CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
MARCH 18, 2025
PRESENTATIONS
Item #10
WS 25-012
Tree Preservation
Ordinance
1 Tree Preservation Ordinance Update
City Council Work Session
–
March 28, 2025
Jeremy Lochirco, Planning Manager
Peter Jensen, Landscape Architect
2 Background & Scope
✓ Tree Protection Ordinance
• Sets policies and guidelines to preserve
and expand tree canopy
• Last updated in 2002
✓ City Strategic Roadmap
• Fulfill Goal C11 to Update Ordinance
✓ Aligns with Climate Action Plan and
Hayward 2040 General Plan
✓ Work Sessions
• City Council Sept 2024
• Planning Commission Oct 2024
• Planning Commission Feb 2025
3 Recommended Updates
✓ Preservation of Native Trees on Private Property
• Reduce replacement tree costs with 2:1 ratio
• Create sliding scale to reduce permit fees
• Add exemptions to waive permit fees for
dead/dying or hazardous tree
• Reduce tree care/pruning permit fee
✓ Heritage Tree Designation
• Defined a Heritage Tree (Meet 2 or more criteria):
Native, Habitat, Horticulture, Historical or Cultural
Significance
• Require Site Plan Review process for removal,
allowing public notification and comment
• Additional findings added for removal
4 Recommended Updates
✓ Mitigation for Development Projects
• Maintain existing appraised value for mitigation
• Incorporate canopy replacement as part of
development plan review process
✓ In Lieu Fees
• 125% of the appraised value
• Allow City to plant trees in underserved areas
• Fees could be used to plant new trees and
maintenance of existing trees
✓ Tree Removal Penalty
• Double the Tree Removal Permit (sliding scale)
• Mitigation based on the estimated appraisal value
✓ Reduce Permit Duration
5 Next Steps
✓ Finalize draft Ordinance
✓ Release for Public Review and Comment
✓ Updated Ordinance to Planning Commission
and City Council in late Spring 2025
✓ Informational Handouts and Public
Outreach Following Ordinance Adoption
▪ Collaboration with community partners
▪ Targeted outreach to HOA/Neighborhood
Groups and Developers
✓ Follow Up Meeting with City Council to
Discuss Use of In Lieu Fees (Fall 2025)
6 1
Questions?
3 7
1 Extra Slides
3 8
Tree Preservation Ordinance – Canopy Analysis
Canopy Coverage Analysis
What is a Canopy Coverage Analysis?
A Canopy coverage Analysis is an aerial review of the tree canopy coverage over the city. The Analysis is conducted every 5-10 years and provides insight into the expansion or reduction of the tree canopy city wide.
Item #11
WS 25-014
Greenhouse Gas
Emissions Inventory
Hayward Police Department Year-End Report
1 CY 2023
Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory
March 18, 2025
City Council
Hayward Police Department Year-End Report
2 Hayward’s GHG Emission Reduction Goals and
Actual GHG Emission Inventory Data
2005 2010 2015 2020 2021 2022 2023 % Change
from 2005 2025 2030 2045
Goal Baseline 20% 30% 55% Carbon
Neutrality
Actual
Reduction N/A 9.5% 14.2% 42.2% 35.9% 33.7% 35.0% Achieved Electricity 185,536 165,172 141,814 23,038 35,844 29,313 26,011 -86.0 % Natural Gas 189,995 191,526 176,803 166,334 168,917 170,495 172,822 -9.0 % Transportation 520,768 458,988 441,751 304,371 357,867 367,652 358,050 -31.2 % Off-Road
Vehicles 14,889 17,004 27,267 27,976 23,408 39,646 37,006 148.5 % Solid Waste 50,924 38,338 38,148 34,628 32,011 32,141 32,537 -36.1 % Water and
wastewater 4,716 4,340 3,518 2,506 2,164 1,981 2,074 -56.0 % Total 966,828 875,368 829,301 558,853 620,211 641,228 628,500 -35.0 % Hayward
Population 140,305 146,296 160,244 162,079 159,986 160,699 159,770 13.9% Total
Emissions/
Capita
6.9 6.0 5.2 3.4 3.9 4.0 3.9 -43.5%
Hayward Police Department Year-End Report
3 Energy Sector: Electricity & Natural Gas
0 50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
2005 2010 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
MTCO2e
Residential electricity Nonresidential electricity
Residential natural gas Nonresidential natural gas
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Ava’s
Renewable
100
100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Ava’s
Bright
Choice
86.7% 55.0% 59.9% 71.5% 88.9%
PG&E
Base Plan 100% 83.5% 91.0% 95.2% 100%
• Since 2018, Ava Community
Energy (formerly EBCE) has been
the default electricity provider for
Hayward.
• Approximately 39% of households
receive Ava’s Bright Choice
product.
Carbon-Free* Energy in Electricity
Products
Hayward Police Department Year-End Report
4 Transportation Sector
0 200
400
600
800
1000
1200
0 100000
200000
300000
400000
500000
600000
2005 2010 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
VMT (in millions)
Emissions (MTCO2e)
Passenger Commercial AC Transit BART Airport VMT
Hayward Police Department Year-End Report
5 Transportation: Airport
Single
Piston
Multi
Piston Turbine Jet Helicopter Other Total
Operations 98,198 6,370 3,918 8,332 5,757 26 122,601
Total Emissions
(MT C02e) 1,000 123 793 1,686 1,165 5.3 4,779
Emissions (MT
C02e) per
Operation
0.01 0.02 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.04
Airport Emissions = 0.8% of community-wide total
Airport Emissions = 1.3% of transportation total
Hayward Police Department Year-End Report
6 Off-Road Emissions
0 5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
40000
45000
2005 2010 2015 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
MTCO2e
Offroad Emissions (MTCO2e)
Hayward Police Department Year-End Report
7 Solid Waste Sector
0 10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
2005 2010 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
MTCO2e
Emissions from Solid Waste Sent to Landfill
Hayward Police Department Year-End Report
8 Water & Wastewater Sector
0 500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
2005 2010 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
MTCO2e
Water and wastewater
Hayward Police Department Year-End Report
9 Limitations of the Inventory
• Inventory omits large sources of emissions
• For example: Upstream production and transportation emissions from goods and food
• Significant impacts that shifts the community’s behavior • For example: The COVID-19 pandemic
Hayward Police Department Year-End Report
10 Staff Recommendation
That the City Council:
• accepts public comments;
• reviews and comments on this report.