Correspondence - Updated 10/4 — Alameda City Council, October 4, 2022

From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] RE: Consent Calendar Item 5-E
Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 3:00:18 PM
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From: Dan Tuttle <[email protected]>
Date: Oct 4, 2022 11:24 AM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Consent Calendar Item 5-E
To: Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft <[email protected]>,John Knox White <[email protected]>,Tony Daysog <[email protected]>,Trish Spencer <[email protected]>,Malia Vella <[email protected]> Cc:

Honorable Mayor, Vice Mayor and Councilmembers,
Please direct staff to modify urban forest contract to specifically include an improved tree preservation ordinance as part of the scope of work.

We are losing on average 1.5% of our city's urban trees every year according to American Forests. Having a strong tree ordinance is necessary to protecting our existing tree canopy for clean air, cooler streets, less crime in our neighborhoods and to sequester more carbon.

You have worked hard to protect our environment. Please direct staff to include an improved tree preservation ordinance that will make our communities cleaner, greener and safer for Alamedans and the environment.

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Dan Tuttle
1533 High St, Alameda, CA 94501
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Item 5-E Oct. 4 2022 City Council Mtg. Agenda Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 2:59:09 PM
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From: Jennifer Bowles <[email protected]>
Date: Oct 4, 2022 12:00 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Item 5-E Oct. 4 2022 City Council Mtg. Agenda To: Malia Vella <[email protected]>,Tony Daysog <[email protected]>,Trish Spencer <[email protected]>,John Knox White
<[email protected]>,Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft <[email protected]> Cc:

Madame Mayor and City Council Members,
I am writing to urge you to direct City staff to modify Dudeck's contract for the Urban Forest Plan to specifically include an improved tree preservation ordinance as part of the scope of work. To that end, I find the document "Possible Key Objectives and Specific Work Items" submitted to you by members of 100K Trees for Humanity to be a very thoughtful outline reflecting the dedicated work of knowledgeable Alamedans who are intimately familiar with our particular tree canopy issues - and necessarily broadens the scope of the current Master Street Tree Plan to include trees on private and other municipal properties.

With best regards,
Jennifer Bowles,
CLA #3448
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Consent Calendar Item 5-E
Date: Monday, October 3, 2022 10:10:51 PM
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From: David Seaborg <[email protected]>
Date: Oct 3, 2022 9:39 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Consent Calendar Item 5-E
To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Honorable Mayor, Vice Mayor and Councilmembers,
Please direct staff to modify urban forest contract to specifically include an improved tree preservation ordinance as part of the scope of work.

Thank you.

Sincerely,
David Seaborg
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Consent Calendar Item 5-E
Date: Monday, October 3, 2022 10:08:28 PM
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From: David Seaborg <[email protected]>
Date: Oct 3, 2022 9:42 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Consent Calendar Item 5-E
To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Honorable Mayor, Vice Mayor and Councilmembers,
I write to urge you to direct staff to modify the Dudek contract to specifically include an improved tree preservation ordinance as part of the scope of work.

Earlier this year, 100K Trees for Humanity submitted recommended Tree Ordinance guidance as part of our RFP recommendations. We now ask the City to request research and recommendation for a tree preservation and conservation ordinance as part of the contract, given the amount of money that is allocated on the UFP. This would include:
* Provide a framework for improving Alameda’s Tree Preservation Ordinance in alignment with the 2019 Climate Emergency Declaration, the CARP and State 30 X 30 Plan * The existing Alameda Tree Ordinance protects only coast live oaks and various designated visually prominent tree groups, such as the Palms on Burbank Street and the London plane trees on Central Avenue. The improved ordinance would seek to address a broader range of species,
* Provide criteria for what constitutes “removal”, (including removal of a portion of the tree), * Provide measures for any tree removals to ensure “no net loss of tree canopy” (such as provisions for maximizing tree reforestation and proforestation, e.g. 4 to 1 in-situ replacement planting, etc.),
* Set forth criteria and procedures for maximizing tree preservation related to development projects consistent with Urban Forestry Plan policies, (including requiring reconfigured site plans when appropriate and protection measures during construction) * Provide more effective penalties for illegal removals. * The Plan should provide references to good examples of tree preservation ordinances from other communities and other municipalities.

I hope that you will direct staff on the proposed as requested.

Thank you.

David Seaborg
From: Linda Carloni
To: Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft; Malia Vella; John Knox White; Tony Daysog; Trish Spencer; City Clerk Subject: [EXTERNAL] City Council Meeting, October 4, 2022, Item 5-E Date: Monday, October 3, 2022 8:46:00 PM
Dear Mayor Ashcraft and City Council:

I am writing in support of your approval of the contract for development of the Urban Forest Plan. It is great to see the City actively working on concrete steps to protect and maintain our trees, and hopefully to increase their numbers.

The benefits of trees are well-established: mitigating heat islands, sequestering carbon out of the atmosphere, improving residents' well-being, and protecting our increasingly imperiled wildlife. Well-chosen native trees are particularly important for wildlife habitat, and generally use less water.

It is important that the new Plan increases the protection for trees on private lands. Preserving our current mature trees, especially native trees, is critical for achieving the benefits trees provide us.

With all the environmental challenges facing Alameda, we need to act smartly and promptly to preserve and increase our trees.

Thank you for your consideration.

Linda Carloni
Paru St., Alameda
From: Richard Bangert
To: Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft; Malia Vella; John Knox White; Tony Daysog; Trish Spencer Cc: Amy Wooldridge; Erin Smith; Danielle Mieler; Lara Weisiger; City Clerk Subject: [EXTERNAL] Comment - Urban Forest Plan - Agenda Item 5-E Date: Monday, October 3, 2022 6:42:05 PM
Attachments: Agenda Item 5 - Urban Forest Plan.pdf
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Please include the attached comment letter as correspondence under Agenda Item 5-E, Urban Forest Plan.

Thank you,
Richard Bangert
Photo site: https://www.flickr.com/photos/63740093@N03/ Blog: https://alamedapointenviro.com/
Agenda

Item

5-E

Urban

Forest

Plan
October

2022
Dear

Mayor

Ezzy

Ashcraft

and

members

the

City

Council,
Having

source

recycled

water

for

trees

the

West

End,

including

Alameda

Point,

can

change

the

scale

the

tree-planting

effort

without

tapping

the

potable

water

supply.

Thankfully,

there

source

recycled

water

nearby.

Please

add

the

following

task

the

urban

forest

work

plan:

Investigate

the

feasibility

and

cost

installing

connection

the

East

Bay

Municipal

Utility

District

(EBMUD)

East

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Recycled

Water

Project

line

Oakland.

The

EBMUD

project

webpage

***********.ebmud.com/water/recycled-water/current-recycled-water-users/east- bayshore

states,

“Future

phases

the

project

will

also

reach

customers

Berkeley,

Albany

and

Alameda.”
The

City

Brentwood

can

used

model

for

what

possible

with

recycled

water

supply.

When

Brentwood

expanded

many

decades

ago,

installed

recycled

water

irrigation

system

for

all

its

parks

and

major

street

rights

way.

Their

park

trees

and

lawns

and

prodigious

palette

street

trees

and

shrubs

are

always

green,

thanks

their

recycled

water

system.

Thank

you,
Richard

Bangert
Alameda

Point

Environmental

Report

********alamedapointenviro.com/

From: Chase Martin
To: Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft; John Knox White; Tony Daysog; Malia Vella; Trish Spencer Cc: Manager Manager; Danielle Mieler; City Clerk
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Item 5 – E on City Council‘s October 4, 2022 Meeting Agenda Date: Sunday, October 2, 2022 4:57:25 PM
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Dear Mayor Ashcraft and City Council:

Please see the letter attached regarding the proposed Urban Forest Plan.

Sincerely,
Chase R. Martin
1423 Walnut St, Alameda, CA 94501
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Alameda City CouncilOctober 4, 2022

Alameda City Council
October 4, 2022