City Council
October 7, 2025
Community Forest Management PlanCompliance Briefing
1 Purpose of the CFMP
Realize the optimum public benefits of the trees on the City’s streets, public places.
Integrate street tree planting and maintenance with other urban elements and amenities.
Promote efficient, cost-effective management of the City’s forest.
Reduce and manage risk associated with trees.
Provide for the creation of an equitable, sustained and reliable means of managing the City’s community forest.
Create and maintain a unified urban-forest resource.
2 Master Plan: Tree palette
Includes more drought tolerant species (California Natives Trees) that offer documented habitat and environmental value (Urban Forest Ecosystem Institute website). 3 Master Plan: Tree Planting
Available sites: 45,829
Goal: Plant 250 trees/year
4 Tree City USA (45 years)
5 Urban Wood Policy
Tree Recycling Plan: Trees that are removed may be repurposed for their highest use, this includes but is not limited to, being milled into lumber, left in public spaces as natural architecture (including wildlife habitat), etc.
Species Replacement Plan: City trees that are removed, a replacement tree from the tree pallet (sustainable species) will be considered for replanting. 6 Canopy Coverage Analysis
Orange County’s Canopy: 19.54%
City of Fullerton’s Canopy: 27.28%
7 CalFire Grant
More than 500 trees planted
8 FY 2024-2025 Tree Planting
Goal: to plant 250 trees per FY
Total Trees planted for FY 2024-2025: 293
9 Tree Inspection Process
Service Request (submitted by resident, city employee, contractor through city app, website) Field Inspection by Certified Arborist (visual assessment, safety concerns, structural/overall health; historical data of the tree is reviewed to support the evaluation) Recommendation (Pruning, monitoring, removal if necessary, further assessment) Notification to Requestor (Mobile app, phone call, door hanger, On-site visit) 10 Pruning Cycle
2-4 year Pruning cycles
Goal: prune 10,000/FY
Trees pruned in FY 2024-2025: 14,770
11 Tree Benefits Website
As part of our ongoing efforts towards continuous improvement and the update of our current CFMP, we are developing a public-facing website that highlights the many benefits our urban trees provide. This platform will showcase key data such as species count, tree inventory, canopy coverage, pruning districts, and more. The goal is to increase transparency, engagement and awareness within the community. 12 Fullerton iTree Data Summary
Number of trees: 35,074
Tree cover: 338.5 acres
Most common species of trees: Magnolia grandiflora, Ulmus parviflora and Lagerstroemia indica Percentage of tree less than 6” in diameter: 16.9%
Pollution removal: 15.01 tons/years
Carbon storage: 15.92 thousand tons
Carbon sequestration: 715.6 tons
Oxygen production: 1.908 thousand tons/year
Over 950 trees planted since June of 2023
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