Transportation and Environment Committee (t&e)
June 2, 2025

Transportation and Environment Committee
June 2, 2025
John Ristow
Director, DOT
Jennifer Seguin
Deputy Director, DOT
Sara Davis
City Forester, DOT
(d)1. Community Forest Management
Plan and Urban Forestry Annual Report
Community Forest
Management
Community Forest Management Plan
(CFMP) adopted in February 2022
• Set new direction for forestry
management
• Added staff in DOT and PRNS
• Established 12-year pruning cycle
• Funding allocated to plant 1,000
trees per year
• DOT funding an additional 1,000
trees for total of 2,000 annually
2 Community Forest
Management
CFMP Core Themes • Streamlining governance • Ensuring the sustainability of the urban forest • Support for diversity,
equity, inclusion and
belonging • Efficient and effective tree
management • Standardization of planning
and development practices 3
Municipal Code Section 13
• 240 development reviews
• Consulting for all departments
• Combined contracting
Streamlining Governance
Development Projects reviewed by DOT staff since Aug 2023 4 Ensuring Urban
Forest Sustainability
Tree Planting and maintenance
• 2,500 trees planted by DOT and PRNS
• FY 2025/2026 goal 1,500 plantings
• Shifting resources to ISHB mitigation
• 3,000 DOT managed trees pruned
5 Ensuring Urban Forest Sustainability
Inflation Reduction Act Grant Goals
• Prune 5,000 & plant 2,800 trees
• Focus on Justice40 areas
• Provide job training
• $5.6 million frozen
Grant Update
• $1 million cancelled for PRNS • AmeriCorps funding canceled Justice40 and IRA grant census tracts
6 Efficient and Effective Tree Management
7  Found in November 2023  Affects possibly 15% of urban forest  Could cost at least $19.7
collectively for property owners  Approximately $5,000 per individual property owner for a
large tree  Data analysis being performed to
guide future policy decisions
Invasive shot hole borer
Fusarium dieback
Invasive Pest
Mitigation
Efforts 8
Invasive Pest Mitigation Efforts
• Immediate notification
• Direct notification to property
owners
• Multilingual
ISHB Outreach Material
9 9
Invasive Pest Mitigation Efforts
10 Next Steps – thru June 2026
• Plant at least 1,500 trees
• Mitigate ISHB threat
• Update portion of tree inventory
• Seek additional partnerships and funding
11 Transportation and Environment Committee
June 2, 2025
John Ristow
Director, DOT
Jennifer Seguin
Deputy Director, DOT
Sara Davis
City Forester, DOT
(d)1. Community Forest Management
Plan and Urban Forestry Annual Report