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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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