City Of Fresno Final Report Grant#8GG19404
City of Fresno, “City of Fresno Management Plan”
Grant Period: 8/4/2020-3/30/24 Date: April 29, 2024 Grant Award: $307,289.00 Match: $34,240.00
Grant Type: hƌďĂŶ&ŽƌĞƐƚDĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ
INTRODUCTION:
The City of Fresno was awarded the ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚŽĨ&ŽƌĞƐƚƌLJĂŶĚ&ŝƌĞWƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ;> FIRE) grant number 8GG19404 on June 25, 2020. From ƚŚĂƚƟŵĞƚŚĞŝƚLJhas successfully ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚƚŚĞĚĞůŝǀĞƌĂďůĞƐĂƐĂŐƌĞĞĚ ŝŶĂƟŵĞůLJĂŶĚĞĸĐŝĞŶƚmanner. The City is currently ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐŽŶƚŚĞĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶĨŽƌƚŚĞŶĞǁĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂhƌďĂŶĂŶĚŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ&ŽƌĞƐƚƌLJ/ŶŇĂƟŽŶ ZĞĚƵĐƟŽŶĐƚ– CalFire Grant opportunity. If awarded the City sees great opportunity to take ƚĂŶŐŝďůĞƐƚĞƉƐƚŽƉůĂŶƚĂƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨƚƌĞĞs, greatly reducing the current number of ǀĂĐĂŶƚƐŝƚĞƐ ĂƐŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚŝŶƚŚĞhƌďĂŶ&ŽƌĞƐƚDĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚWůĂŶ͘ PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND DELIVERABLES:
OBJECTIVES:
1. dŚĞƉƌŽũĞĐƚŽďũĞĐƟǀĞĨŽƌŐƌĂŶƚηϴ''ϭϵϰϬϰŝƐƚŚĂƚƚŚĞŝƚLJǁĂƐƚŽĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĂŶhƌďĂŶ &ŽƌĞƐƚDĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚWůĂŶƚŚĂƚǁŝůůƵƟůŝnjĞĐŝƚLJǁŝĚĞƚƌĞĞŝŶǀĞŶƚŽƌLJĚĂƚĂƚŽĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĂϰϬ- LJĞĂƌƉůĂŶ͘ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJŵĞĞƟŶŐƐĂŶĚĂƐƵƌǀĞLJǁŝůůďĞƵƐĞĚƚŽĐĂƉƚƵƌĞƚŚĞƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ of ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ͘WƌŽǀŝĚĞƚƌĞĞĐĂƌĞĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶǁŝƚŚĂĨŽĐƵƐŽŶǁŽƌŬĨŽƌĐĞĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĂŶĚ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞƚŚĞƵƌďĂŶĐĂŶŽƉLJďLJƉůĂŶƟŶŐϲϴƚƌĞĞƐ͘
DELIVERABLES:
1. Producing the City of Fresno’s UFMP with robust community engagement. a. KŶ:ƵůLJϮϭ͕ϮϬϮϮ͕ƚŚĞŝƚLJĂƉƉƌŽǀĞĚĂŶĚĂǁĂƌĚĞĚƚŚĞŽŶƐƵůƚĂŶƚ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ Agreement with Dudek to create a forty-year Urban Forest Management Plan to ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞŐƵŝĚĂŶĐĞ͕ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ͕ĂŶĚƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĂƟŽŶŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐƚŽƚŚĞŝƚLJ͛Ɛ current processes and policies.
b. ^ŝŶĐĞ:ƵůLJϮϭ͕ϮϬϮϮ͕ŝƚLJƐƚĂīŝŶĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŽŶǁŝƚŚthe professional arborists at Dudek͕ŚĂǀĞĚŝůŝŐĞŶƚůLJǁŽƌŬĞĚƚŽĚĞǀĞůŽƉĂŶĞdžƚĞŶƐŝǀĞh&DW ͘dŚŝƐ ĐŽŵƉƌĞŚĞŶƐŝǀĞƉůĂŶĞŶĐŽŵƉĂƐƐĞƐŵĂŶLJĐƌƵĐŝĂůĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐƚŽĞīĞĐƟǀĞůLJŵĂŶĂŐĞ ĂŶĚƉƌĞƐĞƌǀĞƚŚĞŝƚLJ͛ƐƵƌďĂŶĨŽƌĞƐƚ͘
City Of Fresno Final Report Grant#8GG19404
c. ŝƚLJƐƚĂīĂƩĞŶĚĞĚĂƉƉƌŽdžŝŵĂƚĞůLJϯϬĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJŵĞĞƟŶŐƐƚŽĞdžƉůĂŝŶƚŚĞƉƌŽũĞĐƚ and encourage community feedback. ůůĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJŵĞĞƟŶŐƐŚĂĚƚƌĂŶƐůĂƟŽŶ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞŝŶ^ƉĂŶŝƐŚ͕,ŵŽŶŐ͕ĂŶĚWƵŶũĂďŝ͘
d. Two larger Urban Forest Summits ĂƩĞŶĚĞĚďLJŵŽƌĞƚŚĂŶϭ͕ϬϬϬĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ members were held with a large booth encouraging opportunity for discussions and feedback encouraging community engagement.
ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐĂŶĚ
ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞŝƚLJ͛ƐƚƌĞĞŝŶǀĞŶƚŽƌLJǁĞƌĞĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƚĞĚ͘ e. WƵďůŝĐƚƌĞĞƐƵƌǀĞLJǁĂƐĐŝƌĐƵůĂƚĞĚǀŝĂƐŽĐŝĂůŵĞĚŝĂĂŶĚĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJŵĞĞƟŶŐƐĨŽƌ ϭϲǁĞĞŬƐŝŶ
ŶŐůŝƐŚ͕^ƉĂŶŝƐŚ͕,ŵŽŶŐ͕ĂŶĚWƵŶũĂďŝĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐŝŶŐĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ͘ϭ͕ϯϱϮƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞƐǁĞƌĞƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ͘
f. &ŽƵƌǀŝƌƚƵĂůƉƵďůŝĐŵĞĞƟŶŐƐǁĞƌĞŚĞůĚƚŽƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƚŚĞĮŶĚŝŶŐƐŽĨƚŚĞƐƵƌǀĞLJĂŶĚ to obtain community feedback.
g. The Urban Forest Management Plan is complete and scheduled to be presented to the City Council on May 23, 2024, ĨŽƌĂĚŽƉƟŽŶ͘
2. WůĂŶƟŶŐĂŶĚŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐϲϴƚƌĞĞƐ͘
a. hƉŽŶĂƐƐĞƐƐŝŶŐĂŶĚŵĂƌŬŝŶŐƚŚĞϲϴůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐƐƚĂīŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚƚŚĂƚthe ŶĞŝŐŚďŽƌŚŽŽĚƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐƚŚĞDĐ<ĞŶnjŝĞƐŝƚĞƐƵƟůŝnjĞĚƚŚĞŐƌĞĞŶƐƉĂĐĞĨŽƌ soccer games. For that reason, ŽŶĞĐĞŵďĞƌϭϰ͕ϮϬϮϮ͕ƚŚĞŝƚLJƐƵďŵŝƩĞĚĂ ŵŽĚŝĮĐĂƟŽŶƌĞƋƵĞƐƚ changing the tree species from Deodar Cedars to Maples in ƚŚĞǀĂƌŝŽƵƐƐƉĞĐŝĞƐŽĨĐĞƌZƵďƌƵŵ͘dŚŝƐĂůůŽǁƐĨŽƌƚŚĞŐƌĞĞŶƐƉĂĐĞƚŽĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ďĞŝŶŐƵƟůŝnjĞĚǁŝƚŚƚƌĞĞƐƚŚĂƚŚĂǀĞĂŚŝŐŚĞƌƚƌĞĞĐĂŶŽƉLJĂůůŽǁŝŶŐĨŽƌďŽƚŚ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůƚƌĞĞƐĂŶĚŐƌĞĞŶƐƉĂĐĞĨŽƌƉůĂLJ͘ dŚŝƐǁĂƐĂƉƉƌŽǀĞd on December 14, 2022.
b. hƉŽŶĂƐƐĞƐƐŝŶŐĂŶĚŵĂƌŬŝŶŐƚŚĞϲϴůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ͕ƐƚĂīŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚƚŚĂƚĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů trees could be accepted, and we would remain within the project budget. A total of 83 trees were successfully planted.
i. ,ƵŶƟŶŐƚŽŶďĞƚǁĞĞŶ^Z-ϰϭĂŶĚ&ŝƌƐƚǁĂƐĂƉƉƌŽǀĞĚĨŽƌϭϬĞŽĚĂƌ Cedars, a total of 18 were planted.
ii. ,ƵŶƟŶŐƚŽŶďĞƚǁĞĞŶĞĚĂƌĂŶĚĂƌƚŽŶǁĂƐĂƉƉƌŽǀĞĚĨŽƌƐĞǀĞŶDeodar Cedars, a total of 13 were planted.
iii. DĐ<ĞŶnjŝĞďĞƚǁĞĞŶĂƌƚŽŶĂŶĚ:ĂĐŬƐŽŶǁĂƐĂƉƉƌŽǀĞĚĨŽƌϮϳĞŽĚĂƌ Cedars, a total of 38 Maples were planted.
ŝǀ͘ DĐ<ĞŶnjŝĞďĞƚǁĞĞŶDĂƉůĞĂŶĚ^ŝĞƌƌĂsŝƐƚĂǁĂƐĂƉƉƌŽǀĞĚĨŽƌϮϰĞŽĚĂƌ Cedars, a total of 14 Maples were planted.
c. KŶĞĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƚŚĂƚƚŚĞŝƚLJĚŽĞƐĐŽŶƟŶƵŽƵƐůLJĨĂĐĞŝƐǀĂŶĚĂůŝƐŵŽĨƚƌĞĞƐ͘dŚĞƐĞ trees are on a regular maintenance cycle and ƐƚĂī inspects the sites weekly and can ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐǀĂŶĚĂůŝƐŵĂƐŶĞĞĚĞĚ͘sĂŶĚĂůŝƐŵŚĂƐďĞĞŶĂŶLJƚŚŝŶŐĨƌŽŵƚƌĞĞ stakes being stolen to the tree itself being broken into pieces. ƌĞǁƐŚĂǀĞ replaced tree stakes and trees, but the cost has not been charged to this grant.
3. WƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐdƌĞĞ
ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ
a. dǁŽůĂƌŐĞhƌďĂŶ&ŽƌĞƐƚ^ƵŵŵŝƚƐĂƩĞŶĚĞĚďLJŵŽƌĞƚŚĂŶϭ͕ϬϬϬĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ members were held with a large booth encouraging opportunity for discussions ĂŶĚĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐŝŶŐĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJĞŶŐĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ͘
ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐĂŶĚ
City Of Fresno Final Report Grant#8GG19404
resources were distributed ĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞŝƚLJ͛ƐƚƌĞĞŝŶǀĞŶƚŽƌLJ͕ĂĚĞƋƵĂƚĞƚƌĞĞ ǁĂƚĞƌŝŶŐĂŶĚƉůĂŶƟŶŐƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ͘
b. dŚĞƐĞĞǀĞŶƚƐĂůƐŽĂůůŽǁĞĚƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐƚŽƌĞƋƵĞƐƚƚƌĞĞƐďĞƉůĂŶƚĞĚŽŶƚŚĞŝƌƉĂƌŬ strips. These were able to be scheduled and trees planted, adding to the City ŝŶǀĞŶƚŽƌLJ͘dƌĞĞƐŽŶƉĂƌŬƐƚƌŝƉƐĚŽŶŽƚŚĂǀĞŝƚLJŝƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶĂŶĚĂƌĞƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJŽĨƚŚĞƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJŽǁŶĞƌƚŽǁĂƚĞƌ ͘dŚĞƐĞƚƌĞĞƉůĂŶƟŶŐƐǁĞƌĞŶŽƚ charged to the CalFire Grant.
4. WƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐŚĂŶĚƐ-ŽŶũŽďƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ͘
a. The City hired an intern who was in the Tree Fresno Green Team Program/ WĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ͘dŚŝƐŝŶƚĞƌŶǁŽƌŬĞĚŽŶƚŚĞŝƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶƚĞĂŵĂŶĚunder general ƐƵƉĞƌǀŝƐŝŽŶǁĂƐƚĂƵŐŚƚŚŽǁƚŽŝŶƐƚĂůů͕ƌĞƉĂŝƌ͕ĂŶĚŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶŵƵŶŝĐŝƉĂůůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ ŝƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶƐLJƐƚĞŵƐ͘dŚŝƐƟŵĞǁĂƐŶŽƚĐŚĂƌŐĞĚƚŽƚŚĞĂů&ŝƌĞ'ƌĂŶƚ͘ b. ŝƚLJ^ƵƉĞƌǀŝƐŽƌ//ĨƌŽŵƚŚĞ>ĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ/ƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶƚĞĂŵĂƩĞŶĚĞĚĂdƌĞĞ&ƌĞƐŶŽͬ 'ƌĞĞŶdĞĂŵWƌŽŐƌĂŵŽŶ&ĞďƌƵĂƌLJϮϯ͕ϮϬϮϰ͕ƚŽƉƌŽǀŝĚĞŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐǁŝƚŚŝŶƚŚĞ/ƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶĮĞůĚ͘/ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶǁĂƐƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐthe City of Fresno’s Youth Job Corps Program͘dŚŝƐƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŽīĞƌƐtraining and job ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐŝƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶĂƐĂǀŽĐĂƟŽŶĂůƚŽŽůworking with City crews. This ƟŵĞǁĂƐŶŽƚĐŚĂƌŐĞĚƚŽƚŚĞĂů&ŝƌĞ'ƌĂŶƚ͘
CHALLENGES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
CHALLENGES:
1. Vandalism of trees.
a. Tree stakes were stolen and had to be replaced.
b. &ŝǀĞtrees were chopped up and destroyed and had to be replaced.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
1. ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJĞǀĞŶƚƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚĂŶŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJƚŽŚĞĂƌĨƌŽŵƚŚĞĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ where they would like to see future trees planted. This list is now a future project ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂƟŽŶůŝƐƚĂƐĨƵŶĚŝŶŐďĞĐŽŵĞƐĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘
2. dŚĞhƌďĂŶ&ŽƌĞƐƚDĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚWůĂŶŝƐŐŽŝŶŐƚŽďĞĂǀĞƌLJƵƐĞĨƵůƚŽŽůestablishing the ƉůĂŶĂƐĂĐŽŵƉƌĞŚĞŶƐŝǀĞŐƵŝĚĞĨŽƌŵĂŶĂŐŝŶŐĂŶĚŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐŝƚLJdƌĞĞƐ;ƵƌďĂŶĨŽƌĞƐƚͿ͕ ĞŶƐƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĞŝƌƉƌĞƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶĂŶĚƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďůĞŐƌŽǁƚŚ͘
TREES:
The 83 trees that were planted ĂƌĞŚĞĂůƚŚLJĂŶĚƚŚƌŝǀŝŶŐ͘&ŝǀĞƚƌĞĞƐǁĞƌĞ ǀĂŶĚĂůŝnjĞĚand had to be replaced. dŚĞƐĞǁŝůůĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƚŽďĞŵŽŶŝƚŽƌĞĚĂŶĚƌĞƉůĂĐĞĚŝĨŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌLJ͘ &ŝǀĞ&&ŝ&ŝǀĞ
City Of Fresno Final Report Grant#8GG19404
METRIC REPORTING ON DELIVERABLES
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Goal
Completed Goal Met?
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1. Producing the City of
Fresno’s UFMP with robust
community engagement.
Completed Yes Scheduled to be presented to
ŽƵŶĐŝůĨŽƌĚŽƉƟŽŶŽŶDĂLJϮϯ͕
2024.
2. WůĂŶƟŶŐĂŶĚŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐϲϴ
trees.
Completed Yes dŚŝƐŐŽĂůǁĂƐĞdžĐĞĞĚĞĚ͕ĂŶĚϴϲ
trees were planted in total.
3. WƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐdƌĞĞ
ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ Completed Yes dŚŝƐǁĂƐŝŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞĚŝŶƚŽŵƵůƟƉůĞ ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJKƵƚƌĞĂĐŚĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘
4. WƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐŚĂŶĚƐ-on job
ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ͘
Completed Yes An intern was hired from the Tree
Fresno Green Team Partnership and
worked on the /ƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶƚĞĂŵ͘