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UH, I AM GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETALUMA TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON APRIL 16TH.
AND WE WILL KICK THINGS OFF WITH OUR CITY CLERK WITH A ROLL CALL.
AND MOVING ON FROM ROLL CALL, WE WILL OPEN UP GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL ASK, UH, DID WE GET ANY COMMENTS, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING? NO, WE DID NOT.
NOW, RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT HAVE AN IN-PERSON AUDIENCE, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS.
SO I'LL PRETTY QUICKLY CLOSE GENERAL PUBLIC
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COMMENT AND WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.AND WE ARE LOOKING TO APPROVE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF MARCH 19TH, 2025.
AND I'LL JUST ASK IF ANYONE HAS ANY CHANGES, FEEDBACK ABOUT THE MINUTES.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
APPROVED.AND MOVING ON THEN TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE FIRST ONE IS ITEM ARBOR DAY AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE PROGRESS UPDATE, WHERE WE WILL DISCUSS EVENT DETAILS AND REVIEW SLASH APPROVE THE USE OF THE MALONEY GEIER FUND.
UH, SO YEAH, WHY DON'T WE GET RIGHT INTO IT.
I WILL, I WILL KICK THIS ITEM OFF.
UM, SO THE ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION IS GONNA BE APRIL 26TH, 11 TO FOUR, RIGHT OUT HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL.
SINCE WE HAD OUR LAST MEETING, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REALLY GOOD ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS TO REALLY IDENTIFY WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, LIKE LAST YEAR A FOOD TRUCK GONNA HAVE A COMMUNITY ART PIECE.
UH, THAT CONTRACT HAS BEEN FINALIZED AND THAT AS THE REFERENCE THERE TO GETTING FUNDING.
BUT THAT CONTRACT'S BEEN FINALIZED WITH THE ART GROUP WHO'S GONNA HAVE A COM COMMUNITY MURAL AND A CHILDREN'S MURAL.
THEY'RE ALSO GONNA BE PLAYING MUSIC FOR EVERYONE.
UH, AND NOW WE ALSO HAVE A CHILDREN'S PLAY THAT'S GONNA BE JOINING, UH, THANKS TO A COMMITTEE MEMBER OBEYED FOR CONNECTING.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CHILDREN'S PLAY AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HERITAGE SALVAGE.
WE'RE GONNA BUG COMING TO GIVE A SPEECH ABOUT TREES AT THE EVENT AS WELL.
UH, AND OUR FOCUS FOR THE WORK ELEMENT IS GONNA BE THE TWO REDWOOD TREES OUT FRONT, UH, AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY SOME OF THE TREES IN THE ISLAND BETWEEN THE ROAD AND THE PARKING LOT OUT THERE.
WE'VE GOT A FEW BIG TREES IN THAT ISLAND AREA AND WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT WHETHER WE HAVE THE MULCH AND MANPOWER TO ALSO, OR MULCH AND PEOPLE POWER TO ALSO MULCH THOSE TREES.
UM, I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS REALLY SET UP AND READY TO GO NOW.
WE JUST NEED TO GO OUT AND PROMOTE IT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THE CITY IS REALLY GEARING UP TO DO IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
AND THEN THAT'S SOMETHING FOR ALL OF US TO DO AS TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IS TO GO OUT AND SPREAD THE GOOD WORD, UH, SPREAD THE SEEDS, TELL EVERYONE THAT TREE FEST IS HERE ON APRIL 26TH TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE TO THE EVENT AS WE CAN.
MAKE IT AS BIG OF A SUCCESS AS WE CAN.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE BROAD STROKES.
UM, I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED WITH HOW IT'S COME TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON ON THE AD HOC.
IT IS ALSO ROGER AND MARYANNE.
MARYANNE, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER UPDATES? ANYTHING I MISSED? MAYBE SOMETHING YOU'RE PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT? WELL, I'M HOPING THAT, UM, DEB REMEMBERS TO BRING THE TREE COSTUME WITH HER SO THAT, UH, WE COULD DO THAT AGAIN, UM, AND MAYBE DO A LITTLE, UH, WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE EDUCATIONAL PIECE ON THE MULCHING FOR PEOPLE, SO THAT'LL BE NICE.
MARIAN WAS GIVING US, WHILE WE WERE OUT THERE, SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BEST PRACTICES FOR MULCHING AND SHE KIND OF VOLUNTEERED HERSELF TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT APPROPRIATE MULCHING AND HOW TO BEST KIND OF LEAVE SOME SPACE FROM THE TREE TRUNK.
SO WE'LL ALSO BE TEACHING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE PRACTICUM OF MULCHING AND TAKING CARE OF TREES AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE BIG MESSAGE.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S COME INTO FOCUS THIS YEAR.
WE'RE PART OF THIS ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION FOR TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS NOT ONLY TO PLANT, YOU KNOW, SO MANY ARBOR DAY CELEBRATIONS, OUR PLANTING OF TREES, BUT HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF THE TREES WE HAVE? UH, AND I THINK THAT'S A USE USEFUL ETHOS FOR US TO TAKE MOVING FORWARD WITH HOW DO WE TARGET THOSE AREAS? IDEALLY CITY OWNED PROPERTIES WHERE THERE'S SOME THINGS LIKE MULCHING, SOME SIMPLE TREE CARE THAT WE CAN BRING THE COMMUNITY OUT TO DO AND GATHER AROUND.
UM, SO YEAH, REALLY EXCITING TO DISCOVER THAT PIECE.
I DUNNO IF MARIAN WILL ALWAYS BE THERE TO GIVE US SPEECH, BUT YEAH, PLEASE DO WE KNOW IF THE IRRIGATION, UH, LINES GOT TAKEN OUT YET? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I WILL ASK DREW IF WE HAVE ANY UPDATES FROM JEFF ON, 'CAUSE WE
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WERE WAITING ON WHETHER THAT CRUMBLING PLASTIC IRRIGATION COULD BE MOVED.AND IF WE HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE EXPOSED TREE ROOTS OF THOSE REDWOODS, UM, I WILL REPORT BACK TO YOU OR PROBABLY SEND IT COMMUNICATIONS TO YOU ALL WITH THOSE ISSUES.
SO THE QUESTION IS THE IRRIGATION RELATED TO JUST THOSE TWO TREES? YEAH, I THINK THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT STILL HAVE THE YEAH, THERE'S EXPOSED, UM MM-HMM
SO THAT'S ON THE ENGLISH STREET SIDE AND COULD PROBABLY JUST BE YANKED OUT.
SIMPLY WE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BURY IT UNDERNEATH THE MULCH.
AND THEN ALSO WE WANTED TO GET AN OPINION FROM THE TREE GUY ABOUT SOME OF THE BIG BIGGER EXPOSED ROOTS THAT ARE ON THE TOP OF THE SOIL AND WHETHER IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE MULCH UP AROUND AROUND THOSE.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A CONCERN FOR ROTTING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OF COVERING UP THOSE ROOTS.
SO JUST WANTED TO CHECK ON THAT.
I'LL TAKE BOTH OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
OH, AND THE OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, I THINK EVERYBODY HERE GOT THE NEWS THAT UNFORTUNATELY CINDY HAS MOVED ON TO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AND SHE HAD SAID THAT THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE CURRENTLY PLANNED COMMUNITY ART, UH, SOMEWHERE IN THE PARKS BUDGET.
OR DO WE NEED TO APPROVE FUNDING FROM TREE COMMITTEE FUNDS OR WHAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS OF THAT? Y YES.
UM, WE ARE HAPPY, SAD, HAPPY, SAD THAT, UH, CINDY IS MOVING ON AND JOINING OUR, I'LL SAY NEIGHBOR SISTER CITY TO THE SOUTH.
UM, AND BEFORE HER TRANSITION, YES, SHE DID SET UP A, AN AGREEMENT AS A BACKSTOP TO PAY FOR THE, UM, OUR OUT OF THE PARKS OPERATING FUNDS.
SO I WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE COMMITTEE AND SAY WE, WE CAN DO BOTH.
IF THAT WAS AN ARRANGEMENT THAT YOU HAD DONE LAST YEAR TO SET ASIDE FUNDS IN THE MARIE GREER YOUR FUND, UM, WE CAN DO THAT AND CHANGE THE ACCOUNTING, BUT IT IS SET UP RIGHT NOW TO BE CHARGED TO THE PARKS OPERATING WELL.
IF WE CAN KEEP, IF WE CAN KEEP CINDY'S PLAN GOING, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THEN THESE FUNDS HAVE SOME POTENTIAL IN THE FUTURE FOR WHATEVER THE BIGGER, 'CAUSE WE'RE STILL KIND OF IN EARLY PHASES OF TREE FEST.
SO IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT BALANCE PARKED IF WE GET TO SOME OF OUR MORE AMBITIOUS PLANS LIKE TREE RAFFLES MM-HMM
AND KIND OF MORE EXPANSIVE PROJECTS.
SO IF WE CAN LEAVE THE CURRENT ACCOUNTING, I GUESS I'LL TAKE A QUICK VIEW OF THE ROOM.
IF THE CURRENT ACCOUNTING OF LEAVING IT IN THE PARKS BUDGET SEEMS AGREEABLE TO TREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
AND I'M NOT, UH, APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION.
I'M, I AM NOT WORRIED THAT YOU WON'T FIND GOOD USE FOR, UM, THE FOUNDATIONAL MONEY.
UM, AND THE NICES, YOU HAVE SOME TIME TO DO THAT.
I WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE IF ANYONE HAS COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, ITEMS YOU WANNA RAISE, UH, BEFORE THE EVENT ON THE 26TH.
WELL, I WAS JUST WONDERING, ARE YOU, HOW YOU'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT? IS IT GONNA BE IN THE ARGUS AND IN THE COMMUNITY BULLETIN? DO YOU HAVE I'M SURE IT, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE UM, WE ARE HAVING THE CITY DO THE, PUT IT ON THE COMMUNITY BULLETIN.
IT'S CURRENTLY ON THE CITY'S EVENT CALENDAR.
AND I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE GREAT REPORTER THAT GAVE US AN ARTICLE LAST YEAR TO HOPEFULLY GET SOMETHING IN SHORT ORDER.
UH, SO WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS, UM, FEEL FREE TO JUST FORWARD THOSE ALONG.
UH, IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD, SOME OTHER WAY YOU THINK WOULD BE GOOD TO GET THE WORD OUT, UH, 'CAUSE I'M KIND OF IN THAT MODE OF JUST SCRAMBLE TO PUT IT EVERYWHERE.
SO PLEASE SEND RECOMMENDATIONS.
I TRY TO AVOID IT, BUT I COULD PUT ON A NEXT DOOR IF YOU WANT.
I DUNNO IF YOU WANT TO GO INTO THOSE WATERS, BUT NO, I DID, I DID GET SOMEONE TO PUT IT ON NEXT DOOR, UH, ALREADY, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF KEEP THAT UP AS WELL.
UH, TARYN, UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS THAT THE CITY IS SUPPORTING US FINANCIALLY.
WHAT'S THE TOTAL BUDGET THAT WE HAVE? OH, THE TOTAL BUDGET OF THE, THAT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION OF THE GEIER FUND.
DO WE HAVE THAT TOTAL? I DO NOT HAVE THAT TONIGHT.
DO YOU HAVE THAT TOTAL? I CAN GO BACK TO PRIOR MINUTES, BUT IT WAS IN THE $11,000 RANGE, UM, THE LAST WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
SO I'M UNCLEAR, IS THE CITY SUPPORTING THIS OR IS IT OUR FUNDS OUT OF THAT ACCOUNT THAT I MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD.
SO OUR TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE OUT OF THAT ACCOUNT ARE AROUND 11,000.
THIS CURRENT BUDGET THAT THE CITY IS CURRENTLY TAKING ON TO SUPPORT THE EVENT IS $600 FOR THE ART AND MUSIC.
UM, THEN I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PUT ON RECORD THAT I THINK IT'D BE REALLY, UM, NICE DREW FOR THE CITY TO
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DEMONSTRATE, UM, STRONG COMMITMENT TO HOW IMPORTANT TREES ARE FOR, UM, CLIMATE.AND THAT IT'S SUCH A HEAVY LIFT TO CHANGE THE CULTURE IN THIS TOWN, GIVEN THAT SO MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS JUST CHOP IT DOWN, CHOP IT DOWN.
SO I'D LOVE TO SEE US GET MORE FUNDING THAN $600.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, I I I'M SURE THAT'S, THERE COULD BE SOME MORE NICKELS THAT COULD BE SCROUNGED UP AND, YOU KNOW, PARDON ME FOR SAYING IT, BUT I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT, I DON'T KNOW, MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.
MAYBE WE COULD PUT MORE MONEY TOWARDS TREES.
'CAUSE I JUST OBVIOUSLY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT AND WE'RE REALLY DOING SOME HEAVY LIFTING RIGHT NOW.
SHOULD BE GREAT TO GET MORE SUPPORT.
I I'LL JUST SAY, TO BE FAIR, THAT WAS ALL WE ASKED FOR.
SO NEXT YEAR IF WE'RE GETTING MORE AMBITIOUS, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WORK OUT.
UM, BUT I THINK POINT WELL TAKEN AND I THINK ALL OF US ARE KIND OF LOBBYING RIGHT NOW FOR AN INVESTMENT INTO TREES AND PROMOTING TREES.
MAYBE A FOLLOW UP WITH NON NON-DOLLAR SUPPORT, LIKE MAYBE THE SOCIAL MEDIA LEAD, IF WE STILL HAVE ONE IN THE CITY CAN HELP GET THE WORD OUT OR I DON'T KNOW, AND ADD IN THE PAPER, THE POSTER IN THE PAPER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
MAYBE IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NON-FINANCIAL, THAT CAN BE, UH, UH, A SU SUPPORT, UM, AS WELL.
THERE, THERE WERE SOME MOVING PARTS, BUT I WOULD BE LYING IF I SAID I WAS FULLY DREW, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON KIND OF THE, THE CURRENT MESSAGING OR COMMS PLAN? YEAH, THANK YOU CHAIR.
UM, AND YET THE, THE $600 WAS, UM, WAS A REQUEST TO FUND A PORTION OF THE EVENT.
SO I WANNA BE CLEAR, UM, THAT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY THRILLED, UM, THAT THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS BROUGHT THIS KIND OF EVENT TO FRUITION.
UM, BUT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, RAW MATERIALS, STAFF TIME, TRANSPORTATION, MULCHING, ET CETERA.
SO I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR THAT, UM, THE CITY'S GOT A LOT OF SKIN IN THE GAME AND FOR THIS TO BE A GREAT EVENT, UM, THE TARGETED NEWSLETTER THAT THE CITY PUTS OUT, IT'S ABOUT FIVE OR 6,000 SUBSCRIBERS.
SO THAT'S ON SCHEDULE TO BE, UM, FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY.
SO THAT WILL GO OUT, UM, WITH SOME MESSAGINGS THAT, UM, THE CHAIR HAD SHARED.
AND I THINK THAT YOU GUYS ALL HAVE ALL REVIEWED.
UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF IN ADDITION, IN ADDITION TO THE CROSS-PROMOTING ACROSS OUR CITY CHANNEL.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S ON DOCKET.
BUT ON WEDNESDAY THAT'LL GO OUT TO ABOUT THE FIVE OR 6,000 FOLKS THAT HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO THE NEWSLETTER.
AND WE ARE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT IT TONIGHT AT RMPC.
UH, WE'VE ALSO SHARED, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON, I THINK IN THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR WEEKS, WHICH ARE ALL KIND OF EXCITING AND HAVE A LOT OF SYNERGY WITH ONE ANOTHER, WHICH IS GOOD.
SO, UM, TODAY DURING LEADERSHIP WE HAD ABOUT 60 STAFF THAT MEET ONCE A MONTH THIS EVENT WAS TALKED ABOUT AS WELL AS SOME OF THE DAILY ACTS, UH, PLANTINGS, THE, THE LARGER KIND OF, UM, UM, EVENTS AROUND, UH, UH, EARTH DAY AND JUST THIS KIND OF TIME OF YEAR THAT WE GET TO CELEBRATE, UM, THE GRAINING OF EVERYTHING.
SO YES, WORD IS GONNA GET OUT, UM, BUT THE BIG TARGETED PUSH IS NEXT WEEK.
AND THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION, TARYN.
'CAUSE I THINK SOME OF THAT TOO IS A REMINDER FOR THIS EVENT AND FUTURE EVENTS FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
NOW THAT WE'VE REALLY GOT THE ETHOS AND THE ORGANIZATION PUT TOGETHER FOR WHAT ARBOR DAY WILL BE, I THINK WE CAN DO A MUCH BIGGER PUSH TO ORGANIZE AND DO COMMUNICATIONS MUCH EARLIER AND HAVE A MUCH MORE CODIFIED SYSTEM.
I SEE FUTURE YEARS PUTTING MORE INVESTMENT INTERNALLY FROM OUR AD HOC TEAM, UH, IN THAT DIRECTION NOW THAT WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING EACH YEAR AND HAVE A BETTER FEEL FOR IT.
UH, BILL MARIANNE, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS OR, OKAY, WELL THEN WE'RE EXCITED FOR APRIL 26TH.
UH, ATTENDANCE, I DON'T THINK I CAN MAKE IT MANDATORY, BUT HIGHLY ENCOURAGED FOR TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS IF YOU CAN COME OUT ESPECIALLY EARLY TO KICK THINGS OFF.
I FIND THAT IF YOU CAN, WE CAN GET A NICE CRITICAL MASS THERE EARLY.
OTHER PEOPLE WILL GET INTERESTED AND DRIVE BY AND WANT TO GET INTO THE MIX.
UH, SO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING OUT FOR THAT.
UM, I'M CLEARLY VERY EXCITED AND I LOVE SEEING MARYANNE IN, UH, ADDRESSED AS A TREE LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR I'M PUTTING TOGETHER.
TWO TREES SHALL MAKE A FOREST.
UM, DON'T COUNT ON IT BEING THE BEST, UH, COSTUME.
I'M REALLY RACKING MY BRAIN, MY IMAGINATION.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE MY OTHER, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO CONSIDER DRESSING UP AS A TREE
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GOT A BIG MUSHROOM HAT I CAN BILL, PLEASE.UH, JUST WHAT TIME IS THIS START? IT STARTS AT 11, SO IT GOES 11 TO FOUR.
WELL, WITH THAT I WILL OPEN THIS MATTER UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, I'LL ASK THE CLERK IF WE GOT ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
AND WE DO NOT HAVE AN IN-PERSON AUDIENCE TODAY.
SO I WILL PRETTY QUICKLY CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE WILL CLOSE THAT HEARING AND WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS STREET TREE AD HOC COMMITTEE PROGRESS UPDATE.
UH, THIS IS A DISCUSSION SLASH STUDY SESSION TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON A REVISED APPROVED TREAT LIST.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS AD HOC WAS HOWARD FORMBY AND EBERLY AND ROGER, AND SO YOU'RE MISSING TWO OF YOUR COMPATRIOTS.
UH, BUT EBERLY, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US ANY KIND OF OVERVIEW, UM, TO KIND OF KICK US OFF? WELL, I, I HOPE EVERYONE'S HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
UM, PRIMARILY WHAT WE DID WAS ADD A BUNCH OF TREES ONTO IT, REMOVED A FEW LOOK THAT EARLY ON AT OTHER, UH, CITIES.
UM, WELL, I PERSONALLY LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES, STREET TREE LISTS TO SEE IF THERE WAS A GOOD MODEL AND IT WAS FELT BY THE GROUP THAT THE ONE WE HAD WAS ADEQUATE.
UH, IT'S ON AN EXCEL SHEET THAT, UM, WAS MODIFIED SOMEWHAT.
AND UM, YEAH, FOR ME IT'S PRETTY, SEEMS PRETTY SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD TO USE.
BUT I'VE GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK THAT FOR A PERSON WHO'S NOT FAMILIAR WITH TREES, IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO PLANT.
ONE OF MY SUGGESTIONS WAS KIND OF AS A COMPANION TO THIS WOULD BE TO HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE, NOT NECESSARILY PROFESSIONALS, BUT PEOPLE SUCH AS MYSELF.
I'M NOT A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, BUT I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT TREES AND STREET TREES AND EDUCATING MYSELF WHO WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO HELP THEM WALK THROUGH THIS IF THEY'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY.
UM, SO, SO YEAH, I WISH THAT, UM, CHIEF OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WERE HERE TODAY, HOWARD, BUT, UM, SOMETHING MUST HAVE COME UP.
WELL THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OVERVIEW.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO IT.
I KNOW THAT FORMATTING, THERE WAS A LOT THAT GOES INTO MAKING LIST READABLE, EVEN ASIDE FROM JUST PICKING THE SPECIES.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THIS.
UH, SO I WILL BRING IT TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ABOUT THE LIST, UH, THINGS YOU'RE NOTICING, MAYBE WORDS OF I, AND I WILL SAY BRIEFLY THAT FROM HERE, IF WE DO A VOTE, UH, TODAY, WE CAN MOVE THIS FROM TREE COMMITTEE TO SEND IT THE NEXT STEP TO CITY STAFF, WHICH THIS WOULD GO BEFORE PARKS AND REC AND PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTAL STAKEHOLDERS WHO WOULD BE WORKING WITH TREES AND KIND OF IMPLEMENTING THE, UH, OVERSIGHT OF THIS APPROVED TREE LIST.
THEY WOULD REVIEW IT AND MAKE COMMENTS AND THEN IT WOULD PASS TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND A VOTE FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO THEN GO TO CITY COUNCIL WHO WILL ULTIMATELY ADOPT IT AS THE CITY'S NEW LIST.
UM, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN GIVE GOOD CRITIQUE AND THEN MOVE THIS FORWARD JUST SO WE CAN KEEP THAT PROCESS GOING AND GET THAT LIST UPDATED.
CHANNELING A LITTLE BIT OF THE KIND OF LEAD.
I KNOW HOWARD IS REALLY EXCITED TO GET THIS MOVING.
SO, UM, SO WITH THAT I WILL ASK IF ANYONE HAS COMMENTS, CRITIQUES, FEEDBACK, UM, ANYTHING MARIANNE? UH, NO, I JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS.
UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE TO PUT, PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS TOGETHER.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF UM, ALONG THE LINES OF MAKING IT MORE EASY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO USE, UM, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD SOMEHOW, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE USE OF AI OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT MAKE MAKE IT TO WHERE THEY CAN PUT IN A FEW SEARCH TERMS LIKE SIZE, CENTER, SHADE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER FEATURE THEY WANT, COLORED COLORFUL LEAVES OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
A A FEW THINGS AND, AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SHORTER LIST COME UP FOR THEM THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR THEM TO SELECT FROM JUST A THOUGHT.
I MEAN WE HAVE ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW.
NO, THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA THOUGH.
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BUT YEAH,UH, I WANNA JUMP TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BUT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS ALONG THE LINES OF AS WELL.
UM, WOULD STAFF BE ABLE TO MAKE CHANGES TO LIKE ONCE WE PASS IT ON FROM TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND IT'S GOING TO OTHER BODIES, RIGHT? IT'S PASSING THROUGH STAFF REVIEW FIRST.
UH, IF STAFF HAS, UH, I MEAN IF WE HAVE FEEDBACK, STAFF HAS FEEDBACK, PLANNING COMMISSION HAS FEEDBACK, WHO ULTIMATELY UPDATES THE LIST AND COULD ADD COLUMNS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, WOULD THAT BE A STAFF ITEM MOVING FORWARD? UM, GREAT QUESTION IN PLAIN LANGUAGE, YES.
BUT THE CAVEAT IS WHEN WE, WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS, UM, WHEN WE, WHEN WE MET PRIOR, UH, TO THE MEETING WHEN THIS WAS BEING AGENDIZED, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK BY THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO GET IT TO THIS POINT.
AND I THINK WE TOSSED AROUND WHAT TYPE OF FORUM, RIGHT? COULD YOU ENGAGE WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE KIND OF THREE ESSENTIAL STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH IS PARKS AND REC PLANNING AND PUBLIC WORKS.
AND WE KINDA LANDED ON THIS MODEL OF, OF A DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE, WHICH MEETS WITH OFTENTIMES, UM, A DESIGN OR AN APPLICANT SPECIAL EVENT ORGANIZERS.
AND, AND WHAT I WOULD OFFER THIS COMMITTEE IF, IF, IF THE AD HOC WOULD BE WILLING TO SEND THE REPRESENTATIVES AND OR AT LEAST INVITE THE THREE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKED ON THIS TO MEET WITH THE STAFF, UM, TO GO OVER THE LISTS BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOME QUESTIONS ON SOME METHODOLOGY TO REMOVE A TREE OR ADD A TREE.
AND THE IDEA IS TO COLLECT ALL THAT INPUT IN ONE SETTING.
UM, WE CAN KIND OF ROUND ROBIN AND WORKSHOP IT AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK I IMAGINE MAY BE SPECIES, BUT OTHERS COULD LAND INTO COMMUNICATIONS AND HOW WE WANT TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.
BUT THAT HELPS STREAMLINE THAT SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO KIND OF GO DOOR TO DOOR.
UM, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPACTFUL WHEN THE FOLKS BEHIND A LOT OF THE WORK ARE THERE SO THAT WE CAN GET ALL THOSE COMMENTS, ADDRESS 'EM ON THE SPOT, AND THEN COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE IF THERE ARE SUBSID CHANGES OR RETOOL AND BRING IT ON TO PLANNING WITH THOSE CHANGES AND NOTES.
IF SO, LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING MAYBE SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT.
THAT SOUNDS, AND I KNOW I'VE GOT ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ADOC TO LEAN ON, SO YOU CAN VOLUNTEER OTHERS IF YOU WANT.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO BOTHER A VOLUNTEER HOWARD AND ROGER, BUT NO, I'M CERTAINLY, UM, UM, MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET WITH WITH THOSE FOLKS.
AND UH, JUST REGARDING WHAT MARIANNE WAS SAYING ABOUT USING AI, SOMETHING THAT'S WE'VE LINKED TO IS, IS CAL POLY SELECT TREE.
SO PEOPLE COULD CROSS REVERENCE, YOU KNOW, THE TREES THAT WE HAVE ON THE LIST WITH THAT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, VERY EASY TO USE WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT SEARCH PARAMETERS.
NOW THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
AND I THINK THE AD HOC MEETING DIRECTLY WITH STAFF COULD BE GREAT AND JUST GETTING WHATEVER VERSION EVENTUALLY MOVES ON TO PLANNING KIND OF THE BEST VERSION OF ITSELF TO MOVE TO PLANNING.
THEN CITY COUNCIL, UM, BILL, DID YOU HAVE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? YEAH, YEAH, I'D LOVE TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD.
UH, IF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE'S IN FAVOR OF IT, I'M IN FAVOR OF IT.
UH, I THINK IT'S, UH, A LOT OF GOOD WORK'S BEEN PUT IN IT AND INTO IT AND GONE, GONE OVER THOROUGHLY.
SO, UM, THE UPDATE LOOKS GOOD TO ME.
I DO THINK THOUGH IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE AGE OLD QUESTION HERE, THE RIGHT TREE AND THE RIGHT LOCATION AND UM, SO THE MORE THAT WE CAN DET FIGURE OUT HOW THE PRODUCT IS DELIVERED TO THE PUBLIC SO THEY CAN DETERMINE THAT BASED ON THE SIZE OF THEIR, UM, PLANTER STRIP OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE WIRES OVERHEAD, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UH, SO FILTERS KIND OF IN EXCEL OR POTENTIALLY ON THE WEB COULD BE ONE WAY TO DO THAT.
BUT OBVIOUSLY, UH, URBAN FORESTRY, URBAN FOREST OR ON SITE, SOMEBODY THAT CAN REALLY, UM, HELP DICTATE THE RIGHT TREE IN THE RIGHT LOCATION TO ME IS THE, THE GOAL HERE.
I LIKE LOBBYING FOR THAT STAFF POSITION BILL.
I THINK USABILITY IS GONNA BE HUGE.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT'S ONE THING WE GET A LOT FROM ANYONE HERE WHO INTERFACES WITH ANYONE THINKING ABOUT PLANTING A TREE OR HOW TO TAKE CARE OF A TREE.
THEY WANT TO KNOW THOSE KIND OF DETAILS OF WHAT'S GONNA FIT WHERE, HOW LONG'S IT GONNA LIVE, WHAT SHOULD I DO, MAINTAINING IT.
UM, MAYBE EXPLANATIONS ABOUT DEEP WATERING.
SO YOU KNOW, THIS DOCUMENT CAN'T DO EVERYTHING AND IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO LINK OUT TO OTHER AREAS.
UH, SO YEAH, IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE KIND OF HOW THAT, HOW THAT TAKES SHAPE.
AND JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING, DREW, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, IT SAYS APPROVED TREE LIST AND THEN WE'VE BEEN CALLING IT THE STREET TREE LIST AND I KNOW PLANNING HAS A LIST OF TREES THEY GIVE TO DEVELOPERS TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN PLANT, UH, AT YOUR DEVELOPMENT.
HOW WILL THIS FUNCTION? IS THIS JUST FOR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TREES OR IS THIS A TREE LIST FOR DEVELOPMENT
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OR BOTH? UM, HOW IS THIS, JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS BEING USED? GREAT QUESTION.MY INTERPRETATION WOULD BE BOTH.
UM, HOWEVER, THAT'S, LET'S MAKE SURE WE, UM, GET CONSENSUS ON THAT, HOW IT'S GONNA BE USED WITHIN THOSE THREE DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE TO NAVIGATE, YOU KNOW, A ZONING ORDINANCE, UM, PLANNING REVIEW, SPAR, ET CETERA.
SO LET'S, LET'S HAVE THAT QUESTION ANSWERED.
IT'S A GOOD ONE WITHIN THAT GROUP.
SO WE CAN LET IT TO REST WHEN WE BRING BACK AND MESSAGING KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO HERE.
YEAH, NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE I, I FELT LIKE MAYBE I SHOULDN'T ASK THIS BECAUSE I'M GONNA REVEAL THAT, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT, UH, SOMETHING WHERE I, I, THIS HAD BEEN REFERENCED IN A PLANNING APPLICATION AND THEY HAD KIND OF FOLLOWED THIS LIST AND I WAS LIKE, WELL THAT'S JUST STREET TREES.
THAT'S NOT EVERY TREE, BUT I THINK IT'S FUNCTIONING TO KIND OF COVER ANYWHERE WHERE WE NEED A TREE LIST.
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE CAN KIND OF GET THAT SUSSED OUT AND, AND MAKE UPDATES AS APPROPRIATE.
TARYN, DID YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS? UM, THIS IS VERY TECHNICAL, SO I REALLY DO THANK ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT'S GONE ON BEFORE INCLUDING, UH, FORMER, UH, CHAIR JOHN SCHIBS.
UM, THIS IS A LOT TO WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND AND I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC TO WRAP THEIR HEAD AROUND THE ORIGINAL VERSION, UM, UH, IS QUITE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE COME UP WITH AND IT'S, UH, A LOT EASIER TO FOLLOW THIS, THIS, UM, WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND I REALLY, UH, THINK THAT THAT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE TALKING WITH PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY DON'T KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT TREES AND THEY'VE GOT KIND OF A LOT OF ANXIETY.
SO, UM, I THINK THE WORK PLAN IS PROPOSED, UM, BY, UH, DARREN AND DREW IS GREAT.
UM, I I HOPE THAT MAYBE THE, UM, SOMEBODY THAT'S IN MARKETING COULD BE ADDED TO THE, UM, THE GROUP THAT WORKS ON THIS AT SOME POINT TO REALLY PUT ON THE HAT OF SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TREES TO WALK THEM THROUGH THIS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, TALK TO THEM LIKE THEY'RE A 10TH, 10 YEARS OLD KIND OF A THING, RIGHT? REALLY MAKE IT REALLY EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
AND I DO FEEL LIKE IT IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND, BUT IF WE CAN JUST ABSOLUTELY TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND, I KNOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IF WE DO MOVE IT FORWARD TODAY, THAT IT DOES GET LIKE, UM, UH, ANOTHER WORK COMMITTEE APPLIED TO IT TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT SKILLS ADD VALUE TO IT BECAUSE I, I JUST THINK IT'S GREAT AS IT IS.
UM, I WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE FRUIT TREES ADDED, BUT I KNOW THAT I'M IN THE VAST MAJORITY THERE.
AND YES, FRUIT TREES CAN BE PROBLEMATIC FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, BUT GREAT FEEDBACK.
AND UM, TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT NOTE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS LIKE THAT TO I GUESS DIRECT IT TO DREW AND CATHERINE WHO CAN THEN SEND IT ON TO THE AD HOC, UH, BECAUSE AS THEY, YOU KNOW, IF WE MOVE IT FORWARD TODAY AS THEY MEET WITH STAFF, IF WE CAN INCORPORATE ANY OF THE TAC FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY IN WRITING, LIKE IF THERE'S SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OR EVEN IF IT'S A SIMPLE STATEMENT SAYING, HEY, I REALLY LIKED THE CONTEXT AND KIND OF USABILITY LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN THE PRIOR ONE.
THEY CAN TAKE THAT INTO THAT MEETING OR GET IT READY BEFOREHAND.
OKAY, SO, UM, IN TO DO THAT, I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WHEN I'VE BEEN OUT WALKING THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH RELIEF TRYING TO GET, UM, NEIGHBORS TO, UM, ACCEPT A FREE TREE IN THEIR FRONT YARD, YOU, WE, WE REALLY HAVE A METHOD OF, HMM, YOU'RE ON A CORNER HERE, YOU'VE GOT THIS HERE, YOU'VE GOT THAT THERE.
YOU'VE GOT OVERHEAD LINES, YOU'VE GOT THIS OVER THERE.
IT WALKS YOU THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE FACTORS HERE, WHAT ARE THE CONSTANTS, WHAT ARE THE VARIABLES? HOW DO YOU MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHERE A TREE GOES AND WHAT TYPE OF A TREE SHOULD IT BE? HIGH WATER, LOW WATER, HIGH, UH, TALL, MEDIUM SHORT.
AND UM, IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT WALKS 'EM THROUGH, IT'S LIKE A DECISION TREE AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE.
HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT TREE IS APPROPRIATE? THE LIST OF TERMS IS GREAT, I CAN FOLLOW THAT, BUT I THINK THE HANDHOLDING, YOU KNOW, TALK TO PEOPLE LIKE THEIR FIFTH GRADERS AND HOLD THEIR HAND THROUGH THE PROCESS.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT COULD JUST BE A LITTLE
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BIT OF AN EXTRA MILE THAT I WOULD HOPE, UM, HELPS, UM, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THAT'S WHY I SEE TREES COMING DOWN RIGHT WRONG TREE IN THE WRONG PLACE.AND IF WE DON'T QUITE GIVE THEM THE COMP FRAMEWORK, THEY MIGHT JUST MAKE THE WRONG DECISION AGAIN AND WHOOPS, THAT DOESN'T END WELL.
IS THAT, DOES THAT HELP TO FOLLOW ON WITH THAT? UH, HOW IS THIS INFORMATION GONNA BE PRESENTED? IS IT JUST GONNA BE A LINK TO A PDF FILE THAT PEOPLE CAN DOWNLOAD IF THEY WANNA LOOK AT IT? OR CAN WE PRESENT IT IN A COMPREHENSIVE MANNER ON A WEBPAGE WITH LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES WHERE THEY CAN HELP NARROW DOWN THEIR SELECTIONS WITH THE DECISION TREE THAT TERRAN WAS TALKING ABOUT? HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE YOU DECIDE WHAT TREE YOU WANNA PLANT AND WHERE EXACTLY YOU WANNA PLANT IT AND MAKE IT A COMPLETE UH, RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE.
'CAUSE I THINK UP UNTIL NOW THIS HAS LARGELY BEEN USED BY STAFF.
UH, AND SO THE USER GROUP IS ALREADY SOMEONE WHO HAS A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION.
THEY'VE GOT THEIR USE CASE BUILT OUT ALREADY.
UM, AND IF WE ARE GONNA HAVE THIS BE FACING RESIDENTS, SO THIS IS GONNA BECOME A MUCH MORE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE RESOURCE AS WELL.
I DEFINITELY THINK THERE CAN BE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.
AND THIS MAKES ME THINK OF, UM, SOMETHING THAT IS PROBABLY DUE FOR AN UPDATE, REFRESH, USABILITY TWEAK, WHICH IS THE TREE TECHNICAL MANUAL.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR.
AND THE TREE TECHNICAL MANUAL IS ALL OF THE DETAILS ABOUT HOW DO YOU PLANT A TREE, WHAT'S THE RIGHT TREE FOR THE RIGHT SPACE.
UM, IT HAS A LOT OF THAT GUIDANCE.
SO I WONDER, AND THIS IS MAYBE A, A BIGGER DISCUSSION, BUT I WONDER IF THIS FUNCTIONS AS THE BASELINE LIST FOR HERE'S HOW WE ORGANIZE OUR THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT SPECIES WE WANT AND WHY, WHAT ARE THE TRAITS THAT MAKE THEM GOOD? AND THEN HAVE A COMPANION DOCUMENT THAT IS THE TREE TECHNICAL MANUAL HELP TO DECIPHER WHAT THAT MEANS.
LIKE WHERE TO PLACE THAT INFORMATION IN A DECISION TREE FOR HOW DO I KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT TREE IS SO THE RIGHT SITE.
'CAUSE NOT ONLY WILL IT HELP RESIDENTS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD REALLY HELP, UH, POTENTIALLY PLANNING STAFF, MAYBE IF THERE'S STAFF MEMBERS WHO AREN'T AS FAMILIAR WITH TREE AND LANDSCAPE.
UM, HAVING A A ROBUST SUPPORTING TECHNICAL MANUAL COULD BE A GREAT OTHER PIECE OF THIS.
UM, SO I THINK THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES HOW DO WE BEGIN THE WORK ON THAT AND DO WE MOVE THIS FORWARD INDEPENDENTLY OF THAT CONTEXT AND USABILITY FRAMEWORK? OR DO WE WAIT? UM, PERSONALLY I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS, UH, NOW JUST AS BETTER GUIDANCE FOR PLANNING PROJECTS.
YEAH, BUT I, I WOULD AGREE THAT, AND I DON'T, I THINK WE SHOULD GO, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE.
UM, WE CAN PUBLISH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO START WITH, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, HOWEVER WE, WHATEVER UMBRELLA WE PUT IT UNDER, WHETHER IT'S TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, RESIDENCE RESOURCE PAGE, OR CITY OF PETALUMA TREE RESOURCE PAGE OR WHATEVER, IS A WEBSITE, A WEBPAGE THAT HAS ACCESS TO ALL OF THESE VARIOUS DOCUMENTS AND THAT TELLS PEOPLE HOW THEY FIT TOGETHER AND THAT PROVIDES OTHER LINKS TO SEARCH ENGINES THAT CAN GIVE THEM MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TREES AND HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT ONE AND HAS ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND COMPREHENSIVELY.
SO YOU JUST CLICK ON THIS ONE LINK TO GO TO THIS PAGE AND ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED ABOUT PLANTING TREES IN PETALUMA IS THERE CAN, I MEAN, I THINK WE CAN PUBLISH WHAT WE HAVE NOW AND MAYBE HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO WORK TOWARD MAKING A MORE COMPLETE RESOURCE LIKE THAT FOR THE PUBLIC.
WE WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH A LOT OF THE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE VERBIAGE AND THEN HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN PUT IT INTO A WEBPAGE.
IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO THE LEGWORK AND SOMETHING THAT TAC COULD THEN BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND REALLY CONTRIBUTE.
UM, EVERLY WELL THERE IS THE LIST RIGHT NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST GOOGLE PETALUMA STREET TREES, I JUST THINK THE PUBLIC DOESN'T, DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AWARE OF IT BECAUSE I
YOU KNOW, THERE ALSO IS A TECHNICAL MANUAL, BUT IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND.
UH, AND SO HAVING ALL THOSE DOCUMENTS LINKED TOGETHER IS A LOGICAL IDEA.
NO, I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG PROJECTS WHEN I CAME ON TREE COMMITTEE WAS TRYING TO FORMALIZE A WEBSITE, GET THE TREE TECHNICAL MANUAL READILY AVAILABLE AND KIND OF DO WHAT MARIANNE'S TALKING ABOUT.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PROJECT FOR US TO, TO PICK UP WITH WITH GUSTO HERE, UH, TARREN.
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WE CAN DO PIECES, BUT I THINK WHAT THE REAL CHALLENGE IS WE NEED TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT WE WILL BE DOING AS WE DO THE PIECES WITH OUR GUIDE BEING HOW THE USER IS GOING TO BE ACCESSING THESE RESOURCES.UM, I WAS JUST ON THE ARBOR DAY SITE AND THEY HAVE A DECISION, KIND OF A WIDGET LIKE DO YOU WANT THIS KIND OF TREE EVERGREEN DECIDUOUS CLICK THAT, HOW MUCH SUN DO YOU HAVE? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOT A SPECTRUM OF, UH, SUN EXPOSURE.
THEN YOU CLICK THAT, THEN WHAT HEIGHT DO YOU WANT? AND YOU CLICK THAT.
SO THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A MAP OF HOW A DECISION IS MADE.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF A LOT OF WORK AND I THINK MAYBE THE CONSULTANT THAT'S DOING OUR URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN MIGHT BE THE PEOPLE TO DO THAT, BUT THEY'RE CON THEY'RE UNDER CONTRACT AND I'M SURE THE CONTRACT IS MAXED OUT.
DREW, I'D LIKE TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS.
UM, CAN WE WRITE A LETTER SAYING THAT WE WANT A TOOL AND PUTTING IT OUT TO BID AND ASK THE CITY COUNCIL, CAN YOU KICK SOME MONEY IN FOR THIS? I MEAN, IT'S SO GREAT THAT RELIEF AND THE CITY GOT THAT CAL FIRE GRANT WOULD MAKE GOOD USE OF THAT.
HOW ABOUT A LITTLE MORE MONEY? UM, AND ASK THE CITY COUNCIL IF THEY WOULD PUT SOME RESOURCES.
'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A, PUTTING TOGETHER LIKE A, A WIDGET A TOOL IS KIND OF A LOT.
WELL, AND JUST AS A QUICK THOUGHT THERE, IF WE COULD LINK TO ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION, MAYBE THAT WOULD DO THE LIFT UNLESS YOU THINK IT'S NOT A GOOD ENOUGH TOOL.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD ENOUGH TOOL EVEN WHEN YOU PLUG IN OUR ZIP CODE.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE POWER LINES AND I DON'T, IT, IT COULD, IT'S A TOOL, IT COULD BE A STARTING TOOL.
I, I I SEE YOU EVERLY, PLEASE JUMP IN.
WELL, I DON'T, WE DON'T NEED TO BE REINVENTING THE WHEEL.
IF YOU GO ON PETALUMA'S EXISTING TREE LIST AND YOU CAN LINK TO CAL POLY SELECT TREE AND YOU CAN PUT IN, I'M LOOKING AT IT RIGHT, RIGHT NOW.
MAXIMUM TREE HEIGHT, CANOPY WIDTH, YOU CAN PUT IN YOUR ZIP CODE, THE TREE SHAPE YOU WANT, WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT IT TO BE DECIDUOUS OR EVERGREEN, IT'S BEEN DONE.
AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN JUST PUT THAT LINK ON THE PAGE.
BUT I THINK IT'S THEN MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS ALL READABLE FROM FIRST GLANCE.
THAT IF PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO GO, THAT THEY GO TO SELECT A TREE THAT IS THE RESOURCE THAT GUIDES 'EM TO THE RIGHT TREE.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THE TOOL NOW.
UH, THE URBAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE.
I THINK THIS IS A BIGGER DISCUSSION, TARYN, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, WHEN WE HAVE IDEALLY MAYBE OUR FULL COMPLIMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MAYBE WITH NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, I, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT SCHEDULE COMING UP HERE IN JUNE OF WHO'S CYCLING OUT OR, OR COMING BACK ON WHATEVER THE CASE IS.
UM, TO CREATE AN AD HOC TO REALLY DIVE AGAIN INTO THE WEBSITE.
I THINK THAT WAS THE LAST BIG THING JOHN TRIPS WAS DOING IS HE PUT TOGETHER HUNDREDS OF PAGES TO GO INTO A WEBSITE, BUT I THINK IT ENDED WITH LIKE A PDF OF ALL OF THAT AND THEN IT NEEDED TO BE TRANSLATED.
SO THERE'S SOMETHING THERE WE CAN PICK UP ON, UH, TO THE VEIN OF WHAT MARIANNE AND TARAN ARE TALKING ABOUT TO MAKE SOMETHING COMPREHENSIVE THAT THEN TAC IS KIND OF RESPONSIBLE FOR.
AND THIS COMMITTEE CAN UPDATE WITHOUT NECESSARILY NEEDING A TON OF FURTHER PERMISSIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT THIS LIST RIGHT NOW IS OPERATING KIND OF AT A MORE TECHNICAL LEVEL FOR USE.
STARTING I THINK WITH OUR CITY STAFF TO DECIDE WHAT NEW TREES GET PLANTED.
PROBABLY GUIDANCE FOR GROUPS LIKE RELIEF, UH, WHO AGAIN, HAVE A LITTLE MORE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE USED IMMEDIATELY BY RESIDENTS UNLESS WE ADD AN AREA THAT SAYS IF YOU'RE DECIDING WHAT TREE TO PLANT, GO TO SELECT A TREE AND THEN LOOK AT OUR LIST AND COMPARE TO OUR LIST.
MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING EASY LIKE THAT JUST FOR THE LIST SAKE TO MOVE THAT FORWARD AND THEN EVENTUALLY BUILD OUT A MUCH BETTER WEBSITE.
UM, I'M ALSO A BIG FAN OF NOT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET OUT OF OUR OWN WAY AND NOT, NOT RE REINVENTING WHEELS WHEN WE CAN.
UM, AND I THINK, I THINK IT'S JUST YES TO ALL OF IT, RIGHT? IT'S A PROCESS THOUGH WHERE WHAT WE HAVE, FORTUNATELY WE, IT'S NOT THE, UM, THE BUILDING OF THE WEBSITE, RIGHT? THAT'S GONNA BE A LIMITING FACTOR, UM, OR COST AND TIMES TO DO THAT.
WHAT WE REALLY RELY ON IS THE CONTENT, RIGHT? AND WE LOOK TO YOU ALL WHO HAVE GOT A STEP TO THAT POINT.
SO IF IT'S THE COMMITTEE'S, UM, WISHES IS TO PUSH THIS FORWARD AS IS, HAVE THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE KIND OF REALLY HONE IN ON
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GETTING FEEDBACK ON THE SPECIES.THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CERTAINLY CAN DO NOW, UM, TO GET THIS, YOU KNOW, UM, A WEBSITE AND A MORE USER-FRIENDLY ACCESS TOOLS AROUND IT.
AND THEN YOU BUILD ON IT AS YOU GET FEEDBACK.
UM, BUT I MEAN, JUST, JUST VERY LOW HANGING FRUIT, PUN INTENDED HERE IS, YOU KNOW, THE TREE LOCATIONS HAVING ACTUAL LINKS RIGHT TO VISUALS.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COULD PRETTY, PRETTY QUICKLY JUST KIND OF HAMMER OUT AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE.
BUT THEN ONCE IT'S OUT THERE, THEN YOU CAN START GET FEEDBACK ON HOW, HOW WE CAN TAKE IT FROM THAT TO INTEGRATING OTHER USERS' TOOLS.
UM, BUT FORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE HAVE REALLY COME A LONG WAY AND UM, MODIFYING THE TOOLS WE HAVE IN OF OUR ABILITIES ON THE WEBSITE.
AND THAT WAS NOT THE CASE A FEW YEARS AGO.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO START WITH THE, THE TREE, UM, STREET TREE LIST, BUT ALSO HAVE SOME OF REPOSITORY FROM THE TREE TECHNICAL MANUAL AND START BUILDING A REPOSITORY OF ALL THE INFORMATION SO WE CAN SEE WHICH ONE YOU WANNA PUT YOUR TIME AND ENERGY AND UPDATE.
SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.
YEAH, AND I THINK IT, WE GET NEW INFORMATION PERIODICALLY.
A TREE, YOU KNOW, IS, IS BEING SUSCEPTIBLE TO A NEW PATHOGEN IS NO LONGER SUITABLE.
AND IT'D BE NICE IF THE STREET TREE LIST COULD BE QUICKLY MODIFIED, DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH YEAR LONG PROCESSES TO REMOVE A TREE.
UM, SO, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE REDOING THIS, WE COULDN'T ACCESS THE EXCEL LIST SO IT HAD TO BE, YOU KNOW, DONE FROM SCRATCH AGAIN.
SO HAVING, YOU KNOW, THIS INFORMATION MODIFIABLE AND AVAILABLE TO UM, FUTURE MEMBERS WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL.
I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD BRING TO THAT STAFF MEETING.
'CAUSE ULTIMATELY THIS LIST WILL THEN BE TAKEN AND ANY MODIFICATIONS YOU AGREE UPON WITH CITY STAFF TO THEN MOVE FORWARD, THEY WILL THEN IDEALLY HAVE THE TEMPLATE DOCUMENT.
AND I WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE IN YOUR MEETING WITH THEM WHENEVER THAT OCCURS, UM, THAT YOU MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT, LOOK, I WANT THIS TO KIND OF STAY AS SOMETHING EDITABLE AND WHAT IS THE STREAMLINED PROCESS, RIGHT? AND, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE ALL THE RIGHT FOLKS IN THE ROOM LIKE PLANNING AND LIKE PROCESS WISE, HOW DO WE GET THIS ACCELERATED IF THERE ARE QUICK TWEAKS WE NEED TO DO, YOU KNOW, NOT A FULL REFRESH.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
UM, AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT DISCUSSION AND OPENS UP SOME AVENUES OF USABILITY AND REACHING OUT, UH, WITH TREE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, THE TREE COMMITTEE CAN REALLY TAKE ON.
AND REALLY THIS LIST IS KIND OF A FIRST STEP, UM, TO DOING SOME MORE OF THAT SUPPORTIVE WORK.
THIS IS KIND OF THE MOST TECHNICAL SPECIES SPECIFIC DOCUMENT AS GUIDANCE AND THEN WE CAN BUILD OUT A FRAMEWORK AROUND THAT.
UM, I WOULD SAY IF ANYONE HAS MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR I WOULD ALSO INVITE A VOTE FROM THIS GROUP TO SAY DO WE MOVE THIS ON TO LET THE AD HOC WORK WITH STAFF AND GET THIS LIST GOING FURTHER.
AND IF SO, ANYONE CAN MAKE A A MOTION.
AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
I'LL ASK THE CLERK FOR A ROLL CALL.
SO WE HAVE VOTED TO MOVE THIS ON.
WE DO NOT HAVE A GENERAL PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE, SO I WAS REMISS IN OPENING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, CATHERINE, DID WE GET ANY COMMENTS ON THIS PRIOR TO THE MEETING? WE DID NOT.
AND THEN WITH THAT, HAVING NO COMMENT CARDS, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, I DON'T THINK WE MISSED ANYTHING THERE.
UH, AND THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS A PLANNING DESIGN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE.
AND MARYANNE, I WILL LOOK TO YOU.
I KNOW THAT THAT AD HOC RIGHT NOW IS HOWARD, ROGER AND YOURSELF.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN ANY MEETINGS.
IT'S BEEN TOUGH TO WRANGLE PLANNING STAFF.
AND UH, YEAH, I THINK WE WERE LOOKING THE LAST MEETING, UM, CINDY MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT KIND OF SENDING OUT A SORT OF A MORE CLEAR CLARIFIED DESCRIPTION OF EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT WERE OUR OBJECTIVES WERE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT I KNOW SHE GOT, SHE'S, YOU KNOW, WAS PREOCCUPIED WITH OTHER THINGS.
SO, SO THAT WAS WHY I HAD A FEELING AND THAT'S WHERE THIS ACTION ITEM CAME FROM.
UH, SO I SPOKE WITH COMMITTEE MEMBER MC LANE AND KIND OF EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT, LOOK, I GOTTA US INTO THIS MESS OF FIGURING OUT WHAT THIS IS AND GETTING SOMETHING GOING.
UM, SO WOULD IT MAKE SENSE FOR ME TO SWAP IN FOR HIM AND SEE IF I CAN LEAD A CHARGE TO TRY TO, UH, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING HERE, SEE IF WE CAN START THE PROCESS.
UNFORTUNATELY HE'S NOT HERE TODAY.
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HE SAID YEAH, THAT WOULD BE FINE WITH HIM.SO I WANTED TO BRING IT FORWARD TO THIS COMMITTEE TO DO A VOTE TO SEE IF WE COULD JUST MAKE THAT CHANGE IN AD HOC MEMBERSHIP TO MOVE ROGER OFF THE DESIGN AD HOC.
AND I WOULD MOVE ON IT AND LIKE I SAID, SEE IF I CAN FI FINISH WHAT I STARTED OR START WHAT I STARTED.
UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT? AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF A MEMBERSHIP CHANGE WITHIN THAT DESIGN COMMITTEE.
OKAY, WELL I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
WELL THEN, UM, I WILL INVITE A MOTION TO VOTE TO CHANGE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PLANNING DESIGN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE TO REPLACE ROGER KERLAN WITH DARREN KUSON.
SO I WILL INVITE ANYONE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THAT.
AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
AND I WILL ASK THE CLERK FOR A ROLL CALL.
AND CATHERINE, FEEL FREE TO ALWAYS JUMP IN AND STOP ME WHEN I'M DOING THINGS WRONG.
I FORGOT TO OPEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN,
UH, SO I WILL JUST ASK IF WE HAD ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
AND WE DON'T AND WE DON'T HAVE A, A GENERAL PUBLIC IN PERSON.
SO CLOSE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
AGAIN, THAT ISN'T MY APOLOGIES.
WE ARE NOT GIVING SHORT SHRIFT TO THE RIGHT PROCESS.
UM, SO WITH THAT, THAT WILL CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION OF THIS MEETING.
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WE WILL MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE COMMENT.UH, AND OBVIOUSLY NOW WE HAVE DREW JOINING US WHO HAS JUMPED IN FEET FIRST TO EVERYTHING WITH TREE COMMITTEE.
SO WE'LL SEE IF WE HAVE ANY UPDATES, UH, PERTINENT FROM, OR EXCUSE ME, COMMITTEE COMMENT, THAT STAFF COMMENT.
WE'LL START WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS ANY UPDATES ON ANYTHING RELATED TO THE BUSINESS OF THIS COMMITTEE OR OTHER UPDATES RELEVANT TO OUR SUBJECT MATTER.
I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT AS TREE COMMITTEE MEMBER.
UM, I REPRESENTED, UH, MYSELF, UM, ON A RECENT TRIP DOWN TO SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY WHERE UM, I VISITED THEIR ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL GARDENS AND THEIR CITY HALL PARKS DEPARTMENT.
AND UH, THEY ARE DOING WONDERFUL WORK DOWN THERE.
UM, I SPOKE WITH, UH, SOME OF THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PROFESSORS.
AND UH, LONG STORY SHORT, THE KEY THING THAT I SAW DOWN THERE THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, UM, I THINK IT'S A BRILLIANT THING THAT THEY'RE DOING AND THAT WE COULD EASILY DO, UM, IN PETALUMA.
AND THAT IS THEIR CAMPAIGN CALLED KEYS FOR TREES.
AND WHAT THAT IS, IS WHEN YOU GO TO GET YOUR HOTEL TO GO DOWN THERE, UM, YOU, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, LET'S CALL IT $5, SOME SMALL AMOUNT OF YOUR HOTEL ROOM GOES STRAIGHT TO PLANTING AND MAINTAINING THEIR STREET TREES.
AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL CITY DOWN THERE.
EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE SEEMS TO HAVE AN EYE TOWARDS WHAT IS THEIR HERITAGE, WHAT IS THEIR BRAND, UM, WHAT IS TRUE BEAUTY AND WHAT COMPLIMENTS THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO THIS KEYS FOR TREES, HOW INTERESTING OF A CAMPAIGN IT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE BASICALLY HITTING YOU UP FOR MONEY FOR THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
BUT THE WAY THEY'VE DONE IT WITH THIS MARKETING PROGRAM MAKES YOU HAPPY TO HELP AND IT TURNS IT INTO A STRENGTH.
IT TURNS THEIR NEED FOR FUNDING TO MAINTAIN THEIR TREES INTO A COMMITMENT TO CARE, A STAKE IN THE GROUND FOR CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND IT'S JUST THE EMOTION, THE SENTIMENT, IT ALL WORKS.
SO I HAVE INFORMATION ON THAT, UM, AN ARTICLE ON THAT.
I SPOKE WITH SOME OF THEIR PEOPLE ON THAT.
AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK IS THAT WE CONSIDER PERHAPS AT THE NEXT MEETING OUR CHAIR OR MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONSIDER AT THE NEXT MEETING OUR CHAIR WRITING A LETTER TO OUR CITY COUNCIL TO PLEASE CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT WOULD HIT UP HOTEL PEOPLE.
UM, 'CAUSE IF YOU DO THE MATH $5 A ROOM, UM, FOR HOW MANY ROOMS WE HAVE IN PETALUMA, THAT'S A HECK OF A LOT OF MONEY.
AND UM, IT WOULD ENHANCE OUR BRANDING AND HELP US WITH OUR DIRE TREE SITUATION.
SO IF WE COULD GET OUR CHAIR TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE CARE.
UM, CONSIDER THIS, UM, CHARGE THE
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OUT OF TOWNERS, MAKE THEM HAPPY TO PAY THE MONEY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.A GREAT, A GREAT SHOW AND TELL, GREAT PROGRAM, UH, AND GOOD ADVOCACY.
SO PLEASE, UM, IF YOU CAN SEND ME JUST LIKE A LITTLE SNAPSHOT COPY OF THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AND THINK ABOUT AND COORDINATE WITH, UM, STAFF TO WRITE A LETTER THAT MAKES SENSE.
IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE FOR TREE ADVOCACY HERE, UM, LET'S, LET'S DO IT.
AND YEAH, THEN IDEALLY BRING IT BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEND SOMETHING POTENTIALLY WITH THE WEIGHT OF TREE COMMITTEE, BUT LET'S THINK ABOUT IT AND TALK ABOUT IT AND, AND MAYBE IT'S PART OF AN EVEN BIGGER ASK, BUT NO, THAT'S GREAT.
UM, I WILL GIVE A QUICK UPDATE FROM PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, WE REVIEWED THE, I THINK SINCE OUR LAST TREE COMMITTEE MEETING, WE'VE HAD TWO MEETINGS WE REVIEWED, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE, THE PETALUMA, UH, RIVER PARK THAT WILL BE THE PARK OUT ON MCNAIR POINT, UM, OUT NEAR, UH, YEAH, STEAMER LANDING.
UM, AND THAT IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT WITH OBVIOUSLY A MASSIVE INVESTMENT FROM A PRIVATE GROUP WHO'S BUILDING A PARK IN THE HEART OF PETALUMA.
THERE'S SOME GREAT QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP AT THAT EVENT.
A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT TREES AND LANDSCAPE AS THIS COMMITTEE GOT TO SEE.
WE ALSO LEARNED THERE IS A GREAT ARCHEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGY HISTORY IN PETALUMA WITH WOOLY MAMMOTHS HAVING BEEN FOUND WHERE LOMBARDI'S IS AND A COUPLE OTHER PLACES IN TOWN, WHICH A COMMISSION MEMBER, COMMITTEE MEMBER WHITLEY FROM HCPC BROUGHT THAT UP.
MAYBE THE COOLEST MEETING TO TALK ABOUT, UH, ARCHEOLOGY AND WOOLLY MAMMOTH.
SO THERE'S A GREAT UPDATE ON THE RIVER PARK.
A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS COMMITTEE DID MATRICULATE THROUGH AND GOT PRESENTED, WHICH WAS GREAT.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A MEETING ABOUT THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
AND SOMETHING INTERESTING THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS FROM BOR, UH, GIVING US AN UPDATE THAT THE CITY IS EXPLORING A POTENTIAL COST SHARING PROGRAM FOR PROPERTY OWNERS WITH THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
AND NOW I'M ONLY SAYING IT BECAUSE HE SAID IT, I DON'T WANNA PROMISE ANYTHING, BUT I THINK IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND OF COURSE I A MILLION TIMES SAID, COULD THAT BE USED FOR TREES? COULD THAT BE USED FOR TREES? UH, SO THERE WAS ACTUALLY A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN THIS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH IS HOW PEOPLE LIKE WALK, BIKE AND ROLL AROUND PETALUMA.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT TREES AND LANDSCAPE AND ABOUT HOW DESIGN OF TRAILS AND STREETS NEEDS TO NOT ONLY ACCOMMODATE ALL ROAD USERS, BUT ALSO ACCOMMODATE AESTHETICS AND BEAUTY AND CLIMATE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT TREES BRING TO THE PARTY.
AND I WAS SURPRISED THAT IT, I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA HAVE TO BE THE CHAMPION FOR TREES AND EVERYONE ELSE WAS READY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
UM, SO I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP FOR TREE COMMITTEE TO REALLY HAVE SOME EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY AND JUST AS INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, NETWORK WITH CITY STAKEHOLDERS AND JUST COMMUNICATE HOW IMPORTANT WE THINK THAT IS.
AND IN EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHERE TREES CAN INTEGRATE INTO PROJECTS BECAUSE IF WE GET 'EM EARLY ENOUGH, THEY CAN GET BUDGETED IN AND IT'S PRETTY SEAMLESS.
UH, AND THEN THE FINAL PIECE, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE FOR THE, UH, SAN DIEGO, UM, FIRE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY DID A PRESENTATION ON, UH, FIRES AND URBAN FORESTRY.
AND A LOT OF THE CONCERNS POPPING UP AROUND THAT, UH, CAL FIRE WAS THERE.
IT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING DISCUSSION.
THE ZOOM GOT OFF TO A PRETTY ROUGH START, UM, WITH PEOPLE NOT KNOWING HOW TO USE ZOOM.
BUT ACTUALLY WHEN THE DISCUSSION GOT FIRED UP, THERE WERE A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE IN THE ZOOM TO ASK PERTINENT QUESTIONS.
UH, SO I MAY TRY TO SEND A LINK TO THAT, THAT I HAVE A RECORDING THAT I CAN PROVIDE TO STAFF TO DISTRIBUTE TO THIS COMMITTEE.
AND MAYBE I CAN DO SOME KIND OF LIKE AI SUMMARY.
'CAUSE I THINK IF IT CAN PULL SOME PARTS OUTTA THAT.
THERE'S SOME GREAT THINGS THAT WE DISCUSS A LOT, UM, LIKE HOW ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM SAN DIEGO SAID THEY FOUND THAT IN FIRES, THE PROPERTIES THAT DID NOT HAVE TREES, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, THE PROPERTIES.
YEAH, THE PROPERTIES WITH TREES WERE THOSE THAT WERE LESS AFFECTED BY FIRE.
UH, SOME INTERESTING KIND OF COUNTERINTUITIVE THINGS.
UM, SO YEAH, I WILL, I WILL SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMITTEE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
'CAUSE WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT URBAN FORESTRY, PEOPLE THINK ABOUT, UH, FIRE RISK.
SO, UH, THAT ARE ALL, THAT IS ALL THE UPDATES FOR ME.
BILL, ANY UPDATES FOR THE COMMITTEE? UM, NO REAL UPDATES, ALTHOUGH I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
IF ANYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETING ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND, UM, I DON'T, YEAH, I WAS HOPING TO ATTEND THAT AND DEFINITELY DON'T WANNA MISS THE NEXT ONE.
SO ANY, ANY IDEAS ON THAT? I, I DID, I DID ATTEND AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GREAT.
I THINK URBAN ECOS HAS, UH, REALLY SHOWED A LOT OF STRENGTH THROUGHOUT THEIR TEAM.
WE HAD A PRESENTATION HERE BY COLLEEN, UM, WHO'S KIND OF THEIR PRINCIPAL, BUT THEN THEY HAVE SUPPORTING STAFF.
LIKE SOMEONE WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF URBAN FORESTRY IN SAN
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JOSE FOR LIKE 20 YEARS, WHO ARE ONE OF THOSE CITIES IN THE BAY AREA, WE LOOK TO AS HAVING GREAT TREE PROGRAMS. UH, AND THEY, THEY GAVE SOME GREAT OVERVIEWS ABOUT WHAT FALLS IN THE PURVIEW OF CITY PR, UH, CITY KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY, WHAT WE RELY ON PROPERTY OWNERS FOR.AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS WAS, LOOK, EVERY CITY IS FIGURING THIS OUT.
SO THE ISSUES WE'RE DEALING WITH IN PETALUMA, EVERY CITY IS WRESTLE WRESTLING WITH, YOU KNOW, SAN FRANCISCO IS THE ONE WE CAN POINT TO AS THE CITY IS LIKE TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR TREES.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE CHICO, SOME OF THESE, BUT THAT'S PRETTY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.
A MAJORITY OF CITIES HAVE SOME KIND OF BLEND AND ARE REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
AND ESPECIALLY FOR CITIES OF OUR SCALE THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE RESOURCES OF A SAN JOSE OR, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE DO THIS EFFECTIVELY.
AND I THINK THEY WERE WORKING ON SOME REALLY PRAGMATIC SOLUTIONS.
I THINK RIGHT NOW THEY'RE IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEMS. WE GOTTA HINT LIKE WE DID AT THIS MEETING OF SOME OF THE, THE NUMBERS, THE SPECIES DIVERSITY, THE TREE CANOPY COVERAGE.
UM, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY EXCITING.
WE HAD SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE, UM, SOME JUST COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM LIKE OTHER CCBS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY THERE.
UM, I'D SAY THERE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 20 OR 30 PEOPLE, SOME BREAKDOWN DISCUSSION GROUPS TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT ISSUES FACING THE CITY.
UM, GINA BENEDETTI FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM WAS THERE, WHICH WAS GREAT BECAUSE WE GOT SOME GREAT INSIGHT ABOUT WHAT THE BARRIERS ARE FOR STAFF, UH, WHAT THE FUNDING REALITIES ARE.
SO I THINK THEY PLAN ON HAVING AT LEAST THREE MORE PUBLIC OUTREACH EVENTS AND THEY WILL BE THERE AT TREE FEST.
SO YEAH, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THIS GROUP.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, I THINK WE GOT CLAIMS' INFORMATION SHARED AROUND, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO THE URBAN ECOS TEAM AS OUR CONSULTANT AND MEET WITH THEM AND KIND OF SHARE WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED AS A TREE COMMITTEE MEMBER, BECAUSE I THINK, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, FOR THEM, OF JUST HEARING FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THESE ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING GOOD GUIDANCE AND FEEDBACK.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY OR YOU HAVEN'T BEEN REACHED OUT TO, WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND REACHING OUT.
UH, AND I KNOW I PROMISED TO I TO KEEP A LIST OF THINGS I PROMISED TO CIRCULATE, BUT I'LL TRY TO CIRCULATE, UH, COLLEEN'S EMAIL SO EVERYBODY CAN KIND OF CONNECT.
UH, BUT YEAH, GREAT, GREAT QUESTION.
UH, MARIANNE, UH, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR, UH, LAST, UH, AMERICAN PARK MEETING.
UH, WE APPROVED A CHANGE OF THE CENTER, UM, PARK TO HISTORIC CHINATOWN PARK TO HONOR AND REFLECT THE HISTORY OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF PETALUMA, WHICH USED TO BE FULL OF, UH, CHINESE BUSINESSES.
UH, AND BASICALLY PEOPLE WERE RUN OUT OF TOWN, UH, AT A TIME WHEN, UH, PEOPLE WERE, UM, HAD A, A LOT OF SENTIMENT AGAINST, UH, THE CHINESE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AND, UH, IT WAS A VERY MOVING, UH, EXPERIENCE FOR ME TO HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, PEOPLE FROM THE CHINESE COMMUNITY COME UP AND SHARE THEIR PERSONAL STORIES AND THEIR HISTORIES.
UM, IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS QUITE MOVING AND, UH, INTERESTING TO HEAR ALL OF THE HISTORY THAT THEY BROUGHT TO BEAR.
SO, UM, THAT WAS ONE THING THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.
AND, UH, WE'RE ALSO STARTING AN ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM, UH, WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET, UH, ENCOURAGE, UH, VOLUNTEERS TO COME OUT AND TRY TO FOCUS EFFORTS ON SPECIFIC PARKS.
UM, AND SO WE DID A, LIKE, KIND OF A STRAW POLE AND PICKED, UH, THE FIRST TWO PARKS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING OUT, WHICH ARE LUCCHESE AND STEAMER LANDING.
SO, UM, BUT CASEY'S GONNA BE ON JULY 27TH, SUNDAY, AND STEAMER LANDING ON NOVEMBER 8TH ON SATURDAY.
SO IF YOU GUYS ARE AVAILABLE, COME ON OUT AND WE'LL PUT YOU TO WORK.
AND THAT'S THIS SATURDAY, IS THAT? NO, SORRY.
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I'LL, I'LL RESUME MY LONG, UH, DRUM ROLL FOR DREW TO GIVE US AN UPDATE FOR STAFF COMMENT.UM, I WILL GO THROUGH A FEW HERE THAT I THINK ARE PARTICULAR INTEREST, UM, WE'LL SAY IN THIS ECOSYSTEM, THE TRANSHUMAN FESTIVAL THAT TOOK PLACE ON SATURDAY, THIS IS THE, UM, MARCHING OF THE SHEEP, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT WE'LL CALL IT.
UM, JUST A, A REALLY SUCCESSFUL EVENT, UM, IF YOU WERE ABLE TO CATCH IT ON EITHER PORTION OR, OR MAYBE A BYSTANDER IN BETWEEN.
UM, WE, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT SINCE.
UM, ITS INCEPTION, IT'S, THE CROWDS JUST SEEMS TO BE GETTING BIGGER, UM, AND THE CURIOSITY IS THERE.
THE WEATHER WAS, WAS PERFECT, BUT THE PARADE, THE ROUTE FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS, UM, JEFFERSON, THEN TO EAST, EAST STREET CROSS SMART TO STEAMER LANDING, JUST REALLY WAS A GREAT ROUTE.
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A LOT OF, UM, CROWD THAT JUST KIND OF FOLLOWED THE HERD ALL THE WAY TO THE PARK, WHERE THEN YOU HAD BOOTHS OF NONPROFITS AND EDUCATORS TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM ANIMAL GRAZING TO, UH, STEWARDSHIP OF THE LANDS.AND IT WAS A REALLY NICE, NICE TIME TO BE, UH, BE WITH COMMUNITY OUT THERE.
AND EVERYTHING'S GREEN AND, AND LOOKS AND PRESENTS.
KUDOS TO, UH, THE WILD OAT HOLLOW IS THE GRAZER TWO.
ROCK GRAZING IS ANOTHER, UM, ONE OF OUR GRAZING PARTNERS AND THE MANY NONPROFITS THAT WERE OUT THERE, UM, PEDALING THAT REALLY, REALLY SHOWED UP OF INTEREST JUST BECAUSE IT'S GOT, UH, QUICKLY APPROACHING THE KINDA WHERE TEEN CENTER IS GONNA RECEIVE A, UM, PUBLIC ART MURAL.
UM, ON THE 18TH, WE'RE GONNA START.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME THROUGH PUBLIC ART PARKS AND REC.
UM, BUT JUST TO FOCUS FOR YOUR ATTENTION, UH, IT'S THE, THE ARTISTS, UM, MJ LINDO AND JOSHUA LOYER.
THESE ARE THE ARTISTS TANDEM THAT DID THIS SWIM CENTER MURAL.
UM, GREAT, GREAT PEOPLE, VERY TALENTED.
SO THE IMAGERY AND THE, THE THEMES WILL KIND OF PLAY INTO THOSE AT THE SWIM CENTER, UM, BUT ALSO OFFER SOME DIFFERENT CONNECTION TO THE LAND, THE PARK, UM, THE HEART OF THE PETALUMA, THE THEMES OF WATER, ALL OF THESE OTHER ASPECTS.
SO THEY WILL GET STARTED ON THE 18TH, UM, WHICH WILL BE EXCITING IF YOU'VE COVERED TREE FEST VERY WELL.
THERE IS A, ANOTHER EVENT ON SUNDAY, THE 27TH OF THIS MONTH.
THIS IS THE SMART PATHWAY, UH, OPENING THE CONNECTION.
UM, SO 11 TO ONE IS THE EVENT ITSELF.
SO THIS IS THE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE PATHWAY, WHICH WILL THEN CONNECT PETALUMA AND PENN GROVE.
UM, SO THERE'LL BE AN EVENT, UH, AT 11 O'CLOCK ON THE 27TH.
UM, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT AS WELL ON YOUR RADARS.
UM, MOVING INTO KIND OF THE OPERATIONAL UPDATES FROM PARKS AS IT RELATES TO, TO TREES, THE, UM, MUSEUM BACK DECKING, UH, HAS BEEN STARTING TO BE REMOVED IN SECTIONS.
UH, THIS WAS, UM, OBVIOUSLY DONE IN, UM, CARE FOR EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE HISTORIC OAK.
SO THE RAILINGS, UM, NEED TO BE TAKEN DOWN AND THEN RECONSTRUCTED.
SO WE HAVE A NICE PEDESTRIAN BARRIER FROM THE BACK THERE.
UH, WE WILL HAVE AN ACCESS GATE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART WE'RE BRINGING THAT DECK BACK.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND REALLY JUST FOCUSING ON CARRYING FOR THE TREE.
SO YES, IT CAN BE ACCESSIBLE, BUT WE'RE, WE'VE ASKED FOR A GATE, IT'LL BE LATCHED SO WE WON'T HAVE KIND OF PROGRAMMING OR FOLKS THAT ARE GONNA BE REALLY CLOSE TO THAT ROOT SYSTEM.
UM, BUT LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THAT WORK, UH, IS UNDERWAY AND WILL BE COMPLETED.
UH, GRAZING PROGRAM TOO, UM, WITH TRANSHUMANS, UH, THE SHEET HERD, THEY'RE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING REALLY FUN THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL BE A FLOCK FINDER.
UM, SO THIS WILL BE LIVE NEXT WEEK, UM, AFTER THEIR FIRST, SO THEN WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE, WHERE THE SHEEP, WHERE THE SHEEP THEY'RE MOVING.
UM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY JUST TRYING TO FUNNEL PEOPLE TO THE FLOCK FINDER AND WE WILL SEE HOW THAT GOES.
UH, AND WE WILL HAVE SOME FUN WITH IT, BUT THE DATES FOR GRAZING ARE NEVER, WE CAN NEVER DRILL DOWN BY DATE.
SO YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW, BUT WE CAN GET CLOSE.
SO WE'LL TRY TO PROVIDE KIND OF AN OVERVIEW FORECAST AND THEN DIRECT PEOPLE TO THE FLOCK FINDER.
SO IF YOU GET QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, THERE IT IS.
ALONG THOSE LINES, WE'RE ALSO DOING SOMETHING, UM, A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
WE ARE GONNA BE CLOSING A ROCKY DOG PARK FOR THE FIRST TIME.
UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITIES IN 2013, I COULDN'T FIND RECORD THAT WE'VE CLOSED IT BEFORE FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANIMAL GRAZING.
SO WE'VE, THIS IS A PARK THAT'S REALLY PRONE TO THE FOXTAILS AND WE'RE GONNA TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS YEAR AND WE'RE GONNA GET THE ANIMAL HERDING ON A DOG PARK, WHICH DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE AT FIRST THOUGHT, BUT WE NEED TO CLOSE THE PARK AND SEPARATE THE TWO.
UH, LET THE, THE SHEEP GRAZE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UM, WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE CLOSED FOR AT LEAST A WEEK, SO WE'RE GONNA GET MESSAGING OUT THIS WEEK.
BUT IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT FREQUENTS THE DOG PARK, WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN.
BUT, UM, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.
AND WE'LL BE CLOSING, UM, LIKELY PERHAPS SUNDAY, EVEN EASTER SUNDAY.
UM, BUT IT'LL BE STARTING TO CLOSE NEXT WEEK AND WE'LL UPDATE AS SOON AS WE CAN SEE HOW GRAZING IT'S GOING.
BUT THAT'LL BE CLOSED FOR DOGS, BUT OPEN FOR SHEEP.
THAT'S MY, THE LAST ONE IS, UM, JUST THIS MULCH DELIVERIES.
SO MULCH WAS DELIVERED, WICKERSHAM PARK, THE GARDEN CLUB WAS REALLY HELPFUL IN SPREADING SOME MULCH THERE.
ALSO, LUCCHESE, GLENBROOK PARKS, UM, RELIEF IS SPREADING SOME MULCH THERE.
SO THESE ARE JUST STARTING TO PICK UP.
UM, WANTED TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
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THANK YOU.THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES ON THE GOINGS ONS WITH TREES AND PARKS, AND THANKS FOR FILLING THAT OUT FOR US.
WELL, WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING AT 4 35.