date: APRIL 02, 2022
to: PARK AND RECREATION URBAN FORESTRY AD-HOC COMMITTEE from: ROBERT FILIAR, URBAN FORESTER
CC: JESSICA GORDON, PRINCIPAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST
RE: FIRST MEETING TO REVIEW AND UPDATE THE URBAN FORESTRY POLICY MANUAL Introductions to Begin at 9:am
Guest Speaker from the Inland Urban Forest Council:
Mark Porter, Board Member of Inland Urban Forest Council, Certified Arborist, State Licensed Contractor, Member of International Society of Arboriculture, American Society of Consulting Arborists, California Tree Failure Database Co-operator Current Urban Forestry Policy Manual Revised in 2015
Requests from the Land Use/Sustainability/Resilience Committee for the Ad-Hoc Committee to Explore:
Research ways of providing advanced notice to area residents when trees are being removed.
Research ways of planting new trees before trees are removed to help maintain continuity of the urban forest in neighborhoods Work with additional community groups throughout the City (Riverside Neighborhood Partnership, Green Belt area) Provide public outreach on the benefits and assets of the urban forest Establish the difference between public and private trees Other Considerations for Updating the Manual:
Update the Cover
Add Pictures
Add Grid Map
Consider Adding Technical Information Such as Carbon Sequestration Potential and Energy Reduction Potential of Adjacent Buildings Homework - Review of Urban Forest Management Plans/Urban Forestry Best Management Practices Arbor Day Foundation: Link
HYPERLINK "https://www.arborday.org" https://www.arborday.org American Public Works Association: Link
HYPERLINK "https://www2.apwa.net/Documents/About/CoopAgreements/UrbanForestry/UrbanForestry-4.pdf" https://www2.apwa.net/Documents/About/CoopAgreements/UrbanForestry/UrbanForestry-4.pdf Forest Service U.S. Department of Agriculture: Link HYPERLINK "https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/urban-forests/ucf" https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/urban-forests/ucf Urban Forestry Database
Visual Presentation on Tree Inventory Database
Next Steps:
Schedule a Second Meeting with more guests and public speakers with input. Anyone the Commissioners would like to hear from? Commissioners to Provide Ideas and Suggestions Learned from the First Meeting and the Homework provided Begin Implementing Updates to the Policy Manual
Questions? Comments? Ideas?
Time to Relax and Enjoy a Field Trip of Stately Trees in Riverside Hawarden Drive/Horace Street- Morten Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) 1804 Enterprise Avenue- Camphor Tree (Cinnamomum camphora) Fairmount Park- Montezuma Cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) On La Paz Lane at Bubbling Well Road- California Sycamore (Platanus racemosa) Arlington Avenue/Magnolia Avenue- Parent Navel Orange Tree- (Citrus sinensis) Ending time 12:00pm
Public Works Department
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