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2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of Special Meeting on May 30, 2024

packet pp.3–5

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 05-30-24 Park Board Minutes Page [0000] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Park Board 7:00 PM Tibbetts Manor, 750 17th Ave May 30, 2024 MINUTES NW, Issaquah

4. REGULAR BUSINESS

Urban Forest Management Plan Update

30 min · Dan Hintz, Urban Forest Supervisor PlanIT Geo Consultants · packet pp.7–26

Topics: Trees

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Staff report:

URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN PARK BOARD PRESENTATION

5. REPORTS

Director's Report

▶ Watch from 1:07:47

Chairperson's Report

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0:03 ↗ okay reporting has just started thank

0:06 ↗ you thanks everybody for making it

0:08 ↗ tonight it's 7:02 I'll call the meeting

0:11 ↗ to order I'll call R please indicate

0:14 ↗ Your Presence by saying here or making

0:16 ↗ note in some way uh Ryan Olsson here

0:20 ↗ Chris kovak has an excused absence Maran

0:24 ↗ waxy has an excused absence David Lou

0:29 ↗ present

0:31 ↗ thank you uh Brenda Spears excuse

0:35 ↗ absence Andrew eloquent prent thank you

0:40 ↗ Tim

0:42 ↗ Motley

0:43 ↗ here thank you Nicholas

0:50 ↗ B Katie

0:53 ↗ Bell Paul Adair has an excused

0:57 ↗ absence monicaa gther

1:01 ↗ Mary Stevens yeah thank

1:04 ↗ you the next item up on the agenda is

1:06 ↗ the approval of the uh May 30th minutes

1:09 ↗ the minutes were included in the agenda

1:11 ↗ packet are there any

1:19 ↗ corrections hearing none the minutes are

1:21 ↗ approved oh I got a hand oh or is that

1:23 ↗ just no that's for the next thing thank

1:26 ↗ you

1:30 ↗ uh next order of business is the public

1:32 ↗ comment see we have one uh public on uh

1:37 ↗ Connie floor is yours please keep it uh

1:40 ↗ to five minutes if

1:42 ↗ possible okay hi this is Connie Marsh I

1:45 ↗ live up on squawk I was just listening

1:48 ↗ to city council approve an extra 700

1:51 ↗ plus thousand for the hillside Park and

1:56 ↗ commensurate Wetland mitigation it was

1:59 ↗ portrayed as being

2:01 ↗ everybody on board and everybody was

2:03 ↗ happy about the result which is not

2:05 ↗ exactly true so that made me a little

2:07 ↗ cranky I would prefer a more realistic

2:09 ↗ presentation of Hillside Park but that

2:13 ↗ ship has sa so let's move on to the

2:16 ↗ urban Forest management plan I sent you

2:19 ↗ an email and I am talking speaking to

2:22 ↗ reiterate some of those points which are

2:25 ↗ um I did not see a very good connection

2:29 ↗ that was actionable and trackable about

2:32 ↗ the community's passion for wildlife and

2:37 ↗ habitat uh it seems like it's still a

2:40 ↗ tree plan instead of a forest management

2:44 ↗ plan and uh the way we live mainly in

2:48 ↗ issaqua are the critters and the habitat

2:51 ↗ is in our streets it's in our backyard

2:53 ↗ our front yard our sidey yard and so we

2:56 ↗ live amongst it it is not simply the

2:59 ↗ riparian corridors that need the

3:01 ↗ attention it is a it is the whole town

3:05 ↗ and its situation right next to the

3:08 ↗ urban growth boundary so I would uh like

3:12 ↗ to see a much stronger connection to the

3:16 ↗ community value of the habitat and

3:22 ↗ Wildlife um that is missing so if you

3:25 ↗ would please pick up that ball and run

3:28 ↗ with it I would be ever so grateful

3:30 ↗ thank

3:33 ↗ you thank

3:38 ↗ you I don't see anyone present for

3:41 ↗ public comments and anyone else on the

3:43 ↗ line so with that we'll move on to

3:45 ↗ regular

3:47 ↗ business the first item under regular

3:49 ↗ business is the urban uh Force

3:51 ↗ management Plan

3:53 ↗ update yeah thanks so we've got Dan our

3:57 ↗ Urban Forest supervisor here and

4:00 ↗ Consultants from planet Geo do a

4:02 ↗ presentation and um you know we'll have

4:05 ↗ a little discussion but just a note

4:07 ↗ tonight might be a little bit of a

4:08 ↗ shorter meeting potentially um with the

4:10 ↗ one item doesn't mean that we shouldn't

4:12 ↗ have as much discussion as needed as a

4:14 ↗ board um but with that I will hand it

4:16 ↗ over to Dan thanks um yeah once again

4:20 ↗ Dan hence Urban Forest supervisor of the

4:22 ↗ city of isqua been in this role for a

4:25 ↗ little over a year now which is a brand

4:27 ↗ new role with the city within our parks

4:28 ↗ and community service department so as

4:31 ↗ we're really looking to build our urban

4:33 ↗ forestry program uh you know some of

4:36 ↗ those kind of core tenants obviously

4:37 ↗ having staff having Forest management

4:39 ↗ plan which we're developing And

4:40 ↗ discussing tonight um and this has been

4:43 ↗ kind of uh going on for we started

4:47 ↗ probably in Earnest back in September

4:49 ↗ with Planet goo um and uh we've met with

4:52 ↗ y'all I think once or twice already you

4:55 ↗ know kind of early was you know around

4:56 ↗ some of the um uh kind of the staff um

5:02 ↗ uh contributions to kind of the initial

5:04 ↗ plan how other plans and policies in the

5:06 ↗ city connect to urban forestry uh then

5:08 ↗ we all came back I believe in February

5:11 ↗ talking about the kind of public

5:13 ↗ Outreach process so it really kind of

5:14 ↗ started internal in the city reviewing

5:16 ↗ kind of Staff um uh organizational uh um

5:21 ↗ setup as it relates to working with

5:22 ↗ trees you know like said research around

5:24 ↗ plans and then really kind of push it

5:26 ↗ out to the public in February and March

5:28 ↗ have a lot of results that then started

5:30 ↗ to tie into what Chris is going to

5:32 ↗ mainly focus on today what we kind of

5:34 ↗ refer to as a long-term framework so you

5:36 ↗ know looking at the vision um kind of

5:38 ↗ five guiding principles and then

5:40 ↗ starting to look at some of the goals

5:41 ↗ and strategies under those principles so

5:43 ↗ that's mainly what was in the

5:44 ↗ presentation Chris is going to recap the

5:46 ↗ two here in just a little bit um I'm

5:49 ↗ guessing we'll be coming to you all at

5:50 ↗ least one or two more times before the

5:52 ↗ end of the year um having a draft

5:54 ↗ towards the end of the summer um and

5:56 ↗ then hopefully adopting the plan in the

5:58 ↗ fall more kind of late summer is what

6:01 ↗ we're looking for right here so this

6:03 ↗ certainly won't be the last touch point

6:04 ↗ but this is you know kind of the step

6:05 ↗ before moving into uh an actual draft of

6:08 ↗ the plan so uh really kind of great to

6:11 ↗ get feedback on whether it's the high

6:12 ↗ level Visions or if there are certain

6:14 ↗ goals and strategies you feel like are

6:15 ↗ missing or maybe not emphasize as much

6:17 ↗ this is a really great time for us to

6:18 ↗ hear that and try to make some of those

6:20 ↗ adjustments before we move into drafting

6:23 ↗ the plan um Chris hopefully that's a

6:26 ↗ good intro you all met Chris Hyer before

6:28 ↗ with planet

6:30 ↗ um we'll hand it over to Chris here for

6:31 ↗ a presentation um Chris I don't know if

6:34 ↗ you have a preference like you know

6:35 ↗ probably saving questions to the end

6:37 ↗ until there's something unless there's

6:38 ↗ something that's really you know needs

6:39 ↗ to be clarified on a given slide but

6:41 ↗ we'll have time for discussion with

6:43 ↗ myself and Chris afterwards and um happy

6:45 ↗ to hear how uh you all are kind of

6:48 ↗ seeing and you know what you're thinking

6:49 ↗ about this stage of the um of the of the

6:52 ↗ forest management plan so so Chris take

6:54 ↗ us away yeah thanks Dan and hello

6:57 ↗ everyone as Dan mentioned my name is

6:59 ↗ Chris Piper with Planet Geo and yeah I

7:01 ↗ think it makes sense to hold questions

7:03 ↗ till the end unless something's pressing

7:05 ↗ or um there's an issue with how we're

7:07 ↗ presenting or covering a topic here this

7:10 ↗ evening so um we'll get right into the

7:12 ↗ presentation but I do want to mention

7:14 ↗ Dan did a great job of giving an

7:16 ↗ overview of what was been completed to

7:18 ↗ date uh how we met with you in late

7:20 ↗ February along with the environmental

7:22 ↗ board to prepare us for engagement with

7:25 ↗ the public and from my experience I feel

7:28 ↗ like it was a successful engagement

7:30 ↗ process and we're going to continue that

7:33 ↗ momentum with the next steps in this

7:35 ↗ project um but I think just to refresh

7:38 ↗ your memory that's where we were at with

7:40 ↗ things getting your insights and now

7:42 ↗ we're reporting back and talking about

7:45 ↗ how the culmination of planning efforts

7:47 ↗ has led to this draft framework that

7:49 ↗ we'll really focus on for the

7:51 ↗ presentation but just to cover our bases

7:53 ↗ here I'm with Planet you as the Director

7:56 ↗ of Consulting I'm the project manager

7:58 ↗ for this project and I want to recognize

8:00 ↗ Alex and Matt who are certified

8:02 ↗ arborists and uh experienced in policy

8:05 ↗ planning and management of trees in the

8:07 ↗ Pacific Northwest so so could not be

8:10 ↗ here without them putting in the work in

8:12 ↗ data crunching analyses research and

8:14 ↗ really the um key findings that we'll be

8:17 ↗ sharing with you this

8:18 ↗ evening and so this presentation is

8:20 ↗ relatively brief we'll start out with a

8:22 ↗ brief update on where we're at with the

8:24 ↗ project and the the timeline for all

8:27 ↗ these pieces to come together and then

8:30 ↗ focus on the draft long-term framework

8:32 ↗ the plan which as Dan mentioned that's

8:34 ↗ the vision The Guiding principles and

8:36 ↗ the goals at this stage there are

8:38 ↗ additional details and context and

8:41 ↗ supporting studies that feed into the

8:43 ↗ goals as priority actions but we are

8:46 ↗ focused on those core elements of the

8:48 ↗ framework so then we'll summarize the

8:50 ↗ next steps and then open up for

8:51 ↗ discussion which I think will entail um

8:54 ↗ discussing our findings as well as uh

8:57 ↗ the draft vision statement and uh

9:00 ↗ the supporting principles and goals so

9:02 ↗ stay tuned for those and and uh you know

9:05 ↗ keep in mind your comments and questions

9:06 ↗ around

9:08 ↗ those and so as we outlined in our

9:10 ↗ presentation this evening the first

9:12 ↗ segment um discusses a brief overview of

9:15 ↗ the planning tasks and the timeline and

9:17 ↗ so like Dan said beginning late last

9:19 ↗ year the Baseline assessment was

9:21 ↗ completed with the canopy assessment we

9:23 ↗ also did data analyses and a review of

9:26 ↗ existing plans and policies and so that

9:29 ↗ assessment provided the context so that

9:31 ↗ we could effectively engage with the

9:33 ↗ city staff and the community beginning

9:36 ↗ in 2024 and we'll share some of those

9:38 ↗ public engagement

9:40 ↗ findings in the second quarter of this

9:42 ↗ year an evaluation of findings was

9:44 ↗ applied to our benchmarking processes

9:47 ↗ and urban Forest audits which give us

9:49 ↗ results to incorporate into the draft

9:52 ↗ long-term

9:53 ↗ framework and then going into July we'll

9:56 ↗ be incorporating that feedback to the

9:58 ↗ draft goals and strategies so that we

10:00 ↗ can prepare the draft plan continue

10:03 ↗ public engagement sessions and then

10:05 ↗ present on the um the Draft plans and

10:09 ↗ the final plans with boards committees

10:11 ↗ and On Through To

10:13 ↗ Council so as part of our engagement

10:15 ↗ with the community and partners the

10:17 ↗ planning team met with the tribal

10:18 ↗ Forester of the snow qualy tribe to

10:20 ↗ weigh in on uh the planning process the

10:24 ↗ long-term framework that we're

10:25 ↗ presenting on this evening and other

10:28 ↗ considerations

10:29 ↗ and so when we categorize the discussion

10:32 ↗ the first topic comes collaboration and

10:34 ↗ coordination and with this we found that

10:36 ↗ the tribe is supporting the city in

10:38 ↗ evaluating uh the terms and requirements

10:40 ↗ in the Heritage tree ordinance and also

10:43 ↗ sharing information about the tribes

10:45 ↗ programs and efforts relating to what

10:48 ↗ they Define as uh culturally significant

10:51 ↗ natural environment

10:53 ↗ features and during our discussions it

10:55 ↗ was recognized that there is a shared

10:58 ↗ challenge observed in terms of resources

11:01 ↗ for uh enforcing and monitoring tree

11:04 ↗ related ordinances especially when you

11:06 ↗ look at the survival of trees planted as

11:09 ↗ as part of mitigation for development

11:11 ↗ projects it was also identified that

11:14 ↗ generally the public is unaware that the

11:17 ↗ tribe is serving and can serve as a

11:19 ↗ pivotal partner for the

11:21 ↗ city we also looked at strengths around

11:24 ↗ trees in the community and the natural

11:26 ↗ environment and what we identified as

11:28 ↗ shared strengths included the uh trib's

11:30 ↗ desire to protect and plant uh large

11:33 ↗ canopied native trees that survived to

11:37 ↗ maturity and the tribe also expressed uh

11:40 ↗ support of isqua conducting ongoing tree

11:44 ↗ canopy assessments to make keep a pulse

11:46 ↗ on that uh natural feature and that

11:48 ↗ natural

11:50 ↗ resource uh the tribe also expressed um

11:53 ↗ support of the tree code which includes

11:55 ↗ can't be cover requirements which is a

11:57 ↗ bit unique for the county and and really

12:00 ↗ the region with the requirements

12:02 ↗ relating to canopy retention and

12:05 ↗ planting so then when we look look

12:07 ↗ directly at the plan the urban Forest

12:09 ↗ management plan or UFM uh it was

12:12 ↗ discussed that there is support for the

12:13 ↗ development and implementation of the

12:15 ↗ plan and also that the tribe could

12:18 ↗ provide language relating to the natural

12:21 ↗ environment um history of Land

12:23 ↗ Management in the region and also

12:26 ↗ provide additional reviews of the draft

12:28 ↗ goals and strategy

12:30 ↗ so we met earlier this month to review

12:32 ↗ the initial framework and had insights

12:34 ↗ and and feedback and we're going to

12:36 ↗ continue that engagement and it's really

12:37 ↗ been a great working relationship with

12:40 ↗ the the tribe with uh Dan as the urban

12:42 ↗ Forest supervisor and us as the

12:45 ↗ Consultants um one other thing I want to

12:47 ↗ mention is that the tribe did express

12:50 ↗ interest in having more of a presence

12:52 ↗ within and among the goals and

12:54 ↗ strategies that we draft for the

12:55 ↗ management plan and that's a really

12:57 ↗ strong sign of this ongoing partnership

12:59 ↗ that the tribes interested in with the

13:02 ↗ city so there are all these pieces

13:05 ↗ coming together to form this long-term

13:07 ↗ road map and what I want to share with

13:09 ↗ you now is the um highlevel findings

13:11 ↗ from the public survey uh uh efforts

13:14 ↗ that were underway and so when we look

13:16 ↗ at the key findings uh this infographic

13:19 ↗ is uh summarized for presentation with

13:21 ↗ this meeting and the survey was hosted

13:24 ↗ online from March to April and after a

13:26 ↗ series of social media and messaging

13:28 ↗ camp campaigns and uh raising awareness

13:31 ↗ at the sustainability fair in uh late

13:34 ↗ March a total of uh 235 responses were

13:37 ↗ received and of those just some key

13:40 ↗ statistics the majority who reported are

13:42 ↗ from the squawk Mountain neighborhood

13:44 ↗ and isqua

13:46 ↗ Highlands and getting some more

13:48 ↗ demographics most were between the 35 to

13:50 ↗ 55 year old range which in my experience

13:53 ↗ is a younger crowd um taking part in the

13:55 ↗ survey generally we see the above 55y

13:58 ↗ olds and whereas that was second uh in

14:02 ↗ majority first it was the 35 to 55 year

14:05 ↗ olds we then also just a general

14:08 ↗ question about the interest in

14:10 ↗ supporting a city-wide canopy cover goal

14:12 ↗ by planting trees on their own private

14:14 ↗ property and the majority or 26% said

14:18 ↗ they they are very interested in more

14:19 ↗ trees and the University of Washington

14:22 ↗ Evans group did additional analyses and

14:25 ↗ asked additional questions around um

14:27 ↗ private tree care

14:29 ↗ and planting incentives that we can uh

14:32 ↗ discuss more during the open

14:36 ↗ Q&A so from the survey continuing on

14:39 ↗ most expressed concerns about the amount

14:41 ↗ of invasive plant species across the

14:43 ↗ city you know in open spaces and natural

14:46 ↗ areas the concerns of wildfires and

14:49 ↗ harmful tree Pest and

14:51 ↗ diseases um the issues caused by trees

14:53 ↗ such as sidewalk damage and limbs

14:56 ↗ falling and uh other processes and and

14:59 ↗ issues like uh tree permitting and uh

15:02 ↗ regulations around

15:04 ↗ trees and with these concerns in mind

15:07 ↗ the public would like to see the

15:09 ↗ management plan actions or initiatives

15:11 ↗ support uh the development of green

15:13 ↗ infrastructure and spaces with 74%

15:16 ↗ selecting that option um 68% would like

15:20 ↗ to see increased tree plantings in

15:21 ↗ underserved areas and 66% would like to

15:25 ↗ see initiatives that support or

15:27 ↗ incentivize tree care and planting on

15:29 ↗ private

15:30 ↗ property when looking at initiatives for

15:33 ↗ public engagement 36% selected volunteer

15:37 ↗ events uh 29% for Workforce Development

15:41 ↗ and 27% for citizen science and local

15:45 ↗ research and lastly when uh asking about

15:48 ↗ uh questions that would gather input on

15:50 ↗ the vision for the future of isa's urban

15:52 ↗ Forest we found that 86% would like to

15:55 ↗ see the urban Forest serve as a refuge

15:58 ↗ for wildlife and

15:59 ↗ biodiversity uh 76% would like to see

16:02 ↗ the urban Forest bolstered to contribute

16:04 ↗ more to environmental health and air

16:06 ↗ quality and 71% would like the urban

16:09 ↗ Forest expanded to create a network of

16:12 ↗ green spaces for all communities so that

16:15 ↗ that vision of what the future would

16:17 ↗ look like for the urban Forest can help

16:19 ↗ to inform the strategies that we um

16:22 ↗ begin to draft as part of the management

16:24 ↗ plan and so that's just one component

16:27 ↗ this is a data driven plan and to

16:29 ↗ support that effort um a canopy

16:32 ↗ assessment was completed in

16:34 ↗ 2023 and uh this assessment provides

16:37 ↗ data which we'll utilize to develop

16:39 ↗ strategies that support what we're

16:41 ↗ hearing from staff in the community such

16:42 ↗ as prioritizing areas to increase tree

16:45 ↗ canopy cover last meeting we touched on

16:48 ↗ canopy cover for six select reparan

16:51 ↗ areas in the city and this slide now

16:54 ↗ summarizes the overall Citywide tree

16:56 ↗ canopy metrics as we call them so from

16:59 ↗ this study 51% of the city is shaded by

17:02 ↗ the canopy of trees when viewed from

17:04 ↗ above a total of 16% of the city's land

17:07 ↗ area is classified as possible planting

17:10 ↗ area and 33% of the city is classified

17:13 ↗ as areas that are unsuitable for uh

17:17 ↗ adding more trees and getting more tree

17:19 ↗ canopy

17:21 ↗ cover so this 2023 assessment provides

17:24 ↗ an update to the 2019 assessment that

17:27 ↗ used 17 imagery so keeping these dates

17:31 ↗ in mind uh just the graphic will

17:33 ↗ illustrate how this canopy has changed

17:35 ↗ over four time periods which is really

17:38 ↗ unique for communities that have this um

17:41 ↗ follow-up data to support development of

17:43 ↗ strategies and monitoring can it be

17:46 ↗ changed and this uh summary chart just

17:49 ↗ shows that in 2011

17:51 ↗ 48% and with the most recent assessment

17:54 ↗ using 2021 imagery 51.1 n% can to be

17:58 ↗ covered Citywide so more than half of

18:00 ↗ the city is shaded by the canopy of

18:02 ↗ trees from that time period the 10year

18:05 ↗ time span there's a net gain of 479

18:08 ↗ Acres of canopy cover and so that's

18:10 ↗ really uh telling about the region the

18:13 ↗ efforts but there are more things to

18:15 ↗ learn about what type of canopy how

18:17 ↗ healthy is it where is that canopy and

18:19 ↗ so that gets down into the strategy

18:21 ↗ level of the management

18:25 ↗ plan and so lastly for highlights uh we

18:28 ↗ discussed the findings from the US

18:30 ↗ Forest Services Urban Forest audit

18:32 ↗ system and the indicators of sustainable

18:35 ↗ Urban Forest management and these

18:37 ↗ evaluations are based on findings and

18:39 ↗ the data that we uncovered during the

18:41 ↗ planning process you know things like

18:43 ↗ the canopy cover assessment the public

18:46 ↗ survey and staff workflows and

18:48 ↗ priorities uh benchmarking looking at

18:51 ↗ industry standards and protocols and so

18:54 ↗ to conduct these evaluations the forest

18:56 ↗ service organized key Urban Forest

18:59 ↗ elements into three categories the trees

19:02 ↗ the management and the people within

19:05 ↗ each of those three categories there are

19:07 ↗ elements that support the category so

19:10 ↗ for example we have the category of

19:12 ↗ trees with a series of elements that

19:14 ↗ were evaluated and scored by the

19:16 ↗ Consultants with reviews by the city

19:19 ↗ project

19:20 ↗ team the scoring from low moderate to

19:23 ↗ good uh consider you know City contexts

19:26 ↗ the benchmarking results the consultant

19:29 ↗ experience and Industry standards and as

19:32 ↗ an example we look at the management

19:34 ↗ category and most elements scored uh low

19:37 ↗ to moderate but there is a good score

19:39 ↗ for having the canopy assessment

19:41 ↗ completed when we look at the people

19:43 ↗ category no elements scored good but the

19:46 ↗ majority were scored as moderate and as

19:49 ↗ a result this gives us an overall score

19:52 ↗ so that we can start to develop

19:54 ↗ strategies in the plan that leverage the

19:56 ↗ strengths to address some of the gaps or

19:59 ↗ the challenges and shortcomings that we

20:00 ↗ have observe with these

20:04 ↗ audits so I briefly mentioned on the

20:06 ↗ previous slide that this long-term

20:08 ↗ framework of the plan was informed by

20:10 ↗ the planning process and this process as

20:13 ↗ a recap included the research and

20:15 ↗ reviews analyses of tree data like the

20:18 ↗ canopy assessment um benchmarking to

20:21 ↗ compare compare program data to other

20:24 ↗ cities and Industry standards internal

20:27 ↗ and external Eng engagement exercises

20:30 ↗ and a culmination of these results that

20:32 ↗ we applied to the urban Forest

20:41 ↗ audit and going on to the next slide and

20:43 ↗ wrapping up the the long-term framework

20:46 ↗ uh structure these processes and inputs

20:49 ↗ resulted in the draft framework which

20:51 ↗ consists of the vision the principles

20:55 ↗ the goals strategies and supporting

20:58 ↗ priorities actions and these actions are

21:00 ↗ smart they're strategic measurable

21:02 ↗ attainable realistic and time bound and

21:05 ↗ so this long-term framework along with

21:07 ↗ the urban Forest audits provide a

21:10 ↗ structure for measuring and monitoring

21:12 ↗ plan implementation progress and they

21:14 ↗ will serve as a foundation for adapting

21:16 ↗ strategies over time as needed so that

21:19 ↗ the plan serves as a living road map

21:21 ↗ going forward as things change in the

21:22 ↗ environment and to the

21:26 ↗ resource so that that's kind of the

21:28 ↗ story of how this all came to be with

21:30 ↗ the the draft uh long-term framework and

21:33 ↗ what I'll present now is the draft

21:35 ↗ statement uh the vision statement and

21:37 ↗ the road mapap for isqua is urban Forest

21:39 ↗ will guide the city toward a shared

21:41 ↗ Vision uh So based on planning results

21:44 ↗ and feedback from staff and the

21:46 ↗ community this draft vision statement is

21:48 ↗ provided and just as a note the draft is

21:50 ↗ intended for your review and feedback

21:53 ↗ and that this Vision should Encompass a

21:55 ↗ shared commitment from the city its

21:57 ↗ partners and the community

21:59 ↗ and so this will be a working draft as

22:01 ↗ we go through the the um review

22:03 ↗ processes and this statement is based in

22:06 ↗ part on the feedback that we gathered

22:07 ↗ from the public and staff engagement

22:10 ↗ exercises so just as an example uh as a

22:13 ↗ recap from the public survey the

22:16 ↗ majority or 86% of the public survey

22:18 ↗ responses Envision the urban Forest

22:21 ↗ serving as a refuge for wildlife and

22:23 ↗ biodiversity when we look at the staff

22:26 ↗ survey and how it could inform the

22:28 ↗ vision

22:29 ↗ the majority or 56% would like to see

22:32 ↗ the urban Forest better address climate

22:34 ↗ change issues so as you can see in the

22:37 ↗ draft language it touches on these

22:39 ↗ priorities and preferences That We

22:41 ↗ Gather gathered from the engagement

22:45 ↗ processes so now to direct the city

22:47 ↗ towards this Vision that we'll draft and

22:50 ↗ and uh finalize together uh these

22:53 ↗ guiding principles were prepared and the

22:55 ↗ principles were organized in the themes

22:57 ↗ that we feel demonstrate the city's

22:59 ↗ priorities they align with the urban

23:01 ↗ Forest audits I discuss and they really

23:03 ↗ serve as a guiding Compass as Urban

23:05 ↗ Forest resources and conditions change

23:08 ↗ over time you know strategies may change

23:11 ↗ but these core guiding principles will

23:13 ↗ keep us going towards the vision so for

23:16 ↗ example the guiding principle for

23:18 ↗ Equitable and resilient canopy cover um

23:21 ↗ would serve as a commitment statement

23:23 ↗ and provides the rationale behind the

23:25 ↗ theme and the supporting goals that

23:27 ↗ follow and these uh statements were

23:29 ↗ drafted for each theme including

23:32 ↗ maintenance and management preservation

23:34 ↗ protection funding and levels of service

23:37 ↗ and Community Education engagement and

23:42 ↗ stewardship and so uh wrapping up the

23:45 ↗ framework here each theme and the

23:47 ↗ guiding principle is supported by a

23:49 ↗ series of draft goals and as shown here

23:52 ↗ the same theme Equitable and resilient

23:54 ↗ canopy cover has three supporting goals

23:57 ↗ and they address reaching a canopy cover

23:59 ↗ Target a Cooperative tree planting

24:02 ↗ program and a planting strategy for

24:05 ↗ resiliency but what's not shown on this

24:07 ↗ slide are the supporting priority

24:09 ↗ actions which will also include you know

24:11 ↗ additional contexts descriptions and

24:14 ↗ details that will support the city and

24:16 ↗ its Partners in implementing an action

24:18 ↗ to reach a goal so here is just a layout

24:22 ↗ of the other examples like theme B has

24:24 ↗ four draft goals and this was done for

24:27 ↗ each of the five um

24:29 ↗ uh themes for this uh management

24:34 ↗ plan so that concludes the presentation

24:37 ↗ I began with an update on uh on the

24:39 ↗ project and the timeline I highlighted

24:42 ↗ key findings from our engagement with

24:43 ↗ the snowwy tribe uh the public survey

24:46 ↗ findings and some highlevel summaries of

24:49 ↗ the 2023 canopy assessment I then

24:52 ↗ touched on the scoring of the urban

24:53 ↗ Forest Audits and how all of that came

24:56 ↗ together to develop the draft long-term

24:58 ↗ framework and this is where we're

25:00 ↗ looking for reviews and input so that we

25:03 ↗ make this a plan for you know the the

25:05 ↗ community the boards and the the staff

25:08 ↗ and so going forward from here we'll be

25:10 ↗ incorporating this feedback from staff

25:13 ↗ and board into an updated framework and

25:16 ↗ we'll continue to work on the draft plan

25:18 ↗ and uh we're looking to have a internal

25:20 ↗ draft for review uh here coming up in

25:23 ↗ July we also have several board and

25:26 ↗ committee meetings coming up and we'll

25:28 ↗ provide updates on the status of the

25:30 ↗ project as well as gather additional

25:32 ↗ feedback and we'll incorporate that into

25:34 ↗ a second draft plan and so lastly the

25:38 ↗ final plan is expected to be ready by

25:40 ↗ the end of September of this year you

25:42 ↗ know with uh adequate reviews revision

25:45 ↗ processes to get it um the the vision

25:48 ↗ principles and goals lined up for the

25:54 ↗ city so with that I'd like to turn it

25:56 ↗ over to Dan to see if has any last

25:58 ↗ remarks or anything to clarify and then

26:01 ↗ open up to any questions you all have

26:03 ↗ about the presentation and I want to

26:05 ↗ thank you all for your time and

26:06 ↗ attention this evening thank

26:09 ↗ you thank you Chris

26:12 ↗ um yeah I don't think I have much to add

26:15 ↗ butly that was very much kind of the

26:17 ↗ road map of how we got to where we're at

26:18 ↗ today um I think you know to me the most

26:22 ↗ help that maybe we could Chris pull up

26:24 ↗ uh either the vision statement start

26:26 ↗ there and then go to the five principles

26:28 ↗ um maybe it's a starting point for the

26:30 ↗ discussion hopefully maybe all of you

26:31 ↗ have that in front of you but we could

26:33 ↗ get back to that slide if that works

26:34 ↗ Chris um but obviously if there's you

26:37 ↗ know I mean I know we kind of just

26:38 ↗ quickly went through some of the goals

26:39 ↗ for each of those five principles if

26:41 ↗ there's more kind of nuance stuff you

26:43 ↗ want to get into that's great but I I I

26:45 ↗ do think you know we want to kind of

26:47 ↗ start with this high level vision

26:48 ↗ statement principles make sure we feel

26:50 ↗ pretty good with those um uh and then

26:54 ↗ you know continue as Chris uh mentioned

26:56 ↗ to kind of develop the um kind of

26:58 ↗ specifics and and and actionable items

27:01 ↗ under each of those principles so um

27:05 ↗ yeah maybe I'll kind of pause there and

27:07 ↗ and if you have questions unrelated to

27:08 ↗ this too from things past in the

27:10 ↗ presentation we can certainly go into

27:11 ↗ that as well we don't have to go right

27:13 ↗ into this but I think for the feedback

27:14 ↗ we're looking for tonight those would be

27:16 ↗ the big

27:17 ↗ areas like question just in terms

27:20 ↗ of uh you know I saw the plateau we kind

27:23 ↗ of hit 52% it appeared in back down a

27:26 ↗ little bit or 51 whatever to L have we

27:29 ↗ identified

27:31 ↗ what attributed to that Plateau or the

27:34 ↗ net loss at

27:36 ↗ all Chris this Chris and I haven't had a

27:39 ↗ whole lot of chance to discuss this I I

27:41 ↗ don't think so um the the original Urban

27:44 ↗ Tree canopy assessment that we also did

27:45 ↗ as Planet Geo back in 2019 with that

27:48 ↗ 2017 data did look at the city across

27:52 ↗ sub areas and that really kind of helped

27:54 ↗ essentially kind of neighborhood areas

27:55 ↗ that really kind of helped inform some

27:57 ↗ of the tree preservation code we have in

28:00 ↗ terms of kind of Target canopy based on

28:02 ↗ different areas of the city uh we're not

28:04 ↗ going through that level of depth this

28:06 ↗ time but we have the Citywide data and

28:09 ↗ then you know we kind of decided to do

28:10 ↗ this focus on riparian areas with some

28:12 ↗ of the connection to salmon and um you

28:15 ↗ know other uh you know benefit storm

28:17 ↗ water as you know we see um in those

28:20 ↗ areas along our our streams and lak

28:22 ↗ Shore so that aligns a bit with some of

28:24 ↗ the requirements that Public Works has

28:25 ↗ for their annual storm water permit from

28:27 ↗ the state state to where there's more

28:29 ↗ and more emphasis on riparian planning

28:32 ↗ and restoration so to to your point Ryan

28:35 ↗ unless Chris you have something

28:36 ↗ different here I I don't think we

28:38 ↗ necessarily

28:39 ↗ have nuances in the data that might

28:42 ↗ explain that plateauing I guess the last

28:45 ↗ thing I'll say before handing over to

28:46 ↗ Chris is keep in mind there's a there's

28:48 ↗ a lag time on this you know so trees we

28:50 ↗ plant today probably won't show up as

28:52 ↗ Urban Tree canopy for five to maybe 10

28:54 ↗ years depending on the species I believe

28:56 ↗ 14 feet is the height of vegetation coms

29:00 ↗ up from Chris there that counts so when

29:02 ↗ we're planting you know little sapling

29:03 ↗ seedlings you know that that takes a

29:05 ↗ little of time to get there so you know

29:07 ↗ essentially what you're looking with the

29:08 ↗ 2021 data is probably what we've kind of

29:10 ↗ planted contributed through you know

29:12 ↗ 2010 2015 something in that range so I

29:16 ↗ think Tim will'll get to you in a second

29:17 ↗ but just if I'm understand correctly so

29:19 ↗ you have that like fiveish year lag and

29:22 ↗ our goal is to get to 55% by 2035 really

29:25 ↗ we're looking at what we're planting 25

29:28 ↗ to 30 like 2025 to 2030 will actually be

29:32 ↗ what we're looking to get to that I mean

29:34 ↗ that will be the last push yes yes

29:36 ↗ probably much planted after 2030 won't

29:38 ↗ contribute to meeting that time frame

29:39 ↗ obviously after that but yeah and then

29:41 ↗ like I said a very Street tree easy

29:42 ↗ plant usually a six seven foot tall tree

29:44 ↗ so it'll get to a little bit quicker but

29:46 ↗ a lot of the Natural Area stuff we're

29:47 ↗ planting is what we call be roots or one

29:50 ↗ or two gallon pots so they're generally

29:52 ↗ you know maybe two feet when they go on

29:53 ↗ the ground so Chris anything you have to

29:55 ↗ add to to you know kind of your

29:57 ↗ observations on the data for isqu or

29:59 ↗ just in general how you kind of track um

30:03 ↗ canopy changes and Trends in general we

30:07 ↗ didn't get that fine level detail on the

30:10 ↗ analysis but um the plan will likely lay

30:12 ↗ out the um methods for monitoring and uh

30:16 ↗ factors to consider when looking at

30:18 ↗ causes for gains and losses in canopy

30:21 ↗ and then um for the scenarios or

30:24 ↗ forecasting canopy future canopy cover

30:27 ↗ will be documenting our methodology

30:29 ↗ there's only a few ways that we see

30:31 ↗ cities going about it so it's going to

30:34 ↗ stick to an industry standard uh and

30:36 ↗ that way you'll have ways to um evaluate

30:39 ↗ and uh reassess to see where you're at

30:42 ↗ and if you're um straying from

30:46 ↗ Target like you said I think that's

30:47 ↗ definitely something we're looking at in

30:49 ↗ terms of a

30:51 ↗ um guess that would be more of a more of

30:53 ↗ a strategy would be you know essentially

30:55 ↗ these these four to maybe five year

30:57 ↗ intervals of of assessments of our Urban

30:59 ↗ Tree canopy so we have this one in 2024

31:02 ↗ with or 2023 with the 2021 data looking

31:05 ↗ at doing that probably again in 2028 you

31:07 ↗ know so probably one or two more times

31:08 ↗ before getting to that

31:10 ↗ 2035 time frame

31:13 ↗ so

31:18 ↗ Tim hi yeah I've got a couple questions

31:21 ↗ so I'll start off with what you're

31:23 ↗ already touching on which is what I

31:25 ↗ didn't understand is I saw there was a

31:28 ↗ goal for the percentage coverage where

31:30 ↗ did that goal come from and in that go

31:34 ↗ excuse me in that

31:35 ↗ goal what are the types of trees that

31:39 ↗ you are incorporating there like what

31:41 ↗ percentage are deciduous what percentage

31:43 ↗ or you know Red Cedar uh how how are you

31:47 ↗ looking

31:48 ↗ at what the goal is and what the makeup

31:51 ↗ of it and I you know the best case

31:54 ↗ scenario for the makeup of that hitting

31:55 ↗ that Mark is

31:58 ↗ well Tim maybe I can start and Chris if

31:59 ↗ you have anything to add um the 55% goal

32:03 ↗ my best understanding first of all that

32:05 ↗ that is in is aest climate action plan

32:07 ↗ so our IAP plan that was um published

32:09 ↗ and adopted two and a half years ago I

32:12 ↗ think we just hit our midpoint for the

32:14 ↗ fiveyear um uh kind of implementation of

32:17 ↗ that um so that that's where that goal

32:19 ↗ lies you know my understanding this this

32:22 ↗ was you know kind of chosen before I

32:24 ↗ started working here but what I've heard

32:25 ↗ from Stacy with sustainability kind of

32:27 ↗ chatting and maybe Chris you might even

32:28 ↗ have more context on this having you

32:30 ↗ know worked for Planet GE for a while um

32:33 ↗ was kind of looking at that you know

32:34 ↗ essentially we did that um 2019 report

32:37 ↗ all we had was 2011 and 2017 bar graphs

32:40 ↗ there so 2017 was the most current high

32:43 ↗ resolution data to get the Urban Tree

32:45 ↗ canopy um not 100% sure why 2011 was

32:49 ↗ chosen as a baseline I think it was

32:50 ↗ about if you don't want to go too too

32:53 ↗ far back then you kind of lose track of

32:55 ↗ Trends and stuff but also you don't want

32:56 ↗ to be a year or two past you're not not

32:57 ↗ going to see much change so um I think

33:00 ↗ it was kind of looking at that 3% gain

33:02 ↗ in that time frame and thinking you know

33:04 ↗ what might be realistic um it it you

33:07 ↗ know based on uh you know another I

33:09 ↗ guess 15 plus years after that and and

33:11 ↗ you know that does tie into what we're

33:13 ↗ on some of those slides the PPA or the

33:15 ↗ possible planting area you know kind of

33:17 ↗ looking at what we think we could

33:19 ↗ realistically achieve um I would say

33:23 ↗ it's ambitious you know I mean you can

33:25 ↗ see here holding holding serve is is

33:27 ↗ pretty good for a lot of cities in our

33:29 ↗ region right now I mean Seattle's had a

33:30 ↗ 30% goal and you know they've been in

33:32 ↗ the mid low 20s and just went back a

33:34 ↗ percent or two and their most recent

33:35 ↗ update and I'm not trying to make

33:37 ↗ excuses or compare to other things but

33:39 ↗ it is it is like set a pretty ambitious

33:41 ↗ goal and I think that's where you know

33:42 ↗ some of this work obviously across

33:44 ↗ private property public property and

33:47 ↗ cross agency collaboration I mean

33:49 ↗ honestly one of the biggest

33:49 ↗ opportunities is probably Lake sander

33:51 ↗ State Park uh some of the areas there

33:54 ↗ working with some of the larger HOAs

33:55 ↗ like isal Highlands and Talis that have

33:57 ↗ some of these kind of um undeveloped uh

34:01 ↗ you know kind of wetland areas you know

34:03 ↗ as receiving sites for trees so these

34:05 ↗ are meetings that Chris and I have had

34:06 ↗ with those two big HOAs to kind of

34:08 ↗ discuss the plan and try to get creative

34:10 ↗ ways that we could support each other in

34:12 ↗ some of that work so it's definitely

34:14 ↗ going to take a lot more than just the

34:16 ↗ city running programs on public land

34:18 ↗ because we are getting to the point

34:20 ↗ where um we just don't have a lot of

34:22 ↗ uncopied areas and that's not to say

34:24 ↗ that the areas that have tree canopy

34:25 ↗ don't still need work and thinking about

34:27 ↗ success and health of these trees um so

34:30 ↗ Tim that's the first part hopefully that

34:32 ↗ sorry a lot but the second part in terms

34:33 ↗ of composition of forest um we we don't

34:37 ↗ have that right now so the the best

34:39 ↗ thing I would say that we do have was

34:40 ↗ our green isqua 20-year implementation

34:43 ↗ plan that was published back in 2019 or

34:45 ↗ or 2020 um and that really looked at our

34:48 ↗ 1500 or so Acres of U public open spaces

34:53 ↗ uh and really did some kind of highlevel

34:55 ↗ compositions for both dominant tree

34:57 ↗ speed

34:58 ↗ and for underst story so there's some

35:00 ↗ really good information in that plan

35:01 ↗ based on different management units

35:03 ↗ across the city so that that really is

35:06 ↗ the best thing that kind of encompasses

35:07 ↗ uh our our natural areas but it doesn't

35:10 ↗ doesn't have the level of you know

35:11 ↗ something that says 60% coner 40% but it

35:14 ↗ can give you some pretty good ideas of

35:16 ↗ specific Park and Open Spaces in terms

35:18 ↗ of their species composition and then as

35:21 ↗ Chris kind of touched on briefly one of

35:23 ↗ the big I I kind of tease at this having

35:25 ↗ having forestry staff having a forest

35:27 ↗ manager and having a tree inventory is

35:29 ↗ kind of the third main core foundational

35:32 ↗ piece of a of a urban Forest program so

35:35 ↗ that is something that we'll uh really

35:37 ↗ hopefully be jumping into next year

35:38 ↗ looking to get some funding from DNR

35:41 ↗ that supports Department of Natural

35:42 ↗ Resources that supports a lot of urban

35:43 ↗ forestry work and Tim to that point

35:45 ↗ that'll give us a much better you know

35:47 ↗ it won't be literally every tree in our

35:48 ↗ Open Spaces because that scale and scope

35:50 ↗ is pretty huge we're talking about a few

35:52 ↗ hundred thousand trees probably in the

35:53 ↗ city of isqua um but often you know for

35:56 ↗ instance city of San has a public tree

35:58 ↗ inventory of about 20,000 trees right

36:00 ↗ now so I'm guessing it'd be in that

36:02 ↗ ballpark maybe a little bit higher and

36:04 ↗ then that would be really neat to see

36:05 ↗ the the the um composition um that

36:08 ↗ usually comes with some basic kind of

36:10 ↗ Health assessments for those trees too

36:11 ↗ so actually seeing kind of where those

36:14 ↗ uh trees are at in their life cycles um

36:16 ↗ so that's something I really hope and

36:17 ↗ will be one of the first kind of big

36:19 ↗ actions that we want to take uh from

36:21 ↗ this plan and move forward with and have

36:22 ↗ that you know both publicly available

36:24 ↗ and you know internal for our decisions

36:26 ↗ around um you know there's a lot of

36:28 ↗ stuff out there of trying not to have

36:29 ↗ more than 10% of a uh uh single genus so

36:33 ↗ you know closely related plants that

36:34 ↗ might be susceptible to past diseases

36:36 ↗ climate change you know we're we're

36:38 ↗ talking about that with Emerald lash

36:39 ↗ bore moving to the region

36:41 ↗ um and then some species that might be a

36:44 ↗ little more susceptible to to to climate

36:45 ↗ changes too so that's that's kind of

36:47 ↗ that first principle around a resilient

36:49 ↗ tree canopy not not just 50% but

36:52 ↗ something that's actually going to

36:53 ↗ sustain itself you know past 2035 as

36:56 ↗ well so sorry 10 hopefully that got at

36:58 ↗ what you were asking well yes and no um

37:03 ↗ I the the the goal number apparently

37:07 ↗ came out of a 2019 report but what does

37:11 ↗ it mean you know is that a goal that is

37:14 ↗ considered sort of a gold standard for

37:16 ↗ cities around the Northwest the West

37:19 ↗ Coast the United States do some cities

37:22 ↗ go more do some cities go lower is there

37:26 ↗ some what what's the magic with that

37:27 ↗ number and you know I think that's a

37:29 ↗ reasonable question considering that's

37:30 ↗ what you're putting in as your uh your

37:32 ↗ goal for all this work yeah and and and

37:35 ↗ this is where I'm a little hesitant I

37:37 ↗ don't want to ever get to hung up on

37:38 ↗ that being like the end all be all sort

37:40 ↗ of success metric I mean for the isqu

37:42 ↗ climate action plan that goal was trying

37:44 ↗ to look at essentially one tool for

37:47 ↗ addressing climate change so essentially

37:49 ↗ looking at Carbon

37:50 ↗ sequestration increasing our tree canopy

37:53 ↗ there 55% is not an industry standard by

37:56 ↗ any means it varies quite a bit by the

37:58 ↗ size of the city obviously the region

37:59 ↗ and the country it is one of the higher

38:01 ↗ ones in western Washington for sure of

38:03 ↗ cities that have Urban Tree canopy

38:05 ↗ assessments um I've seen some stuff

38:08 ↗ through Arbor Day Foundation that has

38:09 ↗ recommended kind of generally around a

38:11 ↗ 40% uh tree canopy you know as being a

38:14 ↗ target for most cities so we're

38:15 ↗ obviously well above that but um that

38:19 ↗ 55% I think is a is looking at a

38:21 ↗ commitment to continue to grow and you

38:23 ↗ know through I'm is AAL climate action

38:25 ↗ plan really through the perspective of

38:27 ↗ carbon sequestration and the value trees

38:30 ↗ play u you know and mitigating those

38:31 ↗ impacts of of climate change so um yeah

38:36 ↗ that

38:37 ↗ that's it was a little bit kind of

38:39 ↗ chosen more as what's realistic to think

38:41 ↗ that we can grow towards versus any sort

38:44 ↗ of you know hey this is what's you know

38:46 ↗ comparable I would say isa's unique it's

38:48 ↗ high we also have as Connie mentioned

38:50 ↗ you know we're right on the urban uh

38:52 ↗ growth management kind of interface so

38:54 ↗ we have a lot of these large continuous

38:56 ↗ Forest areas on the perimeter of our

38:58 ↗ city that really bump up Arch tree

39:00 ↗ canopy quite a bit but then if you look

39:01 ↗ at you know um uh you know Central isqua

39:05 ↗ I think we're somewhere in the 20% so

39:07 ↗ that's that's kind of where we're

39:08 ↗ talking about this equitable

39:09 ↗ distribution you know prioritizing trees

39:11 ↗ in areas that are you know kind of under

39:13 ↗ canopied at this point uh while knowing

39:16 ↗ you know the perimeters of our cities

39:17 ↗ really kind of drive a lot of our tree

39:19 ↗ canopy at this point raran areas

39:22 ↗ too if I could just the plan's going to

39:25 ↗ include a feasibility study so

39:27 ↗ a lot of this happens to us pretty often

39:29 ↗ where a climate action plan sets the

39:31 ↗ canopy goal and then we back into it but

39:34 ↗ what we do is we we show hypothetically

39:37 ↗ what it would require uh with a public

39:40 ↗ you know the city leading a certain

39:42 ↗ percentage the public leading private

39:44 ↗ development having a role as well and

39:47 ↗ seeing you know what on an annual basis

39:49 ↗ are the number of trees and the costs

39:52 ↗ and what's required for preservation of

39:54 ↗ what you already have um so there's

39:57 ↗ going to be supporting considerations

39:59 ↗ with that um that 55% goal we also do

40:04 ↗ various scenarios for consideration but

40:06 ↗ we're not going into this plan saying

40:10 ↗ the uh IAP needs to be updated but we

40:13 ↗ will provide these considerations for uh

40:16 ↗ if and when that plan gets updated that

40:18 ↗ it can use the urban forestry plan for

40:21 ↗ those updates so uh that's generally the

40:24 ↗ process that we see these taking and

40:26 ↗ then if you call I did mention the uh a

40:30 ↗ resilient planting strategy as a um goal

40:33 ↗ in the plan and that we're doing what's

40:35 ↗ called the climate tree Atlas and the

40:37 ↗ sister city climate analysis to look at

40:40 ↗ things about um species that work well

40:43 ↗ now and in the future or don't work well

40:46 ↗ um and just one last comment uh when we

40:49 ↗ met with the snowy tribe there is real

40:51 ↗ emphasis on uh conifers because of the

40:55 ↗ um history behind the native conifers

40:57 ↗ so that will be part of this planting

41:00 ↗ pallet consideration as well so um th

41:03 ↗ these are common questions that you

41:04 ↗ raised there Tim um and uh yeah as we go

41:08 ↗ through the process of drafting that the

41:10 ↗ supporting actions there will be uh

41:12 ↗ opportunity to review that context

41:16 ↗ that okay well let me let me go to the

41:19 ↗ dark side if you would uh which is the

41:22 ↗ fact that more trees more fuels Wildfire

41:26 ↗ hits the west side of the

41:27 ↗ then you know what we've created is a

41:31 ↗ problem and um how is that being

41:34 ↗ factored into you know all this planning

41:38 ↗ because it's

41:40 ↗ uh the increase in wildfires is really

41:43 ↗ only going in One Direction really

41:44 ↗ hasn't hit the you know this side of the

41:47 ↗ Cascades as hard but you know one of the

41:50 ↗ ways you cut down on wildfires or making

41:53 ↗ fire brakes and thinning things out so

41:59 ↗ I wish this wasn't something to bring up

42:02 ↗ uh I love having a healthy dense forest

42:05 ↗ but I think it's not an unreasonable

42:08 ↗ point to at least have on the table uh

42:12 ↗ when you're talking about increasing

42:13 ↗ planting and increasing the uh fuel

42:17 ↗ available for a uh Wildfire event

42:21 ↗ absolutely yeah that's on the table and

42:23 ↗ Dan can um follow up here with my

42:25 ↗ response but you know it's similar to

42:27 ↗ how trees were planted and then they

42:29 ↗ raised sidewalks there's better science

42:31 ↗ to know what which trees to plant or

42:34 ↗ amendments to make so that doesn't

42:35 ↗ happen uh there's also better ways of

42:39 ↗ planting spacing wise the um different

42:42 ↗ zones that are uh laid out and then the

42:45 ↗ types of species as well um and then

42:47 ↗ debris management was brought up with

42:49 ↗ our um staff interviews and our meetings

42:52 ↗ with the um HOAs like isqua Highlands so

42:57 ↗ um there is this balance because also if

43:00 ↗ we're talking about increasing canopy

43:02 ↗ cover uh what about the folks that had

43:04 ↗ to pay for a large tree to be removed

43:06 ↗ and now they're asking to plant more

43:08 ↗ trees you know there's this balance and

43:11 ↗ it's about applying industry standards

43:13 ↗ and best practices and really more so a

43:16 ↗ coordinated effort um one thing that to

43:19 ↗ call to attention is uh Dan and others

43:21 ↗ have organized this cross Department I

43:24 ↗ believe uh team meeting uh really to

43:28 ↗ sync up around about things relating to

43:31 ↗ trees and the um defensible space and

43:35 ↗ the uh wooi criteria Wildland Urban

43:38 ↗ interface uh is uh one of the topics and

43:41 ↗ it's on our radar that there may be some

43:43 ↗ State changes coming um I think

43:46 ↗ ultimately having that canopy assessment

43:48 ↗ having an inventory and having solid

43:51 ↗ permitting and development procedures

43:54 ↗ can really help with being smart about

43:57 ↗ uh increasing canopy you know where with

44:00 ↗ what types of species when who's

44:02 ↗ responsible and what to do when there's

44:05 ↗ a a you know storm debris management not

44:08 ↗ just dumping it at the end of a a wooded

44:11 ↗ lot and then having that build up and be

44:13 ↗ a concern so uh these are things we were

44:16 ↗ hearing during our meetings and um the

44:18 ↗ plan is looking to address uh those

44:20 ↗ those concerns but I do hear you it's

44:23 ↗ something that we heard expressed in the

44:25 ↗ uh surveys as well the Wildfire

44:29 ↗ concern yeah I just like

44:35 ↗ Tim I'm sorry oh just say it looks like

44:38 ↗ you I was gonna add one or two things do

44:40 ↗ you have any follow-ups for Chris uh no

44:43 ↗ no that's good I just kind of wanted to

44:45 ↗ put that out there and I if if you don't

44:47 ↗ mind as someone that used to do a ton of

44:50 ↗ PowerPoint

44:51 ↗ presentations some of your pie charts

44:54 ↗ add up to 100% some of them don't and

44:57 ↗ the ones that don't make my head hurt

44:59 ↗ when I look at them there's one that

45:01 ↗ adds up to 99 I know well some some of

45:05 ↗ them added up to about 300 so yeah so it

45:11 ↗ just

45:12 ↗ uh I think it's can be confusing for

45:14 ↗ your audience so I just thought I'd give

45:16 ↗ you that feedback and I'll uh thank you

45:20 ↗ and uh go on mute yeah if you see the

45:24 ↗ eror too spot that so we can have this

45:26 ↗ as uh reference going forward but um on

45:29 ↗ our spreadsheets and stuff the data is

45:32 ↗ critical to being able to monitor so if

45:35 ↗ there is an error let let me know on

45:36 ↗ that oh one other thing um we did a

45:39 ↗ comparison of canopy cover for 20 cities

45:42 ↗ as part of the benchmarking so that'll

45:44 ↗ be part of this rollup too which uh was

45:46 ↗ one of the comments or or questions that

45:48 ↗ were raised how do how does it compare

45:51 ↗ um we also look at canopy goals of other

45:54 ↗ cities just as a a reference point and

45:57 ↗ then what's recommended by the industry

45:59 ↗ so kind of bringing that back to the

46:01 ↗ canopy discussion I didn't mention that

46:03 ↗ earlier I wanted to touch on that thanks

46:05 ↗ for your comments and questions

46:08 ↗ Tim thanks um David you've been so

46:11 ↗ patiently waiting I think we'll take a

46:15 ↗ question no no it's all good Tim had

46:17 ↗ some great points there um so if we want

46:19 ↗ to go just go one slide back from the

46:21 ↗ one you're presenting right

46:24 ↗ now uh just more of a general com

46:26 ↗ comment so yeah it was that one right

46:29 ↗ there yeah that does add up to 100 so

46:31 ↗ this is not the slide but I know what

46:32 ↗ Tim's talking about um so I'm looking at

46:35 ↗ sort of that uh Orange area you know the

46:37 ↗ total possible planting area the 16% and

46:40 ↗ I'm looking at the goal that was set at

46:42 ↗ 55% and honestly that 4% is coming from

46:46 ↗ the orange part if I'm correct about

46:48 ↗ that and not it cannot come from the

46:50 ↗ 33% um so that being said in simple math

46:53 ↗ terms you're looking at 4% 16% you're

46:57 ↗ looking at the total PL possible

46:58 ↗ planting area you're looking at planting

47:01 ↗ 25% of that area with trees um so again

47:06 ↗ I I'm just being very generalistic about

47:08 ↗ this like in that actual picture that

47:09 ↗ you have on this slide that's an open

47:11 ↗ field are we considering some place like

47:14 ↗ an open field or even something like a

47:15 ↗ Confluence Park you are literally asking

47:17 ↗ to plant 25% of that open space with

47:21 ↗ trees and also on the HOA side I know

47:24 ↗ you've been talking to them yeah I mean

47:25 ↗ I'm part of an HOA too I would love to

47:27 ↗ plant a couple trees but if you're

47:29 ↗ talking about taking away 25% of my open

47:32 ↗ space that's a lot right and so I guess

47:35 ↗ my question or comment is is this 55% to

47:38 ↗ Tim's Point really achievable like how

47:39 ↗ did we actually pick this thing if

47:41 ↗ you're literally looking at 25% of the

47:44 ↗ possible planting

47:46 ↗ area right yeah I'm glad you look at it

47:49 ↗ through that lens because that's how we

47:51 ↗ first look at you know this goal well

47:53 ↗ where's it coming from where are the

47:55 ↗ trees going to go and yeah that's a um

47:57 ↗ good way to look at is 25% of that PPA

48:01 ↗ uh so part of the feasibility study is

48:04 ↗ to look at uh like what what is the city

48:07 ↗ committing to with the IAP the isqu

48:10 ↗ climate action plan and um you Al

48:14 ↗ oftentimes find that this arbitrary

48:16 ↗ number that was set is a daunting number

48:19 ↗ when you look at number of trees and

48:21 ↗ where the trees would go so um that's

48:25 ↗ you know I I understand that part of it

48:28 ↗ um and then also um you know there are

48:32 ↗ other

48:33 ↗ strategies you do need to increase

48:35 ↗ canopy but one of the things that the

48:38 ↗ city looked at it wasn't totally

48:40 ↗ arbitrary when from my understanding

48:42 ↗ when setting to 55 it was looking at

48:45 ↗ well let's not go below 50% and then

48:49 ↗ there were just some additional minor

48:51 ↗ inputs that said well 55% seems feasible

48:54 ↗ let's not lose canopy and then do a a

48:58 ↗ minor increase but what the management

49:00 ↗ plan is looking at is now okay what does

49:02 ↗ that really mean how many small statured

49:05 ↗ trees medium statured large statured

49:08 ↗ what percent mortality when planting

49:10 ↗ post planting City Le versus uh private

49:14 ↗ property owner planting so there are

49:16 ↗ these variables that we put in these

49:18 ↗ assumptions to at least see like okay

49:21 ↗ 55% is going to require this x number of

49:25 ↗ trees by the city alone so um that

49:29 ↗ will'll we'll have that data to present

49:32 ↗ and then it really does come down to the

49:34 ↗ city to make a decision like does

49:36 ↗ something change in the climate action

49:38 ↗ plan or do we leave things as they stand

49:42 ↗ in the urban Forest plan but provide

49:44 ↗ guidance on how to reassess in five

49:47 ↗ years or something so yeah because uh I

49:50 ↗ will say like a 55% canopy goal having

49:54 ↗ done over 30 of these management plan

49:57 ↗ projects it is a high Target and isqua

50:00 ↗ does have significant canopy cover uh

50:03 ↗ it's the fourth highest in the 20 St 20

50:07 ↗ uh assessments that we looked at so just

50:10 ↗ just give you some uh context there okay

50:13 ↗ and then one other comment I just had is

50:15 ↗ obviously I think we've discussed it in

50:17 ↗ the meetings prior is the the Western

50:20 ↗ red seeder dieback that's happening and

50:22 ↗ it's accelerating at this point I mean

50:24 ↗ you drive anywhere in isqua you'll see

50:26 ↗ it so is that if it's dyed back is it

50:29 ↗ still considered canopy or is it

50:31 ↗ actually a negative on the

50:33 ↗ canopy yeah um that's getting a little

50:36 ↗ finer in the assumptions but we do add a

50:39 ↗ mortality rate for existing trees and

50:42 ↗ it's kind of broad brush but at least um

50:45 ↗ using uh um I have to look at the

50:48 ↗ numbers but there's a set that far the

50:50 ↗ for Service established for setting

50:53 ↗ these canopy goals and tracking it's

50:56 ↗ below

50:57 ↗ 1% but when you look Citywide that ends

51:00 ↗ up being pretty significant but um but

51:04 ↗ yeah th those assumptions will lay out

51:06 ↗ and it'll be something that folks can

51:09 ↗ read as an appendix or as a supporting

51:11 ↗ document but we want to make sure you

51:13 ↗ have that on hand if

51:15 ↗ needed okay thank you good questions

51:18 ↗ thanks

51:27 ↗ questions regarding the presentation can

51:30 ↗ we go back to the vision statement coris

51:34 ↗ sure and just get sort of everyone's

51:38 ↗ eyes on that again to make sure that

51:40 ↗ that still feels like um the right level

51:45 ↗ of vision statement for this Urban

51:47 ↗ Forest management plan um knowing that

51:50 ↗ we've just done some other visioning for

51:53 ↗ the park system plan um as well um and

51:58 ↗ you know we want these to speak to each

52:00 ↗ other and they are um but just sort of a

52:03 ↗ an assessment here to make sure that

52:05 ↗ this still feels like the right level

52:09 ↗ yes thank

52:17 ↗ you I mean from my feedback is it looks

52:19 ↗ like it's

52:21 ↗ the the correct framework to move

52:24 ↗ forward

52:30 ↗ based off the survey results that were

52:31 ↗ showed and the key highest things that

52:35 ↗ people want to prioritize and they like

52:37 ↗ the you know the wildlife habitat and

52:40 ↗ future for all so say internally we felt

52:44 ↗ pretty good about this we've talked a

52:46 ↗ little bit about that last one ensure a

52:48 ↗ sustainable future you know whether

52:51 ↗ that's there's a lot of other factors

52:53 ↗ that go into that other forry

52:56 ↗ that's the only thing that's going to

52:58 ↗ ensure a sustainable future so we've

53:00 ↗ talked about that last one there maybe

53:01 ↗ softening a little bit but overall kind

53:04 ↗ of right as mentioned I think capturing

53:06 ↗ what we uh generally heard from the

53:08 ↗ community and and City staff looks like

53:10 ↗ Tim has

53:12 ↗ a 10 yeah I'm sorry I I raised my hand

53:16 ↗ then you just touched on the point which

53:18 ↗ is the way you end it it's a little

53:21 ↗ flowery and uh kind of rainbow you know

53:26 ↗ and lollipops type thing because a

53:29 ↗ sustainable TR canopy won't a canopy

53:32 ↗ like this won't create a sustainable

53:34 ↗ future for all by itself um so you know

53:37 ↗ maybe contribute to a sustainable future

53:39 ↗ for all

53:42 ↗ um but yeah that was my point because it

53:45 ↗ just it it sounds nice but the reality

53:48 ↗ is that as we all know it's going to

53:50 ↗ take

53:51 ↗ more that's right yeah good feedback

54:01 ↗ anyone else on the vision statement

54:03 ↗ maybe we

54:04 ↗ could if if folks don't have any

54:06 ↗ comments or thoughts on this maybe we

54:07 ↗ could then quickly kind of review some

54:08 ↗ of the the principal to make sure those

54:10 ↗ kind of statements associated with each

54:11 ↗ of those or that you feel good about

54:13 ↗ those kind of five buckets I guess that

54:15 ↗ will really kind of guide the how the

54:17 ↗ plan is organized um so Chris that's the

54:20 ↗ the next slide I believe

54:28 ↗ yes thank you so um on the left are the

54:30 ↗ themes and then the statement to the for

54:33 ↗ the guiding principle and just as a a

54:36 ↗ refresher the themes kind of

54:39 ↗ uh recognize what we've heard as ter in

54:42 ↗ terms of priorities and the themes also

54:44 ↗ align with the themes in the urban

54:46 ↗ Forest audits that can serve as a

54:49 ↗ monitoring mechanism uh for measuring

54:51 ↗ the plan implementation so I'll leave it

54:54 ↗ at that and see if there's I know it's a

54:56 ↗ lot of reading here I I guess one other

54:58 ↗ thing I want to mention is that this

55:00 ↗ isn't the only time these are working

55:02 ↗ drafts that will take shape over the

55:04 ↗ next few months as we're drafting but we

55:06 ↗ want to make sure we're on target with

55:09 ↗ these and not missing something big

55:30 ↗ Andrew hello um I have a question around

55:34 ↗ I know that in the vision statement we

55:37 ↗ called out the habitat and Wildlife was

55:41 ↗ is there a guiding principle that kind

55:44 ↗ of covers the I I believe that was like

55:47 ↗ 86% of the respondents can you speak

55:50 ↗ more about how any of the guiding

55:53 ↗ principles are touching on that or maybe

55:56 ↗ it's a little bit more focused on tree

56:00 ↗ preservation or tree

56:04 ↗ protection I believe the the latter

56:06 ↗ there more so is that um through

56:08 ↗ preservation protection and expansion it

56:12 ↗ would contribute to all benefits and

56:14 ↗ services not specifically called out uh

56:18 ↗ habitat or Wildlife but it's a

56:20 ↗ consideration as you mentioned it does

56:22 ↗ show highly with the feedback we heard

56:25 ↗ from the public

56:27 ↗ and Andrew Chris and I haven't talked

56:29 ↗ about this much but I think what we have

56:30 ↗ talked about the riparian study and you

56:33 ↗ know how that was originally kind of the

56:35 ↗ the motivation for that was around you

56:37 ↗ know the kind of the history of s

56:38 ↗ recovery work the city's done um in our

56:41 ↗ riparian buffers so that's that's

56:43 ↗ definitely connected and kind of the

56:45 ↗ motivation there um I would say Chris

56:47 ↗ and I have talked about Community

56:49 ↗ Education stewardship our green is AA

56:52 ↗ program we've really been kind of

56:53 ↗ branching that out from you know

56:54 ↗ specifically just kind of hands on on

56:57 ↗ stewardship events pulling weeds

56:58 ↗ planting trees and that sort of stuff to

57:00 ↗ more Community Education around we just

57:02 ↗ actually had this building back in early

57:04 ↗ April had our coexisting with carnivores

57:06 ↗ event with a bunch of folks from DFW sty

57:09 ↗ tribe and I'm really looking how we can

57:11 ↗ incorporate some of that kind of

57:12 ↗ tangentially with the urban forestry

57:14 ↗ work to um you know just kind of

57:16 ↗ education how to you know kind of we're

57:18 ↗ all living in this habitat together and

57:20 ↗ how we can kind of best coexist there so

57:22 ↗ there's some of these existing programs

57:24 ↗ I think there's some areas as we talk

57:25 ↗ about you know obviously we're focusing

57:27 ↗ on trees and canopy a lot tonight

57:29 ↗ talking about this but um you know uh

57:32 ↗ some of the certifications around you

57:33 ↗ know there's BC USA some of these kind

57:35 ↗ of pollinator habitat things I think the

57:37 ↗ plan's not going to I don't want to over

57:39 ↗ promise focus in depth on these but when

57:41 ↗ we're kind of getting into some of those

57:44 ↗ um uh you know kind of uh certifications

57:47 ↗ that the city can strive for I think

57:48 ↗ there's some things with Chris we can

57:49 ↗ maybe chat a little bit more that we

57:51 ↗ could kind of call out or or or point

57:53 ↗ out in the plan some of the CL education

57:56 ↗ think some of it ties into

57:58 ↗ um guess it could kind of fall under you

58:01 ↗ know the preservation and protection you

58:03 ↗ know with maybe a little B more focus on

58:04 ↗ whether that's pollinators or you know

58:06 ↗ large colorers and stuff like that

58:13 ↗ so yep good points there Chris I'm I'm

58:16 ↗ also not you know these these guiding

58:19 ↗ principles then also have strategies

58:21 ↗ that go along with them so maybe there

58:24 ↗ is space to add something related to

58:27 ↗ sort of Wildlife and habitat

58:28 ↗ specifically in one of the strategies

58:31 ↗ for some of these um guiding principles

58:33 ↗ that might kind of help reinforce that

58:35 ↗ seeing as it was such a high um

58:38 ↗ Community output sort of Interest item

58:42 ↗ for sure thanks for that suggestion um

58:44 ↗ we will be going back through with the

58:47 ↗ feedback we we uh Dan shared the staff

58:50 ↗ feedback uh on this draft and then we'll

58:53 ↗ um incorporate your feedback so um Dan

58:56 ↗ and I will meet to debrief on that and I

58:58 ↗ think that's one thing we'll look at for

59:00 ↗ sure is um how to incorporate it into

59:03 ↗ the strategies a bit more I do know that

59:05 ↗ we talk about um under

59:08 ↗ story and um supporting vegetation with

59:13 ↗ some of the actions I just don't recall

59:15 ↗ where but um with that thought in mind

59:18 ↗ is that's the entire ecosystem not just

59:21 ↗ trees right Mary I I'm brand new to this

59:26 ↗ this is only my second meeting and as

59:28 ↗ far as the Staffing I don't know how

59:30 ↗ this works city-wise but I know that um

59:34 ↗ budgets and things like that go up and

59:36 ↗ down and I I think that so much of this

59:39 ↗ is riant on having the money to staff

59:43 ↗ maintenance to staff knowledge about

59:46 ↗ different trees just different knowledge

59:48 ↗ about the

59:50 ↗ the what the environment can and should

59:53 ↗ have in it how much guarantee do we have

59:56 ↗ have for the future as far as as much as

59:58 ↗ we have any guarantee of any future but

1:00:00 ↗ like in this way because it seems to be

1:00:03 ↗ the well cared for part of the mission

1:00:05 ↗ statement and and all of these goals is

1:00:08 ↗ is a big deal it seems like very

1:00:10 ↗ important

1:00:12 ↗ thing I mean

1:00:15 ↗ yeah the how committed is how committed

1:00:18 ↗ the community is and and telling city

1:00:22 ↗ council for this the fact that we have

1:00:23 ↗ an urban Forest management supervisor is

1:00:26 ↗ a big commitment that was a brand new

1:00:28 ↗ position that actually came out of the

1:00:32 ↗ um green Isa plan and the previous 2018

1:00:35 ↗ Park system plan that um was done so

1:00:38 ↗ like these plans do have actionable

1:00:40 ↗ steps that then lead to positions um our

1:00:43 ↗ volunteer coordinator position is part

1:00:45 ↗ of that as well so there definitely is a

1:00:47 ↗ commitment there for that um I think to

1:00:51 ↗ some of the strategies specifically that

1:00:53 ↗ are being called out in this plan um so

1:00:56 ↗ of that is going to be looking at

1:00:57 ↗ different funding sources outside of

1:00:59 ↗ just what the city can can support um

1:01:01 ↗ there will be you know City support for

1:01:03 ↗ some of these things but you know to

1:01:06 ↗ reach those goals we're going to need to

1:01:07 ↗ look for you know other grants and other

1:01:09 ↗ funding sources Partnerships with other

1:01:11 ↗ um agencies to be able to do that as

1:01:13 ↗ well um we do have a really large

1:01:15 ↗ maintenance staff currently we've been

1:01:17 ↗ increasing that over the years um there

1:01:20 ↗ is a lot of knowledge within that team I

1:01:22 ↗ mean Dan knows it he's with them every

1:01:24 ↗ day um and we do different trainings on

1:01:27 ↗ things they actually I I feel like

1:01:29 ↗ they've done like two or three different

1:01:30 ↗ tree specific trainings this past year

1:01:34 ↗ um so so there is you

1:01:38 ↗ know uh things that are already being

1:01:40 ↗ done within those teams um so I don't

1:01:43 ↗ know if that sort of helps but yeah and

1:01:46 ↗ I think too that um the awareness part

1:01:51 ↗ of that is the awareness for the

1:01:52 ↗ community right and keeping that at

1:01:54 ↗ Forefront as well because Drive the need

1:01:57 ↗ for things and we've heard a lot about

1:01:59 ↗ that from the survey from talking to the

1:02:02 ↗ HOAs this this really and really heavy

1:02:04 ↗ emphasis on on guiding principle e there

1:02:07 ↗ and these desires and you know so I

1:02:09 ↗ think we've done a good job really

1:02:10 ↗ building out green is AOA on how you can

1:02:12 ↗ Hands-On get involved I think there's a

1:02:14 ↗ lot more interest in in online resources

1:02:16 ↗ we have a lot of work to do this ties

1:02:18 ↗ into what Chris is talking a little bit

1:02:19 ↗ about the um make sure I'm getting it

1:02:22 ↗ right I think it was the the climate

1:02:23 ↗ tree Atlas um tree list you know

1:02:27 ↗ information there and some updates there

1:02:28 ↗ that are really um needed at this point

1:02:32 ↗ and then um as STI said I think yeah

1:02:34 ↗ really kind of emphasizing that it's

1:02:36 ↗ some of it's going to come from within

1:02:37 ↗ some of his current staff with more

1:02:39 ↗ professional development we just in the

1:02:41 ↗ last year myself one of my colleagues

1:02:43 ↗ got our Isa

1:02:44 ↗ certifications um yeah doing some tree

1:02:46 ↗ pring um in house courses yeah really

1:02:49 ↗ are going to have to look into some of

1:02:50 ↗ these um funding sources often through

1:02:52 ↗ this in the state and County that really

1:02:54 ↗ do support urban forestry too the city

1:02:56 ↗ hasn't really pursued much for yeah so

1:02:59 ↗ those are some some certainly priorities

1:03:01 ↗ I also I come from public education and

1:03:03 ↗ I definitely think that having schools

1:03:05 ↗ are always looking for input and for

1:03:08 ↗ knowledge at a elementary school level

1:03:11 ↗ and Middle School level would be amazing

1:03:13 ↗ to get kids yes talking about this and

1:03:15 ↗ also going home and talking about it yes

1:03:18 ↗ you know with their F

1:03:22 ↗ great that's an area for growth program

1:03:24 ↗ a lot of adult educ we have two High

1:03:26 ↗ School interns we kind of work at the

1:03:27 ↗ high school age a lot but I think below

1:03:29 ↗ that an area that we certainly have

1:03:32 ↗ some my generation was the just say no

1:03:35 ↗ campaign and I would go home and scream

1:03:36 ↗ at my dad because he was a

1:03:40 ↗ smoker go

1:03:42 ↗ home until they turn into teenagers and

1:03:44 ↗ they don't talk

1:03:47 ↗ anymore

1:03:50 ↗ thanks yeah good good point there I just

1:03:52 ↗ wanted to add to that um one thing that

1:03:54 ↗ we like to mind is that this is a first

1:03:57 ↗ ever Urban Forest management plan so

1:03:59 ↗ this is really setting things in motion

1:04:01 ↗ possibly changes the policy programs

1:04:05 ↗ funding sources and Staffing and so we

1:04:07 ↗ look to recommend what can be done with

1:04:09 ↗ current capacity and then incrementally

1:04:12 ↗ build over time and one thing that we

1:04:14 ↗ look to address under current capacity

1:04:16 ↗ is you know existing workflows what's

1:04:19 ↗ established as a protocol where are

1:04:21 ↗ there inefficiencies with different um

1:04:24 ↗ overlaps with different different tree

1:04:26 ↗ related activities and programs so um

1:04:29 ↗ definitely hear your U your comment and

1:04:32 ↗ question there thank

1:04:40 ↗ you else Great Dan or Chris is there

1:04:44 ↗ anything else specific that you are I I

1:04:48 ↗ don't I don't think so other than say

1:04:50 ↗ that I'm available questions I can

1:04:52 ↗ certainly you know run by Chris as well

1:04:54 ↗ as they come up so if you have thoughts

1:04:55 ↗ on this after tonight the next few weeks

1:04:58 ↗ we will be seeing you I'm guessing at

1:04:59 ↗ some point the next two or three

1:05:01 ↗ months talk about that what that next

1:05:04 ↗ meeting that next touch point is I'm

1:05:06 ↗ imagining probably once you all have

1:05:08 ↗ draft um document ready for sort of

1:05:11 ↗ review and then possibly um action that

1:05:14 ↗ the board could take to sort of

1:05:15 ↗ recommend it before it moves on through

1:05:17 ↗ city council yeah so Chris anything last

1:05:23 ↗ feedback or anything you're looking for

1:05:24 ↗ you w to

1:05:26 ↗ I think we're in good shape here I got a

1:05:27 ↗ lot of good feedback on the drafts and

1:05:30 ↗ uh there will be more opportunities for

1:05:31 ↗ review so I just wanted to reiterate

1:05:33 ↗ that Dan and I will be meeting to

1:05:35 ↗ debrief on what we're hearing from staff

1:05:37 ↗ and from the boards on this draft

1:05:39 ↗ framework and uh that we're here for

1:05:41 ↗ more uh comments and questions because I

1:05:44 ↗ know we presented a lot and they're a

1:05:46 ↗ lot behind the scenes on methodology

1:05:48 ↗ data sets things like that so feel free

1:05:50 ↗ to reach out if you have questions or

1:05:52 ↗ something wasn't clear and just want to

1:05:54 ↗ thank you again for your time attention

1:05:56 ↗ here to this evening thank you Chris

1:05:59 ↗ for yeah us thanks Chris um and just

1:06:03 ↗ another note we do have a ad hoc

1:06:05 ↗ committee group from the park board

1:06:07 ↗ specifically on urban forestry um

1:06:10 ↗ there's four members on that group and I

1:06:12 ↗ believe um there is one Community member

1:06:17 ↗ involved in it so there's actually room

1:06:19 ↗ for another Park Board member so if

1:06:21 ↗ anyone was interested in joining that um

1:06:24 ↗ you'll probably get emails asking to

1:06:26 ↗ review the document in a little bit more

1:06:28 ↗ depth um and possibly like one or two

1:06:30 ↗ more meetings um before this plan

1:06:32 ↗ actually moves forward for final

1:06:34 ↗ adoption um that group also looks at our

1:06:37 ↗ is going to be looking at our heritage

1:06:39 ↗ tree program which we've brought to the

1:06:40 ↗ board a couple times and we'll be coming

1:06:42 ↗ back at another time um but just want to

1:06:44 ↗ throw that little plug out there too for

1:06:46 ↗ those that might be

1:06:49 ↗ interested

1:06:51 ↗ great well thank you thanks Chris thanks

1:06:54 ↗ Dan um Chris I think you can probably

1:06:57 ↗ stop sharing and then um Ryan we can

1:07:02 ↗ move on with the rest of our

1:07:04 ↗ meeting everyone take

1:07:11 ↗ care see you soon yeah thanks

1:07:15 ↗ everyone awesome well the next item on

1:07:17 ↗ our list is the reports um our youth

1:07:20 ↗ members are taking a break uh because

1:07:22 ↗ there's no school obviously so they're

1:07:24 ↗ not on the agenda but be back in

1:07:26 ↗ September do you know will we have two

1:07:29 ↗ new we will likely have the same too um

1:07:32 ↗ I believe they are both going to be

1:07:33 ↗ continuing on the youth Advisory Board

1:07:35 ↗ and they both still have interest in

1:07:36 ↗ being the parkboard but we'll always go

1:07:38 ↗ back and sort of check in with them at

1:07:39 ↗ the beginning of the year to make sure

1:07:40 ↗ there's still interest and see if

1:07:42 ↗ there's any other members that may want

1:07:44 ↗ to join us awesome yeah um next be the

1:07:47 ↗ director's report yes so director's

1:07:50 ↗ report um Jeff OB obviously hasn't been

1:07:54 ↗ here for this meeting um because he was

1:07:56 ↗ at the city council meeting this evening

1:07:58 ↗ with Robin taking our Hillside Park

1:08:00 ↗ project to council for bid award which

1:08:03 ↗ is very exciting I got the news just as

1:08:05 ↗ the meeting was starting that that um

1:08:07 ↗ bid was awarded tonight by city council

1:08:10 ↗ so yay a very exciting very long project

1:08:14 ↗ Hillside Park is going to be you know

1:08:17 ↗ going forward into construction um we

1:08:19 ↗ have a great contractor um that bid on

1:08:23 ↗ that award and um more to come on what

1:08:27 ↗ that construction timeline looks like

1:08:29 ↗ but it'll be starting here you know in

1:08:31 ↗ the next few weeks we've got to do some

1:08:33 ↗ Contracting work with them um and look

1:08:35 ↗ at timelines but that project will be

1:08:36 ↗ starting soon which is very exciting um

1:08:40 ↗ both for the neighborhood um for par

1:08:42 ↗ board um Tim there's you got a question

1:08:46 ↗ yeah um just did I hear you say

1:08:48 ↗ construction's going to start in the

1:08:49 ↗ next few weeks construction will be

1:08:52 ↗ starting at that site soon we just got

1:08:54 ↗ our contractor on board so we'll need to

1:08:56 ↗ figure out sort of what that timeline

1:08:58 ↗ looks like but we do want to sort of be

1:09:00 ↗ able to start that construction over the

1:09:03 ↗ summer because that's the construction

1:09:04 ↗ window when we hit fall and rain and all

1:09:06 ↗ that fun um but yes will be starting

1:09:09 ↗ soon and when is it expected to be

1:09:11 ↗ complete I don't have that information

1:09:15 ↗ um but I will check in with Robin and

1:09:17 ↗ Julie who are sort of um in charge of

1:09:20 ↗ that project and we will get some more

1:09:22 ↗ information about what that construction

1:09:24 ↗ and timeline looks like

1:09:26 ↗ thank

1:09:28 ↗ you um so yeah that just went out there

1:09:31 ↗ will be updates on the website and I

1:09:32 ↗ think we have a email group for that

1:09:35 ↗ part that we will start sending sort of

1:09:37 ↗ updates for what that construction

1:09:39 ↗ timeline looks like um and then just an

1:09:44 ↗ update that tomorrow evening um there

1:09:48 ↗ will be another city council committee

1:09:50 ↗ meeting the um services safety and Parks

1:09:54 ↗ committee meets um and Robin and Jeff

1:09:58 ↗ will be taking the park system Plan

1:09:59 ↗ update to that committee um really going

1:10:02 ↗ over a lot of the information that we've

1:10:03 ↗ already been touching on here at

1:10:05 ↗ parkboard and giving that committee time

1:10:08 ↗ to sort of ask questions give feedback

1:10:10 ↗ before we get to sort of the 90% draft

1:10:13 ↗ of that document um to then go out for

1:10:15 ↗ public review so this is like one of our

1:10:17 ↗ city council checks um and then the

1:10:22 ↗ draft plan we've been working with our

1:10:23 ↗ Consultants we're really close on it so

1:10:25 ↗ hopefully with that feedback y'all's

1:10:27 ↗ feedback from the last meeting um we

1:10:29 ↗ will have a draft plan out for comment

1:10:34 ↗ um in the beginning of July for about

1:10:36 ↗ two weeks um and then when we come back

1:10:39 ↗ for our July meeting we will sort of be

1:10:41 ↗ looking at all of that feedback um and

1:10:45 ↗ hopefully be wrapping that project up as

1:10:48 ↗ well um and then uh to come this July

1:10:52 ↗ we've talked about this a little bit but

1:10:54 ↗ we are going to be doing some more sort

1:10:56 ↗ of education and Outreach on um the

1:10:59 ↗ potential pool Julie's bone pool project

1:11:02 ↗ talking about that feasibility study in

1:11:04 ↗ a little bit more depth um there is

1:11:07 ↗ going to be an opportunity for some

1:11:09 ↗ Community feedback um to just sort of

1:11:12 ↗ hear from more um of our community

1:11:15 ↗ members about that feasibility study the

1:11:17 ↗ possible expansion um and we will be

1:11:21 ↗ doing um some Outreach at one of our

1:11:24 ↗ concerts on the green coming up um this

1:11:27 ↗ summer um as well as some Partnerships

1:11:29 ↗ with the pool as well um and then I

1:11:34 ↗ wanted to thank you all for helping push

1:11:37 ↗ out our Recreation survey that closed a

1:11:39 ↗ couple days ago um and we got really

1:11:42 ↗ amazing feedback I think we got like

1:11:44 ↗ over 600 responses to that survey which

1:11:47 ↗ is huge for Community surveys um so

1:11:50 ↗ thank you for pushing that out and for

1:11:52 ↗ getting us your feedback our Recreation

1:11:54 ↗ team is going to be reviewing all that

1:11:55 ↗ information and sort of seeing what the

1:11:57 ↗ trends are that came out of that um if

1:12:00 ↗ there are programmatic changes that we

1:12:01 ↗ might be making um as we're heading into

1:12:04 ↗ uh the city's budget season this is

1:12:06 ↗ really helpful information and data for

1:12:08 ↗ us to be able to show you know this is

1:12:11 ↗ really a community value and where we

1:12:13 ↗ can add some more

1:12:15 ↗ capacity um and then last thing that I

1:12:18 ↗ have is just a um call for some possible

1:12:23 ↗ volunteers um the city is hosting the

1:12:26 ↗ downhome Fourth of July parade and field

1:12:29 ↗ of fun this year um and we are looking

1:12:33 ↗ for volunteers that might want to help

1:12:35 ↗ out for the kids and pets parade um that

1:12:38 ↗ goes down Front Street um and our field

1:12:41 ↗ of fun which will have lots of

1:12:43 ↗ activities there's bouncy houses there's

1:12:45 ↗ a petting zoo planned um and uh a whole

1:12:49 ↗ lot of other activities the festivities

1:12:52 ↗ are from 11 to 2 day so we're looking

1:12:56 ↗ for volunteers um between like 10:00

1:12:58 ↗ a.m. to about 300 p.m. um there's a

1:13:01 ↗ couple of different shifts and I think I

1:13:03 ↗ sent everybody an email with those

1:13:05 ↗ details so if you don't mind sending

1:13:06 ↗ those out to your networks or if any of

1:13:08 ↗ you are available and want to help out

1:13:09 ↗ we'd be happy to have you and that's

1:13:13 ↗ what I've got from Jeff for director's

1:13:17 ↗ report awesome thank you um as acting

1:13:20 ↗ chairperson I've I've uh decided to

1:13:23 ↗ honor the group with a a acting chair of

1:13:25 ↗ prison report um but I just want to do a

1:13:27 ↗ big shout out to um the parks and direct

1:13:30 ↗ team and the City of isqua and all the

1:13:32 ↗ youth that started summer camp today and

1:13:35 ↗ the summer camp programs is um is a big

1:13:38 ↗ undertaking uh it is a very fun program

1:13:41 ↗ so had kids that have been in those

1:13:43 ↗ programs they're very vibrant and fun

1:13:45 ↗ and great experiences for the children

1:13:47 ↗ so um if you have the opportunity to uh

1:13:50 ↗ have have someone that's maybe even

1:13:52 ↗ working them as some of my neighbors are

1:13:55 ↗ big shout out to them just a reminder

1:13:57 ↗ this COA Farmers Market is in full swing

1:13:59 ↗ on Saturdays uh concerts on the green

1:14:02 ↗ start next Tuesday so those are very fun

1:14:05 ↗ if you have the opportunity to get out

1:14:07 ↗ and go do that and we're about 10 days

1:14:09 ↗ away from Fourth of July so just happy

1:14:12 ↗ Fourth of July everybody it's one of my

1:14:14 ↗ favorite holidays of the year so it's

1:14:16 ↗ one of the best times of the year to get

1:14:17 ↗ out enjoy our parks and our trails and

1:14:20 ↗ enjoy your beautiful city so those are

1:14:22 ↗ my chairperson's report

1:14:25 ↗ anybody have any other business or

1:14:28 ↗ announcements awesome um thank you for

1:14:31 ↗ letting me sit in tonight it's been a

1:14:33 ↗ pleasure um and just a reminder our next

1:14:35 ↗ meeting is July 22nd it was not moved so

1:14:38 ↗ it'll still be this July 22nd

1:14:41 ↗ um maybe the shortest meeting I've ever

1:14:43 ↗ been a part of at 8:17 we we'll uh call

1:14:47 ↗ the meeting

1:14:49 ↗ adjourned thank you all thank you thank

1:14:52 ↗ you thanks all hey

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Council / Members (7)

Marlene Waxse, Vice Chair (Excused Absence)

Andrew Eliquen (Virtual)

David Liu (Virtual)

Tim Motley (Virtual)

Ryan Olson, Acting Chair

Mari Stevens

Martha Ginthner

Staff (5)

Hasanthi Piyasena, Department Operations

Specialist, Parks & Community Services

Dan Hintz, Urban Forest Supervisor

Connie Marsh, Community Member

Chris Peiffer, PlanIT Geo Consultant

Excused

Chris Kovac

Katie Bell

Nicholas Lee

Brenda Spears

Paul Adair

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