[CALL TO ORDER]
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I'M GOING TO START BY CALLING TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETALUMA TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19TH.
AND WE ARE GONNA KICK OUR MEETING OFF WITH THE CALL TO ORDER.
AND I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO START THAT.
AND I THINK MARIANNE IS JUST HEADING IN.
SO I THINK WE'LL HAVE A, A FULL HOUSE.
[PRESENTATIONS]
UH, AFTER ROLL CALL, WE WILL MOVE TO PRESENTATIONS.AND OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS SOMETHING WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT.
THIS IS THE URBAN FORESTRY PLAN PROGRESS, AND THIS WILL BE COLLA GIVING US AN UPDATE.
UH, SO WHENEVER YOU ARE READY WITH STAFF, WE CAN JUMP INTO A PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN.
IS THIS WORKING? IT'S WORKING.
I'M GLAD TO BE HERE IN REAL LIFE THIS TIME AND HAVE THE CHANCE TO MEET ALL OF YOU IN PERSON.
AND I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK IN AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE IN THE TWO MONTHS SINCE THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE VIA ZOOM.
SO LAST TIME, THIS WAS SORT OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE PRESENTATION THAT I GAVE, THE PARTS OF THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN.
SO I THOUGHT I'D STICK WITH THAT TODAY JUST SO WE ADD SOME CONTINUITY.
SO THOSE ARE THE WHAT IN MY MIND, THE FIVE PIECES ARE, UM, THE ADVISORY COMPONENT, PUBLIC OUTREACH, REVIEWING WHAT WE HAVE HERE ON THE GROUND IN PETALUMA, COMING UP WITH A PLAN AND THEN WRAPPING IT ALL UP TOGETHER.
SO, SO AS FAR AS THE ADVISORY COMPONENTS GO, WE HAD OUR FIRST WORKING GROUP MEETING, UH, LAST MONTH.
I THINK IT WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
WE HEARD FROM THE PE FROM THE, UH, MEMBERS, THE PARTS OF PETALUMA'S URBAN FOREST THAT THEY WERE THE MOST PLEASED WITH.
AND I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO SEE AS MANY OF THOSE SPOTS AS I CAN WHILE I'M HERE.
UM, AND WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHAT THE COMPONENTS THAT THEY WERE THE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND SO I'LL LOOK AROUND WITH WHILE I'M HERE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN, HOW I CAN DIG INTO ALL OF THAT.
UM, I HAVE YOU AS THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HELP ADVISE ME ON THE THINGS THAT I NEED TO KNOW.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA START INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS WITH STAKEHOLDERS.
SO PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ON THE WORKING GROUP COMMITTEE, BUT WE WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE HAD THEM, UM, PEOPLE IN CITY STAFF, ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS.
AND IF YOU'RE IN THE WORKING GROUP AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO AIR ALL OF YOUR GRIEVANCES, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE CALL WITH YOU TOO.
UH, SO THERE WAS A INITIAL PUBLIC OUTREACH, UH, AN INITIAL COMMUNITY MEETING BEFORE MY TEAM CAME ON BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 23.
AND WE'VE REVIEWED THOSE NOTES AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE WHAT WAS LEARNED IN THAT MEETING AND BRING IT TO THIS MEETING THAT WE HAVE ON SATURDAY MORNING.
AND I UNDERSTAND FROM CINDY THAT YOU JUST GOT AN INVITATION.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU YOUR ATTENDANCE THERE IF YOU'RE FREE.
SATURDAY FROM NINE TO NOON AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE ASSEMBLY ROOM.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT 25 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR A ROOM THAT HOLDS ABOUT 10,000.
SO, UM, MORE BODIES WOULD CERTAINLY BE WELCOME.
THAT WAS THE ONLY ROOM THEY HAD LEFT FOR US.
UH, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN THE SUMMER AFTER WE'VE WRAPPED UP THE DATA COLLECTION.
AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IN THE MID-FALL AFTER WE'VE COME UP WITH A FIRST DRAFT TO GET SOME FEEDBACK.
WE'VE GOT PLANS FOR TABLING EVENTS AT THE ARBOR DAY EVENT COMING UP AT THE BUTTER AND EGGS FESTIVAL.
AND THEN A COUPLE OF THE WEEKEND FARMER'S MARKETS TOO.
THERE'LL BE A MAP AND PEOPLE CAN PUT DOTS ON IT.
AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT ON FRIDAY, ON SATURDAY MORNING IF YOU'RE THERE WITH US.
SO SAME KIND OF ASKING PEOPLE TO SHOW US THEIR FAVORITE PLACES, PRIORITIZE WHAT THEY, WHERE THEY CARE ABOUT TREES THE MOST, WHAT TREES CAN DO FOR US, THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT.
UM, AND THEN WE PULLED TOGETHER A QUICK WEBSITE 'CAUSE WE REALIZED WE NEEDED A LANDING PLACE FOR A LOT OF INFORMATION.
YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE, UH, COMMUNITY MEETING THERE IF YOU READ, WANT TO REGISTER.
BUT YOU CAN ALSO JUST SHOW UP.
WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A SURVEY THAT WILL START IN APRIL ABOUT THE TIME THAT WE HAVE ALL THOSE TABLING EVENTS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GO STRAIGHT FROM THE TABLING EVENT TO THE SURVEY AND SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON URBAN FORESTRY.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FOR, UH, PHOTO COMPETITION THAT WE USE TO POPULATE THE UFMP AND THERE'LL BE SOME PRIZES TOO.
SO THAT'LL OPEN UP VIA THE WEBSITE IN APRIL.
ALSO, WE'RE WORKING ON THE REVIEW OF EXISTING RESOURCES.
SO, UH, LAST TIME I MET, I THINK WE HADN'T QUITE COMPLETED THE TWO-PART INVENTORY.
BEN ANDERSON WAS DOING THAT WORK, AND IT'S NOW FINISHED.
SO ALL OF THE PARK TREES HAVE BEEN INVENTORIED.
AND THEN, UH, AT THE ADVICE OF CAL FIRE, WHO'S THE GRANTING THE FINANCING OF THIS GRANT, UM, THEY RECOMMENDED TO US BASED ON THE RESOURCES WE HAD AVAILABLE, A RANDOM SAMPLE OF THE STREET TREE, SO THE TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO WE PULLED A 10% SAMPLE OF THE STREET SEGMENTS IN PETALUMA AND BEN AND HIS TEAM WENT OUT AND INVENTORIED ALL THE TREES AND AVAILABLE PLANTING SPACES IN THOSE BLOCKS.
AND FROM THAT, WE'LL EXTRAPOLATE TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE JUST TO GIVE US A, AN IDEA ABOUT THE SPECIES DIVERSITY AND CONDITION.
AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INFORMATION IN JUST A SECOND.
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WITH THAT DATA, ONE OF OUR DELIVERABLES IS A MUNICIPAL FOREST ANALYSIS.THAT'S A STANDALONE REPORT ABOUT THE, THE TREES THAT THE CITY IS IN SOME WAY ARE SHAPE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
SO THAT'LL BE THE PARK TREES AND THE TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO JUST, I DIDN'T, I JUST GOT MY HANDS ON THIS DATA LAST WEEK, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF IT WITH YOU.
SO THIS IS THE EXTRAPOLATED, THIS ISN'T BEN'S EXACT RESULTS.
WE'VE TAKEN BEN'S RESULTS BASICALLY IN TIMES THEM BY 10.
SO WE THINK THAT OUT THERE ON THE STREETS ABOUT ALMOST 12,000 TREES AND PROBABLY MORE THAN 80 SPECIES.
'CAUSE HE FOUND 80 SPECIES IN HIS 10% INVENTORY.
UM, I CAN BARELY EVEN READ MY OWN THING THERE.
WE'VE GOT A, A KIND OF A HEAVIER PROLIFERATION OF CREPE MYRTLE IN LONDON PLAIN THAN WE MIGHT LIKE TO SEE.
USUALLY WE'D LIKE TO KEEP THAT NUMBER ABOUT 10% FOR ANY ONE SPECIES.
BUT, UH, OVERALL THERE'S A LOT OF DIVERSITY OUT THERE ON THE STREETS OF PETALUMA.
AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE WE, UH, THAT BEN COLLECTED AT CAL FIRE'S REQUEST WAS THE MAINTENANCE NEEDED ON THE TREES.
AND SO, AGAIN, THIS IS EXTRAPOLATED FROM THAT SAMPLE.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE GENERALLY SPEAKING, THINGS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S PRIORITY ONE FOR REMOVAL OR PRUNING.
SO NOTHING THAT BEN THOUGHT WAS AN IMMEDIATE DANGER.
NOW AGAIN, HE ONLY SAW 10% OF THE BLOCK, SO WE CAN'T SAY THAT THAT'S TRUE.
IT'S ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT TRUE FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
RIGHT? BUT, UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
SO WE'LL DIG DEEPER INTO THAT.
AND I JUST PULLED OUT SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE SPECIES WHERE MORE MAINTENANCE SEEMED TO BE NEEDED THAN OTHERS.
SO THIS, AGAIN, VERY ROUGH THINGS HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE CREPE MYRTLE HAS A PRETTY HIGH NUMBER OF PRUNINGS NEEDED.
AND THEN THE LUND, SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MOST POPULAR, RIGHT? THE CREPE MYRTLE AND THE LONDON PLANE BOTH NEEDED RELATIVELY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WORK COMPARED TO OTHER SPECIES AT LEAST.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA DIG IN.
WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHICH SPECIES ARE PERFORMING THE BEST AND WHICH ONES ARE PERFORMING WORSE, AND, UH, FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT'S GONNA, LIKE, WHAT FUTURE COSTS MIGHT BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
BUT BEFORE WE GO AND, UM, YEAH, CONDEMN ANY PARTICULAR SPECIES, WE ALSO WANNA DIG INTO THE FACT THAT THOSE TREES PROBABLY HAVE DIFFERENT AGE REPRESENTATIONS.
SO HERE WE HAVE THE GINKGO, WHICH IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A BUNCH OF THEM OUT THERE THAT NEED PRUNING.
SO PRIORITY THREE PRUNING MEANS NOT AN EMERGENCY, BUT WE SHOULD GET OUT THERE AND TAKE CARE OF THEM TO IMPROVE THEIR STRUCTURE AND HEALTH.
AND THE AVERAGE G GINKGO DBH IS ONLY THREE INCHES.
SO THEY'RE NOT VERY BIG, BUT THEY NEED A LOT OF WORK.
WHEREAS THE LONDON PLANE, WE WE'RE SEEING MORE NUMBER OF, HIGHER NUMBER OF THEM NEEDING PRUNING, BUT AS A WHOLE, THEY'RE BIGGER AS WE WOULD EXPECT.
THEY WERE PLANTED MORE YEARS AGO.
AND SO IT'S, WE'RE NOT GONNA HOLD IT AGAINST THEM SO MUCH THAT THEY NEED PRUNING BECAUSE THEY'RE BIGGER AND OLDER, AND WE WOULD EXPECT THAT FROM THEM.
SO JUST AGAIN, HIGH LEVEL ANALYSIS PARK TREES.
SO THIS IS NOT A SAMPLE INVENTORY, THIS WAS ALL OF THE PARK TREES.
SO 3,833 AND HERE, UM, EVEN MORE DIVERSITY, 130 DIFFERENT SPECIES.
UM, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MAKEUP THOUGH.
LOTS OF COAST LIVE, OAK REDWOODS, VALLEY OAKS.
SO, UM, LOTS OF BIGGER SHADE TREES THERE.
AND I DIDN'T GET INTO THE HEALTH OF THOSE 'CAUSE I RAN OUT OF TIME FOR THAT.
SO, SO AGAIN, BACK TO THE REVIEW OF EXISTING RESOURCES.
WE GOT THAT INVENTORY, WE'LL ANALYZE THAT DATA FROM THE MUNICIPAL FORCE PERSPECTIVE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY WITH REVIEWING THE POLICIES AND THE REGULATIONS, CITY RESOURCES, BUDGETS, AND STAFFING.
AND, UM, THE LAST PIECE OF THE EXISTING RESOURCE WOULD BE THE TREE CANOPY ANALYSIS.
AND SO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, WITH AN INDIVIDUAL INVENTORY OF ALL THE TREES THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IN SOME WAY, THE CANOPY LOOKS AT THE WHOLE CITY AS A WHOLE, BUT IT'S AN AERIAL, IT'S LIKE A TOP DOWN VISION.
SO WE WON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SPECIES, BUT WE'LL KNOW ABOUT WHERE THERE ARE TREES AND WHERE THERE AREN'T.
AND WE JUST RECENTLY SIGNED A CONTRACT, A SUBCONTRACTOR'S GONNA DO THAT WORK.
AND UH, SO THAT'S UNDER CONTRACT.
AND HOW, HOW AM I DOING ON TIME, CINDY? OKAY, SO THE COMPONENTS OF THE CANOPY ANALYSIS THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO FOR US, THE BIGGEST ONE IS THE LAND COVER MAPPING.
SO THEY'LL SHOW US WHERE THE CANOPY IS, TREES, THEN WHERE THERE ARE SHRUBS, OPEN SPACE AND GRASS, WHICH IS DISTINGUISHED FROM BARE GROUND, AND THEN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE ROADS, BUILDINGS, SIDEWALKS, ET CETERA.
UM, AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA BREAK THAT DOWN FOR US BY PERCENTAGE AND ACRES.
AND WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A MAP OF EVERY LITTLE PIXEL.
THIS IS 60 CENTIMETER RESOLUTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW,
SO THEY'RE GONNA LOOK, THEY'LL TAKE OUT THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, THEY'LL TAKE OUT THINGS LIKE ATHLETIC FIELDS AND THEN HELP US FIGURE OUT WHERE WE POTENTIALLY COULD PLANT TREES.
AND WE'LL USE THAT DATA TO HELP FIGURE OUT TOGETHER WHAT A REASONABLE CANOPY COVER GOAL IS, RIGHT? SO I THINK A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE COME UP WITH
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A NUMBER THERE BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND THEN FORGET THAT THERE JUST MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH ROOM FOR THAT.SO OBVIOUSLY TAKE MANHATTAN, THEY CANNOT HAVE A 50% CANOPY COVER IN MANHATTAN.
THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH GROUND TO PLANT THE TREASON.
SO WE'LL LOOK AT PETALUMA AS A WHOLE AND FIGURE OUT WHERE TREES COULD GO.
THEY WILL CALCULATE THE CHANGE IN CANOPY SINCE 2016.
THEY'RE GONNA DO THE ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS FOR US.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TODAY WAS CANOPY COMPARISONS.
AND THIS IS WHERE I COULD USE SOME FEEDBACK, AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TIME TODAY, BUT MAYBE IF YOU WANTED TO DROP ME A LINE, IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
WE CAN COMPARE THE CANOPY, UM, IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND OUR CONTRACT ALLOWS FOR US TO SELECT FIVE.
SO WE'LL LOOK AT THE CITY OF THE WHOLE AND THEY'LL SAY, YOU HAVE 15% CANOPY COVER, THEN THEY'RE GONNA BREAK DOWN THE CANOPY FOR US BY ZONING OR LAND USE.
SO RESIDENTIAL HAS THIS MUCH CANOPY, INDUSTRIAL HAS THIS MUCH CANOPY PARKS, ET CETERA.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL FOR, SO FOR SURE WE'RE GONNA DO THAT 'CAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT.
UM, CENSUS BLOCK GROUPS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'LL FOR SURE DO BECAUSE A CAL FIRE REALLY CARES ABOUT THAT.
AND B, IT LETS US LAYER ALL OF THAT CENSUS COLLECTED DATA ON TOP.
SO WE CAN LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHICS BY CENSUS BLOCK GROUP, WE CAN LOOK AT INCOME, WE CAN LOOK AT HOUSES THAT HAVE DISHWASHERS.
WE CAN LOOK AT WHATEVER WE WANNA LOOK AT.
THEN WE HAVE TO CHOOSE A COUPLE MORE.
AND SO SOME OF THEM ARE, SO NEIGHBORHOODS ARE A PRETTY COMMON ONE.
UM, AND ONE OF MY QUESTIONS FOR PETALUMA IS, ARE NEIGHBORHOODS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE MEANING IN PETALUMA BECAUSE IN A CITY THIS SMALL, THEY OFTEN DO NOT LIKE THEY WOULD IN A BIGGER CITY? UM, WE CAN LOOK AT PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE LAND AS A WHOLE.
SO I PROBABLY WOULD PULL OUT THOSE RIGHT OF WAY TREES, PARK TREES, AND THEN SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS LIKE THIS ONE AND SEE HOW THE SORT OF PUBLIC LAND IS DOING COMPARED TO THE LAND THAT BELONGS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
WE CAN LOOK AT PARKS IN OPEN SPACE AND SORT OF COMPARE THE DIFFERENT PARKS, HOW THE CANOPY COVER IS THERE.
THE THING THAT MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT THAT IS I KNOW THAT RELIEF PETALUMA HAS PLANTED A LOT OF TREES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA SHOW UP.
SO I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE A BIT OF A SKEWED IDEA OF WHAT OUR CANOPY COVER IN THE PARKS LOOKS LIKE.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO SOME MATH TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE NEW TREES.
AND THEN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS IS ANOTHER ONE.
AGAIN, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW YET IF THEY'RE GEOGRAPHIC AND PETALUMA OR IF THEY'RE JUST ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE AT LARGE, BUT IF WE WANNA BE ABLE TO COMPARE THEM, PIT THEM AGAINST EACH OTHER, IF YOU WILL, UM, WE MIGHT WANNA ASK FOR THAT ANALYSIS.
AND THEN THIS LAST ONE IS THE WEIRD ONE, AND IT'S THE ONE THAT I'M SHOWING THE DEMONSTRATION OF THERE A HUNDRED ACRE HEXAGONS.
SO THEY JUST LAY THEM OUT ACROSS THE CITY AND ASSESS THE CANOPY COVER IN THOSE HEXAGONS.
AND I'M HONESTLY NOT SURE IF I LIKE IT OR NOT, BUT IT STRIPS AWAY ALL OF THE POLITICS AND ALL OF THE GEOGRAPHY AND ALL OF THE, THE THINGS THAT WE LAY OVER IT IN OUR MIND AND GIVES US MORE OF A PICTURE OF HOW THINGS ARE, ARE LAID OUT JUST WITHOUT ANY OF THAT COMPLICATION.
SO, UM, AND THEN, SO THAT'S COLLECTING RESOURCES AND THEN THE DEVELOPED FINALIZE AND PRESENT THE PLAN IS NOT, NOT GONNA HAPPEN FOR A WHILE YET.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU.
I'M AT 10 MINUTES AND THAT'S WHAT CINDY ASKED ME TO DO.
YEAH, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO MAYBE THE TOP ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
I'M HOPING CINDY, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE MAYBE TO B, C, C ALL MEMBERS WITH COLLEEN ON AN EMAIL, MAYBE INCLUDE THIS PRESENTATION AND THEN FOLKS CAN HAVE TIME TO DIGEST SOME OF THIS, ASK RELEVANT QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK? ABSOLUTELY, I'LL DO THAT.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IF ANYONE HAS A BURNING QUESTION OR COMMENT THAT WE WANT TO THROW IN, I KNOW ROGER, IT'S A, A QUESTION ON THE, UH, A HUNDRED ACRE HEXAGONS, UM, THAT'S ABOUT 2000 LITTLE OVER 2000 FEET BY 2000 FEET SQUARE.
THAT'S A HUGE AREA TO TO AVERAGE OUT.
SO IS IT, WILL IT BE TYPICAL OR WILL IT BE ABNORMAL? IT, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET MUCH INFORMATION.
SO I'M STILL WORKING ON THAT ONE IN MY MIND.
WHETHER I CAN FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE VALUE OF THERE IS, NO MATTER WHAT, WE WILL STILL HAVE THE 60 CENTIMETER RESOLUTION.
SO WE'LL HAVE A MAP THAT WE CAN ZOOM IN ON, AND EACH LITTLE PIXEL WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHETHER THAT'S TREE OR WHATEVER, SHRUB OR WATER OR IMPERVIOUS SURFACE.
UM, I JUST HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH THEM LAST WEEK, SO I HAVEN'T CONVINCED MYSELF THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SUBCONTRACTOR THAT THE A HUNDRED ACRE HEXAGONS WOULD MAKE ANY SENSE, BUT I, LET'S HOLD IT AS A BOOKMARK, I'LL SEE WHAT I GET OUT OF THEM.
BUT GOING TO A SMALLER HEXAGON WOULD, WHAT WOULD THAT BE IN TERMS OF COST OR LABOR ISSUE? I THINK I CAN FIND THAT OUT.
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JUST TO CLARIFY, WE'RE GONNA CHOOSE TWO OF THOSE OPTIONS.SO WE'LL OF THE MAYBE LIST, WE'D PICK THREE OF THOSE TO INCLUDE IN THAT ANALYSIS.
AND ALSO I WANNA SAY IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE IN PETALUMA THAT IS, THAT IS UNIQUE TO PETALUMA AND IT EXISTS AS A MAP IN GIS FORM, WE CAN USE THAT TOO.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I LEFT OFF OF THAT LIST AS A NO WAS WATERSHEDS.
'CAUSE I LOOKED, AND I SEE THAT IN A SORT OF FASCINATING WAY, PETALUMA SITS ENTIRELY IN ONE WATERSHED, WHICH IS PRETTY RARE FOR A CITY.
UM, SO THERE'S NOTHING TO COMPARE ONE WATERSHED TO THE OTHER.
UH, BUT IF THERE WERE OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT YOU WERE FAMILIAR WITH, ECOSYSTEM HABITAT MAPS, UM, WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND, AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY, IF CINDY SENDS OUT A EMAIL TO TIE EVERYONE TOGETHER, IF YOU CAN SPECIFY ANY OF THE MAYBES, ANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD DIRECTLY GIVE FEEDBACK ON, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO TAILOR OUR FEEDBACK BILL.
JUST ON THAT CANOPY COMPARISON, THE FIVE CHOICES, WAS THERE ANY WAY TO, UH, DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN RIGHT AWAY? SO STREET, STREET TREES VERSUS PRIVATE PROPERTY? UH, SO I KNOW IT'S, SO YOU MEAN IT LIKE KEEP THE, KEEP THE PARKS AND SCHOOLS AND STUFF OUT OF IT OR, SO THE, I GUESS WHAT WOULD IT MEAN THAT, WELL, WELL I'M, I'M, I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE STREET TREE CANOPY MM-HMM
AND WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DIFFERENTIATED FROM YEAH, SO I, THAT, THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE JIS DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
BUT I WOULD, I WOULD EXPECT THEM TO HAVE A MAP OF THE CITY RIGHT OF WAYS.
AND THEN AS LONG AS WE CAN GIVE THIS TEAM A MAP THAT SAYS, SHOW US WHAT'S INSIDE THIS BOUNDARY AND WHAT'S OUTSIDE OF IT, UM, WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, UM, JUST TO BE QUICK HERE, I'M WONDERING, UM, JUST WHEN YOU ULTIMATELY DO THE INVENTORY CATALOG, IF YOU'LL HAVE, HOW ROBUST WILL THE, UM, THE DATA BE? WILL YOU, UH, INCLUDE FIELDS FOR NOT JUST SIZE AND AGE BY TYPE, BUT, BUT PRUNING NEED FOR A PARTICULAR TYPE OF TREE SO THAT IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT MANAGEMENT RESOURCES CAN BE LIKE PLANNED TOWARD WHEN YOU SLICE AND DICE BY HOW MUCH TREES WE HAVE OUT THERE? AND YOU DON'T NEED TO ANSWER THAT, BUT THAT'D BE SOMETHING THAT I'D BE INTERESTED IN.
AND THEN ALSO IN TERMS OF THE CATEGORIES, UM, JUST TO THROW THIS OUT HERE, MAYBE BY, UM, NOT JUST STREET, BUT ALSO, UM, UM, STREET, UH, USAGE, UH, THE NUMBER OF CARS, THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIANS, BECAUSE LIKE EAST WASHINGTON, A LOT OF PEOPLE WALK DOWN THERE, PETALUMA BOULEVARD NORTH, AND IT'S REALLY BLAZING HOT.
AND SO THE AMOUNT, IF YOU WANT PEDESTRIANS, YOU WANT BICYCLISTS, BUT IT'S REALLY HOT IN THE SUMMER.
UM, UH, TO ME THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING WAY TO LOOK AT PERHAPS THE NEED.
I'LL SEE ABOUT WHAT I CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
AND THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION IS YES, THANK YOU.
AND OF COURSE, MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW UP IN WRITING TOO WITH ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS, JUST TO MAKE SURE COLLEEN DOESN'T HAVE TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING, WHAT'S YOU'RE AT.
WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR EMAIL? WE, WE'LL HAVE THE EMAIL CIRCULATED.
UH, ANYONE ELSE? TOP ONE OR TWO COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? SEEING NO ONE JUMPING INTO THE FRAY.
I BELIEVE WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR A PRESENTATION.
SO COLLEEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THE UPDATE.
THANK EVERYBODY HERE IS THANK YOU ALL.
SATURDAY MORNING, NINE O'CLOCK COMMUNITY CENTER COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY COMMUNITY MEETING FOR THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN THIS SATURDAY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, 9:00 AM TO NOON, BE THERE OR BE A SQUARE.
WE NEED MORE PEOPLE IN THERE TO MAKE IT A BETTER, UH, A BETTER GATHERING.
UH, SO MOVING ON FROM THAT GREAT PRESENTATION, WE'LL ENTER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST WITHIN TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY IN-PERSON COMMENT CARDS.
IF ANY OF OUR AUDIENCE WANTS TO MAKE A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE BRING YOUR CARDS TO THE FRONT.
I WILL ASK THE CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING? WE DID NOT, AND NOT SEEING ANYONE JUMPING UP TO SUBMIT A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT CARD.
I WILL SAFELY CLOSE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVE TO
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THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.AND I THINK WE CAN APPROVE, UH, BY A CLAIM.
JUST DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 19TH, 2025? NO QUESTIONS OR CHANGES? SO I BELIEVE WE CAN APPROVE THOSE MINUTES AND
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MOVE ON TO PUBLIC[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.UH, SO THIS IS ITEM NUMBER TWO, A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY PETALUMA TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION AND CONDUCT A STUDY SESSION FOR NON-BINDING COMMENTS AND FURTHER DIRECTION ON A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PROPOSAL FOR THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK LOCATED ON MCNAIR PENINSULA.
UH, AND WE HAVE SIERRA AND THE TEAM HERE TO GIVE THAT PRESENTATION.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WHEN STAFF AND SIERRA ARE READY, WE'RE OKAY.
WE'LL JUMP INTO THE PRESENTATION.
UM, NICE TO BE BACK HERE AT CITY HALL.
WE, UH, JAMIE AND I HAVE BEEN ON A BIT OF A BLITZ, SO NICE TO SEE MANY FAMILIAR FACES.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK FOUNDATION.
UH, I'M A PRINCIPAL OF CMG LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.
REALLY HAPPY TO BE WORKING WITH YOU ALL HERE.
UM, JAMIE AND I ARE GONNA SHARE, UM, UH, WE HAVE I THINK 45 MINUTES FOR THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, UM, IN ABOUT 15, 20 MINUTES MAX.
UM, AND THEN SAVE A LOT OF TIME FOR Q AND A BACK AND FORTH.
UM, I KNOW SOME OF YOU'RE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT.
SOME OF YOU'VE SEEN THIS PRESENTATION LAST WEEK, UM, OTHERS ARE NOT.
SO, SO THANKS FOR THE PATIENCE ON, UH, SOME OF THE REPEAT INFORMATION.
UH, OKAY, CINDY, SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, JUST QUICKLY, LIKE, WHAT, WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT? WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? UH, SO THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK FOUNDATION IS AN INDEPENDENT, UM, NONPROFIT.
AND WE WERE FOUNDED EXPLICITLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF, UM, CREATING A NEW CENTRAL PARK FOR PETALUMA, A PLACE FOR PEOPLE ART IN NATURE.
UM, AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GROOVY IDEA FIVE YEARS AGO, BUT THEN AFTER FIVE YEARS OF LIVING IN BREATHING PARKS AND STUDYING, UM, HOW THEY GET MADE AND REALLY THE BENEFITS THAT THEY DELIVER TO COMMUNITY, I JUST STAND IN AWE OF, UM, THE MULTIFACETED BENEFITS THAT COME FROM PARK BUILDING, PHYSICAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, SOCIETAL HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
AND THESE ARE FREE AND AT MINIMAL, MINIMAL COST, UH, AND, UM, I SHOULD SAY IT, UH, NO KNOWN SIDE EFFECTS
REALLY, WE'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT PARKS ARE MEDICINE.
UM, AND I WOULD DARE TO SAY THERE ARE QUITE A FEW ILLS IN THE WORLD.
AND THIS PROJECT IS ONE WHERE WE CAN BE, UH, HOPEFULLY PROVIDING PART OF THE SOLUTION, PART OF THE CURE, SOME, SOME MEDICINE FOR ALL IN OUR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY TO THE IMMEDIATE BENEFIT OF ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UH, AND WHAT MAKES THIS ALL POSSIBLE IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS ABSOLUTELY ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY BY HAVING THIS AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE IN THE HEART OF OUR CITY, UM, ON THE RIVER, UH, WHICH AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, TITLE CONNECTED TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY, UM, AND IS REALLY A UNIQUE AND SPECIAL, UM, UH, PIECE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THAT IS IN THE HEART OF OUR CITY, AND THEREFORE VERY EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.
SO THIS IS REALLY PETALUMA'S OPPORTUNITY IN THE NORTH BAYS AT LARGE IS OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A NEW CENTRAL PARK THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE ART IN NATURE, UM, IN THE CENTER OF THE TOWN, UH, A LITTLE BIT.
I'M GONNA SKIP OVER THIS PRETTY QUICKLY.
I MENTIONED WE'RE A NONPROFIT.
WE WERE FOUNDED FIVE YEARS AGO.
UM, SINCE THEN, WE HAVE ACQUIRED OVER 60, UH, 65 ACRES, 35 OF WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE PARK, UM, VISION FOR THE CENTRAL PARK.
UM, UH, WE OVER 900 DONORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROJECT, AND WE EN UH, HAVE WORKED HARD FOR AND ENJOY A LOT OF, UM, SUPPORT ALL THE WAY TO, YOU KNOW, US CONGRESSMAN HUFFMAN, UM, AND HOPEFULLY MANY OF YOU SITTING IN FRONT OF ME TODAY.
UH, WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS IS WE'VE SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE COMMUNITY DURING OUR DREAMIT PHASE, WHICH WAS TO COMPLETE THE VISION OF WHAT THE PARK WANTS TO BE.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GOING, WE'RE JUST BEGINNING WHAT WE CALL THE BUILD IT PHASE.
IT'S GONNA BE TWO YEARS OF DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, FUNDRAISING, AND CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WILL LEAD TO A RIBBON CUTTING IN, UM, THE SUMMER OF 2028.
AND, UM, WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A LARGE, AMBITIOUS PROJECT, SO IT WILL NEED TO BE PHASED.
SO THAT RIBBON CUTTING IN 28 WILL BE A PHASE ONE, WHICH WE'RE STILL DETERMINING EXACTLY THE COMPONENTS OF THAT.
WE'RE GONNA SKIP OVER THAT NEXT SLIDE.
I'LL JUST QUICKLY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE DESIGN TEAM HERE AND THE EXPERTISE.
THERE MIGHT BE SOME FAMILIAR FACES.
YOU'RE GONNA HEAR MORE FROM JAMIE IN JUST A MINUTE.
THERE ARE OUR LEAD, UM, LEADS ON THE PROJECT.
UM, CMG LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.
THEY SPECIALIZE IN PUBLIC PLACEMAKING, UM, SPECIFICALLY AND DO ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY WORK IN THE BAY AREA.
ALSO HAVE A REALLY HIGH COMPETENCY IN STORMWATER TREATMENT, UM, AND DRAINAGE, GIVEN THAT THEIR WORK IS MOSTLY IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY
UM, WE'RE ALSO ON THE DESIGN TEAM IS PROSKY CHATHAM,
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ALSO KNOWN AS PCI.UM, THEY ARE A SEBASTOPOL SONOMA COUNTY BASED FIRM WITH DEEP EXPERTISE IN SONOMA COUNTY ECOLOGY.
THEY PARTNER QUITE A BIT WITH SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL PARKS.
SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE THEM ON THE TEAM, GIVEN THE, THE, THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF RESTORATION THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PLAN.
UH, AND ALSO WE WORKED WITH ANOTHER LOCAL FIRM, PETALUMA BASE, KIMSON CREATIVE ON OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND, UH, A MAN NAMED GREG MOORE, WHO WAS THE FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GOLDEN KNIGHT NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY STARTED A LITTLE PROJECT CALLED CHRISSY FIELD 45 YEARS AGO.
UM, IS A STRATEGIC ADVISOR ON THE PROJECT.
UM, SO ABOUT OUR PROCESS, UM, WE MENTIONED THAT DREAMIT PHASE, UM, IT, IT REALLY FOLLOWED THIS VERY SIMPLE, UM, DIAGRAM HERE WHERE WE WERE EVALUATING WHAT IS THE HIGHEST BEST USE OF THE PROPERTY THROUGH THESE THREE LENSES.
WHAT'S THE MISSION OF THE FOUNDATION TO CONNECT PEOPLE ART IN NATURE IN A SHARED SPACE? UH, WE LOOKED VERY CLOSELY AT WHAT THE LAND ALLOWS, WHAT, UM, THROUGH SITE ANALYSIS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS, WHAT HAS BEEN THE HISTORY OF THE LAND, WHAT'S ITS CURRENT STATE, WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE, UM, AND ALSO VERY STRONGLY TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
AND THEN THAT SWEET SPOT IN THE MIDDLE IS HOPEFULLY WHERE WE'VE LANDED, UH, A BIT ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
UM, WE VERY INTENTIONALLY, WE'VE BEEN COMMUNITY LED FROM THE GET GO AND REALLY INTENDED FOR THIS PROJECT TO ALWAYS BE.
UM, YEAH, HOWARD, I THINK IS IN ONE OF THOSE, SORRY, UM,
AND SO WE, UH, WORKED VERY INTENTIONALLY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PERHAPS A SLOWER, MORE IN DEPTH PROCESS THAN OTHER PROJECTS DO.
AND MADE A SPECIFIC EDITOR TO CENTER FOLKS, UM, COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN EXCLUDED FROM PUBLIC PARK, UM, MAKING PERHAPS EVEN CONTEMPORARILY EXCLUDED FROM PUBLIC PLACEMAKING, UM, AND, AND CENTER THOSE VOICES.
THERE'S A, A COLLEAGUE OF OURS THAT HAS A PHRASE THAT WE REALLY TOOK TO HEART, WHICH IS, WHEN YOU DESIGN FOR PEOPLE ON THE MARGINS, YOU DESIGN FOR EVERYBODY.
AND SO TAKING AND EMBRACING THAT COMMUNITY PARK DESIGNERS, GO AHEAD.
UM, AND WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY, ONE OF THE THINGS SUPER RELEVANT TO THIS COMMITTEE IS YOU'RE VERY, I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE TREE EQUITY SCORE, UM, ANALYSIS PROCESS.
AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH THE RIVER PARK SITS, UM, HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST, UM, SCORES IN THE CITY, UM, AND IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST NEEDS AND IS REALLY A PRIORITY DISTRICT FOR IMPROVING TREE CANOPY, UM, IN THE CITY.
AND I'M GONNA TURN THINGS OVER TO JAMIE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SITE ANALYSIS.
YEAH, AND, AND I THINK LIKE WITH THE TREE EQUITY SCORE THERE TOO, I THINK WE ALL SEE THE AWESOME OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE, UM, HERE TO REALLY, UM, UP THE TREE COUNT IN THAT AREA.
UM, GOING BACK A LITTLE BIT, WE DID SITE ANALYSIS PROBABLY A YEAR AGO, AND UM, THIS DIAGRAM IS JUST SORT OF IS TALKING ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATION THAT'S HAPPENED THROUGH THE VALLEY OVER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
THE RIVER BEING ITS ORIGINAL ME MEANDERING SHAPE WITH THE SLS, THE WAY THAT IT'S BEEN CHANGED AND CHANNELIZED OVER THE LAST 150 YEARS.
UM, AND THEN THAT CHANGE AND THAT TRANSFORMATION IS WHAT REALLY IS PART OF THE CREATION OF THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK PENINSULA AND THE 500 HOPPER SITE NEXT, UM, IN THAT, THIS IS THE VALLEY, AND THIS IS A, WAS A TITLE PLANE.
IT'S ALSO ARBITRARILY HIGH BECAUSE OF ALL THE DREDGING OF THE RIVER AND THE PLACEMENT OF THAT DREDGE ON BOTH SITES.
SO THE TYPICAL TIDAL RANGE IS OF, SAY, BETWEEN ZERO AND SEVEN, AND THE PROPERTIES ARE BOTH LIKE 10 FEET OUTSIDE OF THAT TIDAL RANGE.
THAT SORT OF GIVES US CERTAIN OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE WE'RE WELL OUTSIDE OF SEA LEVEL RISE AS WELL.
UM, SO IF THAT LENDS ITSELF TO, UH, SOME OF THE PROPOSALS, AND WE ARE REALLY ALSO THINKING INTO THE FUTURE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE IN THAT THERE WILL BE, UM, BOTH LESS RAINFALL AND LONGER DROUGHTS, AND THEN ALSO LARGER STORMS WHEN THE STORMS DO COME, THAT IT'S GOING TO GET HOTTER AND IT'S GOING TO BE HOTTER FOR LONGER DAYS.
AND HOW WE, UM, DO NATURE WITHIN THE PARK, UM, WILL TAKE ALL OF THESE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO ONE IDEA IS AROUND, AS IT'S HOTTER, HOW CAN WE TRANSITION, UM, SOME TREES THAT MIGHT BE FROM FURTHER SOUTH IN CALIFORNIA, FURTHER NORTH SO THAT THEY'RE KIND OF ON THE PATH TO THE FUTURE CLIMATE.
UM, AS WELL AS THINKING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE LOTS OF TREES OUT AT THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK FOR SHADE.
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RECENTLY UNVEILED AND BEEN TALKING WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THIS CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH IS THE NEW VISION FOR THE CENTRAL PARK HERE IN PETALUMA.AND THE CONCEPT PLAN IS, UM, 15 MONTHS IN THE MAKING AND IT'S SETTING THE LIKE TONE AND THE VISION FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NOW WORK ON FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
IT SETS OUT ALL OF THE PRIMARY, UM, CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PARK WHERE THINGS ARE GENERALLY LOCATED IN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS.
AND, UM, WE'VE KIND OF NOW KIND OF CONSOLIDATED AROUND THREE DESIGN DRIVERS, CONNECT FOR SUCCESS, NURTURE, NATURE, AND UPLIFT COMMUNITY AS OUR SORT OF NORTH STAR, AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALL OF THE PARTS OF THE PARK.
AND THEN ONE PRIMARY IDEA IS AROUND THE HEART OF THE PARK, UM, WHERE EVERYONE IN CAL IN PETALUMA COMES TOGETHER.
UH, SO FOR NURTURE NATURE, OUR INTENTION IS THAT THE PARK IS WILD AND IT IS A PLACE THAT YOU CAN VISIT A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, FIVE MINUTE WALK FROM DOWNTOWN NEXT.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA DO THAT IN MANY WAYS.
UM, ONE OF THE WAYS IS THAT WE PLAN TO MAINTAIN THE VERNAL POOL THAT EXISTS OUT THERE NOW AND ENHANCE IT, UM, AND RESTORE SOME OF THE NATIVE SPECIES THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT ENVIRONMENT.
WE'RE ALSO PLANNING TO CREATE SOME, PRESERVE, SOME OF THE TIDAL HABITAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS THE TINY GREEN BAND AROUND THE EDGES, BUT THEN ALSO, UM, ENHANCE THAT, MAKE LARGER, UM, MARSHES, RESTORE MARSH, UH, AND ALSO MAKE SPACE.
THE PART THAT'S CALLED HIGH MARSH IS AREA THAT'S MAKING SPACE FOR THE MARSH TO TRANSITION WITH SEA LEVEL RISE OVER TIME.
OUR INTENTION IS THAT, UM, WE ARE USING NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITIES, UM, THROUGHOUT THE PARK.
AGAIN, WE'RE PRETTY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE NECESSITY FOR CALIFORNIA NATIVE HABITAT, UM, WHAT WILDLIFE NEEDS FROM THAT HABITAT, BUT ALSO THE BENEFIT THAT IT GIVES HUMANS AND THE, UM, JUST LIKE THE NECESSITY OF REAL NATURE, UM, DOWNTOWN IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS.
UM, SO THERE'S A COLLECTION OF ADDITIONAL PLANT COMMUNITIES, UM, THAT GENERALLY HAVE TO DO WITH THE ELEVATION, BUT I'LL GO THROUGH 'EM WITH THE NEXT SLIDES.
UM, SO ONE OF THE TYPES, UH, WILL BE RIPARIAN.
THOSE ARE MOSTLY, UM, CLOSER TO THE WATER'S EDGE AND THE NATIVE RIPARIAN SPECIES THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.
NEXT ARE SOME OF THEM ARE SHOWN HERE NEXT, UM, THERE WILL BE SOME NATIVE MEADOWS WITH WILD FLOWERS, UM, KIND OF IN THOSE HIGH MARSH AREAS.
UM, AND THEN AS WE GET, UM, BEHIND THOSE HIGH MEADOWS, WE'LL START TO HAVE SOME OAK SANNA, SO GRASSLANDS AND THE OAK SANNA SPECIES COMING TOGETHER.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING FOR SOME IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENTS, UM, AND LEANING INTO THE OAK WOODLAND SPECIES.
UM, LOOKING TO HAVE THE SHRUB SPECIES THAT ARE ALSO GONNA CREATE A LOT OF VERTICAL LAYERING AND RICH BIODIVERSITY FOR HABITAT.
UM, WITH, UM, YOU CAN GO WITH THE UPLIFT COMMUNITY IN THE HEART.
THE HEART IS THE PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PENINSULA WHERE MULTI-GENERATIONAL, LARGE GROUPS CAN ALL COME TOGETHER.
IT'S AN AREA WHERE, UM, FAMILIES CAN PICNIC.
THERE'S A LARGE FIELD NEAR IT WHERE SOCCER CAN BE PLAYED.
THIS IS KIND OF THE PART WHERE EVERYONE, UM, CAN JUST GET A LOT OF ENERGY WITH PEOPLE, TOGETHERNESS.
AND THIS PLAN THAT IS SHOWN IN THE MORE COLORFUL AREAS, KIND OF LIKE THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO.
AND WE HAVE CONSOLIDATED THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PENINSULA AND IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE KIND, THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE HOPPER SITE SO THAT WE HAVE THE ENERGY COLLECTED IN THE MIDDLE.
AND THEN WE HAVE 80% OF THE REST OF THE, UM, PARK AREA TO DEVOTE TO NATURE, UM, AND HABITAT RESTORATION.
AND, UM, THE, ONE OF THE AREAS WILL HAVE SOME SPORTS COURTS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, ENTHUSIASM FOR SPORTS FROM TEENAGERS, UM, AND ACROSS THE GAMBIT.
UM, BUT BASKETBALL BEING A FAVORITE.
UM, SO WE HAVE THESE SITUATED IN A WAY THAT THE TEENAGERS, UM, CAN PLAY IN ONE AREA AND SLIGHTLY FURTHER AWAY AREAS FOR PICKLEBALL WHERE THE SENIORS
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MIGHT CONGREGATE.UM, BUT OUR IDEA WITH THESE FLEX SPORTS AS WELL IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPORTS THAT CAN USE THE SAME KIND OF FIELD OR SAME KIND OF COURT.
SO OUR THOUGHT IS THAT WITH THESE THINGS MIGHT CHANGE, LIKE OVER TIME AS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY CHANGE, BUT EVEN ENVIRONMENTS LIKE THIS BEING IMMERSIVE NATURE.
UM, IT IS ALSO CORE TO OUR IDEA, EVEN WHEN WE START TO HAVE PROGRAM OR SOMETHING LIKE SPORTS, THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE IMMERSED IN NATURE AND THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A, OF A PARK, A VERY VERDANT NATURAL PARK.
UM, AND HERE TOO, SHOWING THE SHADE.
THERE'S ALSO AN IDEA OF BEING REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT SHADE IN THE COURTS, SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITH THE COURTS.
UM, THE PROJECT'S ALSO GONNA FIND NEW WAYS TO CONNECT TO THE RIVER SO THAT WE CAN BE A, A STOP ON THE WATER TRAIL FOR KAYAKERS.
AND SO WE HAVE TWO PROPOSALS, AND ONE OF 'EM IS AN IDEA ON, UM, CALLED A PERCHED BEACH, WHICH JUST MEANS THAT IT MIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE A BEACH, BUT IT'S WELL HIGH OF THE HIGH TIDE LINES.
AND THERE WOULD BE A WAY THAT YOU COULD GET KAYAKS UP AND DOWN, UM, A KIND OF CONSTRUCTED RAMP, UM, SO THAT YOU COULD PULL IN FROM THE KAYAK, BUT THE BEACH IS NOT UNDERWATER VERY OFTEN.
SO THE LAST COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE WITHIN UPLIFTING COMMUNITY ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ART AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE MISSION.
UM, UH, IN TERMS OF ART, UM, REALLY, UH, AN EMPHASIS ON A VISUAL ART PROGRAM, MUSEUM QUALITY FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE HRU BY MUK DE SUV THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY ALREADY.
UM, SO A VISUAL ART, UM, ROTATION.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, A MULTI-PURPOSE PERFORMING ARTS AMPHITHEATER.
SO YES, PERFORMING ARTS SUPPORTED IN THIS WAY, BUT ALSO COMMUNITY USES.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE SCHOOL PLAY OR THE, YOU KNOW, WETLANDS CHORUS I THOUGHT COULD COME PERFORM, UM, FROM SCHOENBERGER.
UH, AND, AND SO REALLY AGAIN, THAT YOU SEE THAT SENSE OF FLEXIBILITY AND MULTIPURPOSE IN THE AMPHITHEATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THE, UM, ART MISSION OF THE PRO PROJECT.
UH, WE'VE ALSO HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PLACE REALLY WANTS TO TELL SOME STORIES.
UH, THE RIVER HAS BEEN THE PHYSICAL AND, UH, SOCIOLOGICAL LIKE SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION IN THIS VALLEY FOR 10,000 PLUS YEARS.
UM, AND HUMANS HAVE LIVED IN THIS VALLEY FOR LONGER THAN THAT.
UM, AND SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO TELL OUR MORE FAMILIAR, UM, HISTORIES AROUND, YOU KNOW, THE STEAMBOATS AND THE RAILROAD AND THE CHANNELIZATION, BUT ALSO SOME STORIES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD, UM, IN, IN MY LIFETIME IN THIS TOWN, THINKING ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CHINESE IMMIGRANT, UM, IMPACT, UM, ON OUR COMMUNITY IN THE 19TH CENTURY.
THE FACT THAT, UM, LIKELY THOSE LABORERS, THOSE THOSE PEOPLE WERE, UM, DREDGING THE RIVER BEFORE STEAM SHOVELS BECAME A THING.
WE'RE ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS ENTIRELY FROM DREDGE SPOILS, YOU KNOW, NAMED AFTER JOHN MCNAIR, THE LARGEST EMPLOYER OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS IN THE 19TH CENTURY, ET CETERA.
SO THERE'S SO MANY STORIES TO UNPACK HERE, AND WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING FROM THE STATE TO DO SOME RESEARCH AROUND THAT.
SO IT'LL BE A PLACE FOR STORYTELLING AS WELL.
OH, I FORGOT WE WENT BACKWARDS.
UM, WE CHANGED OUR ORDER A LITTLE BIT JUST QUICKLY ON CONNECT FOR SUCCESS.
THOSE THAT WERE AT BIKE AND PED WILL KNOW THIS WELL.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT, UM, SLIDE.
UM, YOU KNOW, CENTRAL TO THIS PLAN, YOU WILL SEE A BRIDGE CONNECTING THE TWO PROPERTIES, THE PENINSULA AND THE HOPPER STREET PROPERTY, UH, IS A REALLY CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE DESIGN TO UNIFY THE TWO PROPERTIES.
UM, BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, ARGUABLY IS THE, UM, WHAT THAT WILL DO TO, UM, ADVANCE BROADER ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION GOALS OF THE CITY AND OF THE REGION.
SO THE BARRIER RIDGE TRAIL COMES THROUGH THIS PART OF TOWN, THE SMART PATHWAY, OUR OWN RIVER TRAIL THAT HAS BEEN BEING BUILT SINCE THE RIVER ENHANCEMENT PLAN WAS APPROVED 25 YEARS AGO.
UM, THAT WE REALIZED THAT THESE PROPERTIES AND PUTTING A BRIDGE HERE, UM, IS THE CROSSROADS.
IT'S THE LINCHPIN OF THESE OTHER, UM, TRAIL SYSTEMS AND WITH, YOU KNOW, COOPERATION COORDINATION WITH THE CITY, WHICH WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON TO GET THE PATH UNDER 1 0 1.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF BLOCKS ON COPELAND THAT WOULD CONNECT JUST TO THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MILES AND MILES OF OFF SURFACE STREET BIKE AND, UM, AND PED OPPORTUNITY AND SAFE, UM, TRANSPORTATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT I THINK WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WOULD BE TRANSFORMATIVE.
CLEARLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE POINTS.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE, WE WOULD LOVE TO, LET'S BUILD A PARK
UM, WE'RE REALLY HERE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROJECT COULD, CAN WORK, WORKING TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND ALL OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES GOING ON IS ONLY GOING
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TO BE ABLE FOR BOTH SIDES TO REALLY MAXIMIZE POSITIVE IMPACT AND CHANGE.AND WE WANNA WORK SMART, WE WANNA WORK TOGETHER.
SO WE REALLY WANNA HEAR FROM YOU GUYS.
Y'ALL ARE THE KNOWLEDGE KEEPERS OF WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON, UM, OUTSIDE OF OUR WORLD.
AND SO HOW CAN WE UNDERSTAND AND LEARN FROM YOU AND WHERE DO YOU SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO STRENGTHEN THE PROJECT? AND ALL THE QUESTIONS IN YOUR STAFF PACKET TOO.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.
UH, I WILL JUST SUMMARIZE QUICKLY FOR PBAC, WE TALKED ABOUT CONNECTIVITY.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE CITY IS GONNA TIME SOME POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IN THIS AREA.
THIS PROJECT IS KIND OF A GOOD IMPETUS TO LIKE, FINISH CONNECTIONS UNDER 1 0 1, IMPROVE CONNECTIONS ON THE D STREET SIDE OF THINGS.
UH, SO I'M HOPING FOR OUR GROUP WE CAN REALLY CENTER OUR COMMENTARY AROUND TREES AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, OUR AREA OF EXPERTISE.
AND I'M HOPING WE GET EVERYONE'S LIKE TOP COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
THEN DO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN COME BACK FOR, AGAIN, THOSE TOP TWO TO THREE COMMENTS AND THEN SEE HOW MUCH TIME WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING.
I DON'T WANT TO SHORTEN OR CURTAIL ANY DISCUSSION, BUT, YOU KNOW, WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN AND OBVIOUSLY SEND IT TO SIERRA AND TEAM ABOUT THE RIVER PARK.
BUT JUST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME AND EFFICIENCY, UH, TRY TO PASS THE MIC EFFECTIVELY.
AND WITH THAT, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT, THAT'LL PROBABLY BE THE LAST TIME I MAKE A COMMENTARY ON THE PROJECT.
SO I'LL LOOK FOR SOMEONE TO VOLUNTEER TO KICK US OFF WITH QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.
UH, WELL, I, AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE PARK WAS CREATED BY DREDGING AND, UH, ALTERING THE COURSE OF THE RIVER.
SO RUNNING AT THIS POINT, IF YOU'VE DONE SOIL STUDIES, AND ALSO SINCE IT'S NOT WHAT I WOULD REALLY CONSIDER RIPARIAN SINCE IT'S SURROUNDED BY ESTUARY WATER, HAVE YOU DONE ANY STUDIES OF THE GROUNDWATER AND JUST LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, I JUST, THERE JUST HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF NATIVE TREES THAT HAVE SEEDED THEMSELVES THERE.
AND THE ONES THAT ARE, HAVE BEEN PLANTED THERE DON'T SEEM TO BE REALLY THRIVING.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE CHALLENGING TO PLANT THEIR YEAH, I'M VERY SUSPICIOUS ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE, WE ARE KIND OF AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MORE TECHNICAL STUDY, SO WE WILL BE DOING THE SOIL TESTING SOON.
UM, BUT WE ARE ALSO PLANNING TO LIKE, DO SOME AMOUNT OF SOIL WORK, UH, AND AMENDMENT AND IMPROVEMENT SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF REALIZE THESE MORE DIVERSE HABITATS.
UH, GROUNDWATER, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY REPORTS OF GROUNDWATER SPECIFICALLY.
UM, BUT WE'LL, YEAH, WE'LL CHECK YEAH, WE'RE, WE ARE JUST AT THE STEP BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING INTO THE TECHNICAL PHASE OF KIND OF PULLING THE REST OF THE TEAM TOGETHER AND THE REST OF THE EXPERTS SO THAT WE CAN DO SOME FURTHER ANALYSIS.
EBERLY? TARYN, DID YOU WANNA JUMP IN? YEAH.
I MEAN, TO HAVE THIS VISION AND TO PULL IT TOGETHER IS JUST BEYOND IMPRESSIVE.
AND I'M SO PROUD THAT WE HAVE YOU GUYS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT YOU'RE MAKING SOMETHING SO BEAUTIFUL HAPPEN.
UM, SO IF YOU MISS SALAN QUESTIONS, I WONDER IF, UM, NUMBER ONE, IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THE WATERWAY MAP, WHICH SHOWS THAT THERE ARE CREEKS THAT ARE NOW UNDERGROUND THAT FEED IN ALONG THE EAST SIDE MM-HMM
SO IF YOU HAVE THAT MAP MM-HMM
THERE'S ALSO, UH, IS THAT THE SABI WORK, S SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE STUFF.
YEAH, I THINK, UH, JOHN, I DO HAVE THAT.
AND THEN ALSO THERE'S THE, UM, WILDLIFE CORRIDOR MAP THAT WAS CREATED BY, UM, THE LOCAL AUDUBON SOCIETY.
AND THEN, UM, I ALSO HAVE NOTICED THAT TREES DON'T SEEM TO THRIVE OUT THERE,
I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE SOIL HEALTH, UM, HEARD STORIES, BUT THEN I ALSO WONDERED, HEARD A COMMENT THAT MAYBE IT HAS TO DO WITH THE SALT WATER TABLE.
YOU KNOW, SOME REDWOODS HAD TO BE TAKEN DOWN NEAR THE OLD DEMPSEY, WHICH IS NOW MM-HMM
UM, BECAUSE SALT WATER IS NOT, THE CERTAIN TREES DON'T LIKE THE SALT WATER AND THE ROOTS.
SO SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE NODDING YOUR HEADS.
YOU'VE GOT THAT UNDER CONTROL.
UM, THE FINAL COMMENT ABOUT TREE ECOSYSTEM YEAH.
AND HOW SOIL HEALTH IS JUST SO IMPORTANT AND SO OFTEN OVERLOOKED.
I HAVE TO ASK ABOUT WHETHER YOUR PLANS, UM, HONOR BEST PRACTICES OF PROTECTING AND BUILDING SOIL HOUSE, SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDING ANY RUBBER PLAY SURFACES WHICH ARE TOXIC AND, UM, TOXIC PLASTIC, ARTIFICIAL TURF.
UM, THE, THE, I WOULD SAY THAT THE VISION FOR THE PARK IS A VERY SUSTAINABLE
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PARK.UM, SO OUR PREFERENCE WOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE TO USE ANY RUBBER OR USE ANY, UM, ARTIFICIAL TURF.
AND LIKE RIGHT NOW, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE THINKING WILL HAPPEN.
THOSE, THOSE TWO SPECIFIC MATERIALS.
BECAUSE THERE WAS A LETTER MM-HMM
SIGNED BY LIKE EVERY PETALUMA ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION TO THE CITY SAYING NO MORE ARTIFICIAL TURF.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT.
HOWARD, KEEP GOING RIGHT IN THE LINE HERE.
UH, THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING OUT AND, UM, I, I GUESS MY, UH, ONLY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION BEING, UH, TAKEN IN FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK ONCE IT'S, AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE A, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR OUR CURRENT CITY PARKS ARE SO BADLY MAINTAINED.
AND SO, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A NICE OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE AND TO, UM, REALLY GET A NEXT GENERATION OF GARDENERS EXCITED ABOUT NATIVE PLANTS AND STUFF.
SO I JUST, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WERE, WE HADN'T EVER TALKED ABOUT THAT, SO YEAH.
UM, SO ON THE NEXT, I'LL TAKE THE LAST QUESTION FIRST.
THE NEXT GENERATION OF GARDENERS, UM, DEFINITELY LOOKING TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIPS ON ABOUT HOW MANY HUMANS CAN WE GET ON THE LAND, GETTING THEIR HANDS DIRTY.
UM, AND SPECIFICALLY TALKING TO POINT BLUE CONSERVATION SCIENCES STRAW PROGRAM, IF IT, WHICH IS STUDENTS RESTORING ALL WATERSHEDS, I THINK IT IS.
UM, BUT A BUT A LONGSTANDING, REALLY INCREDIBLE PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS ADOPT SITES AND DO LIKE REAL RESTORATION WORK BEYOND JUST LIKE A DAY OF CLEANUP.
SO EXCITED ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, IN, WHAT WAS THE FIRST QUESTION? NOW? MAINTENANCE.
'CAUSE UM, DEFINITELY LIKE THE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE STEWARD OR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS PROJECT, NOT, NOT JUST FROM THE, ARE WE PLANTING AND DESIGNING SOMETHING SUSTAINABLE, IT REALLY IS ABOUT THE ONGOING, UM, COMMITMENT FROM THIS FOUNDATION TO THE COMMUNITY TO, TO MAKE SURE THIS PARK SUCCEEDS.
AND WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON WHAT THAT BUSINESS MODEL IS, GIVEN THAT WE'RE AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT, AND IT'S ONE THING TO FUNDRAISE, TO BUILD A SEXY NEW PARK, AND ANOTHER THING TO TAKE THE TRASH OUT FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.
SO, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW THERE'S GONNA BE AN EARNED REVENUE COMPONENT TO THE ULTIMATE BUSINESS MODEL, AND WE ARE STILL VERY OPEN TO A PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP WITH A GOVERNMENT AGENCY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
WE DON'T HAVE A DANCE PARTNER.
UM, BUT WHO'S, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THINGS WON'T CHANGE IN 25 YEARS.
UH, AND MAYBE THE QUESTION THAT'S ON YOUR MIND UNDERNEATH OF IT, THAT'S CERTAINLY WHAT WE HEARD FROM PARK AND REC COMMITTEE.
UM, WE ARE NOT AT THIS POINT RELYING ON THE CITY IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM TO BE THE MAINTENANCE, THE, THE OPERATOR OR THE MAINTAINER OF THIS PARK.
OBVIOUSLY WE'LL LOOK FOR EFFICIENCIES WHERE IT MAKES SENSE, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY, I BELIEVE, HAS OVER 50 CITY PARKS THAT IT'S CARING FOR, UM, AND WORKING HARD TO DO THAT.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH.
AND I, I DIDN'T MEAN TO, SORRY, CINDY, THAT, THAT SAY THAT THE PARKS AND PETALUMA WERE BADLY MAINTAINED.
HOW JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU'RE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN WITH THE LIMITED BUDGET AND THE LIMITED MANPOWER THAT YOU HAVE.
BUT I THINK IT'S AS A, AS A, AS A SOCIETAL THING, IT'S, IT'S, WE HAVE A, A GREAT DISRESPECT FOR GARDENERS IN, IN, IN, IN, IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND, UM, I'M SEEING LOVELY CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING IN ENGLAND AND, YOU KNOW, AT SISSINGHURST AND ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, AND GARDENERS ARE CELEBRATED AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING INTO GARDENING AND, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT IS A WORTHY OCCUPATION.
I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING HERE, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THIS PARK MIGHT BE A GOOD WAY TO SORT OF BOOST THAT CONVERSATION.
ANYONE ELSE? TOP ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SITE? ROGER, QUESTION, MICROPHONE.
I WAS PART OF ONE OF THE BIG CELEBRATIONS OUT THERE A FEW YEARS AGO.
UM, AND MY RECOLLECTION WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT THING WITH FINDING A PLACE TO PARK MM-HMM
I MEAN, YOU CAN HAVE SOME BIG EVENTS OUT THERE, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
AND THERE'S ONE BRIDGE, ONE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE LEADING TO IT.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER CONNECTION AT, AT, UH, D STREET WHERE THE, HOW ARE YOU GONNA HANDLE PARKING AND REMOTE PARKING OR BUS DELIVERY OR HOW HAS THAT BEEN THOUGHT OUT? I'LL TAKE OR DO YOU WANNA GO? OH YEAH, I DIDN'T MENTION IT, BUT, UM, IN THIS VIEW ON THE BACK BY HOPPER STREET IN, UM, THE FULL VISION, RIGHT? FOR NOW, WE DO HAVE A HUNDRED CAR PARKING AREA THERE BECAUSE DEFINITELY ARE AWARE THAT ACCESS AND GETTING TO THE PARK IS ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE THE ONE ENTRANCE OFF D STREET, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE A WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN DRIVE AND PARK, UM, THERE ON HOPPER.
AND WE'VE DONE DIFFERENT, UM, ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S ABOUT A EIGHT MINUTE WALK FROM THAT PARKING AREA OVER TO THE CENTER OF THE PENINSULA.
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UM, LONG TERM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING THAT ALL OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION CONNECTIONS AND THEN, UM, HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO THE SMART TRAIN IS ALSO GONNA BE ANOTHER WAY THAT PEOPLE FIND THEIR WAY THERE AS MAYBE THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILLS IN A LITTLE BIT TOO.ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK THE ONE OTHER THING TO MENTION, JUST IN TERMS OF HOW REALLY LIMITED PARKING AND ACCESS IS FROM THE PENINSULA ENTRANCE SIDE IS WHEN THAT OYSTER COVE, UM, THAT THAT SECTION OF DEVELOPMENT COMES ONLINE, THERE WILL BE A NEW PUBLIC, UM, PATHWAY THAT GOES RIGHT OFF THE D STREET BRIDGE UP ALONG THE RIVERSIDE.
AND THAT IS, IT FUELS FAR, BUT IT'S LITERALLY DIAGONAL ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE C STREET GARAGE, WHICH IS A, WHAT, FOUR, FIVE STORY PARKING GARAGE.
SO I, I KNOW IT, THAT'S FUTURE VIEW, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT SHIFT TO AN ENTRANCE THAT'S THAT MUCH CLOSER TO THAT GARAGE IS GONNA ALSO BE, AND ALSO THE FINAL THING I'LL SAY IS THAT AS WE GO THROUGH, UM, OUR PROCESS FOR SE QA, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE NEEDING TO DO HIGHLY TECHNICAL STUDIES ABOUT WHETHER THE PARKING IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE USE CASE.
UH, THE OTHER QUESTION WAS, UM, WE HAD A DISCUSSION A FEW MONTHS AGO REGARDING ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT, WHICH, UH, HAD A, UH, REQUIREMENT OF SO MANY PARK, AIR PARK ACRES OF PARK FOR A THOUSAND POPULATION, WHICH IS A, A STANDARD IN THE CITY.
AND THE, AS I RECALL, A COMMENT FROM HEATHER HINES WAS THAT WE'RE OVER PARKED BECAUSE OF THIS TYPE OF PARK, SO WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO IMPOSE THAT ON HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, THE DOWNTOWN.
AND SO THE QUESTION, MY QUESTION IS, OKAY, IF WE HAVE HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN AND THE PARKS ARE ACROSS THE RIVER SOMEWHERE, I, I MEAN YOU, YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE NOT TAKING ANY PUBLIC FUNDS FOR THIS PARK, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE RELYING ON ITS SOLVING PARK REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT.
SOMETHING WE ARE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN ANSWER FULLY INDEPENDENTLY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THE CITY THAT NEEDS TO GRAPPLE WITH.
I WAS GONNA SAY, ROGER, IF WE CAN PARK THAT, I THINK FOR PLANNING, I THINK IT'S USEFUL TO GET IT OUT THERE.
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE ANDREW IN THE ROOM.
LET'S CIRCLE BACK ON THAT AT PLANNING COMMISSION MAYBE WHEN THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO THINK OF AN ANSWER TO THAT.
CAN I JUST MAKE A COMMENT THAT I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE REALLY BRILLIANT THERE.
LIKE, AND WE WANT TO PARTNER IN THAT WAY FOR THINGS THAT MAKE SENSE.
NOT AS A GET OUTTA JAIL FREE CARD FOR DEVELOPERS, BUT
IF THERE IS GONNA BE A DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO THIS PARK, OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY PARCELS THAT PROBABLY WILL BE DEVELOPED IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS, YOU KNOW, IS THE LAND BEST U DO THEY NEED TO PUT A PARK THERE JUST 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE CODE SAYS WHEN THEY'RE ADJACENT TO A LARGER PARK? AND HOW CAN THAT, HOW CAN WE THERE BE A SYNERGISTIC RELATIONSHIP? I THINK IT, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE SOME THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX, GIVEN THAT PRIVATE PARKS ARE NOT A COMMON THING, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT DEVELOPER WILL PAY THE FEES OR IN LIEU FEES FOR PARK ACREAGE, BUT THE MONEY WILL GO TO THIS, POTENTIALLY THIS PARK.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF THAT'S BEEN DECIDED YET, BUT IT'S A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE.
LIKE I SAID, BIG ISSUE THAT I HOPE WE CAN TACKLE MORE AT PLANNING AS WELL.
UH, BILL MARIANNE QUESTIONS, ITEMS TO BRING OUT MARIANNE.
I WAS ABLE TO SEE THIS PRESENTATION AS A PART OF THE PARKS COMMISSION AND, UM, APPRECIATED ALL THE WORK.
UM, I GLAD THAT YOU CORRECTED, UH, YOUR STATEMENT, ROGER, BECAUSE, UH, THE, A BETTER WAY TO PUT IT WOULD BE THAT, UH, PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T PROPERLY PRIORITIZE PARK MAINTENANCE IN THE BUDGET TO GIVE PARK, UH, STAFF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN THE PARKS.
SO I THINK PARK STAFF IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THE RESOURCES THAT THEY'RE ALLOCATED.
UH, BILL, ANY QUESTIONS, ITEMS YOU WANNA BRING UP? WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION AFTER GENERAL COMMENT TOO, AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR.
YEAH, I HAVE LOTS OF THOUGHTS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE GOOD WORK YOU'RE PUTTING INTO THIS.
IT'S A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY AND IT MEANS A LOT TO ME HAVING OUR FAMILY PROPERTY ACROSS THE RIVER FROM IT.
AND I LOOK AT IT EVERY DAY AND I'M JUST, UH, JUST IN AWE OF ITS BEAUTY AND ITS NATURAL RUGGED BEAUTY.
AND, AND I, AND I JUST THINK THAT THE, THE MORE PASSIVE CONTEMPLATIVE USES OF THAT, PARTICULARLY THE, UM, PENINSULA PROPERTY, REALLY WORK WELL.
AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE OF THAT AND, AND, UM, YEAH.
UM, TARYN, ONE MORE QUESTION QUICK.
CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHETHER AT ALL YOU'RE WORKING WITH, UM, THE FRIENDS OF THE PETALUMA RIVER AND SPECIFICALLY THEIR RIVERWAY PARK, THAT'S TO
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CONTINUE ALL THE WAY UP TO LIKE THE AUTO MALL AND BEYOND AND, AND, AND WHAT, MAYBE YOU CAN DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT.SO FRIENDS OF THE PETALUMA RIVER HAVE THEIR HOME ON STEAMER LANDING PARK RIGHT ADJACENT AND THE ENTRANCE TO THE RIVER PARK PROPERTY, UM, AND ARE OBVIOUSLY HIGHLY MISSION ALIGNED, RIGHT? CONSERVE AND CELEBRATE THE RIVER IS THEIR, UM, AND THEIR MISSION.
SO WE'RE CERTAINLY IN PARTNERSHIP AND HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR PROGRAMMATIC PARTNERSHIP IN THE FUTURE.
WE REALLY SEE OURSELVES AS THE STEWARDS AND THE CREATOR OF THIS SPACE AND HOPE THAT COMMUNITY PARTNERS WILL OR PLAN TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE BEST USE OF THAT TO SERVE THEIR MISSIONS AND THEIR PROGRAMMING.
FOR EXAMPLE, FRIENDS OF THE RIVER'S WATERSHED, UM, EDUCATION, RIGHT? AMPLE, UM, YOU WHOLE, YOU DO A WHOLE CURRICULUM ON THE VERNAL POOL AND HAVE THAT RIGHT NEXT TO THEIR CURRENT FACILITY.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE UPPER RIVER GREENWAY PARKWAY, UM, IT HAS MANY NAMES.
UM, WE, UM, ARE DEFINITELY FOLLOWING CLOSELY AS A SISTER PROJECT AND, UM, OR EVEN ACTUALLY, UM, IN SOME CONVERSATIONS WE, WE BOTH HAVE FUNDING FROM THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY.
UM, AND SO HOW ARE WE SHARING RESOURCES AROUND ANALYZING, UM, THE CONTEXT OF PETALUMA PARKS AND ACCESS? IT'S A SIX, IT'S A SMALL TOWN.
WE DON'T NEED TO BOTH BE DOING THESE SAME STUDIES, RIGHT? UM, AND SO HOW WE'RE, WE'RE DOING SOME KNOWLEDGE SHARING THERE AND WE'RE GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE.
UM, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE EXTENT OF OUR INVOLVEMENT RIGHT NOW.
UH, AND WITH THAT, SEEING NO ONE ELSE WITH BURNING QUESTIONS, I WILL MOVE US TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
SO THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
I'LL GIVE A SECOND HERE FOR ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO WANTS TO BRING UP A COMMENT CARD.
AND IN THE MEANTIME TO OUR CLERK TEAM, DID WE GET ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM PRIOR TO THE MEETING? NO.
AND NOT SEE ANYONE JUMPING UP AND HAVING NO COMMENT CARDS IN FRONT OF ME.
I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM, BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.
CLOSING THOUGHTS, EITHER OTHER ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO FLAG FOR THIS MOVING FORWARD AS A VITAL INPUT TO THEIR PROCESS.
TARYN, I WOULD ONLY WONDER IN THIS HALF COMMON HALF QUESTION IS REDWOOD'S.
UH, IF THERE'S CONSIDERATION POSSIBILITY, MAYBE IF THIS BAD IDEA, I DON'T KNOW, I'M SORRY.
UM, BRINGING IN MORE SOIL SO THAT YOU CAN GET THE LAND UP HIGHER SO THAT TREES CAN TAKE ROOT IN THE SOIL BETTER.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK, I MEAN, WHEN I, WE WILL, WE'LL DO A WHOLE SOIL PROGRAM, SO WE'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SOIL IS OUT THERE, BUT THEN WE'LL ALSO DO AMENDMENT AND MAYBE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOIL THAT WE WOULD BRING ON SITE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET THE RIGHT GROWING CONDITIONS FOR SOME OF THESE HABITATS.
I MEAN, WE WILL ALSO HAVE IRRIGATION THAT'S NOT THERE NOW, BUT WE WILL BE HAVING, UM, IRRIGATION ON SITE FOR DIFFERENT, UM, FOR ESTABLISHMENT.
BUT YEAH, I MEAN WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY PLANNING TO GO FOR IT.
I DIDN'T, UH, THIS PLAN SHOWS 800 TREES
AND CAN YOU GIVE A QUICK PLUG ON THE WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN FOLLOW THE PROJECT AND THE BEST PLACE TO MAKE COMMENTARY, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL KIND OF DIGEST WHAT WE'VE SEEN HERE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
YOU CAN FIND US PRETTY EASILY ONLINE, PETALUMA RIVER PARK.ORG.
UM, ALSO ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM, I DO BELIEVE.
UM, AND THERE'S A ENCOURAGE YOU TO SIGN UP FOR THE MAILING LIST AT THE LEASE.
THERE'S ALSO GET INVOLVED FORM, ET CETERA.
UM, THIS REALLY IS A, UH, ALL HANDS ON DECK EFFORT AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOTTEN US HERE TODAY.
SO, UM, I LIKE THAT INVITATION, AND I THINK I'LL PUT IT BACK TO THIS GROUP TOO, NOT TO ANSWER NOW, BUT I THINK WHERE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LOVE, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IS AS YOU GUYS ARE ACCUMULATING KNOWLEDGE OR DOING THINGS LIKE THE URBAN FORESTRY PROJECT, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT, SURE.
IT WAS A NEWSLETTER THAT FROM THE CITY I DIDN'T READ, I'M SORRY.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN SHARE KNOWLEDGE AND UH, UH, UM, AS, AND IF YOU GUYS ARE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT LIKE WHAT'S THE RIGHT PALETTE OF TREES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE FUTURE, LIKE LET'S SHARE THOSE KIND OF RESOURCES AND, UH, VICE VERSA.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND THANKS FOR EVERYBODY'S TIME TODAY.
AND I WILL JUST ASK THE COMMITTEE, I, I KNOW I'VE BEEN MARCHING THROUGH THIS.
ANY LAST THOUGHTS ITEMS BEFORE WE CLOSE THIS ITEM? YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE COMMENTS SEPARATELY.
HOWARD, CAN I, CAN I JUST SAY ONE THING? I MEAN, HAVING BEEN ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF IT, UM, THE DESIGN SIDE, UM, AND WHEN I WAS, I JUST TELL THE GROUP WHEN I WAS ASKED TO DO THAT, I THOUGHT, WELL, OF COURSE I'M ASKED TO DO THAT BECAUSE I'M A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.
OF COURSE, I, YOU KNOW, AND SO, UM, AND SO SHOWING UP THOUGH AT LUCCHESE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THERE.
WERE IN THERE 20, 25 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MORE OR LESS.
AND, UM, THERE WERE TWO WHITE MEN IN THE ROOM AND IT WAS MYSELF AND A FELLOW THAT, UM, IS UNHOUSED THAT SINGS THE
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BLUES AROUND TOWN.AND, UM, IT BROUGHT TEARS TO, I, I HAVE AS A, AS A WHITE MALE IN, IN, IN, IN PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA.
I HAD NEVER REALLY BEEN IN THAT SITUATION BEFORE AND I WAS HONORED TO BE IN THAT SITUATION AND I, AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT TO OUR TOWN.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
AND UH, YES, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME AND ATTENTION AND INVESTMENT, UH, THAT'S GONE INTO THIS PROJECT.
SOMETHING REALLY UNIQUE THAT WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE AND IT'S GONNA BE EXCITING TO FOLLOW THE DEVELOPMENTS AND SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CAN CONTRIBUTE.
UH, AND WITH THAT WE WILL CLOSE THIS ITEM.
WE WILL CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK AND MOVE TO ITEM THREE, OUR ARBOR DAY AD HOC COMMITTEE UPDATE.
AND WE DIDN'T PRE-PLAN THIS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THE UPDATE ROGER AND MARYANN IF THAT'S OKAY.
AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO THE PLANNING TEAM AND TO THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK TEAM AND I'M GLAD TO SEE COLLEEN EXCHANGING CONTACT INFORMATION BECAUSE THAT SEEMS VERY NECESSARY.
UM, SO AS A QUICK UPDATE ON THE ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION, SO THIS IS TREE FEST AS WE HAVE DUBBED IT.
UH, THIS IS GONNA BE APRIL 26TH.
AND CINDY, YOU CAN STOP ME IF I'M SAYING SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED OR IS OFF BASE HERE.
BUT I BELIEVE IT'S TENTATIVELY PLANNED TO TAKE PLACE IN THE CITY HALL GREEN.
AND THE CONCEPT RIGHT NOW IS TO DO MULCHING AS RELEVANT AND APPROPRIATE TO THE TREES AROUND CITY HALL BECAUSE MULCHING IS ONE OF THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT ALMOST EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE IN.
WE HAVE THE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, UH, AND DOESN'T REQUIRE EXCESSIVE PRE-PLANTING, PRE-PLANNING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ALONGSIDE OF THAT, WE'LL HAVE OUR STANDARD KIND OF GAMES AND ACTIVITIES.
WE'LL HAVE COMMUNITY GROUPS THERE.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALWAYS TOUGH TO PICK OUT WHICH GROUPS SHOULD BE IN ATTENDANCE, DO WE WANT COMPANIES THERE, DO WE WANT, SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS.
WE'VE KIND OF LANDED ON ADVOCACY GROUPS.
I LOVED HEARING THAT KLAN'S TEAM URBAN ECOS WILL BE THERE IT SOUNDS LIKE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE SONOMA COUNTY PARKS.
UH, WE'RE STILL FINALIZING WITH SANTA ROSA, UH, JUNIOR COLLEGE FOR THEIR HORTICULTURE PROGRAM TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES THERE.
UH, IF ANYONE THINKS OF GROUPS THAT, AND WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT LATE IN THE HOUR HERE TO BRING PEOPLE ON BOARD, BUT IF ANYONE HAS GROUPS THAT YOU THINK REALLY FALL INTO THAT REALM OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY, NOT REALLY COMMERCIAL INTEREST, BUT EDUCATION AND INVOLVEMENT AROUND TREES, PLEASE SEND THEM TO CINDY I GUESS AND SHE CAN DISTRIBUTE THAT TO OUR AD HOC SO WE CAN BRING MORE GROUPS INTO THE FOLD.
UM, I BELIEVE THE CONTRACT PRO PROCESS HAS STARTED WITH OUR ARTISTS.
SO THIS IS CLUSTER FUNK STUDIOS WHO GO AROUND SONOMA, MARIN AND NAPA DOING ART EVENTS.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER COMMUNITY MURAL, SOUNDS LIKE ONE FOR ADULTS AND ONE FOR KIDS, WHICH WILL BE GREAT.
UH, WE HAVE OUR FOOD TRUCK, THE SAME FOLKS WE HAD AS LAST YEAR WHO ARE GONNA BE PARTICIPATING FOR FREE WITHOUT ANY MINIMUM FEE OR ANYTHING, WHICH IS A GREAT ANSWER FOR US.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER LOGISTICS AND THINGS TO BE WORKED OUT, BUT THAT'S THE PLAN AS IT STANDS NOW.
UM, CINDY, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD, ANYTHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER MAYBE THAT I MISSED? NO, I THINK THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL.
THERE WILL POSSIBLY BE A DAILY AXE PLANTING THE SAME DAY IN CELEBRATION OF EARTH DAY FOR THE BREEZEWAY AREA THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME.
IT'S PART OF THE FRONT AREA THERE AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN JUST TO UPDATE YOU GUYS AT RELIEF HAS BEEN IN TALKS WITH US TO DO MORE POSSIBLY A MINI URBAN FOREST ON THE CITY HALL SITE.
SO IN THE FRONT AND POSSIBLY ON THE BASSETT SIDE AS WELL.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT TREE PLANTING WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR ONLY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE PLAN PASS THE PLANTING SEASON THAT'S OPTIMAL AT THAT POINT, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE PURVIEW OR THE THOUGHT FOR THE WHOLE CITY HALL SITE.
SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST KICKING OFF THAT BIG WHOLE REDESIGN FOR CITY HALL.
SO YOU'LL SEE I THINK JUST AN INFLUX OF WHAT WE STARTED WITH.
TRIABLE, UM, WILL KICK OFF JUST A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LOOK FOR CITY HALL, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING AND I LOVE HEARING THAT BECAUSE I KNOW AFTER OUR LAST MEETING, I BELIEVE HOWARD AND ROGER WERE ALREADY GAME PLANNING SOME OF THE IDEAS YOU COULD HAVE AROUND PLANTING.
SO I LOVE TO HEAR THIS IS AN IMPETUS TO START SOME OF THAT PROCESS.
UH, AND I GUESS ANY QUESTIONS, ANY FEEDBACK FROM ANY OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE, UM, ON THE CELEBRATION, ANYTHING WE'RE FORGETTING? ANYTHING YOU WANNA SEE? DO WE NEED TO MAKE MARIANNE DRESSED UP IN A TREE COSTUME AGAIN? UH,
SO HAVE YOU DISCUSSED THAT? ARE YOU OPEN TO THAT? I KNOW A FEW PARENTS I COULD CHECK
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IN WITH THAT.WELL I DID HAVE A CONCEPT OF A PERFORMANCE ART PIECE THAT INVOLVES ACTING OUT THE LIFECYCLE OF A TREE FROM A SEED TO A LOG
WELL I THINK THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DEFINITELY, UM, I MEAN MAYBE FORMALLY REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
DEFINITELY LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN OUR AD HOC.
SO IF WE HAVE THE CRITICAL MASS OF KIDS THERE TO HAVE, OR I GUESS ANYONE CAN DO THE PERFORMATIVE ART, BUT DEPENDING ON THE CRITICAL MASS OF KIDS THERE, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME PROGRAMMING LIKE THAT.
AND IF YOU'RE VOLUNTEERING, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS BRING A DANCE ROUTINE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHRIVES IS GONNA COME AND DO HIS PERFORMANCE.
EXCELLENT, THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING.
AREN'T CHARTER SCHOOLS GOVERNED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
CINDY, DO YOU KNOW THAT FROM WHAT I KNOW THEY'RE STANDALONE BUT THEY CAN BE TIED TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT SOMETIMES IF THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE LIKE SHARED KIND OF PROPERTIES, BUT NO, THEY'RE GENERALLY STANDALONE.
OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE IDEAS, FEEL FREE TO CHANNEL IT THROUGH CINDY TO AVOID BROWN ACT AND THEN SHE CAN PASS IT ON TO US.
UH, ANYONE ELSE? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR A DAY OF AS WE'RE ONLY A MONTH OUT NOW IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, EVERYBODY HERE HAS TO TELL FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
MAKE SURE WE GET FOLKS OUT TO ARBOR DAY TREE FEST.
UH, SO WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL OPEN THIS ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENTERS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
I DON'T HAVE ANY IN-PERSON CARDS.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE JUMPING OUT OF THEIR SEATS.
I'LL ASK THE CITY CLERK, DID WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM PRIOR TO THE MEETING? NO.
WITH THAT WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AND I'LL JUST BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE REALLY QUICKLY.
AGAIN, ANY FINAL THOUGHTS, ARBOR DAY AT ANY TIME, FEEL FREE TO PASS FEEDBACK ONTO CINDY.
UH, BUT SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THAT ITEM AND THEN MOVE TO COMMITTEE
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COMMENT TO HAVE OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS GIVE US UPDATES ON ITEMS PERTINENT TO THIS COMMITTEE OR ANY LIAISON APPOINTMENTS.AND MAYBE I CAN START WITH EVERLY IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMITTEE COMMENT.
HOWARD, ANY UPDATES? UH, JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE STREET TREAT AD HOC.
UM, WE ARE PAINFULLY SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I DID SPEAK WITH UM, WHAT EMAILED WITH BILL REINHARDT, UH, WHO'S DOING ALL THE SORT OF DIRTY WORK FOR US, UM, MODIFYING THE EXCEL SHEET AND UM, HE'S ON IT.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO GET THAT DONE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO AND UM, FINALIZE AND THEN I'LL SEND A COPY TO YOU, CINDY, AND UM, SEND IT ON TO HEATHER AND TO US AND GO FROM THERE.
COULD THAT BE ON OUR NEXT MEETING IF THAT TIMELINE STICKS FOR DISCUSSION? YES, IF HOWARD GETS IT TO ME IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
UM, I'LL JUST GIVE A QUICK UPDATE FOR PLANNING.
UM, AT OUR LAST PLANNING MEETING WE DID A SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW FOR THE CREEKWOOD DEVELOPMENT, UH, BEING CONSTRUCTED RIGHT NEAR THE MCKENNA DEVELOPMENT ACROSS FROM CASA GRANDE SCHOOL ON THE EAST SIDE.
UM, THAT PROJECT DID HAVE REMOVAL OF ONE PROTECTED TREE, UH, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A BUCKEYE, BUT THEN THEY DID HAVE THE APPROPRIATE REPLACEMENT TREES.
UM, AND OVERALL THAT SITE WENT WELL.
AND THEN ON PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE COMMITTEE, UM, WE REVIEWED THE RIVER PARK PROJECT AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE WAS GREAT COMMENTARY ACTUALLY ABOUT CONNECTIVITY AND ALSO ABOUT LIGHTING ON THAT SITE, THE IMPORTANCE OF LIGHTING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT THEN HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT'S DOWNCAST AND SO IT DOESN'T AFFECT WILDLIFE IN THE AREA.
ANY UPDATES? I'LL JUST, UH, EXCITED TO SEE ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS SAVING A BEAUTIFUL MATURE SYCAMORE BY PRUNING IT APPROPRIATELY AND, UH, WORKING WITH THE CITY TO KIND OF CREATE A LITTLE, LET'S SAY BUBBLE OUT INTO THE STREET TO CURB OUT KIND OF THING.
AND IT'S LIKE, OH GOOD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING HERE.
THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS WE HOPE HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE HAVE BEAUTIFUL MATURE TREES TO SAVE IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, ROGER, ANY UPDATES, PLANNING, OR ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT TREES AND MARYANNE? ANYTHING FROM OUR WORLD OF PARKS AND REC? UH, WELL WE HAVE THE SAME PRESENTATION TODAY THAT WE HAD AT PARK AND REC, WHICH IS AWESOME.
UH, I LOVE THE PLANNING FOR THE NEW PARK AND, UM, AND UH, SOMETHING, UH, JUST ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL HELP US, UM, FOCUS ON SPECIFIC PARKS THAT NEED UPGRADES FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE AND BRING A BIG GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS IN AND JUST DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE AND, AND GET THE PARK INTO GOOD SHAPE SO THAT
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THE MAINTENANCE CAN CONTINUE FROM THERE.SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, ASSIST THE PARK STAFF IN IMPROVING THE MAINTENANCE OF SOME OF THE PARKS.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING ACTION ON THAT.
AND SOMETHING I DIDN'T WANT TO FORGET, UH, WHILE ANDREW WAS STILL IN THE ROOM, I WAS GO, IT REMINDED ME, UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN AD HOC BASED AROUND, UH, SITE DESIGN AND PLANNING AND THAT IS MARIANNE, ROGER, AND HOWARD.
I KNOW ANDREW HAD TOLD ME THEY WERE SO SLAMMED WITH AGENDA ITEMS THROUGH INTO THE NEW YEAR THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS THAT THEY HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT EVERYONE.
SO, UH, I'M GONNA ASK CINDY IF YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL CONNECTING THE AD HOC WITH ANDREW AND THEN I'M GONNA BESIEGE HOWARD, ROGER MARYANN, PLEASE BE THE SQUEAKY WHEEL TO GET THAT STARTED WITH ANDREW, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STILL HAS TO BE IRONED OUT, THE EXACT PROCESS.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE WITH BRIAN O AND ANDREW TRIPLE, BUT I THINK IT COULD BE SOMETHING REALLY POSITIVE TO START CREATING DESIGN STANDARDS AROUND TREES AND LANDSCAPE.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THAT CREEKWOOD DEVELOPMENT, THAT PROJECT AND ALMOST EVERY HOUSING PROJECT.
NOW, THE DISCRETIONARY REVIEW BY PLANNING, UH, COMMISSION IS GONNA BE VERY LIMITED.
SO IT'S GONNA BE VERY HARD FOR US TO MAKE CHANGES TO CERTAIN HOUSING PROJECTS.
AND SO THE MORE WE CAN DO TO DEVELOP OBJECTIVE STANDARDS ON SITE PLAN AND DESIGN AND UH, LANDSCAPE DESIGN, THE BETTER OUTCOMES WE'LL HAVE.
SO I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT.
SO CINDY, ONCE CINDY SENDS OUT THAT EMAIL, PLEASE, ANDREW TRIPLE GAVE ME PERMISSION FOR YOU GUYS TO BOTHER HIM AND MAKE SURE YOU GET UP IN HIS INBOX.
I, I DID SEND IN, I DID SEND AN EMAIL AFTER THE NEW YEAR AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY KIND OF DIALOGUE GO BACK AND FORTH, BUT I WILL SEND ANOTHER ONE.
BUT IN CASE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED IMPETUS TO REACH OUT, YOU CAN GO BACK TO THAT EMAIL AS WELL.
AND IF YOU DON'T HEAR FROM ANDREW, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I'LL HELP MAKE THAT CONNECTION FOR THE AD HOC.
YEAH, I REALLY WANNA GET THAT GOING BECAUSE I, I WANT OUR TEAM TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT.
SO WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL MOVE FROM COMMITTEE COMMENT
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TO STAFF COMMENT.CINDY, YOU KNOW, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF UPDATES FOR YOU TODAY EXCEPT WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE CLEAN HERE IN THE ROOM.
AND AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK MOVING FORWARD WITH THE UFMP.
IF YOU CAN BE THERE SATURDAY, IF YOU CAN BRING YOUR NEIGHBORS, IF THERE'S ANYBODY YOU KNOW THAT SHOULD JUST COME TO HAVE A VOICE AND TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH TREES AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT, PLEASE INVITE THEM.
IF THEY CAN MAKE IT, EVEN IF THEY CAN'T STAY THE WHOLE TIME, IF THEY CAN COME FOR PART OF IT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM.
UM, AND COLLEEN AND HER TEAM WILL BE BACK TO GIVE US PERIODIC UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE THE BULK OF THE WORK COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND RIGHT AFTER THE NEW YEAR SO THAT IT WILL GO TO COUNCIL, UM, FOR ADOPTION.
SO THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE PROCESS.
REALLY EXCITED, UM, TO PUT ON KIND OF THE BACK BURNER FOR YOU GUYS AT THIS POINT.
BUT ONCE THE UFMP HAS BEEN PASSED, JUST KNOW THAT THE NEXT BIG LIFT FOR THE COMMITTEE IS GONNA BE UPDATING THE TREE TECHNICAL MANUAL THAT OUR PAST, UM, COMMITTEE CHAIR, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER STRIPS HELP WRITE.
BUT WITH THE CHANGES WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW UFM, OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE TO UPDATE THAT AND THAT IT'S A HEAVY LIFT.
SO JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S GONNA BE COMING IN THE NEW YEAR FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, AND HOWARD, YES, REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE STREET TREE LIST AND NO WORRIES ABOUT TAKING YOUR TIME.
SO WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED THAT YOU CAN GET THAT MOVING AND WE'LL GET THAT TO PLANNING AND WE'LL GET THAT ADOPTED.
AND YOU KNOW, NEXT MONTH IS OUR ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION.
PLEASE MAKE SURE IT'S ON YOUR CALENDAR BECAUSE I'D LOVE TO HAVE THE WHOLE COMMITTEE THERE AND BRING YOUR FAMILIES.
LAST YEAR HOWARD BROUGHT HIS FAMILY WAS GREAT, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER.
SO AS MANY, YOU KNOW, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS THAT YOU CAN BRING, REALLY WANNA MAKE THIS AS JOYFUL AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S MEANT TO BRING JUST HAPPINESS TO THE COMMUNITY AND KIND OF SHARE OUR LOVE OF TREES AS, YOU KNOW, LIKE BILL'S STORY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, HIS NEIGHBOR HELPED WITH THE BULB OUT.
AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT DO GET US EXCITED WHERE WE'RE LIKE, YEAH, WE, LIKE, WE GOT ONE PERSON THAT'S AWARE AND IS MAKING THOSE CHANGES.
IT'S ONE ON ONE-ON-ONE THAT MAKES THE BIG CHANGE.
SO JUST THANKFUL, THANKFUL FOR THE COMMITTEE AND YOU KNOW, ALL THE GOOD WORK WE'RE DOING.
A QUICK ITEM ON THAT, WE HAD TENTATIVELY PUT FORTH 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM FOR ARBOR DAY.
ANYONE WITH ANY THOUGHTS THAT SEEMED TO WORK WELL LAST YEAR.
SO YOU CATCH PEOPLE BEFORE DINNER AND AFTER BREAKFAST.
KIND OF A SWEET SPOT IN THE DAY.
CINDY, REALLY QUICK, I KNOW WITH THE ARTISTS, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A BUDGET, I BELIEVE OF $600.
WOULD THAT GET APPROVED BY VOTE AT OUR NEXT MEETING? 'CAUSE I THINK THEY JUST STARTED CONTRACTING, RIGHT? I I'M PUTTING IT UNDER PARKS, OPERATING WITH THE CONTRACT.
OKAY, THAT WAS MY AGREEMENT TO YOU GUYS THIS YEAR.
SO THIS YEAR I WILL FUND THE ARTIST, OKAY.
AND THE MULCH AND MY STAFF WILL BE THERE WITH WILL BARROWS AND OTHER TOOLS THAT WE NEED.
SO ONCE AGAIN, WE OWE ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION TO CINDY AND THE PARK STAFF.
WITH THAT, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE AND ATTENTION AND PLEASE, TARYN.
CINDY, CAN I ASK YOU PLEASE TO REMIND US WHAT'S THE UPDATE WITH
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THE TREE ORDINANCE? SO THAT IS WITH PLANNING AND THAT'S PART OF THE UFM, SO THAT WILL HAPPEN BY THE END OF THE YEAR.I DON'T, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA PLANNER.
I FORGOT WHERE IT WAS, BUT IT'S STILL ON THE AGENDA PLANNER FOR THE YEAR AND IT'S PRIORITY NUMBER ONE FOR THE COUNCIL.
UM, SO I'M SURE THAT COUNCIL MEMBERSHIPS CAN MAYBE UPDATE US MORE AS WHERE THAT PROCESS IS, BUT IT'S, IT'S PART OF THE UFM, SO IT HAS TO BE COMPLETE IN THIS YEAR.
AND UM, ANOTHER QUESTION IS REGARDING, UM, THE, UH, PLANNING AD HOC.
IS IT, UM, COULD WE PERHAPS GET SUPPORT FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, SHRUBS TREE EXPERT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS SO THAT TREES CAN BE MORE FORMALLY INTEGRATED INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS? 'CAUSE SINCE IT'S BEEN A COUPLE MONTHS NOW, WE'RE WAITING.
I THINK THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'VE ALREADY GOT STAFF REALLY ENGAGED WITH IT AND SO THEY'RE GONNA FORMALIZE WHAT THIS PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.
NOT THAT WE DON'T NEED COUNCIL'S BUY-IN, BUT THIS IS ALREADY SOMETHING WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE AHEAD WITH.
UH, BUT YES, WE EXPECT JOHN TO BE OUR ADVOCATE FOR EVERYTHING TREES, SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT OFFLINE.
EBERLY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING, A COMMENT QUESTION? WELL, YEAH, I KIND OF HESITATE TO BRING THIS UP SINCE WE'VE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT ALL THESE, ALL THIS PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE AND ALL THESE WONDERFUL PLANS, BUT HAVING BEEN AWAY FOR FOUR TO FIVE WEEKS, I WENT UP TO HELEN PUTNAM AND I WAS JUST SHOCKED AT THE NUMBER OF TREES THAT HAVE COME DOWN IN RECENTLY, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT HAD THE BEEHIVE IN IT.
BUT IT'S, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON THERE THAT IS A, A LOT MORE DRAMATIC THAN WHAT I SEE ELSEWHERE IN SONOMA COUNTY IN TERMS OF THE OAK MORTALITY.
AND I'VE REACHED OUT AGAIN TO THE, TO THE RESOURCE ECOLOGIST AT THE, AT THE SONOMA REGIONAL PARKS TO SEE.
BUT WHEN I, UM, COMMUNICATED WITH HER A COUPLE YEARS AGO, SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S MULTIFACTORIAL, IT'S DROUGHT, IT'S SUDDEN NO DEATH, IT'S SOME UNKNOWN PATHOLOGY.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HERE HAS BEEN UP THERE IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO, BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF SHOCKING.
IT'S JUST LIKE A TREE BOMB HAS GONE OFF
I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE CASE, BUT THAT'S HOW IT SEEMS RIGHT NOW.
SO ANYWAY, NO GOOD UPDATE AND IMPORTANT NOTE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY CONTACT AT THE COUNTY THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN WITH ABOUT THAT, IF YOU COULD FORWARD IT, MAYBE THEY CAN DO A PRESENTATION FOR US AND GIVE US AN UPDATE.
BECAUSE WHEN THE RIVER PARK FOLKS WERE TALKING ABOUT OAKS, I HAD EBERLY IN MY HEAD TALKING, THINKING ABOUT
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT COMMENT.
UH, WITH THAT WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.