criteria but

18:06 ↗ you know if there's things that you

18:07 ↗ would like to weigh over other things

18:09 ↗ this is a good time to kind of discuss

18:10 ↗ that um and then you know how do we

18:13 ↗ factor in that kind of location and

18:15 ↗ context that the that the tree is in as

18:17 ↗ well um suggestions for promotion uh and

18:20 ↗ I would say this is both you know a

18:22 ↗ little less for established Heritage

18:24 ↗ treaties like I kind of mentioned right

18:25 ↗ on the last slide but also how do we

18:27 ↗ just get this program more out to the

18:28 ↗ public and try to encourage

18:29 ↗ participation and whether that's

18:31 ↗ nomination or um you know really helping

18:34 ↗ us kind of generate some some good

18:36 ↗ candidates for our program uh and then

18:38 ↗ this last one I think is really

18:39 ↗ interesting too you know what what do

18:40 ↗ multiple designation levels look like uh

18:43 ↗ you know what does it look like for a

18:45 ↗ collection of trees a Grove of trees uh

18:48 ↗ you know kind of different different

18:49 ↗ designations there um and this is one

18:52 ↗ that that Connie sent over to at the

18:53 ↗ palop uh which has a fairly similar

18:56 ↗ process where there's you know a

18:57 ↗ director approval there's a from the

18:59 ↗ City Arborist uh but they essentially

19:01 ↗ have a um 122 tree list of potential

19:05 ↗ Heritage trees so it's it's almost could

19:08 ↗ be Heritage trees and waiting but they

19:09 ↗ don't have a official designation and

19:11 ↗ you know trying to kind of figure out is

19:13 ↗ that something that we're looking to you

19:14 ↗ know kind of uh you know kind of build

19:16 ↗ out from the community and just get more

19:18 ↗ awareness around trees that are uh you

19:20 ↗ know special for people here in isqua

19:22 ↗ and have a collection that can be kind

19:23 ↗ of celebrated that way and potentially

19:25 ↗ have kind of a different name and Status

19:27 ↗ uh you know for those to too so I think

19:29 ↗ we're really trying to kind of figure

19:30 ↗ out what some of those kind of different

19:32 ↗ tiers and you know still building

19:34 ↗ recognition and and letting people kind

19:36 ↗ of celebrate the trees they love you

19:38 ↗ know knowing that there's still a finite

19:39 ↗ number that we're going to uh you know

19:41 ↗ approve and and and move to the Heritage

19:43 ↗ tree status each year so uh you know

19:45 ↗ along those lines too you know any

19:47 ↗ thoughts on you know number of trees

19:48 ↗ nominated uh I think would be or said

19:51 ↗ number of trees selected would be uh

19:53 ↗ useful too

19:54 ↗ so think I'll pause there and see if

19:58 ↗ there's kind of initial thoughts and we

19:59 ↗ can kind of work through

20:00 ↗ these question by question if that works

20:03 ↗ if you kind of have responses to both of

20:04 ↗ them I think that's okay too or to

20:06 ↗ multiple questions I should

20:09 ↗ say if I get

20:12 ↗ than just check I don't see her

20:17 ↗ back I was just gonna add thank you Dan

20:19 ↗ for just your your work on this um as

20:22 ↗ Dan said we're really hoping tonight to

20:24 ↗ not only you know just provide this

20:26 ↗ update but really uh Frame Up discussion

20:29 ↗ um and and and get some feedback on some

20:31 ↗ of these really important questions um

20:34 ↗ and just also understanding to that

20:36 ↗ latter point you know something we've

20:38 ↗ talked a lot at the staff level is is

20:40 ↗ there a way to create some designation

20:42 ↗ levels where this program doesn't feel

20:45 ↗ like such a hard and fast onoff switch

20:47 ↗ we have a lot of really cool and great

20:49 ↗ trees to celebrate but the context and a

20:52 ↗ setting might be such that it's really

20:54 ↗ hard to um give it a full heritage

20:58 ↗ designation so you know how do we again

21:03 ↗ just yeah craft a program that really

21:06 ↗ does um recognize celebrate the the

21:11 ↗ value and importance of of trees in this

21:15 ↗ town anyone

21:21 ↗ please have a question so I like the

21:24 ↗ idea of having multiple designation

21:27 ↗ levels but these have the same

21:29 ↗ protection status as a Heritage tree or

21:32 ↗ will they have I I don't think it's at

21:35 ↗ least not initially I mean that would

21:36 ↗ have to be something we'd have to you

21:38 ↗ know codify and do which which you know

21:40 ↗ keep in mind that my my understanding is

21:41 ↗ early on Heritage trees didn't have that

21:43 ↗ additional protection either it really

21:44 ↗ was just kind of a recognition and there

21:46 ↗ was a community push to include that um

21:50 ↗ but I think to some extent then that you

21:51 ↗ know

21:52 ↗ maybe reduces the overall number of

21:55 ↗ trees that you know could be recognized

21:56 ↗ I think that's what we're talking about

21:57 ↗ could there be a bigger

21:59 ↗ pool that we still you know kind of um

22:01 ↗ develop and you know provide some

22:03 ↗ information and you know have maybe even

22:05 ↗ some social media campaigns around or

22:06 ↗ things like that uh that could

22:08 ↗ eventually become Heritage trees for

22:10 ↗ sure but yeah I don't think initially

22:12 ↗ that is the um for that yeah and add on

22:16 ↗ to that Katie it's a great question is

22:18 ↗ is I me with with one of the values of

22:21 ↗ having multiple levels is understanding

22:24 ↗ um yeah probably coinciding with

22:27 ↗ multiple levels of different levels

22:29 ↗ either protection or recognition and and

22:32 ↗ understanding and that's a valuable tree

22:34 ↗ and a tree that we really want to pay

22:36 ↗ close attention to or we want to be

22:38 ↗ careful of but because of its location

22:41 ↗ it you know there's there's

22:44 ↗ multiple um questions that still need to

22:47 ↗ be answered to determine um

22:51 ↗ yeah Nicholas you've got your hand at

22:55 ↗ you want to go and then Zach

22:58 ↗ sure yeah start a Title Wave here or

23:01 ↗ follow on one um I just appreciate the

23:04 ↗ presentation I and especially the inside

23:07 ↗ are kind of

23:09 ↗ the comprehensive analysis around um

23:13 ↗ some of our tribal

23:14 ↗ partners and some other jurisdictions

23:17 ↗ and kind of how how this is being

23:18 ↗ handled elsewhere so I think it was

23:21 ↗ great to distinguish you know how isqua

23:23 ↗ is doing it versus how other places are

23:24 ↗ doing it one of the things I remember

23:27 ↗ Connie bringing up in her email and it

23:29 ↗ uh was a question that I have as well

23:31 ↗ just listening to is just to make sure I

23:32 ↗ understood this um is there a a reason

23:36 ↗ that we would limit the number per year

23:38 ↗ or is that something that we're moving

23:39 ↗ forward it seemed like we were trying to

23:41 ↗ govern the amount of Heritage trees that

23:43 ↗ were being recognized in a given year or

23:46 ↗ did I miss the part where you said we're

23:47 ↗ not doing that anymore because we can

23:49 ↗ just you know process them as they come

23:51 ↗ independently or is there a reason we

23:54 ↗ would limit that I don't really

23:55 ↗ understand that

23:56 ↗ part I thanks Nick I I can't speak to

24:00 ↗ the original decision around that 20 or

24:03 ↗ so years ago I don't think any of us

24:05 ↗ were necessarily a part of that um I I

24:09 ↗ do know yeah speaking of kind of that

24:10 ↗ review of other cities a lot of them do

24:12 ↗ have some sort of cap potentially

24:14 ↗ sometimes it's more than three

24:16 ↗ definitely and I think there's a strong

24:17 ↗ argument to um you know think about

24:20 ↗ increasing that but if it's just fully

24:22 ↗ open I don't know I have a hard time

24:24 ↗ saying you know it's it's supposed to be

24:25 ↗ a program that's you know recognizing

24:28 ↗ Fair really unique trees and you know if

24:29 ↗ we are adding 100 a year or something

24:32 ↗ like that you know at what point is

24:33 ↗ there you know kind of a limit where it

24:34 ↗ kind of waters down the program I guess

24:36 ↗ to and that's where like I said not

24:38 ↗ having real super clear cut and dry

24:41 ↗ criteria is a little bit tough because

24:43 ↗ it's not like stuff in our land use code

24:44 ↗ where you know Landmark trees 30 inches

24:46 ↗ diameter you know there's things like

24:47 ↗ that that are just real kind of cut and

24:49 ↗ dry that's generally not how these

24:51 ↗ programs are run especially as we're

24:53 ↗ talking about cultural historical

24:54 ↗ significance that might mean different

24:55 ↗ things to different people um so so I I

24:59 ↗ no I but we are open to discussion on

25:01 ↗ that we are certainly open on to

25:02 ↗ increasing that number I I do think

25:04 ↗ personally that making it Limitless is

25:08 ↗ you know maybe a little far in the other

25:10 ↗ direction but um you know I think it

25:12 ↗ could be something we we uh uh you know

25:15 ↗ kind of see how many nominations and

25:17 ↗ stuff actually come in and if that

25:18 ↗ becomes an issue where we need to like

25:20 ↗ cap that again but you know we could be

25:21 ↗ certainly open to to increasing that or

25:24 ↗ setting that a higher limit or being

25:26 ↗ being flexible about that ultimately

25:27 ↗ that is that is a board park board

25:29 ↗ question and and process that you all

25:31 ↗ would would vote on as as a team just to

25:33 ↗ be clear we we can propose it but that

25:35 ↗ you know the way this program set up is

25:36 ↗ for for you all to approve you know

25:38 ↗ changes to the program like so we're not

25:40 ↗ doing that tonight but the the goal is

25:41 ↗ to hopefully have that kind of ready to

25:43 ↗ go with a uh process to to vote on or

25:45 ↗ make amendments to one last time uh the

25:48 ↗ next couple months that's a great

25:50 ↗ question Nicholas and D what Dan said

25:52 ↗ yeah we're not we're not proposing to

25:54 ↗ keep it at 3 um at this point um we're

25:57 ↗ also not proposing to to change it so um

26:01 ↗ think we're open to the discussion and

26:04 ↗ feedback I you know if I was to guess

26:06 ↗ the original intent of three was really

26:09 ↗ just to recognize and understand that

26:13 ↗ um the the special nature of a Heritage

26:16 ↗ tree and that um necessarily you know

26:20 ↗ every tree becomes a Heritage tree then

26:23 ↗ right what what's the line in The

26:24 ↗ Incredibles I'm showing my right the

26:27 ↗ one's incredible then no is incredible

26:29 ↗ right um you're trying to set you're

26:31 ↗ trying to set things apart um very open

26:35 ↗ to

26:35 ↗ that how do we let thank you for that

26:39 ↗ people

26:40 ↗ know where these Heritage trees are see

26:44 ↗ that's yeah no good question Renda I

26:46 ↗ think that's lacking right now that's

26:48 ↗ definitely part of this kind of need for

26:50 ↗ a better Outreach process but also just

26:52 ↗ better documentation and resources in

26:54 ↗ the first place I mean right now pretty

26:56 ↗ much what we have is a web page page

26:58 ↗ that lists all the nominations each year

27:01 ↗ you know essentially between 2005 and

27:02 ↗ 2012 and it has locations written down

27:06 ↗ but there's no there's no map once

27:07 ↗ you're if you just stumble upon one of

27:08 ↗ those there's nothing that's identifying

27:10 ↗ it as one so I think that's where

27:12 ↗ there's a lot of potential to better um

27:16 ↗ you know whether that's at the at the

27:17 ↗ tree itself whether that's on our city

27:19 ↗ Communications whether that's like I

27:20 ↗ said some of these kind of program uh

27:23 ↗ marketing and you know kind of Outreach

27:24 ↗ around our signature kind of tree

27:26 ↗ planting events like green is aqua day

27:27 ↗ and Arbor

27:28 ↗ um you know I think there's a lot of

27:30 ↗ potential to just better bring this to

27:34 ↗ people's attention whether that's like

27:35 ↗ engaging with you know like I said kind

27:37 ↗ of contest around people submitting

27:38 ↗ photos of favorite trees things like

27:40 ↗ that um it's it's lacking right now it's

27:43 ↗ not on our public GIS map either so that

27:46 ↗ would be a kind of simple addition to um

27:48 ↗ you know what we've talked about is

27:49 ↗ developing kind of Heritage tree walking

27:51 ↗ tours or someone could like download

27:53 ↗ something or have it on their phone

27:54 ↗ through an app to you know essentially

27:56 ↗ be able to kind of go around and have

27:57 ↗ some additional information on those

27:59 ↗ individual trees maybe that species kind

28:01 ↗ of more broadly in general yeah so right

28:03 ↗ now it's it's not a lot

28:07 ↗ so exactly so yeah it's a big big goal

28:11 ↗ of this program update is to do that is

28:13 ↗ to improve Outreach and education of the

28:16 ↗ program itself you mentioned

28:20 ↗ ues that's a great

28:22 ↗ idea a unique grow what was isqu built

28:26 ↗ around was it the yellow cedar and we

28:28 ↗ learn more about that yeah there's

28:31 ↗ probably

28:33 ↗ one city yeah no I I agree and I think

28:37 ↗ that's something that we should consider

28:39 ↗ you know is there a number of individual

28:42 ↗ Heritage trees and if we do decide on a

28:44 ↗ different category like uh you know

28:46 ↗ Groves or collections you know is that

28:47 ↗ something that we're nominating one two

28:49 ↗ three a year as well

28:52 ↗ um yeah that's a great great thing to

28:54 ↗ kind of consider I saw Zach had his hand

28:58 ↗ and then I know Tim has his hand raised

29:00 ↗ as

29:02 ↗ well yes um so I guess um Nick already

29:06 ↗ kind of touched on what I was thinking

29:08 ↗ too about the three if there was

29:10 ↗ anything uh specific reason for that but

29:13 ↗ if it is uh

29:15 ↗ restricted um to a certain number uh in

29:19 ↗ my opinion anyway I feel like it should

29:21 ↗ be somewhat triaged based on like the

29:23 ↗ ecosystem Services of the tree versus um

29:27 ↗ you know other factors in terms of like

29:29 ↗ the longevity of the tree carbon

29:31 ↗ sequestration that sort of thing for

29:33 ↗ instance like the willow there pictured

29:35 ↗ I think is a shorter Liv tree that's

29:37 ↗ more prone to like um dying out and sort

29:41 ↗ of issues it just seems like uh if there

29:42 ↗ is a limit on the amount of trees then

29:45 ↗ um the trees basically in the selection

29:48 ↗ process uh should be uh weighed more

29:51 ↗ heavily I think uh based on the

29:53 ↗ potential lifespan of the tree and

29:56 ↗ ecosystem services or verus like um that

30:00 ↗ that weeping willow there which I mean I

30:02 ↗ also don't think is necessarily A a

30:04 ↗ native so that's just just my thought if

30:07 ↗ there is a restriction that

30:09 ↗ um that should be weighed more heavily

30:12 ↗ in the decision

30:13 ↗ process Z that's great I mean that's the

30:15 ↗ exact type of feedback we're looking for

30:17 ↗ in terms of how to kind of balance these

30:19 ↗ categories and it might have been you or

30:21 ↗ someone we met last time it's just like

30:23 ↗ we don't want to make this just purely

30:24 ↗ like a giant Douglas fur you know I

30:27 ↗ think you were kind of eradicating from

30:28 ↗ more diversity especially of our native

30:29 ↗ species as well which may not grow as

30:31 ↗ big but could still have a lot of those

30:33 ↗ ecological benefits too and and

30:35 ↗ something that just kind of came to mind

30:36 ↗ too is you know there might not be like

30:38 ↗ said specific criteria but there's

30:41 ↗ there's really cool tools like if people

30:42 ↗ are familiar with it tree which can

30:44 ↗ calculate a lot of benefits of uh tree

30:47 ↗ species at different age you know for uh

30:50 ↗ water quality benefits air quality

30:51 ↗ benefits carbon sequestration so I mean

30:53 ↗ that's something that could like be

30:54 ↗ really easily exported as a report for a

30:57 ↗ you know given spe species uh a little

30:59 ↗ bit of it then customized for our

31:01 ↗ location here you know in isqua but um

31:04 ↗ so yeah that that could be another good

31:06 ↗ good tool as well to you know kind of

31:07 ↗ get more of those ecosystem Services

31:09 ↗ you're talking about Zach yeah or even

31:11 ↗ like I guess under Story I mean I don't

31:13 ↗ know like in terms of like a tree that

31:16 ↗ perhaps has some sort of significance

31:19 ↗ with

31:20 ↗ um perhaps what it does for the underst

31:23 ↗ story in that area may also be a factor

31:26 ↗ that doesn't you know quickly sort of

31:29 ↗ come to mind but is also you know just

31:32 ↗ as important as the the tree itself sort

31:34 ↗ of what it's I don't know perhaps uh

31:37 ↗ preserving or or

31:39 ↗ um you know

31:42 ↗ allowing to sort of grow beneath it

31:46 ↗ essentially yeah that's an interesting

31:48 ↗ conversation we're thinking of kind of

31:49 ↗ Collections and grow especially in

31:51 ↗ natural areas of kind of what that whole

31:54 ↗ Forest structure and ecosystem looks

31:56 ↗ like

32:01 ↗ thanks um Tim you're

32:05 ↗ up thank you yeah this will be quick

32:07 ↗ because between the time I raised my

32:09 ↗ hands the discussion pretty much covered

32:11 ↗ everything that I was thinking about uh

32:14 ↗ so I think the having the public

32:17 ↗ interface is really important I think uh

32:21 ↗ you know we need to think about some

32:22 ↗ kind of little plaque or something that

32:24 ↗ goes on the trees something on the you

32:26 ↗ just suggested something having a

32:28 ↗ website you know people wanted to do a

32:32 ↗ tour one day of the Heritage trees in

32:34 ↗ isqua and they could go from site to

32:36 ↗ site and look up oh this is tree number

32:38 ↗ 47 and it's you know the reason it's

32:41 ↗ important is this so I I think having

32:44 ↗ that public interface so that there's

32:46 ↗ public awareness and public appreciation

32:49 ↗ for the efforts and the energy that

32:52 ↗ we're putting into this and so they

32:55 ↗ understand how much we appreciate and

32:57 ↗ value the trees

32:58 ↗ so you know I don't want sort of that

33:01 ↗ public interface to be pushed down to

33:03 ↗ sort of a also ran status I think it

33:06 ↗ needs to be kind of a a primary uh part

33:10 ↗ of the program because otherwise why are

33:12 ↗ we doing it because if you you you make

33:14 ↗ a tree of Heritage trees and nobody

33:16 ↗ knows it then what have you really done

33:19 ↗ other you put some protections around it

33:21 ↗ so I think being able to get the

33:22 ↗ information out to the public is really

33:24 ↗ important also in terms of the selection

33:27 ↗ of the

33:29 ↗ trees uh I think it's important that we

33:32 ↗ have some diversity and some of this has

33:34 ↗ been touched on um sure all the big

33:38 ↗ Cedars are

33:39 ↗ fantastic um for example but you know I

33:43 ↗ think we should have at least an

33:46 ↗ intention if not a certainly not a

33:48 ↗ mandate but an intention to have the

33:51 ↗ Heritage tree population reflect the

33:56 ↗ population of trees in this aqua

33:58 ↗ so there are you know some Doug fur some

34:01 ↗ Cedars some uh all the the cottonwoods

34:05 ↗ what have you the very important trees

34:06 ↗ in our areas uh rather than just

34:09 ↗ focusing on some of the more eye popping

34:12 ↗ specimens like the the big

34:14 ↗ Cedars um yeah so that's all I have

34:18 ↗ thanks for

34:22 ↗ listening yeah and then um I see sunby

34:26 ↗ you have your hand raised are you

34:29 ↗ did I was just going to say something

34:33 ↗ like along the lines of um Tim was

34:37 ↗ talking about but I think he pretty much

34:39 ↗ covered whatever I was thinking because

34:42 ↗ um at least when I go to some like

34:44 ↗ historical sites like you know there's

34:46 ↗ trees and there's all sorts of other

34:48 ↗ places around isqua I like looking at

34:50 ↗ like the boards that they have there

34:52 ↗ about you know either if it's a tree or

34:54 ↗ a train or something so just I wanted to

34:56 ↗ add on to that y yeah thank you share

35:00 ↗ some actual PLS and recognition so

35:03 ↗ people know what they are um and then I

35:05 ↗ see Connie is back I don't know if we

35:09 ↗ want to continue our discussion and then

35:11 ↗ let's yeah let's wait till we finish and

35:13 ↗ then we'll go to public again

35:16 ↗ Marlene have a couple questions in the

35:18 ↗ com um right now do we do anything

35:21 ↗ different between public land and

35:23 ↗ private land as we think about Heritage

35:25 ↗ trees or they all sort of the same sort

35:29 ↗ of designation same criteria I'm just

35:30 ↗ kind of question as we increase the

35:32 ↗ number of Heritage trees is that add any

35:36 ↗ additional things we need to think about

35:37 ↗ from a private or public land

35:39 ↗ perspective yeah that's a good question

35:44 ↗ um I guess to kind of preface of our

35:46 ↗ current 30 or so Heritage trees we have

35:51 ↗ at best a quarter of them on on private

35:53 ↗ property right now um so it is it is a

35:55 ↗ smaller percentage there's a couple on

35:57 ↗ on an actual like single family resident

35:59 ↗ home and then there's a few that are in

36:01 ↗ like commercial Village

36:03 ↗ areas um the thing that I should be real

36:06 ↗ clear about about the development

36:08 ↗ protection of Heritage tree status uh

36:11 ↗ you know my understanding as long as

36:12 ↗ public lands public land that's in

36:14 ↗ perpetuity so for those trees designated

36:16 ↗ on a public land versus on private land

36:19 ↗ that is you know essentially signed off

36:21 ↗ by that current landowner so Taquila for

36:24 ↗ instance has a uh voluntary Covenant you

36:27 ↗ can like put on your property that

36:29 ↗ essentially would then be you know there

36:31 ↗ with it when you sell it that would be

36:32 ↗ your you know decision to do that as a

36:34 ↗ homeowner so I would say that that is

36:37 ↗ probably one of the key differences is

36:39 ↗ that kind of longevity of the protection

36:41 ↗ if you know someone nominated a tree and

36:44 ↗ moves 10 15 however many years later um

36:47 ↗ that that doesn't necessarily carry on

36:50 ↗ without some kind of thing written into

36:51 ↗ the the deed there um and then I I would

36:54 ↗ say the selection process too you know

36:56 ↗ obviously the the the vetting is similar

36:59 ↗ in terms of wanting to meet those kind

37:01 ↗ of categories we've talked about whether

37:03 ↗ that be is kind of Zach was highlighting

37:04 ↗ some of the ecosystem or kind of

37:06 ↗ ecological Services trees provide

37:08 ↗ whether that be kind of size significant

37:11 ↗ species diversity stuff we've talked

37:13 ↗ about or certainly that kind of cultural

37:15 ↗ historical uh place that the trees have

37:17 ↗ you know that's that's all pretty

37:19 ↗ similar but you know that is definitely

37:21 ↗ going to be coming more from the the the

37:22 ↗ private land owner to kind of tell that

37:24 ↗ story of that tree hopefully and and

37:26 ↗ then still you know making sure that

37:28 ↗ that tree has longevity staying power

37:31 ↗ and and you know they're aware of the

37:33 ↗ you know kind of added protection that

37:35 ↗ comes with that but um yeah homeowner

37:38 ↗ discretion basically yes simply put yes

37:41 ↗ yeah that was kind of my question and

37:44 ↗ then just in a couple of things um I

37:47 ↗ really like what you're thinking about

37:48 ↗ for cultural and historical as it

37:50 ↗ relates to here the Heritage tree

37:52 ↗ program like I think continuing to

37:54 ↗ really lean into that I I love I love

37:56 ↗ that you guys are thinking about that

37:58 ↗ and having a diverse um sort of group of

38:00 ↗ stakeholders in that I think then we

38:02 ↗ should think through how we are inviting

38:04 ↗ those stakeholders into the decision-

38:06 ↗ making

38:07 ↗ criteria be to think about that's a

38:10 ↗ great idea and then it is actually

38:12 ↗ Elizabeth Walker with the S commi tribe

38:14 ↗ who's their tribal Forester was sort of

38:16 ↗ mentioning the um stuff in Seattle where

38:19 ↗ they have some kind of comparisons to

38:20 ↗ size of trees and then kind of

38:22 ↗ broadening out from specifically

38:23 ↗ culturally modified trees meaning trees

38:25 ↗ that have actually been worked with and

38:27 ↗ altered in some way to you know kind of

38:29 ↗ cultural significance too that I think

38:31 ↗ would would be a little bit broader for

38:33 ↗ for what they're looking for so um yeah

38:36 ↗ we are continuing that conversation and

38:38 ↗ kind of waiting but yeah I think that if

38:41 ↗ they have interest in capacity we would

38:42 ↗ absolutely welcome them to you know kind

38:44 ↗ of review provide feedback on you know

38:46 ↗ nominations and and what we have

38:48 ↗ certainly on on public trees um and then

38:51 ↗ I just have a question on like you know

38:53 ↗ how we would measure the different U

38:55 ↗ ecological benefits I know there's also

38:58 ↗ um other things in our city code that

39:00 ↗ sort of relates around like AG of trees

39:02 ↗ and sort of what you can do with them

39:03 ↗ and so I'm just wondering like are we

39:05 ↗ double dipping on the ecological part of

39:08 ↗ the Heritage tree or is there like not

39:10 ↗ protections that we need to also look

39:12 ↗ Beyond cultural and historic that we

39:14 ↗ actually have to look at the ecological

39:15 ↗ I'm just more that's a question that I

39:18 ↗ have um that's a good question I mean

39:21 ↗ certainly certainly as our public land

39:24 ↗ trees go there are a lot of protections

39:27 ↗ around critical areas you know buffers

39:29 ↗ or critical areas things like that

39:34 ↗ um Double Di again I want to make more

39:36 ↗ bureaucracy if we don't if it's already

39:38 ↗ taken care of there should this program

39:40 ↗ be more related to Historic and cultural

39:42 ↗ trees just ask the

39:45 ↗ question it's a great question I don't

39:47 ↗ know that we have a full answer I I

39:50 ↗ think your question is getting to yeah

39:52 ↗ reality

39:53 ↗ that at our code the tree code

39:57 ↗ gives some degree of protection to all

40:01 ↗ trees it also gives some protection to

40:04 ↗ all trees on public land right this

40:06 ↗ Heritage tree designation I think as we

40:09 ↗ really craft the program um we'll want

40:13 ↗ to sort of recog okay what is the how

40:15 ↗ does this differentiate

40:17 ↗ from sort of the the Baseline protection

40:20 ↗ that the code gives I think is that kind

40:22 ↗ of what you're

40:24 ↗ asking the ecological benefits that we

40:27 ↗ need the trees for which is super

40:28 ↗ important right right with something

40:30 ↗ different so I just want to understand

40:32 ↗ like what protections are already in

40:34 ↗ place do you think it's fair to say I

40:36 ↗ wouldn't say that that exists at any

40:38 ↗ level specificity for the individual

40:40 ↗ tree I think is is somewhat I mean we do

40:43 ↗ for like Landmark trees for instance

40:44 ↗ have a little additional protection

40:46 ↗ those are 30 inch diameter plus um I

40:49 ↗ know because if you try to remove a tree

40:50 ↗ in your yard like you can't right so I

40:52 ↗ mean like we know that we have that

40:54 ↗ which I think is great like I'm

40:55 ↗ advocating for that yeah um I'm just I

40:58 ↗ don't want to duplicate efforts and make

41:00 ↗ it more complicated than it has to be I

41:02 ↗ guess it's my question if you're telling

41:03 ↗ me like hey no we need this because

41:05 ↗ otherwise these trees won't be protected

41:06 ↗ through those other codes that's okay

41:09 ↗ but if it's more like he Heritage trees

41:11 ↗ are special for these other reasons that

41:13 ↗ feels like a different yeah if if again

41:17 ↗ if I could add I think marene the you're

41:20 ↗ getting also to your in some ways your

41:23 ↗ question is answering the first question

41:24 ↗ too in terms of what are some of the

41:26 ↗ primary reasons we want to Heritage tree

41:28 ↗ program and I think the Heritage tree

41:30 ↗ program yes has an element of protection

41:33 ↗ but its purpose its primary purpose is

41:36 ↗ not protection alone it's also celebrate

41:39 ↗ it's it's Rec it's recognizing and

41:42 ↗ celebrating this Heritage tree and by

41:44 ↗ celebrating that Heritage tree we're

41:46 ↗ also celebrating the importance of all

41:50 ↗ the trees uh in in the

41:53 ↗ city so yeah I I think again as we craft

41:56 ↗ the program there is an ecological

41:58 ↗ benefit that we'll want to equate and

42:00 ↗ say hey this is you know this singular

42:03 ↗ tree is playing this role or it's

42:05 ↗ playing a part in this bigger ecological

42:08 ↗ function but also as we I think really

42:11 ↗ Define why we do this program it's again

42:15 ↗ it's not a it's not a tree preservation

42:17 ↗ program it's a it's a tree celebration

42:21 ↗ program that has that has protection

42:25 ↗ benefits

42:27 ↗ I like that well so let's let Nicholas

42:30 ↗ go and then

42:30 ↗ I'll oh

42:32 ↗ sorry

42:34 ↗ um there I had a response to something

42:36 ↗ that was said no that's okay um and then

42:40 ↗ my last thing was as we were thinking

42:41 ↗ about how we'd think about how we want

42:43 ↗ to Define these trees I know you had

42:45 ↗ mentioned something like Aesthetics and

42:47 ↗ I guess from my perspective is like if

42:50 ↗ we can be aesthetic is like the most

42:52 ↗ judgment

42:54 ↗ based thing I can do as somebody who

42:56 ↗ makes product for Liv eight people want

42:58 ↗ to tell me which color blue is the right

42:59 ↗ one like I feel you so like let's be

43:02 ↗ careful about like when we stay

43:03 ↗ Aesthetics like let's make sure there's

43:04 ↗ operating definitions around what we're

43:07 ↗ doing I know I know this program is not

43:09 ↗ meant to be black and white and I'm not

43:10 ↗ trying to make it black and white but

43:12 ↗ where we can have operational

43:13 ↗ definitions I think you should

43:16 ↗ try and be to be clear that's not

43:18 ↗ currently specifically called out but I

43:20 ↗ did want to say that that's something

43:21 ↗ you'll sometimes see in other Heritage

43:23 ↗ tree program uh I'm not saying being

43:27 ↗ beautiful is not a good use of a tree

43:29 ↗ like I'm not saying that's wrong I'm

43:30 ↗ just saying like just be careful

43:32 ↗ subjectivity

43:35 ↗ because really good

43:38 ↗ points Nicholas I

43:42 ↗ it thank you and this will actually be

43:45 ↗ quick I hope which is I just would look

43:47 ↗ forward to seeing some data around the

43:49 ↗ volume of request um over time if we had

43:52 ↗ 10 years I'd look at 10 years if we

43:54 ↗ didn't I would look at whatever you have

43:58 ↗ so previous sort of what we volume we've

44:02 ↗ had

44:03 ↗ currently yeah unless you have a

44:05 ↗ forecast but if you don't then I just

44:08 ↗ look back at you know when we say we're

44:11 ↗ debating this and we're changing the the

44:13 ↗ structure the qualities of the program

44:14 ↗ think is important but you know as far

44:16 ↗ as the leveling and what we think is the

44:18 ↗ appropriate throughput it for me it

44:19 ↗ would help determine what I feel about

44:21 ↗ that if I knew kind of are we cutting

44:23 ↗ people off at three or is three really a

44:25 ↗ stretch goal for us already this in the

44:27 ↗ city and if we drive some of this

44:29 ↗ programmatic change is it going to you

44:32 ↗ know increase the

44:33 ↗ volumetrics um hyperbolic curves tend to

44:37 ↗ become ASM totic so yeah unlimited is

44:39 ↗ probably not the best way to move

44:42 ↗ but I think Nicholas it's been pretty

44:45 ↗ small I don't I don't know if I have or

44:46 ↗ we have exact numbers on that I do know

44:49 ↗ a lot of our initial Heritage trees were

44:51 ↗ nominated by our past City Arborist um

44:54 ↗ some of those working with the private

44:56 ↗ land owners you know kind of to educate

44:57 ↗ on the program and then certainly once

44:59 ↗ he nominated and then just brought to

45:01 ↗ the park board so I I don't think the

45:03 ↗ volume was even in the dozens it was in

45:06 ↗ the single digits pretty pretty

45:08 ↗ consistently yeah it's a great question

45:10 ↗ Nicholas and if I can add to just my

45:12 ↗ again observation predates me but

45:16 ↗ um well I guess it doesn't pred current

45:19 ↗ data would tell me that the the interest

45:22 ↗ in updating this program isn't because

45:24 ↗ we need to somehow slow down the volume

45:26 ↗ of application I think our desire and

45:28 ↗ intent in updating this program now that

45:30 ↗ we have Dan here we have an urban Forest

45:33 ↗ supervisor we have an urban Forest

45:35 ↗ management plan happening is this

45:37 ↗ program has needed a refresh what to to

45:41 ↗ basically create a face for the program

45:43 ↗ I think this program really hasn't had

45:45 ↗ an outward face um and how do we uh

45:48 ↗ again update this um give it more of a

45:52 ↗ um give it more visibility than it than

45:55 ↗ it really has so

46:01 ↗ okay I have some comments

46:03 ↗ um previously when and let me

46:07 ↗ preface you're gonna think I don't like

46:09 ↗ trees but I do like

46:11 ↗ trees I think they're incredibly

46:14 ↗ important yes see they're coming after

46:17 ↗ me already um previously when we have

46:21 ↗ discussed this and when I have discussed

46:22 ↗ this and also I think you know

46:25 ↗ conversation with you was haunty we

46:27 ↗ talked about the code uh recognizing

46:31 ↗ significant trees and landmark

46:33 ↗ trees um but I've taken a moment to look

46:36 ↗ at the code and it separately and

46:40 ↗ specifically identifies Heritage

46:42 ↗ trees and I bring this up because it

46:45 ↗ says right here no person may remove

46:47 ↗ excessively prune or top any protected

46:50 ↗ nonprotected significant tree Landmark

46:52 ↗ tree or Heritage tree except as provided

46:54 ↗ by this chapter and there's a bunch of

46:56 ↗ rules

46:57 ↗ so we are by by participating in this

47:01 ↗ herit tree program we are participating

47:03 ↗ in a tree

47:04 ↗ protection uh effort so it's it's it's a

47:07 ↗ little different than I think we've been

47:09 ↗ uh our understanding has been um what I

47:13 ↗ don't see in here is anything

47:17 ↗ about

47:19 ↗ um the you know the designation so we

47:22 ↗ have that flowchart that we would

47:24 ↗ participate in and then I think based on

47:27 ↗ our role we could maybe provide a

47:29 ↗ recommendation and then it would

47:31 ↗ continue on um but what I also don't see

47:34 ↗ here is anything about a homeowner or

47:37 ↗ transfer title or anything like that and

47:41 ↗ so it's sounding kind of fuzzy and and a

47:44 ↗ little bit um potentially dangerous and

47:47 ↗ you know it's great to protect trees but

47:51 ↗ seems like it could become an issue um

47:54 ↗ for a homeowner a private property owner

47:56 ↗ that's something probably need to

47:57 ↗ clarify and it could even be for the

47:59 ↗ public

48:00 ↗ property

48:03 ↗ City and then whatever we end up with

48:06 ↗ hopefully it's some type of program

48:07 ↗ despite what I think after my these

48:10 ↗ comments um I do think it should be on

48:13 ↗ the the gis site and you some sort

48:18 ↗ of identification and story about each

48:21 ↗ tree or little documentation so that

48:23 ↗ someone can look it

48:24 ↗ up go investigate further

48:30 ↗ excellent points and you're right the

48:32 ↗ code the code makes reference to the her

48:34 ↗ street program but that does not get

48:36 ↗ into the specifics and so again thus the

48:39 ↗ need to really update some ways clarify

48:43 ↗ the hered street program so we have some

48:46 ↗ of that understanding and whether it's

48:48 ↗ on public property or private property

48:50 ↗ there's an understanding of what

48:51 ↗ somebody

48:54 ↗ is should be expecting and and you're

48:57 ↗ right Chris it's a great point my intent

48:59 ↗ earlier was not to say there's no

49:01 ↗ protection as part of this program there

49:03 ↗ is

49:04 ↗ but I think as Dan and I are looking at

49:06 ↗ this and you look at how other cities do

49:08 ↗ the program right is it first and

49:10 ↗ foremost a protection program because of

49:12 ↗ it

49:17 ↗ is I would have some concerns with that

49:19 ↗ I'll just say that as staff that becomes

49:21 ↗ really hard as sta um if it's a program

49:24 ↗ that has we we really wanting to

49:27 ↗ recognize and understand the value and

49:29 ↗ importance of trees and while we have

49:32 ↗ this Heritage tree program we understand

49:34 ↗ there are protections that come with

49:36 ↗ that designation and we're going to

49:38 ↗ commit to

49:40 ↗ those I would be concerned and and

49:44 ↗ forgive me if this is going too far but

49:46 ↗ you know there are some who would want a

49:49 ↗ Heritage tree program to become a

49:52 ↗ weapon um or or sort of weaponize that

49:55 ↗ as a way of getting around development

49:58 ↗ or getting around something happening

50:00 ↗ and that would as we go into this

50:03 ↗ program and try and develop it we want

50:05 ↗ to be really intentional and really

50:07 ↗ Artful in it not being a program that's

50:10 ↗ seen as a or is used as a weapon but is

50:13 ↗ used as a way to celebrate um trees and

50:16 ↗ the importance of trees and protect

50:18 ↗ trees but do it in a in a valued way not

50:21 ↗ in a we're going to protect this tree to

50:24 ↗ make sure something else doesn't happen

50:25 ↗ that that that loses the merits of the

50:29 ↗ program and I guess if I can add just

50:31 ↗ real quick to kind of to Marlene's point

50:33 ↗ I mean we essentially have two routes

50:34 ↗ for tree removal there's you know just a

50:36 ↗ standalone tree removal permit and

50:38 ↗ that's where you're kind of lumping

50:39 ↗ significant trees Landmark trees

50:41 ↗ Heritage trees that's not significantly

50:43 ↗ different even though I'm pretty sure

50:45 ↗ Heritage tree can't be removed under the

50:47 ↗ nuisance tree definition but if it's a

50:49 ↗ deemed a hazard tree if it's dead dying

50:51 ↗ or diseased and can you know cause

50:53 ↗ issues with that spreading essentially

50:55 ↗ that's not much added protection from

50:58 ↗ what we have through the Standalone tree

51:00 ↗ removal permit the thing that ID say is

51:02 ↗ is is different is you know the

51:04 ↗ development route or or Redevelopment of

51:06 ↗ property where you're a little bit more

51:09 ↗ allowed I guess like of a word to remove

51:12 ↗ trees as long as then you're replacing

51:13 ↗ and hitting certain canopy you know uh

51:15 ↗ replacement or retention requirements

51:17 ↗ that we have in our code for different

51:19 ↗ sub areas in the city so that to me is

51:22 ↗ is is the biggest difference and to your

51:24 ↗ point Chris I don't I don't know

51:25 ↗ anywhere that specific Al says about the

51:28 ↗ um lack of a covenant or anything like

51:31 ↗ that that's just talking to our planners

51:32 ↗ is like oh I don't think anything like

51:34 ↗ that would exist around this program but

51:36 ↗ that's not written into our code saying

51:38 ↗ that you know after you move or sell

51:40 ↗ your home or and you know anything like

51:42 ↗ that that that doesn't get handed down

51:44 ↗ but you know if we need to make that

51:46 ↗ clear or something that's something we

51:47 ↗ could decide but that's just my

51:49 ↗ understanding is that a program like

51:50 ↗ this similar to palop it's it's an

51:51 ↗ optional thing that you kind of have to

51:53 ↗ proactively put on your property uh to

51:56 ↗ to if you want that to be included in

51:58 ↗ the sale of that property in the future

52:00 ↗ yeah that's my understanding too most

52:01 ↗ cities where they a a designation of a

52:05 ↗ tree on private property um we would

52:09 ↗ want to clarify that in as as part of

52:11 ↗ the program maybe not necessarily in the

52:13 ↗ code but that that that owner should

52:16 ↗ expect and understand it's it's their

52:18 ↗ choice they can choose to put something

52:20 ↗ on the title as a permanent Covenant if

52:23 ↗ they do that that

52:24 ↗ will that could could have impacts on

52:28 ↗ the value of their private property um

52:31 ↗ but private residents also have the

52:33 ↗ choice to designate a Heritage tree not

52:36 ↗ put something on their title and then

52:38 ↗ that allows when it's sold the next

52:40 ↗ private property owner to make their own

52:43 ↗ the herit that Heritage designation

52:45 ↗ doesn't stick with the stick with the

52:48 ↗ property seems like we should include

52:50 ↗ that you know almost like a disclaimer

52:53 ↗ correct in

52:57 ↗ you know okay I'm going to do this

52:59 ↗ somebody nominated my Tre and it says

53:02 ↗ you know I citizen citizen accept this

53:07 ↗ or you know sign this but down below it

53:10 ↗ says you know this does not persist

53:13 ↗ after you sale of property or something

53:15 ↗ like that yeah I I think even even just

53:17 ↗ like a simple write up of what the

53:19 ↗ difference is between general you know

53:21 ↗ whether that be significant tree

53:22 ↗ Landmark tree tree removal and

53:24 ↗ development tree removal processes and

53:26 ↗ how cage trees is either the same or you

53:28 ↗ know different in those two paths and

53:31 ↗ also the private property so yeah we

53:32 ↗ could essentially have like a couple

53:33 ↗ paragraph Just and you know linking to

53:35 ↗ the code for the code it's the same as a

53:38 ↗ significant tree or lar and that's and

53:40 ↗ keep in mind that's Standalone tree

53:42 ↗ removal but if you're removing it as

53:44 ↗ part of development you can remove a

53:45 ↗ landmark tree as part of a development

53:47 ↗ it might have higher replacement

53:49 ↗ requirements you cannot remove a

53:50 ↗ Heritage tree as part of a development

53:52 ↗ or Redevelopment so that's a different

53:54 ↗ part of our code

53:57 ↗ and I'd be happy to I can look that up

53:58 ↗ and and send that back over to but yeah

54:01 ↗ and again that's where as we're posing

54:04 ↗ these questions and what you know do we

54:06 ↗ want to

54:08 ↗ offer different levels right different

54:11 ↗ levels of designation could that be

54:14 ↗ something we consider

54:16 ↗ or again given that Heritage designation

54:19 ↗ brings with it

54:24 ↗ all I guess you know based on kind of

54:27 ↗ what we're talking about and sort of

54:29 ↗ what we want the Heritage tree to move

54:30 ↗ into where people see them

54:32 ↗ or do we want to have private property

54:35 ↗ trees in this

54:39 ↗ program I mean they could be included

54:43 ↗ and not included on that like map of

54:45 ↗ visitation and like they could be mapped

54:48 ↗ and and noted as

54:49 ↗ private add complexity so I'm just

54:53 ↗ trying to simplify right like you guys

54:54 ↗ know I'm always trying to simplify stuff

54:56 ↗ so like my question is is the benefit of

55:00 ↗ having private Heritage trees worth the

55:03 ↗ added complexity of all the things we've

55:05 ↗ been talking about which is probably

55:06 ↗ just scratching the surface of all the

55:08 ↗ things we'd actually need to do yeah I

55:11 ↗ would distinguish the between commercial

55:13 ↗ which is privately owned but I would

55:15 ↗ argue to some extent certainly publicly

55:17 ↗ accessible and that's where we have a

55:18 ↗ lot of our private or i' say you know

55:21 ↗ four of the six or five of The Seven

55:23 ↗ Trees we have on private property or

55:25 ↗ commercial property right next to is

55:26 ↗ Coffee Company where hundreds of people

55:28 ↗ go every

55:29 ↗ day Gilman Village so there's a little

55:32 ↗ difference versus yeah single family

55:33 ↗ home or multi family homes that are

55:35 ↗ truly like private residences um that is

55:38 ↗ a good question I don't know the answer

55:40 ↗ I'm just sort of asking question that's

55:42 ↗ what I'm saying I do differentiate

55:43 ↗ between between those areas in terms of

55:46 ↗ kind of how the the ability for people

55:48 ↗ to go connect with these trees is which

55:50 ↗ is great point in terms of mapping that

55:52 ↗ that yeah we would there would need to

55:54 ↗ be some notation of how you know where

55:56 ↗ you could view it and where you could

55:58 ↗ view it from seems like if it's a

56:01 ↗ private property say that the system

56:03 ↗ does evolve to include private property

56:08 ↗ trees it would be appropriate to say do

56:11 ↗ you want yeah what sort of

56:13 ↗ level want this listed I don't think

56:16 ↗ that's too different too too different

56:17 ↗ from what we're kind of weighing with

56:19 ↗ the snowy tribe to in terms of what

56:21 ↗ level of information they want uh

56:23 ↗ publicly

56:24 ↗ available it might be okay the species

56:27 ↗ and the cultural significance behind it

56:28 ↗ they really want to push that education

56:30 ↗ but not the specific location not

56:32 ↗ attracting tons of people out there to

56:33 ↗ go see it even if it is on public

56:36 ↗ land that's kind of my take Zach you've

56:39 ↗ got your hand up thanks for Patiently

56:41 ↗ Waiting no problem uh I guess just just

56:44 ↗ thinking not to I guess it might come

56:46 ↗ across as someone antagonizing what's

56:48 ↗ the point of a Heritage Tree on a

56:50 ↗ private land obviously if a land owner

56:52 ↗ is nominating their tree they value it

56:54 ↗ they're not going to cut it down it

56:56 ↗ doesn't carry through in any sort of

56:57 ↗ protections other than what they write

57:00 ↗ and stipulate into the sale of their

57:02 ↗ home um so it seems as though I mean

57:05 ↗ other than I suppose celebrating the

57:07 ↗ tree but in terms of protections I mean

57:10 ↗ uh if they value the tree the tree will

57:12 ↗ be protected and if they sell it and the

57:14 ↗ person purchasing the land does not

57:16 ↗ value the tree then the tree will not

57:18 ↗ persist right I mean um I guess unless

57:23 ↗ it's on like a private land that's like

57:25 ↗ a condimenti or something but generally

57:27 ↗ like a a single like homeowner um it

57:31 ↗ doesn't seem like since it doesn't

57:33 ↗ really carry through in terms of like um

57:35 ↗ affecting the sale of the house or

57:37 ↗ whatever you would have to stipulate it

57:39 ↗ in your the sale of the home it seems

57:41 ↗ like there's not really a lot of value

57:43 ↗ in uh creating like a Heritage Tree on a

57:46 ↗ private land owners um wait yeah it's a

57:50 ↗ great great Point Zach and and again

57:52 ↗ that that is a decision of the that's a

57:55 ↗ decision of the property owner how other

57:58 ↗ cities have handled that to so to your

58:00 ↗ your point I don't think it's ant

58:02 ↗ antagonistic at all it's it speaks to

58:05 ↗ the the question and the value that

58:07 ↗ private property owner would have that

58:09 ↗ private property owner if they wanted to

58:11 ↗ make sure that tree was protected in

58:13 ↗ perpetuity they then could choose to put

58:16 ↗ that Covenant on the title as the owner

58:20 ↗ um and then realize that by putting that

58:22 ↗ Covenant on the title you you may when

58:26 ↗ it does come to re time to resell you

58:28 ↗ know that that's again that's your own

58:31 ↗ that's your own personal decision to

58:33 ↗ weigh the the pros and cons of but

58:37 ↗ that's how other cities have done it and

58:39 ↗ I think how Dan and I have talked about

58:41 ↗ is um that ability for that private

58:44 ↗ owner to

58:45 ↗ put um the Covenant protection on the

58:48 ↗ title is a a sole decision of theirs to

58:53 ↗ make would be a sole decision of theirs

58:55 ↗ to make

59:01 ↗ so I

59:03 ↗ think a little bit about an e static

59:06 ↗ value so um can you elaborate a little

59:09 ↗ bit more on um you compared with other

59:13 ↗ Tre programs I they usually say of

59:16 ↗ aesthetic value it's a Criterion but in

59:20 ↗ this case we specifically removed it as

59:23 ↗ a sort of a criteria um I wouldn't say

59:26 ↗ removed it just it wasn't included

59:29 ↗ initially um so yeah whether whether

59:31 ↗ that's something we would want to Bren

59:33 ↗ out I think is kind of more of the

59:34 ↗ question but

59:36 ↗ um we have a bunch of beautiful blooming

59:39 ↗ trees up and down it it it really does

59:41 ↗ get into yeah a lot of the cherry trees

59:44 ↗ things like that and we certainly have

59:45 ↗ some of those in our in our program

59:47 ↗ they're they're by no means like the

59:48 ↗ biggest trees or even necessarily

59:50 ↗ biggest of that variety um they may not

59:53 ↗ have huge levels of ecological value

59:57 ↗ necessarily but third core I get I get

1:00:00 ↗ calls randomly about like what what type

1:00:02 ↗ of variety of cherries or even what

1:00:03 ↗ variety of dogwood we have on Front

1:00:05 ↗ Street I just got a call this week from

1:00:07 ↗ someone passing through town just asking

1:00:08 ↗ if I could tell them so I mean it

1:00:09 ↗ definitely stands out and and you know

1:00:11 ↗ gives us you know character to our kind

1:00:13 ↗ of downtown core but yeah it's it's uh

1:00:16 ↗ uh it's something that I think yeah kind

1:00:17 ↗ of kind of fits those type of species

1:00:20 ↗ maybe more than you know kind of Zach

1:00:21 ↗ was highlighting some the native species

1:00:22 ↗ and ecosystem benefits or you know

1:00:24 ↗ obviously some of the indigenous kind of

1:00:26 ↗ cultural significance or you know ties

1:00:28 ↗ to early isqua you know in terms of like

1:00:30 ↗ European migrants and all that

1:00:34 ↗ so and maybe uh just comment on the some

1:00:37 ↗ of the discussion points on number four

1:00:40 ↗ you ask about

1:00:41 ↗ participation um have you thought about

1:00:44 ↗ maybe doing a sponsor program same way

1:00:47 ↗ we do for V in the par where you can

1:00:51 ↗ invite our residents to um sponsor the

1:00:54 ↗ pl

1:00:58 ↗ uh regarding number five I think

1:01:01 ↗ Heritage we need uh re re-education

1:01:05 ↗ first on what a Heritage tree is I

1:01:08 ↗ selfishly I I'm a part board member but

1:01:12 ↗ before this was brought up I had to

1:01:14 ↗ Google what tree is so before expanding

1:01:19 ↗ to the other designation level it will

1:01:22 ↗ be better to um enrich the re education

1:01:27 ↗ or from informing the residents on what

1:01:34 ↗ ahead your definitions whether it's one

1:01:36 ↗ level or multip yeah it's a great

1:01:40 ↗ Point anyone

1:01:44 ↗ else great discussion Connie

1:01:48 ↗ available is available and we can do

1:01:50 ↗ public comment and then I'm going to ask

1:01:52 ↗ Dan to be very quick with the rest of

1:01:53 ↗ his presentation

1:01:56 ↗ oh well

1:02:00 ↗ there's um Connie are you there do you

1:02:02 ↗ want to

1:02:05 ↗ unmute we are ah look at that I actually

1:02:08 ↗ solved my problem you can hear me this

1:02:10 ↗ time right you can hear you loud and

1:02:12 ↗ clear hky Dory totally my fault uh

1:02:18 ↗ so uh Heritage trees I actually tried to

1:02:22 ↗ get Heritage trees as a community member

1:02:25 ↗ on public property uh I don't even

1:02:28 ↗ remember how long ago that was but my

1:02:31 ↗ concern is the London plain

1:02:33 ↗ trees uh planted in the 70s by the parks

1:02:37 ↗ department along tibits Valley Park in

1:02:40 ↗ Newport Way and the City of iso wants to

1:02:44 ↗ widen that section of Newport Way and

1:02:48 ↗ their their

1:02:51 ↗ plan

1:02:52 ↗ would threaten that big long long stand

1:02:57 ↗ of trees along Newport Way and then

1:02:59 ↗ going up into Tibbits Valley Park and so

1:03:04 ↗ I was shut down because it was more than

1:03:06 ↗ three

1:03:08 ↗ trees uh I was grumpy I continue to be

1:03:12 ↗ grumpy

1:03:14 ↗ right the city of isqua has been a tree

1:03:17 ↗ City USA for a very long time our code

1:03:20 ↗ does not particularly protect trees it's

1:03:24 ↗ really quite easy to say we can't save

1:03:28 ↗ these trees and they say okay you can

1:03:31 ↗ plant offsite we don't really know what

1:03:33 ↗ that means yet uh or you can replant

1:03:37 ↗ onsite so the idea that we have a strict

1:03:42 ↗ code that is protecting our larger or

1:03:45 ↗ more significant

1:03:48 ↗ trees is is not really true they have to

1:03:52 ↗ explain why they need to take the trees

1:03:54 ↗ down but in our world of climate and

1:04:01 ↗ development and a City Identity heavily

1:04:05 ↗ based in trees it seemed to me

1:04:09 ↗ exceptionally important to try to bring

1:04:11 ↗ along the community and the city in

1:04:15 ↗ understanding what the most important

1:04:17 ↗ trees are to protect in order to

1:04:20 ↗ preserve our environment and our sense

1:04:24 ↗ of place

1:04:26 ↗ and the changes that I can see to the

1:04:31 ↗ code initially don't don't

1:04:35 ↗ serve that purpose so when I went

1:04:38 ↗ cruising around I did like peup creating

1:04:42 ↗ a list of the trees that they thought

1:04:45 ↗ were worthy

1:04:47 ↗ of significance and they were worthy of

1:04:51 ↗ saving and because they have a very old

1:04:53 ↗ town they asked the community to come

1:04:56 ↗ out and and say what trees do they think

1:04:58 ↗ are important and I think that that is a

1:05:00 ↗ a big part of isqua is we have all these

1:05:04 ↗ people who are looking at isqua going

1:05:06 ↗ wow this is the greenest most tree

1:05:09 ↗ oriented town I have ever seen and isn't

1:05:13 ↗ it amazing and then you have another

1:05:15 ↗ group of people whom I won't mention who

1:05:19 ↗ think well you know trees they'll regrow

1:05:22 ↗ again and it's not that big of a deal so

1:05:27 ↗ I think

1:05:30 ↗ everybody could be educated on what

1:05:34 ↗ trees we need to keep for me I think

1:05:38 ↗ trees in this area especially have grown

1:05:40 ↗ in groups and so the idea of single

1:05:43 ↗ trees being something that you protect

1:05:47 ↗ is is not really the habitat that was

1:05:50 ↗ originally here and um does not serve

1:05:54 ↗ the purpose of Place making in isqua uh

1:05:58 ↗ it was it was groupings of trees maybe a

1:06:01 ↗ little bit of meadow and then I

1:06:04 ↗ have the the uh idea that the Park Board

1:06:11 ↗ needs to have more say in advance of

1:06:13 ↗ decision being done by the park director

1:06:16 ↗ I think you all should my particular

1:06:19 ↗ thing didn't really come back to Park

1:06:21 ↗ Board because I was just told no be

1:06:25 ↗ because they didn't think the the

1:06:27 ↗ application was for more than three

1:06:29 ↗ trees and so it's like I didn't you know

1:06:34 ↗ I got to whine and whale with department

1:06:36 ↗ heads and staff as many as I could get

1:06:39 ↗ but it didn't sort of broadly educate

1:06:41 ↗ the community on a thing so I think it's

1:06:43 ↗ important that the park board get this

1:06:47 ↗ uh decision making before the deal is

1:06:51 ↗ done all right one last thing we have as

1:06:55 ↗ our City tree Eddie's white Wonder

1:06:58 ↗ Dogwood which is a nonnative sort of

1:07:02 ↗ gnarly Dogwood um and I don't know why

1:07:08 ↗ it seems like perhaps we would want to

1:07:11 ↗ have trees that could be future Heritage

1:07:15 ↗ trees as our our our city tree anyway

1:07:20 ↗ hopefully this was uh you understand a

1:07:23 ↗ little bit better the story of how we

1:07:25 ↗ got to where we are at this point in

1:07:28 ↗ time

1:07:30 ↗ thanks thanks

1:07:38 ↗ Connie

1:07:40 ↗ okay okay well back to Dan go through

1:07:43 ↗ these like I said these are hopefully

1:07:44 ↗ mostly just kind of quick kitting

1:07:46 ↗ updates on our Urban forest team uh I'll

1:07:48 ↗ chat briefly about uh green isqua uh

1:07:51 ↗ some of the Environmental Education work

1:07:53 ↗ we're doing as a team uh our park range

1:07:55 ↗ team and just kind of some recap on tree

1:07:58 ↗ work over the last year or so so that's

1:08:00 ↗ uh Alex Anderson on the right our park

1:08:02 ↗ ranger Taylor Nichols in the middle our

1:08:04 ↗ volunteer coordinator for green isqua

1:08:06 ↗ and Vera who was our seasonal park

1:08:08 ↗ ranger last

1:08:11 ↗ year um so hopefully everyone's familiar

1:08:14 ↗ with our green isal program uh this has

1:08:16 ↗ been in place for a few years now but uh

1:08:18 ↗ run inh house since my position in

1:08:19 ↗ Taylor's position started about a year

1:08:21 ↗ ago uh really looking to improve forest

1:08:23 ↗ and Natural Area Health uh vze and

1:08:25 ↗ inform and involved community Through

1:08:27 ↗ stewardship volunteerism and ensure you

1:08:30 ↗ know long-term sustainability for our

1:08:31 ↗ forested parks and natural areas which

1:08:33 ↗ Encompass about 1500 Acres or you know

1:08:35 ↗ pushing almost 20% of our city land

1:08:40 ↗ mass so these are just kind of some

1:08:43 ↗ quick hitters for green ISO in 2023 and

1:08:46 ↗ hopefully you're maybe familiar to that

1:08:47 ↗ we have a 20y year implementation plan

1:08:49 ↗ so we actually do have a guide for this

1:08:52 ↗ program and goals that have been set

1:08:53 ↗ annually through the next well next 15

1:08:56 ↗ or so years now at this point but over a

1:08:58 ↗ 20- year period uh so I won't read all

1:09:00 ↗ of these but you can see we we far

1:09:01 ↗ surpassed our volunteer hours which is

1:09:03 ↗ great by um we had a goal of I think

1:09:05 ↗ 2400 that's not written there sorry but

1:09:07 ↗ we had 30 almost 3200 volunteer hours in

1:09:10 ↗ 2023 70 events you can kind of see the

1:09:12 ↗ mix of corporate work parties public

1:09:14 ↗ events hosted by Forest stewards so

1:09:16 ↗ those are dedicated ongoing recurring

1:09:18 ↗ volunteers that do some of their own

1:09:20 ↗ work even lead their own small events uh

1:09:22 ↗ and then really you know leaning on work

1:09:23 ↗ with our partners like is Els trails

1:09:25 ↗ Mount sound Greenway trout unlimited has

1:09:27 ↗ been super involved starting this year

1:09:30 ↗ uh that also uh run events at isqua

1:09:32 ↗ parks it's part of green isqua uh so

1:09:33 ↗ we've had 10 active foror stewards and

1:09:35 ↗ we have two High School interns uh me

1:09:37 ↗ and Leilani and they've been very

1:09:38 ↗ helpful on some of the Heritage tree

1:09:40 ↗ research uh this year too in the in the

1:09:42 ↗ bottom right there uh so really focus on

1:09:44 ↗ that Hands-On stewardship but also the

1:09:46 ↗ uh you know kind of education and

1:09:48 ↗ engagement for folks that might want

1:09:49 ↗ more of the context or maybe aren't as

1:09:52 ↗ able to come out and pull blackberry and

1:09:53 ↗ plant trees so birdwalk

1:09:55 ↗ for Steward training and really

1:09:57 ↗ expanding educational opportunities uh

1:09:59 ↗ kind of mentioned book ending our

1:10:01 ↗ planting season with green is a in the

1:10:02 ↗ fall and Arbor Day at the start of the

1:10:04 ↗ spring um so s we can hop to the next

1:10:07 ↗ one which I think we'll have a little

1:10:08 ↗ more on Environmental Education uh so we

1:10:10 ↗ hosted 29 events in 2023 topics were

1:10:13 ↗ kind of wide ranging Forest Health plant

1:10:15 ↗ identification salmon ecology a little

1:10:18 ↗ bit on our carbon credits Ranger

1:10:19 ↗ programs you know how to be good outdoor

1:10:23 ↗ uh users of our park space and you know

1:10:24 ↗ that engage AED 400 people and you kind

1:10:26 ↗ of see the youth adult breakdown on that

1:10:28 ↗ too so

1:10:32 ↗ um and then Park Rangers I mentioned

1:10:34 ↗ Alex Anderson we do have a new seasonal

1:10:36 ↗ park ranger Casey Shane who just started

1:10:37 ↗ with us a few weeks ago so we have uh

1:10:39 ↗ everyday coverage in spring and summer

1:10:41 ↗ months that's a six-month position so

1:10:43 ↗ he's about a month into that position uh

1:10:45 ↗ so routine Patrol uh this is not law

1:10:48 ↗ enforcement I think you all know that so

1:10:49 ↗ we really focus on what we say

1:10:51 ↗ enforcement through education um so

1:10:54 ↗ there's kind of the current staff and

1:10:55 ↗ you know they do work really closely

1:10:57 ↗ with our Human Services team on on

1:10:58 ↗ homeless Outreach uh they do some you

1:11:01 ↗ know kind of General parks and Trail

1:11:02 ↗ maintenance support a ton of our green

1:11:04 ↗ isical work as well and and as we kind

1:11:05 ↗ of chat chatt on that last slide a lot

1:11:07 ↗ of the interpretation and and outdoor

1:11:08 ↗ education as

1:11:11 ↗ well um these are just from the first

1:11:13 ↗ quarter our park ranger if you ever to

1:11:15 ↗ see more of these does annual reports

1:11:16 ↗ and then quarterly reports of the type

1:11:18 ↗ of contacts and kind of some other

1:11:19 ↗ metrics so you know you can kind of see

1:11:21 ↗ the stuff that he's responding to

1:11:22 ↗ Illegal dumping offleash dogs vandalism

1:11:24 ↗ graffiti homeless Outreach so this is

1:11:26 ↗ you know just in January through March

1:11:28 ↗ of this year 141 total contacts this is

1:11:30 ↗ all tracked on GIS which is great so we

1:11:32 ↗ can go back to it see where there's

1:11:34 ↗ problem areas see where there's hot

1:11:35 ↗ spots uh that's probably a low quarter

1:11:37 ↗ about 1100 pounds of litter or legal

1:11:39 ↗ dumping pulled out of our Parks you know

1:11:41 ↗ sometimes that's 2,000 plus uh then you

1:11:43 ↗ can see some of the education

1:11:44 ↗ initiatives leave no Trace you know

1:11:46 ↗ signs pamphlets really educating on you

1:11:47 ↗ know like said how to be responsible at

1:11:49 ↗ recreators in our Parks park ranger

1:11:51 ↗ responsible dog owners that's actually a

1:11:53 ↗ national park program that we're

1:11:54 ↗ borrowing Ranger program and then Alex

1:11:56 ↗ has gotten really good interest in our

1:11:57 ↗ outdoor 101 really trying to get people

1:11:59 ↗ more comfortable with with recreating in

1:12:01 ↗ the outdoors that maybe haven't done

1:12:02 ↗ that much

1:12:04 ↗ before and then kind of summarizing some

1:12:07 ↗ tree work here so this one just just to

1:12:09 ↗ kind of caveat this is uh our planting

1:12:12 ↗ season so kind of starting in October of

1:12:14 ↗ of last year through Arbor Day just a

1:12:16 ↗ few weeks ago which which ended our

1:12:18 ↗ planting season uh we've put in 2500

1:12:20 ↗ native trees across 15 different parks

1:12:23 ↗ and other 730 native shrubs really f

1:12:25 ↗ focusing on under story as we've talked

1:12:26 ↗ about and Forest Edge habitat you know

1:12:29 ↗ along our Trail corridors in a lot of

1:12:30 ↗ places we've really upped our tree

1:12:32 ↗ pruning whether that's for visibility

1:12:34 ↗ clearance or certainly tree Health as

1:12:36 ↗ well so that's both you know contracted

1:12:37 ↗ pruning work and then also our our Parks

1:12:39 ↗ operations team so that has already

1:12:41 ↗ doubled the amount we did the previous

1:12:43 ↗ season that 829 trees uh and then 19

1:12:46 ↗ trees you know lost or removed you know

1:12:48 ↗ a lot of these trees come down in storms

1:12:50 ↗ and you we end up cleaning up from our

1:12:51 ↗ Trail stuff like that too so to kind of

1:12:53 ↗ differentiate between there so that's

1:12:55 ↗ kind of what we what we've lost so far

1:12:57 ↗ this past season and then yeah

1:12:58 ↗ celebrated our 32nd city of isqua Arbor

1:13:01 ↗ Day on April 6th could book end that

1:13:02 ↗ planting season so that's like I said

1:13:04 ↗ our 32nd year is a Tre City

1:13:08 ↗ USA and then uh you know this is kind of

1:13:11 ↗ looking at those green isqua goals

1:13:13 ↗ moving forward 2,800 volunteer hours 12

1:13:15 ↗ Forest stewards so adding at least two

1:13:17 ↗ more we're hoping to do more than that

1:13:18 ↗ we actually just had a forest Steward

1:13:19 ↗ orientation this past Saturday and had

1:13:21 ↗ eight people show up but they seem

1:13:22 ↗ really interested a few folks new to

1:13:24 ↗ isqua and you know kind of building

1:13:26 ↗ Community through our green oal program

1:13:28 ↗ which is awesome uh and then upping our

1:13:30 ↗ Acres enrolled in restoration to almost

1:13:33 ↗ 100 which this past year our goal I

1:13:35 ↗ believe was 65 or 70 and we we were just

1:13:38 ↗ short of that but pretty close and these

1:13:40 ↗ are some of the initiatives I kind of

1:13:41 ↗ mention we've already had this year

1:13:42 ↗ March March 2nd was our Outdoors 101

1:13:44 ↗ coexisting with carnivore panel was

1:13:46 ↗ great kind of connecting the work we're

1:13:47 ↗ doing around uh Forest conservation

1:13:50 ↗ Restoration in our wildlife in isqua

1:13:52 ↗ Arbor Day at Confluence Park new for

1:13:55 ↗ Steward orientation and then really

1:13:57 ↗ really kind of quick update this week

1:13:58 ↗ com back to you all in the next couple

1:13:59 ↗ months on the urban Forest management

1:14:01 ↗ plan the last time I did talk to you all

1:14:02 ↗ was the joint meeting with the

1:14:03 ↗ environmental board as we launched the

1:14:05 ↗ survey thank you all for participating

1:14:06 ↗ in that spreading the word we end up

1:14:08 ↗ having about 235 responses to that and

1:14:10 ↗ our Consultants are really kind of

1:14:12 ↗ working to analyze that plus some of the

1:14:14 ↗ other benchmarking and kind of forest

1:14:16 ↗ audit stuff they've been working on

1:14:17 ↗ based on some of our existing City

1:14:19 ↗ documents interviews with City staff

1:14:20 ↗ stakeholders all that sort of stuff uh

1:14:23 ↗ so we should have a draft outline goals

1:14:25 ↗ strategies uh and recommendations to

1:14:27 ↗ bring back to you all in June is the is

1:14:29 ↗ the goal and um hope to have that

1:14:32 ↗ something a little more tangible it's

1:14:33 ↗ going to start looking like the bones of

1:14:34 ↗ the plan uh which is really

1:14:37 ↗ exciting and that I believe is it um

1:14:41 ↗ might be a yeah slide at the end there

1:14:44 ↗ so yeah thank you all for like I said a

1:14:45 ↗ lot of really really good feedback and

1:14:47 ↗ food for thought today and excited to

1:14:49 ↗ bring both you know more info on the

1:14:50 ↗ forest management plan and herited trees

1:14:52 ↗ back here in a couple months

1:14:56 ↗ just real quick U more of a comment like

1:14:58 ↗ one thank you for all the Outreach and

1:15:00 ↗ all of the like education that you guys

1:15:01 ↗ are doing I think that's really cool to

1:15:03 ↗ see the STA I don't think we see that

1:15:04 ↗ all the time so I just really appreciate

1:15:06 ↗ that and then one of the things we

1:15:07 ↗ talked about and it was a little bit

1:15:08 ↗ different it was more about like w

1:15:10 ↗ facilities last month last month it was

1:15:12 ↗ about um connecting more with the school

1:15:14 ↗ district um so I know obviously a school

1:15:17 ↗ high school and a school middle school

1:15:18 ↗ you know they're right out on tiger um

1:15:20 ↗ Nick and my son are actually in the same

1:15:22 ↗ class which is backyard forest and so

1:15:24 ↗ they spend a lot of time learning about

1:15:26 ↗ the environment going on Hikes doing

1:15:28 ↗ that stuff so that might be another

1:15:29 ↗ potential way to reach out that's a

1:15:32 ↗ program that's pretty popular I think in

1:15:34 ↗ the middle school at least so it might

1:15:35 ↗ be a good place to try to make a

1:15:38 ↗ connection and I if you want to connect

1:15:39 ↗ with the person who runs that that would

1:15:41 ↗ be awesome when I hear from my my

1:15:42 ↗ husband just been on their hike last

1:15:44 ↗ week he a plethora of information so

1:15:48 ↗ figure out ways we get support to that

1:15:49 ↗ us Gibson a has been kind of our main in

1:15:51 ↗ but knowing the high school and middle

1:15:53 ↗ school there's a lot more potential

1:15:55 ↗ there to do some of the youth education

1:15:57 ↗ too so that's a great great Point um Dan

1:16:00 ↗ thank you very much for that update um

1:16:03 ↗ not only as a for supervisor but really

1:16:05 ↗ bringing your skills we've really been

1:16:08 ↗ able to up our in many ways create a

1:16:10 ↗ natural resource division natural

1:16:12 ↗ resource team within our park operations

1:16:14 ↗ team so it's really um as the the

1:16:17 ↗ results show really helped us diversify

1:16:19 ↗ how we're stewarding our Parks um and

1:16:22 ↗ all the diversity in our system so big

1:16:25 ↗ big thanks um big thanks as well for the

1:16:28 ↗ Heritage tree discussion all of you um

1:16:31 ↗ very helpful um you know our public

1:16:34 ↗ spaces speak to our culture and our

1:16:36 ↗ heritage and who we are as a community

1:16:39 ↗ um in so many ways and um um if I can

1:16:43 ↗ segue Chris I think another thing that

1:16:45 ↗ speaks to our in our public spaces and

1:16:47 ↗ our culture is is history is Art um and

1:16:50 ↗ and Amy's here to give a really fun

1:16:52 ↗ update on um

1:16:55 ↗ on our uh plazas project we're calling

1:16:58 ↗ Plaza plural pedestrian Park Plaza and

1:17:01 ↗ Senior Center Plaza but just um some

1:17:04 ↗ really really fun work happening with a

1:17:06 ↗ local artist so Amy please take it

1:17:11 ↗ away and um I thank you for having me

1:17:14 ↗ this evening I think it's been about a

1:17:16 ↗ year since I've been here so I'm not

1:17:18 ↗ sure that I have met all of you but I'm

1:17:20 ↗ Amy Dukes I'm the cultural arts manager

1:17:22 ↗ of the city um and I'm continue on with

1:17:26 ↗ the celebrating trees theme and it'll

1:17:28 ↗ all make sense in just a few slides so

1:17:33 ↗ um so as Jeff mentioned um this is an

1:17:37 ↗ update on the public art that is going

1:17:39 ↗ into the downtown plazas pedestrian Park

1:17:42 ↗ and Senior Center plazas I'm I think you

1:17:45 ↗ all had a update of those projects

1:17:47 ↗ pretty recently right so um you may have

1:17:50 ↗ heard that there is Art being included

1:17:52 ↗ in the plazas um we actually we're

1:17:55 ↗ planning to put art in no matter what

1:17:57 ↗ but fortunately we're able to receive a

1:17:59 ↗ grant from um the Washington State Arts

1:18:02 ↗ commission through our creative District

1:18:04 ↗ designation so we um recently were

1:18:08 ↗ awarded

1:18:10 ↗ $112,000

1:18:12 ↗ 12,500 um to put uh public art into

1:18:15 ↗ these two projects so just really helped

1:18:17 ↗ to up that budget so that the art could

1:18:19 ↗ be

1:18:23 ↗ significant it's really tiny on there

1:18:26 ↗ but the artist for this project um oh I

1:18:28 ↗ think it was on the other slide as well

1:18:29 ↗ is Jun sakaguchi um so we um the Arts

1:18:34 ↗ commission put out a call for H

1:18:37 ↗ qualifications um to select an artist we

1:18:40 ↗ had great response we had I think like

1:18:43 ↗ 40 something submissions which is really

1:18:46 ↗ wonderful um and it was nared down to a

1:18:49 ↗ handful in the Arts commission reviewed

1:18:51 ↗ everything we review everything um kind

1:18:53 ↗ of in a blind

1:18:55 ↗ way so that they're really looking at

1:18:57 ↗ just previous artwork um and they

1:19:00 ↗ selected um June as their first choice

1:19:03 ↗ um usually they select a couple of

1:19:04 ↗ choices because sometimes we select

1:19:06 ↗ artists who are really busy and popular

1:19:08 ↗ and can't quite fit their um into our

1:19:11 ↗ timeline so fortunately she was

1:19:14 ↗ available to take the

1:19:18 ↗ commission and um so her process I just

1:19:20 ↗ want to share with you this is actually

1:19:22 ↗ her presentation that she gave to the

1:19:23 ↗ Arts commission earlier this month so

1:19:25 ↗ I'm sure I won't quite do it justice but

1:19:28 ↗ um I will try so her um research um the

1:19:31 ↗ first thing that she wanted to do um and

1:19:33 ↗ I should note June was actually a

1:19:36 ↗ resident of issaqua for many years I

1:19:38 ↗ don't know if any of you know her but

1:19:40 ↗ she um was very actively engaged in the

1:19:42 ↗ community um she's moved away probably

1:19:45 ↗ about a decade um ago um lives in the

1:19:48 ↗ Tacoma area but has since moving away

1:19:51 ↗ become a pretty well-known uh nationally

1:19:54 ↗ um public artist with commissions all

1:19:56 ↗ over the place um but isqua holds a

1:19:59 ↗ special place in her heart so and she's

1:20:01 ↗ very familiar with the community um so

1:20:03 ↗ part of her process was um to research

1:20:06 ↗ um sort of just to kind of come up with

1:20:09 ↗ some themes that she might want to

1:20:10 ↗ explore and so she actually met with a

1:20:13 ↗ couple of members of the snow quami

1:20:14 ↗ tribe um Ginger De Los Angeles is

1:20:17 ↗ actually the artist who um we worked

1:20:20 ↗ with for the Jacob two trees um

1:20:23 ↗ sculpture she's actually the one that

1:20:24 ↗ braided the cedar for his um bracelet

1:20:28 ↗ and hairband um and then we also worked

1:20:31 ↗ with Stephen on that project as well

1:20:33 ↗ who's the archaeologist for the tribe so

1:20:35 ↗ she met with both of those members um

1:20:37 ↗ she also met with the history museums um

1:20:41 ↗ and then um she I think is personal

1:20:43 ↗ friends with meleno

1:20:46 ↗ um movich who um used to run pomegranate

1:20:50 ↗ Center in isqua a long time ago and who

1:20:53 ↗ was one of the original champ I of the

1:20:55 ↗ isquat treasures I don't know if you

1:20:57 ↗ guys know the treasures but I think it's

1:20:59 ↗ from the late 90s do you guys and

1:21:01 ↗ there's like 35 things about this Aqua

1:21:04 ↗ that people hold dear um that the

1:21:06 ↗ community voted on um so she kind of

1:21:09 ↗ looked at that list um in addition to

1:21:12 ↗ that um the Arts commission had um had

1:21:16 ↗ contracted with Don Fels a local artist

1:21:18 ↗ to do kind of a a plan with history and

1:21:22 ↗ art and some themes that are important

1:21:24 ↗ to to is a qua um and then she of course

1:21:27 ↗ had her own personal Reflections on

1:21:29 ↗ raising her family here and living here

1:21:33 ↗ um and then um I think she pretty early

1:21:36 ↗ on especially with her conversations

1:21:38 ↗ with the tribe started to zero in on um

1:21:41 ↗ just sort of n nature as a theme and she

1:21:45 ↗ kind of looked at some of the various um

1:21:48 ↗ local Laura and FAA for

1:21:52 ↗ inspiration but um ultimately L she

1:21:55 ↗ landed on the western red cedar um as

1:21:59 ↗ the inspiration for the sculpture that

1:22:01 ↗ she wanted to explore and um she kept

1:22:04 ↗ hearing from all the people that she

1:22:05 ↗ talked with how important the cedar was

1:22:07 ↗ to life in isqua um among all different

1:22:11 ↗ cultural groups um and she was really

1:22:14 ↗ drawn to it in large part because of the

1:22:18 ↗ um the braiding of the um what's the

1:22:23 ↗ right word see I'm not a tree person

1:22:27 ↗ the the the needles or the is it needles

1:22:32 ↗ yeah so she really she works her work is

1:22:35 ↗ um very much influenced by geometric

1:22:37 ↗ forms and so she started to really

1:22:40 ↗ explore the braiding um as well as the

1:22:44 ↗ cone um and then just sort of the reason

1:22:48 ↗ why she uh decided that the cedar was

1:22:51 ↗ the place to really um put her emphasis

1:22:54 ↗ just all the ways in which um it was

1:22:57 ↗ important to people

1:22:59 ↗ here so um this is I this is a huge jump

1:23:03 ↗ from

1:23:05 ↗ that and maybe I will um hold on one sec

1:23:10 ↗ maybe I'll go back to those um so um

1:23:14 ↗ another pattern that she explored was

1:23:16 ↗ actually the cellular structure of the

1:23:19 ↗ cedar um so she was really interested in

1:23:22 ↗ the way under the microscope how that

1:23:23 ↗ looks and those different patterns and

1:23:26 ↗ textures are um and as it turns out um

1:23:30 ↗ with the sculpture that she started to

1:23:32 ↗ create she actually needed to fill in

1:23:34 ↗ some open space for safety and other

1:23:37 ↗ reasons so this became an extra layer

1:23:40 ↗ within her sculpture um the materials

1:23:43 ↗ that she plans to use are steel and then

1:23:45 ↗ there's a coating that is similar to

1:23:48 ↗ powder coating but is a new process um

1:23:50 ↗ that enables which I'm excited about

1:23:52 ↗ because this enables the sculpture to

1:23:54 ↗ get touchups without having to be like

1:23:56 ↗ removed and sanded down and re um powder

1:24:00 ↗ coated so she's going to use this new um

1:24:02 ↗ material um and we've identified a

1:24:04 ↗ fabricator so now I guess I will go back

1:24:08 ↗ too um so she came up with two different

1:24:12 ↗ um sculptures so I can show you the site

1:24:15 ↗ plan after these my I'm sorry my uh I

1:24:18 ↗ feel like she did this in such a better

1:24:21 ↗ smooth way um but the

1:24:24 ↗ um sculpture here would be at The

1:24:27 ↗ Pedestrian Plaza um and that

1:24:31 ↗ one you can kind of see it from

1:24:35 ↗ a 3D perspective so height-wise um you

1:24:40 ↗ know all these people are sort of normal

1:24:41 ↗ sized adults um this would be I'll show

1:24:45 ↗ you on the map where a pedestrian Plaza

1:24:47 ↗ I believe this is one and then the

1:24:51 ↗ second large sculpture is this one um

1:24:55 ↗ which has a more elongated again her her

1:24:59 ↗ um artwork is not intended to be literal

1:25:02 ↗ at all so this is the essence of the

1:25:06 ↗ western Cedar um and you know it would

1:25:10 ↗ have that extra layer which you're not

1:25:12 ↗ seeing um woven in uh which is that that

1:25:16 ↗ cellular structure pattern and then

1:25:19 ↗ these cones are actually um enormously

1:25:22 ↗ exaggerated because the cone on the

1:25:24 ↗ western red seedar is actually quite

1:25:26 ↗ tiny so um again it's just all um kind

1:25:31 ↗ of inspired

1:25:35 ↗ by let just kind of give you some

1:25:37 ↗ different I dis size so um this would be

1:25:41 ↗ the pedestrian Park um Plaza area and

1:25:46 ↗ where that where that star is down

1:25:48 ↗ beneath is where that would go where

1:25:50 ↗ you're seeing um yellow circles there

1:25:53 ↗ will be some smaller sculptures that

1:25:55 ↗ will kind of guide you through and so

1:25:57 ↗ the idea for those which she doesn't

1:25:59 ↗ have a mockup on this presentation but

1:26:01 ↗ is that cone um structure so there would

1:26:04 ↗ be the large and then the cone and a

1:26:06 ↗ cone and then you would cross over to um

1:26:11 ↗ the Senior Center Plaza and there would

1:26:12 ↗ be another large sculpture and then

1:26:15 ↗ where you see the yellow circle there

1:26:17 ↗ would be a

1:26:19 ↗ c so those are the concepts to share

1:26:24 ↗ really great Concepts and as you the the

1:26:27 ↗ where the stars are I thought it was

1:26:29 ↗ interesting that the conversation with

1:26:31 ↗ the Arts commission and the artist

1:26:34 ↗ on understanding these two parks have

1:26:37 ↗ some physical separation and and letting

1:26:39 ↗ the art pieces sort of be beacons if you

1:26:42 ↗ will wanted yeah so the

1:26:46 ↗ so the thought would be that these would

1:26:48 ↗ be placed so that you could see the the

1:26:53 ↗ sculpture here at the senior center

1:26:55 ↗ plaza as you're standing over at

1:26:57 ↗ pedestrian Park um and so the little the

1:27:00 ↗ little cones along the way kind of guide

1:27:03 ↗ you to that the artist is also designing

1:27:07 ↗ um some ideas for the space in between

1:27:10 ↗ the two plazas in the hope that we will

1:27:13 ↗ be able to make that connection and then

1:27:16 ↗ we would of s it up

1:27:18 ↗ really right no I really appreciate it

1:27:21 ↗ and and we've talked a lot right as

1:27:23 ↗ we're phase one um realizing this needs

1:27:28 ↗ to function in its phase one state but

1:27:30 ↗ also realizing the goal is that with

1:27:33 ↗ Community response and use phase two

1:27:36 ↗ that middle are Depot Park really

1:27:38 ↗ becomes the that next phase of of

1:27:42 ↗ development

1:27:43 ↗ so just a question only project be

1:27:47 ↗ completed um so the designs have gone to

1:27:51 ↗ Arts commission um creative District

1:27:53 ↗ Advisory Board and you guys um so the

1:27:56 ↗ designs are now kind of going to actual

1:28:00 ↗ um to engineering and Fabrication but

1:28:03 ↗ we'll hold a little bit on fabrication

1:28:05 ↗ until we fully understand the

1:28:07 ↗ construction timeline for the plazas um

1:28:10 ↗ so fabrication would probably only take

1:28:12 ↗ a couple of months and then the

1:28:14 ↗ installation would happen more toward

1:28:16 ↗ the end of the the part project so we

1:28:20 ↗ are hopefully on the tail end of

1:28:22 ↗ permitting we should be out to bid

1:28:24 ↗ I think right now we have bit award for

1:28:26 ↗ the project for the park the capital

1:28:29 ↗ projects to be going to Council in July

1:28:32 ↗ with the goal if you remember we we

1:28:35 ↗ anticipate ribbon cutting completion

1:28:38 ↗ spring of next year so imagine you know

1:28:41 ↗ cutting a ribbon on these spaces in

1:28:43 ↗ April as the weather is turning good the

1:28:45 ↗ goal would be as we cut a ribbon these

1:28:47 ↗ art pieces are

1:28:50 ↗ there yeah and they did they we were

1:28:53 ↗ able to get

1:28:54 ↗ generally the all the um footings and

1:28:58 ↗ locations and everything into the

1:29:00 ↗ permitting set so um it should be pretty

1:29:04 ↗ easy to to get install and and I did I

1:29:09 ↗ really appreciated your comment about

1:29:12 ↗ the eight different colors and

1:29:14 ↗ everybody's got an opinion so the color

1:29:16 ↗ that you saw on those sculptures on the

1:29:19 ↗ interior um was green and that is still

1:29:23 ↗ sort of being worked through with methun

1:29:25 ↗ um you know who's working on the designs

1:29:27 ↗ and also making decisions about colors

1:29:30 ↗ of site furniture and other things so

1:29:32 ↗ we're trying to agree on a color that

1:29:36 ↗ will harmonize

1:29:39 ↗ everything Nichola I see your hand

1:29:42 ↗ up oh yeah I didn't know if anybody else

1:29:44 ↗ was in the room was gonna say something

1:29:46 ↗ so just thank you um for Art thank you

1:29:49 ↗ for Grants um you know spending other

1:29:53 ↗ people's money on art is always more fun

1:29:55 ↗ than spending you know City general fund

1:29:58 ↗ on Art and so uh I just can't express

1:30:02 ↗ enough in my opinion just one person how

1:30:05 ↗ much art is goes such a long way in

1:30:08 ↗ placemaking um I can already think of

1:30:10 ↗ some of the installations that are

1:30:12 ↗ around the senior center and how uh

1:30:14 ↗ welcoming that is for Outsiders who

1:30:16 ↗ maybe aren't in the senior center to

1:30:18 ↗ approach the space engage with it in a

1:30:21 ↗ different way um and I just am excited

1:30:24 ↗ to see more of that throughout our um

1:30:27 ↗ art our Parks complex essentially thank

1:30:31 ↗ you thank you for those comments I did

1:30:34 ↗ want to mention um the story behind the

1:30:37 ↗ artwork we really do want to make sure

1:30:39 ↗ that that is told well um so we have and

1:30:43 ↗ I wanted to jump in when Dan was talking

1:30:46 ↗ we have an app that we have a

1:30:48 ↗ subscription to for the arts program

1:30:50 ↗ which is called story but

1:30:52 ↗ sqr wise and um we're we're working on

1:30:56 ↗ updating it with all of our public art

1:30:58 ↗ collection but it has infinite

1:31:01 ↗ possibilities for other um City assets

1:31:04 ↗ so we could include Trails or Heritage

1:31:07 ↗ trees they just did a huge um revamp of

1:31:10 ↗ the app and so now it's very

1:31:12 ↗ aesthetically pleasing and it's really

1:31:14 ↗ easy to create itineraries and things so

1:31:16 ↗ I can chat more with you guys about that

1:31:18 ↗ but we'll at the very least have some

1:31:21 ↗ signage and QR codes and then connection

1:31:24 ↗ this app so people can better

1:31:27 ↗ understand just to just to tag on to

1:31:29 ↗ that Andy that's great and and really

1:31:31 ↗ you know our our desire as managers of

1:31:35 ↗ of these public spaces is how cool would

1:31:36 ↗ it be to have one sort of one resource

1:31:39 ↗ that one app that is able someone's able

1:31:41 ↗ to look up the art pieces in isqua Parks

1:31:45 ↗ or the Heritage trees or the um the

1:31:49 ↗ memorial benches right that that could

1:31:52 ↗ could be another asset that can all be

1:31:55 ↗ folded in so that's aome we can have

1:32:00 ↗ 99 yeah lot

1:32:03 ↗ of thank you for having me thank

1:32:15 ↗ you hey we move into

1:32:21 ↗ reports youth Representatives yes Sundy

1:32:25 ↗ and ARA it's all you for your youth

1:32:31 ↗ report okay so we haven't really I don't

1:32:35 ↗ think we have that much of a big update

1:32:37 ↗ since our last you know since our last

1:32:40 ↗ parkboard meeting we've still been

1:32:41 ↗ working on planning the hackathon that's

1:32:45 ↗ supposed to happen on June

1:32:48 ↗ 1st and we did just have an event it was

1:32:52 ↗ our Middle School Dodge B tournament on

1:32:55 ↗ Friday April

1:32:56 ↗ 26 that was a big hit we had like a

1:32:59 ↗ bunch of people show up um everyone

1:33:02 ↗ really liked it and so yeah I think Nick

1:33:06 ↗ son organized it didn't they Nas wasn't

1:33:09 ↗ your son one of the main organizers um

1:33:12 ↗ well he at least refereed it but I can

1:33:14 ↗ say that what was interesting about

1:33:16 ↗ being there is I saw marle there and

1:33:19 ↗ that wasn't planned and I saw several

1:33:22 ↗ other members of kind of cross community

1:33:25 ↗ um uh attendance from that event so I

1:33:28 ↗ saw parents from you know my son's old

1:33:30 ↗ soccer club they now play on the Gunners

1:33:32 ↗ or I guess they're called Liverpool and

1:33:35 ↗ just other community members so it was

1:33:36 ↗ just such a great because it's not a

1:33:39 ↗ specific School sport it was just

1:33:41 ↗ drawing kids in from all over the

1:33:43 ↗ different uh I guess the areas of isqua

1:33:46 ↗ school district I don't know if it was

1:33:47 ↗ just middle schools in the area or what

1:33:49 ↗ have you but it was uh it was really

1:33:51 ↗ well attended and yeah it was emotional

1:33:53 ↗ there were highs there were lows and

1:33:55 ↗ then there were cupcakes so it was

1:33:57 ↗ great it was a it was a huge hit so hats

1:34:00 ↗ off the youth board and staff I know a

1:34:02 ↗ staff we been T I think we might have a

1:34:04 ↗ a tradition uh tradition for fun usually

1:34:09 ↗ I think prior not last year but the year

1:34:13 ↗ before Dodge B used to be called Dodge

1:34:15 ↗ Bond DS it used to just be um an annual

1:34:18 ↗ kind of thing that the youth board used

1:34:20 ↗ to put on um you know back back when we

1:34:23 ↗ were fifth graders so we weren't we

1:34:25 ↗ weren't on the youth War we know about

1:34:26 ↗ any of this but it used to be an annual

1:34:28 ↗ thing that they did for middle and high

1:34:31 ↗ schoolers and then other than the Dodge

1:34:33 ↗ wall event there is another event that

1:34:35 ↗ youth youth board is hosting called arts

1:34:38 ↗ in the park I believe it's also supposed

1:34:40 ↗ to happen sometime in June um I believe

1:34:43 ↗ it's also targeted towards Elementary

1:34:45 ↗ schoolers elementary and middle

1:34:47 ↗ schoolers so that's that's pretty much

1:34:51 ↗ go that's what's going on with the youth

1:34:53 ↗ board cuz we basically have our Like

1:34:55 ↗ official end date in about like a month

1:34:58 ↗ and a month or so like month and a half

1:35:01 ↗ maybe so

1:35:05 ↗ yeah yeah but that's it from the youth

1:35:08 ↗ board thank you have a

1:35:13 ↗ question might I ask a question really

1:35:15 ↗ quick yeah uh so just is there uh thanks

1:35:19 ↗ for presenting here it's been great

1:35:21 ↗ having you all at meetings um if I could

1:35:24 ↗ show up it would be even better um but

1:35:27 ↗ just is there a need for U for like a

1:35:31 ↗ call for applications to help backfill

1:35:35 ↗ you know sometimes if the season's

1:35:36 ↗ ending that that might might mean some

1:35:37 ↗ people are moving off the isqua youth

1:35:39 ↗ boards so are they looking for new

1:35:41 ↗ members yeah so applications have been

1:35:45 ↗ open since April

1:35:47 ↗ 1 um I don't know how many spots there

1:35:50 ↗ are in the youth board I don't believe

1:35:52 ↗ we talk about that as much thing that's

1:35:54 ↗ more something that's left up to Katie

1:35:56 ↗ and Kathy but yeah the youth board does

1:36:00 ↗ do most of the interviewing and

1:36:01 ↗ application reviewing process and the

1:36:04 ↗ stuff to apply should be up on the youth

1:36:07 ↗ board on the youth Board website website

1:36:09 ↗ on the yeah I do know that the

1:36:11 ↗ applications close on May 7th though

1:36:14 ↗ yeah so to anyone if you could all

1:36:16 ↗ spread the word that' be great because

1:36:18 ↗ we're looking for tons of new

1:36:21 ↗ applicants Nicholas it's a great

1:36:24 ↗ yeah yeah as a city as a city run

1:36:27 ↗ program it's yeah it's something that we

1:36:28 ↗ have the application Cycles open this

1:36:31 ↗ spring and again youth board do a great

1:36:33 ↗ job of helping us screen uh future or

1:36:37 ↗ those applications for the next school

1:36:39 ↗ years um group um usually youth board

1:36:42 ↗ over the past 20 plus years has probably

1:36:44 ↗ averaged anywhere from 30 to 40 um youth

1:36:47 ↗ board members every every

1:36:49 ↗ year yeah that usually ends up being our

1:36:52 ↗ number

1:36:55 ↗ yeah Jeff um inside the community center

1:36:58 ↗ there's a tile program for it looked

1:37:01 ↗ like cross town rivalry youth boards

1:37:04 ↗ like Belleview versus you know they have

1:37:06 ↗ like a like inside there's like a mosaic

1:37:09 ↗ I guess and it were I don't recall this

1:37:11 ↗ from when I was in Maywood Middle School

1:37:14 ↗ like way back in the day or you know

1:37:16 ↗ Liberty but um is there a reason that

1:37:18 ↗ that stopped or is that something

1:37:19 ↗ they're

1:37:21 ↗ gonna or should we is there a way to

1:37:23 ↗ well I should maybe ask the youth board

1:37:25 ↗ members I wonder if there's ever any PL

1:37:26 ↗ plans to start kind of spreading out the

1:37:28 ↗ youth board engagement to make sure that

1:37:30 ↗ we're talking Cross City uh for I think

1:37:35 ↗ we have

1:37:36 ↗ actually like this was in like one of

1:37:38 ↗ our goals I don't know when it's going

1:37:39 ↗ to get executed whether it's this year

1:37:41 ↗ or next year but we were hoping to

1:37:43 ↗ collaborate with another youth board I

1:37:45 ↗ think maybe isqua Highlands or something

1:37:47 ↗ like that um because they have their own

1:37:49 ↗ board um and kind of like collaborate

1:37:51 ↗ and do a community service project

1:37:53 ↗ somewhere nearby so yeah so I know our

1:37:57 ↗ leaders add on to that I think our

1:37:59 ↗ leadership team was also looking at that

1:38:01 ↗ this year given um the we've the youth

1:38:04 ↗ board's been a little bit Rocky this

1:38:05 ↗ year given the different like cuts that

1:38:07 ↗ we've had to make to our annual events

1:38:09 ↗ like we're not having the AC kids

1:38:10 ↗ triathlon this year we've had to cut um

1:38:13 ↗ couple of other annual events

1:38:16 ↗ so I think this this might be something

1:38:19 ↗ we're looking forward to next year and

1:38:21 ↗ like our said um isaa Highlands is

1:38:23 ↗ something we were looking at I think

1:38:24 ↗ some imish was also on the board so

1:38:28 ↗ probably something that'll happen next

1:38:29 ↗ year and I do just want to make note

1:38:32 ↗ that the uh youth Advisory Board is

1:38:34 ↗ actually open to middle and high school

1:38:37 ↗ students within the entire Esa School

1:38:39 ↗ District so it's open to our our

1:38:42 ↗ neighboring cities as well we have

1:38:44 ↗ representatives from pretty much all of

1:38:47 ↗ the middle schools and and high schools

1:38:48 ↗ including some private schools um as

1:38:51 ↗ well as working um to include the home

1:38:53 ↗ home school population as well so we try

1:38:55 ↗ to be as inclusive as possible with the

1:38:57 ↗ ISA um you Advisory Board and yes

1:39:01 ↗ applications are open they're due soon

1:39:03 ↗ they'll be reviewed in mid-may and

1:39:05 ↗ decisions will be made um in June for

1:39:07 ↗ which positions will be open and

1:39:09 ↗ available and usually that comes with

1:39:11 ↗ students that either want to rotate off

1:39:13 ↗ of the board because they have other

1:39:15 ↗ obligations um or those that are

1:39:17 ↗ graduating our seniors

1:39:19 ↗ that

1:39:21 ↗ yeah thank you both

1:39:27 ↗ direct support oh my turn you okay

1:39:33 ↗ okay um so yeah boy along with youth

1:39:38 ↗ Advisory Board and coming to an end of a

1:39:40 ↗ school year uh April also brings a

1:39:42 ↗ transition to boards and commissions um

1:39:46 ↗ um our newly appointed Park board

1:39:49 ↗ members will be starting in May I wanted

1:39:51 ↗ to give a big thank you and acknowledge

1:39:54 ↗ those that are stepping off the the park

1:39:56 ↗ board um that includes Brad book and

1:39:59 ↗ Zach and Andrew um I first want to just

1:40:02 ↗ give I know Brad wasn't able to join us

1:40:04 ↗ tonight but just a big public kudos to

1:40:07 ↗ to Brad book Brad is served on this park

1:40:10 ↗ board for 12 years uh it's multiple

1:40:12 ↗ terms six of those years he served as

1:40:15 ↗ Park Board chair um I know he was chair

1:40:18 ↗ when I arrived as in my role um in 20

1:40:22 ↗ late 2016 16 um and just so appreciated

1:40:26 ↗ working with Brad in that role um his

1:40:29 ↗ role as chair and in my role as a new

1:40:32 ↗ director just understanding s of um

1:40:36 ↗ culture of the park board what had been

1:40:38 ↗ going on with the park board uh we've

1:40:40 ↗ seen a lot of transition with the park

1:40:42 ↗ board and and I think some real exciting

1:40:45 ↗ engagement in terms of uh real advisory

1:40:48 ↗ work that the park board is doing and

1:40:50 ↗ and I give a big thank you to Brad um

1:40:53 ↗ and and those early years um working

1:40:56 ↗ with him as the chair so um his passion

1:40:59 ↗ his heart for isqua is huge um I think

1:41:02 ↗ we all know that so um just a a public

1:41:06 ↗ thank you to to Brad book and and all

1:41:08 ↗ the the the work that he has done for

1:41:11 ↗ this community and we continue to work

1:41:13 ↗ uh Brad has certainly said and and thank

1:41:15 ↗ you I'm glad we've added ad hoc groups

1:41:18 ↗ to the park board Brad's very excited to

1:41:20 ↗ continue to to work with all of us in an

1:41:22 ↗ ad hoc um or in some of those ad hoc

1:41:25 ↗ roles so big thank you

1:41:29 ↗ there and just also wanted to say oh

1:41:32 ↗ yeah Round of

1:41:36 ↗ Applause um I just wanted to say a quick

1:41:38 ↗ thank you to both Zach and Andrew you

1:41:41 ↗ all um having been on the board during

1:41:43 ↗ my tenure here and just thank you for

1:41:45 ↗ both of your engagement on our ad hwks

1:41:48 ↗ um and Zach for you know I know you were

1:41:50 ↗ the co-chair and then chair for a a

1:41:53 ↗ couple of years and just a big thank you

1:41:55 ↗ to you

1:42:00 ↗ both yes big thanks so yeah we'll have a

1:42:04 ↗ couple some new members joining us uh in

1:42:06 ↗ May but um boy all three of you your

1:42:09 ↗ service has been well

1:42:12 ↗ appreciated um Farmers Market kicks off

1:42:15 ↗ uh here we are the end of April uh next

1:42:18 ↗ uh this coming Saturday May the 4th May

1:42:20 ↗ the 4th be with you um um start Wars Day

1:42:24 ↗ head to Farmers

1:42:25 ↗ Market um on Saturday uh and and that

1:42:29 ↗ season kicks off uh Park system Plan

1:42:32 ↗ update uh continues to to move along

1:42:35 ↗ well we have an online mapping survey

1:42:37 ↗ that is out uh and open we're going to

1:42:39 ↗ be extending that opening um that survey

1:42:43 ↗ being open it's going to close on May

1:42:45 ↗ the 7th uh so thank you for getting that

1:42:49 ↗ news out and and spreading that uh

1:42:51 ↗ please continue to do that um Robin and

1:42:54 ↗ Julie and Asanti are going to have a

1:42:56 ↗ presence at at Farmers Market on

1:42:58 ↗ Saturday just as another way of of um

1:43:01 ↗ sharing that the park system plan

1:43:03 ↗ updates going on and inviting responses

1:43:06 ↗ to that online mapping tool so thank you

1:43:08 ↗ very much for that um um that's huge um

1:43:14 ↗ speaking of the the park Plan update uh

1:43:16 ↗ still U May 30th our upcoming Park plan

1:43:20 ↗ meeting we're going to be bringing to

1:43:21 ↗ you um a lot of that plan as it's

1:43:25 ↗ starting to to form and Take Shape all

1:43:27 ↗ this public Outreach is working towards

1:43:30 ↗ an actual document design Workshop is

1:43:33 ↗ beginning to draft some of the early uh

1:43:36 ↗ chapters um we as staff are beginning to

1:43:38 ↗ take a look at calling through all the

1:43:41 ↗ public feedback and the feedback that's

1:43:42 ↗ coming on the survey tool by May 30th

1:43:45 ↗ we'll have a list of in a general

1:43:47 ↗ description of some projects um some

1:43:50 ↗ beginning looking at criteria and how we

1:43:52 ↗ will want to prioritize those projects

1:43:55 ↗ so um we'll be meeting with the ad hoc

1:43:58 ↗ group um prior to that May 30th meeting

1:44:01 ↗ but uh just saying that with a little

1:44:02 ↗ foreshadowing that there's some uh I

1:44:05 ↗ think some exciting work and all of this

1:44:07 ↗ park system plan work that you've been

1:44:09 ↗ giving and feedback you've been giving

1:44:10 ↗ over the the recent months has not been

1:44:13 ↗ for not uh the document's really going

1:44:15 ↗ to start to to come together and and I

1:44:18 ↗ hope um you all um enjoy that I know I'm

1:44:22 ↗ I'm getting excited about it on April

1:44:24 ↗ 18th we hosted a a public meeting um at

1:44:27 ↗ that meeting we been to reveal uh some

1:44:30 ↗ of the the the themes and the goals that

1:44:33 ↗ we've been talking about they were very

1:44:35 ↗ well received uh thank you assanti I

1:44:38 ↗ know on the website for that project for

1:44:41 ↗ the park system Plan update if you look

1:44:42 ↗ on the timeline you can pull up or

1:44:45 ↗ anyone listening in the public I can

1:44:47 ↗ pull up the PowerPoint presentation that

1:44:49 ↗ was presented that night um of note uh

1:44:53 ↗ you may recall we've been talking about

1:44:56 ↗ um how to take the concept of the green

1:44:59 ↗ necklace that sort of lived this little

1:45:01 ↗ insular life um not included as sort of

1:45:05 ↗ all the city and Rebrand the green

1:45:07 ↗ necklace and more of a Citywide Citywide

1:45:10 ↗ and Beyond Vision uh we revealed that um

1:45:13 ↗ at the April meeting we've been sort of

1:45:15 ↗ beginning to tease it out um um I share

1:45:19 ↗ with all of you uh the the concept that

1:45:21 ↗ we are beginning to really build um that

1:45:24 ↗ narrative around is Creeks to Peaks we

1:45:27 ↗ really feel like that concept goes

1:45:29 ↗ beyond green necklace but when you

1:45:31 ↗ really think of who we are as a city um

1:45:34 ↗ the importance of water in this town the

1:45:36 ↗ value of the creeks in the valley up to

1:45:40 ↗ um the Alps and the peaks of the Alps

1:45:42 ↗ it's no coincidence that those Peaks are

1:45:44 ↗ outside the borders of the city and so

1:45:46 ↗ really trying to create a vision and a

1:45:48 ↗ narrative that speaks to that inside out

1:45:51 ↗ concept that we've talked about so much

1:45:53 ↗ so more work to be had but um please

1:45:57 ↗ take a look at that PowerPoint

1:45:58 ↗ presentation uh there's a number of

1:46:00 ↗ slides that we kind of go into some

1:46:02 ↗ description of of creeks to Peaks and

1:46:04 ↗ why we think there's some something

1:46:06 ↗ there to to build a story around um if

1:46:09 ↗ any of you have any feedback or thoughts

1:46:11 ↗ on that please don't hesitate to get a

1:46:13 ↗ hold of s and I and I or just be

1:46:17 ↗ prepared to bring your thoughts um on

1:46:19 ↗ the 30th but um things are really

1:46:21 ↗ beginning to to come together there with

1:46:23 ↗ the park plan projects are cruising we

1:46:25 ↗ had a fun joint meeting with uh the city

1:46:28 ↗ council and the school board uh just

1:46:29 ↗ last Thursday uh presented um some

1:46:33 ↗ partnership opportunities updating our

1:46:35 ↗ joint use agreement speaking

1:46:37 ↗ specifically about athletic fields and

1:46:38 ↗ the opportunity to do some exciting

1:46:40 ↗ Community Sports fields on elementary

1:46:42 ↗ schools that was very well received so

1:46:46 ↗ um I'll stop there I've been going too

1:46:49 ↗ long lots lots going on thank you Chris

1:46:57 ↗ over to

1:46:58 ↗ me uh I sent you all the update of the

1:47:02 ↗ activities and they are more and more

1:47:05 ↗ because the weather's getting nicer and

1:47:08 ↗ uh certainly the uh Farmers Market is

1:47:10 ↗ now weekly

1:47:12 ↗ thing uh and funny that I start sending

1:47:15 ↗ those and then we have time in our

1:47:16 ↗ meetings but that's fine we'll stick

1:47:17 ↗ with

1:47:19 ↗ it and then before I finish up

1:47:23 ↗ thank you so much to Brad book um Brad

1:47:28 ↗ was there when I first joined the

1:47:30 ↗ friends of L Manish board and i' had

1:47:31 ↗ never been on any board had no idea what

1:47:33 ↗ to do and he was one of many that kind

1:47:37 ↗ of helped me

1:47:38 ↗ grow this role and then continued to

1:47:43 ↗ sort of uh run Point into parp so

1:47:48 ↗ special thanks to Brad book even though

1:47:49 ↗ he's not here it's worth acknowledging

1:47:52 ↗ and then Andrew and Zach thank you for

1:47:54 ↗ stepping up especially during you know

1:47:57 ↗ tumultuous times of uh pandemics and

1:48:00 ↗ things like that thank you sorry to see

1:48:03 ↗ you go both of

1:48:05 ↗ you and that's all I

1:48:08 ↗ have uh any other business

1:48:13 ↗ announcements I have two quick ones um I

1:48:18 ↗ just wanted to um remind everybody that

1:48:21 ↗ yes we will have some new members coming

1:48:22 ↗ in um Ryan will be transitioning into a

1:48:26 ↗ regular member position starting next

1:48:28 ↗ month yay um we'll have him for four

1:48:31 ↗ more

1:48:34 ↗ years I don't know if you know that

1:48:37 ↗ noting um and then we will have three

1:48:40 ↗ new alternate members joining us um

1:48:43 ↗ starting next month um we'll be doing

1:48:45 ↗ sort of an I'll be doing an orientation

1:48:47 ↗ with them and then you'll start seeing

1:48:48 ↗ them at our at our next few meetings um

1:48:51 ↗ and that also means that next meeting we

1:48:53 ↗ will also be voting on and nominating um

1:48:57 ↗ for chair and vice chair positions um I

1:49:01 ↗ want to put this call out to everybody

1:49:03 ↗ on the board if you have interest or

1:49:06 ↗ want to know more or want to throw your

1:49:08 ↗ your name in that hat please I encourage

1:49:11 ↗ it um let us know feel free to reach out

1:49:13 ↗ to myself and Jeff and we can talk about

1:49:16 ↗ um that process but we'll be taking

1:49:18 ↗ nominations um at the next meeting and I

1:49:21 ↗ will ask you all to vote on those so

1:49:24 ↗ this is another note to everybody to

1:49:26 ↗ check your schedules and and see that

1:49:28 ↗ this meeting is on your calendars

1:49:30 ↗ because it is a different date than our

1:49:32 ↗ normal meetings um there is this fun

1:49:35 ↗ little holiday that's happening on our

1:49:36 ↗ normal Monday Memorial Day um so the

1:49:40 ↗ meeting will be that same week but

1:49:42 ↗ Thursday May 30th so it's a Thursday

1:49:45 ↗ evening same time um 700 to 9:00 p.m

1:49:48 ↗ here in tibits um but on May 30th which

1:49:51 ↗ is a Thursday

1:49:53 ↗ um yeah that's what I've got

1:49:57 ↗ for just want to say thank you so much

1:50:00 ↗ for the the time it's been a privilege

1:50:03 ↗ pleasure honor being on the board with

1:50:06 ↗ you all getting to know you a little bit

1:50:08 ↗ these past couple years and can't

1:50:10 ↗ believe it's been a couple years already

1:50:12 ↗ so uh I'm still living downtown in the

1:50:16 ↗ area I'm sure we'll run into each other

1:50:18 ↗ um as as things go and um very much open

1:50:22 ↗ to out as hoc committees or other needs

1:50:26 ↗ come up so feel free to to reach out if

1:50:30 ↗ needed look forward to seeing all of

1:50:32 ↗ these great ideas and plans come to

1:50:40 ↗ tuition okay anything

1:50:43 ↗ else it the meeting is adjourned that's

1:50:47 ↗ all thank you minutes 82

1:50:55 ↗ thank you

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