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[CALL TO ORDER]
WILL CALL TO ORDER THIS SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2025 MEETING OF THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.AND I'LL SAY BEFORE WE KICK THINGS OFF WITH A ROLL CALL THAT WE DO HAVE A NEW MEMBER WHO'S JOINING US AS A LIAISON FROM PLANNING COMMISSION, THOUGH HE'S NOT AT THE MEETING YET TODAY, KEITH HILT.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE KEITH ON THE TEAM, UH, TO GET HIM UP TO SPEED.
AND WITH THAT, WITH OUR ANNOUNCEMENT FOR KEITH, WHO'S NOT HERE YET, UH, WE WILL GO TO ROLL CALL.
AND WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE INTO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE, AND I DON'T HAVE CARDS OR NOT ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO ISN'T A PRESENTER AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.
I'LL ASK THE CLERK, DID WE RECEIVE ANY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PRIOR TO THE MEETING? NO, WE DID NOT.
WITH THAT, LACKING CARDS AND A PUBLIC TO MAKE COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE WILL MOVE RIGHT
[PRESENTATIONS]
INTO PRESENTATIONS WHERE WE HAVE CAROLYN LACERA HERE FROM RELIEF PETALUMA TO GIVE US A REVIEW AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT ON THEIR 20 25, 20 26 TREE PLANTING SPECIES AND SCOPE AND CHAIR WHILE CAROLYN, UH, GETS SETTLED IN.WE'RE, UM, WE'RE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR PRESENTER KIND OF RUN THE SLIDES TODAY.
UM, BUT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO, WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES, SO WE'RE TRYING TO, TO PILOT THIS.
SO WHILE CAROLYN, UH, PULLS UP THE SLIDES AND GETS SITUATED, JUST WANT TO FRAME THE, UH, PRESENTATION.
UH, WITH THIS, WHILE WE ARE UNDER THE PRESENTATION ITEM, WE REALLY ARE LOOKING FOR, UM, INPUT, REVIEW AND FEEDBACK ON NOT JUST THE LOCATIONS THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, UM, BUT SPECIES AS WELL.
AND THEN ALWAYS, IF THERE'S LOCATIONS OF INTEREST OF THIS COMMITTEE THAT YOU'VE BEEN KEEPING TABS ON, THIS IS THE TIME TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO WE REALLY DO WANT THIS TO BE KIND OF AN ENGAGED CONVERSATION, NOT, NOT JUST A PRESENTATION.
UM, AND THIS HAS BECOME KIND OF AN ANNUAL EXERCISE, WHICH IS EXCITING, UH, RELIEF HAS, AS YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE, UH, A COUPLE OF PLANTING SEASONS.
BUT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THAT PLANNING IN THE FOREFRONT TO REALLY MAXIMIZE THOSE PLANNING SEASONS.
UM, SO THE MORE STRATEGIC WE CAN BE ABOUT THAT AND GET THE INFORMATION OUT, UH, THE BETTER THOSE THOSE VOLUNTEER DAYS GO AND, AND ALL OF IT THAT GOES WITH IT.
SO, JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TEE UP THIS CONVERSATION.
UM, AND THANK CAROLYN FOR BEING HERE.
AND I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE NOW BECOME ACCUSTOMED FOR, BUT EVERY YEAR WE'RE EXCITED TO SEELE GROW, UH, LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY.
AND WE'LL STALL FOR A COUPLE MORE MINUTES HERE BEFORE WE GET SITUATED.
I WILL JUST SAY WHILE WE'RE TAKING A BEAT, KEITH, THANK YOU FOR JOINING TREE COMMITTEE.
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING RELIEF HERE TO PRESENT OUR PLANS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE WORKING WITH YOU, THE TREE COMMITTEE AND THE CITY ON ALL OF THESE PLANS BECAUSE WE WORK HAND IN HAND TOGETHER, SO THANK YOU.
UM, SO, UH, RELIEF IS HERE TO PRESENT THEIR PLANTING PLANS, AND I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THESE SITES AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE THEM.
SO, UM, THE FIRST SLIDE IS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PLANTING PROJECTS.
OH, MAYBE IF I DO THIS, IS THAT BETTER? OKAY.
UM, SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON, OH, OOPS, SORRY,
UM, WE'VE GOT ING A RE OAKING PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PLANT A HUNDRED.
WE'RE PLANNING TO PLANT 123 SEEDLINGS AT THE EAST SIDE CONNECTOR TRAIL, UM, BY SONOMA MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE'VE GOT PARKS AND CITY PLANTINGS, WHICH WILL AMOUNT TO 271 TREES.
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AND, UM, WE ALSO HAVE RESIDENTIAL TREE GOALS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR TWO.WE ARE TRYING TO REACH 257 RESIDENTIAL TREES TO PLANT THIS YEAR.
UM, SO JUST IN THE OVERVIEW, UM, OUR EAST SIDE CONNECTOR TRAIL PLAN FOR REWORKING, WE'LL HAVE, UM, PROPOSED 123 TREES, LUC CASEY PARK, UM, AT THE MCDOWELL ENTRANCE, WE'LL BE ADDING 16 TREES.
WE'VE GOT A PLAN THAT WE MADE FOR THE ROTARY CLUB FOR THE MIRACLE GROVE, AND THAT'LL HAVE 18 TREES STEAMER LANDING PARK WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, ALSO 72 TREES.
PRINCE PARK, 17 TREES, RO PARK, 41 TREES, PETALUMA FAIRGROUNDS, 32 TREES, PETALUMA COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELDS, 51 TREES, PETALUMA SENIOR CENTER.
WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE CITY, UM, UH, ON THIS FOR 10 TREES AND RAINIER STREET TREES, 14 TREES.
AND THEN WE HOPE TO BRING SOME ADDITIONAL SITES TO THE OCTOBER MEETING.
SO OUR FIRST SITE IS THE EAST SIDE CONNECTOR TRAIL.
UM, AND THIS PART OF IT IS BETWEEN TWO LAIR STREET AND MATSON RANCH CIRCLE.
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE GOT A DIVERSE, UM, PALETTE OF OAKS AND OTHER SPECIES, WHICH WILL BASICALLY BE LINING THE PATHWAY, UM, IN A STAGGERED ROW OF TWO.
AND THE TREES ARE ABOUT 30 FEET APART, AND THEY'RE 12 FEET BACK FROM ANY IMPENETRABLE SURFACES.
AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO, TO DO IS CREATE MORE SHADE, UM, FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, PEOPLE WALKING THEIR DOGS, WHO IT'S A HIGHLY USED TRAIL.
AND THEN IN THAT LITTLE, UM, TAIL AREA THERE, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GREEN FIELD THAT'S USED, UM, BY SNOW MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT WOULD BE A NICE AREA THERE TO WATCH, WATCH GAMES WHEN THEY HAPPEN IN THE SHADE OF TREES.
SO THE SECOND PART IS JUST MOVING FORWARD ON THE MAP.
UM, THIS IS MATSON RANCH CIRCLE TO CASTLE DRIVE, AND WE'RE JUST CONTINUING OUR STAGGERED ROW OF TWO TO, UM, LIKE I SAID, JUST CREATE MORE SHADE, MORE COOLING, UM, AND IT'LL BE A GREAT BENEFIT TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THERE WHO WILL RECEIVE MOST OF THE SHADE AND COOLING RIGHT AWAY.
AND IT'LL BE WONDERFUL FOR ALL OF THE PARK, ALL OF THE TRAIL USERS.
AND WE HAVE PLANS FOR A REMOTE WATERING SYSTEM RELIEF, RECEIVED A GRANT FROM CALIFORNIA RELIEF, UM, WHICH ALLOWED US TO BUY A SOLAR ELECTRIC GENERATOR.
AND WE'VE GOT SOME WATER TOTES, SO WE'RE THINKING OF TRYING OUT A REMOTE WATERING SYSTEM ON THE SITE.
THE NEXT SITE IS LOU CASEY PARK BEHIND, UH, THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE ROTARY MIRACLE GROVE.
SO AS YOU COULD SEE ON THIS, UM, PICTURE, THERE'S A SHADED PART, UM, APPROACHING THE MIRACLE GROVE FROM THE CIRCLE THERE AND THAT, AND THEN ALSO ALONG THE SIDEWALKS.
SO THAT PART OF IT, UM, ROTARY CLUB CAME TO, UM, RELIEF AND ASKED TO MAKE A PLAN FOR PLANTING TREES.
AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY FINANCING THIS PART OF THE TREE PLANTING.
THEY'RE PAYING FOR THESE TREES.
UM, AND SO LET'S SEE, THE MIRACLE GROVE HAS, UM, WHAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE MIRACLE GROVE IS TO BASICALLY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL ENTRANCE.
SO WHEN YOU, UM, ENTER AND YOU'RE GOING TOWARD THE FIELD, OR THE REC OR THE PLAYGROUND, IT'S GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL.
I THINK THAT ROTARY IS ALSO ADDING SOME BENCHES THERE.
AND SO THOSE TREES, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE ARE BEING OFFLOADED FROM THE CARS AND THAT MAYBE THEY'RE GONNA SIT ON A BENCH FOR A LITTLE BIT, THEN THEY'LL BE SHADED BY, BY THE ADDITIONAL SHADE TREES, YOU KNOW.
AND THEN THE TREES, WHICH ARE AT THE, AT THE TOP THERE ALONG THE PAVEMENT OR ALONG THE SIDEWALK, THOSE TREES WILL SHADE THE SIDEWALK AND CREATE MORE COOLING NEXT TO THE HOT PLAYGROUND AND THE, UM, AND THE FIELD THERE.
SO WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN REALLY HAPPY TO WORK WITH ROTARY ON THAT.
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HAVE ALSO, UM, ROTARY HAS SHOWN THE PLANS TO THE MIRACLE GROVE MANAGEMENT, AND THEY HAVE APPROVED THE PLANS.THEY, THEY LIKE WHAT THEY SEE.
AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THESE LUCCHESE PLANS ARE IN THE BACK OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ADD MORE SHADE TO THAT AREA, WHILE ALSO KEEPING IT FREE FOR PUBLIC EVENTS FOR PROGRAMMING.
SO YOU COULD SEE THE CENTER UP, THE FIELD IS CLEAR FOR MOVIES OR OTHER PROGRAMMING, UM, BUT BY THE BACK OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THERE'LL BE EXTRA SHADE FOR WHEN THEY HAVE, UM, SUMMER CAMPS AND SUMMER PROGRAMS. SO THE CHILDREN CAN BE SHADED, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO SPACE IN THE MIDDLE FOR WHATEVER PROGRAMMING NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
UM, AND, UH, THERE'S 16 TREE 16 TREES, UH, AT THE BEHIND THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THEN 18 TREES AT THE MIRACLE GROVE.
THE NEXT, UM, SUPER EXCITING ONE IS STEAMER LANDING PARK
UM, SO WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO LIGHT THE PATHWAYS WITH MORE, FOR MORE SHADE AND COOLING.
WE ALL KNOW THAT'S A REALLY HOT AREA IN THE SUMMER.
UM, SO MOST OF THE TREES ARE CONCENTRATED ALONG THE PATHWAY.
THERE'S ANOTHER TRAIL CLOSER TO THE WATER.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY THOSE TREES ARE UP THERE.
UM, WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME WILLOW ON THE BANKS TO HELP HOLD THE SOIL THERE.
AND WE COULD ALSO, INSTEAD OF WILLOWS, OR IN ADDITION TO WILLOWS USE, UM, FOX EL OR ACE OR NEGUNDO AS THEY'RE ALSO VERY SALT TOLERANT AND ARE REALLY GOOD AT HOLDING BANKS.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT A NICE SELECTION OF TREES THERE.
UM, SOME WHICH YOU HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE, LIKE PRUNUS, ALYSSA, FOLIA, LION, UM, AND WE'VE GOT A NICE, AND WE'RE USING, WE'RE TRYING OUT, UM, CORCUS WAS ZENNI AT THE FRONT THERE, WHICH ARE THOSE BLUE DOTS IN FRONT OF THE COAST, LIVE OAKS.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING FOR A LITTLE DIVERSITY AND TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL LOOK SIMILAR, BUT THEY'LL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
AND THERE'S 72, 72 TREES THERE.
AND ALSO, UM, WE HAVE LEFT ROOM FOR SETTING UP FOR EVENTS.
AND I KNOW THAT THE PARK HAS SUMMER CAMPS AND ALL SORTS OF EVENTS.
SO, UM, WE LEFT ROOM FOR THE, FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO HAPPEN.
PRINCE PARK
SO THE MAP LOOKS A LITTLE EMPTY.
UM, ORIGINALLY WE HAD TREES UP ALONG THE, UM, BACK FENCE THERE, BUT THERE JUST WASN'T QUITE ENOUGH ROOM WITH ALL THE SPORTS THAT HAPPEN ON THE FIELD.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS ADD SOME TREES IN THE CENTER OF THOSE TWO DIAMONDS.
SO THOSE ARE BOX ELDERS, WHICH DO REALLY WELL WITH A LOT OF WATER.
AND ALSO WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER SHADE TREES CLOSER TO THE PLAY AREA, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE BENEFIT THE PLAYERS AND ALSO PEOPLE WATCHING THE GAMES.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT A FEW TREES ALONG THE RIGHT EDGE THERE.
AND THOSE ARE, UM, THOSE ARE ISLAND OAKS, AND THEY ONLY GET TO BE ABOUT 35 FEET TALL.
SO IT'S ALL GOOD WITH THE AIRPORT
SO THE TOTAL OF TREES THERE IS 17.
OUR NEXT SITE IS DEL LARO PARK.
UM, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE AGAIN, IS ADD MORE TREES FOR MORE SHADE, MORE COOLING ALONG THE SIDEWALKS.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE, THIS PARK I HAVE HEARD GETS A LOT OF WATER.
SO WE'VE PLANTED SOME TREES THAT WILL REALLY APPRECIATE THE WATER, HELP SOAK IT UP, HELP STABILIZE SOIL.
UM, SO THERE'S A NICE MIX THERE.
AND THEN WE'VE, WE'VE ADDED SHADE TREES AROUND THE PLAY AREA.
AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THERE IS A SECTION THAT'S REALLY NARROW AND WE'VE PLANTED SOME SMALLER TREES THERE.
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UM, SOME PRUNUS ALI FOLIA.AND SO THAT WILL BE BOTH BEAUTIFUL.
IT'LL BE GREAT FOR BENEFICIALS, AND IT'LL ALSO BE WONDERFUL FOR SHADE IN THAT AREA.
AND SO THE TOTAL TREES THERE ARE 41, UM, PETALUMA FAIRGROUNDS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING ON NOW AND PLANNING WITH THE PETALUMA FAIRGROUNDS.
SO WHAT WE'RE STARTING WITH IS PAY STREET.
UM, SO THOUGH, UH, WE'RE PLANNING FOR TREES ALONG PAYAN STREET, WHICH WILL BE A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE PEOPLE USING THE SIDEWALKS AND ALSO THE HOMES RIGHT THERE.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT 32 TREES, AND THEY ARE SOME, WHICH COME FROM OUR RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY'RE SORT OF STREET TREES, RIGHT, RIGHT THERE ON THE STREET.
SO WE'VE GOT, UM, SANTA CRUZ ISLAND IRONWOOD, WE'VE GOT TOMENTELLA, UH, AND OPSIS, THE DESERT WILLOW AS, AND THEN THERE ARE SOME LARGER TREES WHICH ARE INSIDE THE FENCE FURTHER FROM THE SIDEWALK.
AND, UH, THERE'S 32 TREES THERE.
UM, SO OUR NEXT SITE IS THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELDS, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE COMING BACK TO THIS PARK TO PLANT MORE TREES JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT, HOT THERE, AND SO MANY PEOPLE USE IT.
UM, THIS FIRST PART WHERE WE'D LIKE TO PLANT THERE WILL BE, UM, THERE'S A PROPOSED PLAYGROUND.
UM, AND SO THE TREES WOULD BE IN BETWEEN A PROPOSED PLAYGROUND AND SPORTS FIELDS.
SO OUR, OUR PLAN FOR THIS AREA IS TO CREATE BERMS, GROUPS OF TREES ON BERMS. AND THE BERMS, UM, WILL APPROXIMATELY BE THREE FEET TALL AND 30 FEET WIDE, ALTHOUGH, UM, SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL PLANT LARGER SHADE TREES ON THE TOPS, AND THEN THE BERMS WILL SLOPE.
AND SO SMALLER AND SMALLER SHADE TREES ON THE SLOPES AND MAYBE SOME SHRUBS TO HELP COVER THE SOIL.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE HOPING TO CREATE A REALLY NICE MIX OF TREES, THREE BERMS, UM, WHICH WILL BENEFIT TO, TO CREATE PLEASING TO TOPOGRAPHY IN A REALLY FLAT AREA.
IT'LL BENEFIT THE PLANTS BY, UM, HELPING THEM GROW BETTER.
THAT'S A PRETTY TOUGH AREA OUT THERE AT THE SPORTS FIELDS.
UM, AND WE WERE ADVISED TO MIX THE SOILS 18 INCHES DOWN BY AN ARBORIST.
UM, SO OUR THOUGHT IN THIS AREA IS THAT, UM, NOT ONLY WILL IT HELP THE TREES GROW, BUT IT'LL RAISE THEM UP BY THREE FEET, GIVING US A LITTLE BIT FASTER GROWTH.
UM, AND THEN IT'LL HELP THE PEOPLE BY GIVING THEM PLACES.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'LL BE BEAUTIFUL.
SECOND OF ALL, THERE'LL BE REALLY NICE PLACES TO SIT IN THE SHADE OF THESE BERMED TREES AND WATCH THE PLAYGROUND.
OR YOU COULD SIT BETWEEN THEM AND WATCH THE PLAYGROUND AND THE RECREATIONAL FIELD AT THE SAME TIME IF YOU'VE GOT KIDS IN BOTH AREAS.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING TO CREATE SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL HERE.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT A REALLY NICE MIX OF TREES, LARGER ONES AND SMALLER ONES.
YOU CAN SEE, UM, OAKS AND SMALLER OAKS AND, UM, PERUS FOLIA, THE HOLLY LEAF CHERRY, AND ALSO TOYON.
SO THE OTHER PART OF THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELDS ARE FINISHING OFF THE FINGER ISLANDS.
WE STARTED THE FINGER ISLANDS, UM, AND NOW THERE'S IRRIGATION ON THE OTHER SIDE, SO WE CAN PLANT THIS SIDE.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING THE PATTERN OF TREES THAT WAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED.
AND WE, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE EXCITED TO GET SOME BIG TREES IN THERE THAT'LL HELP WITH THE, UM, HEAT ISLAND EFFECT OFF THE, OFF THE, UH, PAVEMENT.
SO OUR NEXT, UM, SPOT WHERE, WHERE WE WILL BE PLANTING IS A PETALUMA SENIOR CENTER.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, THE CITY ON THIS, I GUESS THE SENIOR CENTER CENTER IS GETTING A BRAND NEW PARKING LOT, AND THEY'RE MAKING WAY FOR TREES.
UH, THEY SAID THAT THERE IS ONE PARKING LOT, THAT PARKING SPOT THAT EVERYONE WANTS, AND IT'S IN THE SHADE OF A TREE.
SO THEY WANTED TO CREATE MORE SHADY PARKING SPOTS.
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SO, UM, THIS IS WHAT, UH, WELL, THIS IS OUR PLANTING PLAN, AND ON THE NE NEXT SLIDE, YOU COULD SEE THEIR, THEIR PLAN.BUT, UM, SO WE'VE GOT, THEY'VE MADE ROOM FOR TREES, TREES IN THE CENTER, AND A LARGER PLANTING AREA.
SO, UM, SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY WONDERFUL.
UM, WE WERE HOPING TO GET TREES IN BY THE EDGE OF THE PARKING LOT THERE, UM, AWAY FROM THE PARK, BUT THERE IS A WATER MAIN THAT GOES UNDER THERE, SO UNFORTUNATELY WE COULDN'T PUT TREES THERE.
SO, YEAH, SO THIS IS WHAT THEIR PLAN IS LOOKING LIKE.
THEY'RE EXPANDING THE PARKING.
SO OUR NEW TREES WILL BE HELPING TO, UM, SHADE THOSE PARKING SPOTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN PUSHED OUT MORE.
AND THEN ALSO SHADE THE CENTER OF THE PARKING, UM, AREA, WHICH IS, I'M SO GLAD THE CITY IS DOING THIS, PUTTING, HELPING TO PUT TREES INSIDE OF PAVEMENT, WHICH WILL REALLY HELP.
THE SECOND THING WE'RE WORKING ON IN TERMS OF STREETS IS YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THE RAINIER STREET CHANGES.
AND SO WE WALK THE AREA WITH THE CITY AND WE SPOTTED PLACES WHERE TREES COULD BE PUT BACK IN, WHERE THEY WERE GONE BEFORE, UM, WHERE THERE ARE GAPS IN PLANTINGS.
AND THEN ALSO THERE'S A NEW, THERE'S GONNA BE A NEW ROUNDABOUT AND AN APPROACH TO THE ROUNDABOUT WHERE THE CITY'S GONNA OPEN UP SOME CONCRETE, UM, IN THE STREET TO ALLOW FOR SOME STREET TREE PLANTINGS, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
WE'VE, UM, ON ONE END WE'VE GOT, UM, CORCUS TOMENTELLA, WHICH SHOULD SORT OF MATCH HELP, YOU KNOW, SORT OF BE SIMILAR TO THE TREES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.
UM, THEY'RE EVERGREEN, SO THAT'LL BE NICE, LIKE BLOCKING THE NOISE AND THE WHATEVER'S COMING OFF THE ROAD.
AND THEN, UM, IN THAT ROUNDABOUT, WE'VE GOT A NICE BIG QUIRKY LAB, A VALLEY OAK, AND IF THAT IS, WE NEED TO CHECK WITH THE UTILITIES THAT RUN THROUGH THERE.
SO WE'LL JUST DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT SIZE TREE WILL WORK THERE.
AND THEN, UM, YEAH, WE'VE GOT SOME TOMAN, UH, ADDITIONAL TOMENTELLA AND A WESTERN SYCAMORE ON THE STREET.
UM, WE HAVE SOME REPLACEMENT TREES, WHICH WILL BE, UM, COAST LIVE OAKS.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S, THEY'RE NICE AND BIG, THEY'LL SHADE THE SIDEWALK AND THE STREET MORE.
AND ALSO THERE'LL BE A, LIKE A, LIKE BEFORE A REALLY NICE BLOCK FOR THE NOISE AND THE POLLUTION THAT MIGHT COME OFF THE STREET FROM THE CARS.
SO, UM, AS ALWAYS, WE ARE GOING TO DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND IN FACT, WE ALREADY HAVE OUR SANDWICH BOARD SIGNS UP AT EAST SIDE CONNECTOR TRAIL JUST TO GET AHEAD OF THE GAME.
UH, AND ALSO DELAWARE AND PRINCE PARK.
WE'RE PLANNING ON HAVING A COMMUNITY MEETING ABOUT ALL OF THESE PLANTINGS AND THAT WE HAVEN'T CHOSEN A DATE FOR YET, BUT IT WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, WE WILL WEEKEND TABLE, UM, AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND WE WILL LEAFLET HOMES SURROUNDING THE PLANTING AREAS.
AND AS ALWAYS, UM, FUNDING FOR THESE CITY OF PETALUMA PROJECTS IS PROVIDED BY THE USDA FOREST SERVICE URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY PROGRAM, OUR PETALUMA CANOPY GRANT.
AND, UM, WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS TO GET ALL OF THIS DONE, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
AND, UM, THANK YOU MUCH VERY MUCH.
AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I THINK I'M GOING TO LOG OFF OF ZOOM AND THEN I COULD TAKE QUESTIONS.
YEAH, IT'S VERY WELL DONE ON NAVIGATING THAT PRESENTATION.
OH, I WILL SAY, UH, SO WHILE WE, WHILE WE TAKE A BEAT, I'LL JUST ASK FOLKS TO YEAH.
GET QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS READY, UH, ON THE PLANTING AND THE PLANTINGS WE'VE SEEN BOTH IN THE SPECIES OF TREES, BUT ALSO THE PLANTING STYLES OR JUST OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, ABOUT ALL THE GREAT WORK RELIEF IS DOING.
UM, AND YEAH, IT'LL DEFINITELY BE EXCITING TO SEE THESE PROJECTS COME TOGETHER.
WELL, I WAS, UH, VERY HAPPY THAT I COULD DO
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BOTH THINGS, TALK AND MOVE THE SLIDESSO I WILL LOOK AROUND THE COMMITTEE AND LOOK, UH, YES, PLEASE START US OFF.
UM, COULD YOU, IS THERE A WAY TO BRING BACK THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE, UM, BAY RAN YEAH.
UH, PLANTING, BECAUSE I WASN'T CLEAR ABOUT, YOU WERE SAYING THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PLANTING ALL ALONG PAY RAN.
SO THAT, DOES THAT INCLUDE IN FRONT, THAT CORNER IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY? THE LIBRARY FACES PAY RAN.
IT HAS A BIG KIND OF A PARKING, UH, LIKE A BIG GREEN AREA.
AND THEN WASHINGTON, LIKE WASHINGTON AND PAYAN.
UM, WE CAN TRY THAT BECAUSE, OKAY.
SO THE PART OF PAYAN, UM, WHICH IS PART OF OUR PLAN, IS ONLY WHAT IS, UM, BORDERING THE FAIRGROUNDS.
SO IT'S THE PLANTING STARTS AFTER THE REBUILDING TOGETHER.
PETALUMA BUILDING THERE WHERE D STREET TEES MM-HMM
IS THERE A WAY I CAN PULL UP THE, THE MAP I'M TRYING TO AS WELL? YEAH, I WAS TRYING TO, I'M SORRY, I SLOW STOP
BECAUSE THERE'S THAT BIG CORNER THERE THAT IT, ON, ON ONE SIDE, THERE'S, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT LITTLE STREET THAT COMES IN RIGHT BY THAT? IS IT THE, IS IT THE STREET THAT, UM, SEPARATES THE LIBRARY FROM THAT PARKING LOT? YEAH.
AND BUT THEN THAT WHOLE, THAT WHOLE, UH, SWATH OF GREENERY, WHICH ENDS WITH THE LITTLE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND, THAT THERE'S THAT WHOLE SIDE THAT JUST BORDERS PAY RAN PARK.
IS IT ON THE PARK? IS IT ON THE LIBRARY PROPERTY? YEAH.
YEAH, WE WOULD LOVE TO PLANT IN THAT KENILWORTH PARK, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE GOT PERMISSION TO PLANT THERE, WE WOULD DEFINITELY DO IT.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS, THERE WERE, UM, PLANS FOR REDOING THE PARK, AND SO WE WERE HOLDING OFF ON TREES, BUT IF ANYONE GIVES US A GO AHEAD TO PLANT TREES THERE, WE WOULD GO
THAT, THAT TO ME IS A CRYING NEED BECAUSE OTHER THAN THE CANADA GEESE THAT HANG OUT THERE YEAH.
AND THEN THERE'S THIS LITTLE COMPRESSED SPACE WITH THE PLAYGROUND.
BUT THEY'VE DONE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL JOB WITH THAT, UH, FRONT, THE, UM, LIBRARY LITTLE GARDEN.
BUT I, THAT CORNER THERE FACES ON WASHINGTON.
AND IT'S SO PROMINENT AND SUCH A KIND OF A WASTED SPACE.
AND I WAS THINKING THAT IF THERE WERE BERMS THERE, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO BREAK UP THE FLAT, THE FLATNESS OF THAT CORNER THAT OKAY.
OBVIOUSLY I PASS IT ALL THE TIME, SO I GRIT MY TEETH EACH TIME, BUT I CAN'T, WHY, WHO WOULD BE GIVING PERMISSION FOR THAT TO BE PLANTED? WELL, I THINK IT'S A, IS IT KENNELWORTH PARK? IS IT? YEAH, WE, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
WE HAVE GOT TO ABOUT A 30%, UM, ESSENTIALLY IT'S A PARKS MASTER PLAN FOR, FOR KENNELWORTH PARK.
AND THAT INCLUDED REALLY WORKING WITH RELIEF AND IACS, UH, AND A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS TO HELP DESIGN THE PARK OUT.
WE LOST A NUMBER OF REALLY MAGNIFICENT TREES THERE.
SOME, I DON'T KNOW, 80 PLUS YEAR OLD.
I THINK THEY WERE AMERICAN ELM.
BUT WHEN MY KIDS WERE LITTLE, WE WERE, WE WERE PLAYING ON THE PLAYGROUND UNDER TREES.
SO YOU HAD THIS GREAT KIND OF SHADE CANOPY THAT REALLY, THE PLAYGROUND WAS BUILT AFTER THE TREES, SO THE TREES KIND OF HELPED FRAME THAT PLAYGROUND.
THAT'S KIND OF WHY IT'S SITUATED IN A WEIRD AREA OF THE PARK.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, SO THEN IT BECOMES ABOUT THE CONSTRAINTS ON THE SITE.
THERE'S, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS UNDERNEATH KENWORTH AND WHERE IT DRAINS OUT TO THE CORNER OF PAY RAN AND FAIRGROUNDS DRIVE.
SO ALL OF THAT FROM GRADING TO DRAINAGE NEEDS TO GET ADDRESSED BEFORE WE CAN START BUILDING ON THAT PARK.
AND THE FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLAN WILL KICK OFF AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, AND THE KENWORTH PARK DESIGN IS GONNA FOLD INTO THAT.
AND WE GET TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THAT BECAUSE WHAT WE LEARNED THROUGH THE KENWORTH, UH, PARK BLASTER PLAN IS THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT ON KENWORTH THRIVE.
PEOPLE REALLY GRAVITATED TO THAT AND SAY, YOU CAN'T LOOK AT JUST THIS PARK AND PLAYGROUND WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE ENTRANCES HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD THIS VERY ODD FOUR WAY THAT WASN'T A STOP, RIGHT.
SO HOW DO FOLKS GO NATURALLY INTO THE PARK? HOW DO WE MAKE IT SAFE FOR
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PEOPLE COMING FROM, UH, EAST D STREET WHO IDENTIFIED A LOT OF HESITATIONS OF CROSSING THE TWO SPOTS, UM, TREES, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT KIND OF CAME INTO PLAY AND IT'S A, IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT PROJECT TO, TO HAVE, BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY KIND OF ON HOLD UNTIL WE CAN START FOLDING THAT INTO THE FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLAN.BUT TREES, RIGHT? EVERYBODY COMES BACK TO SLOWING DOWN THE KENWORTH DRIVE NEED FOR TREES, AND THEN ACCESS, IT'S NO GREAT ACCESS INTO THAT PARK.
SO YEAH, AND IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE, IT'S NOT PRIVATE.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST THAT WHOLE PIECE OF LAND IS JUST THERE WITH A GREEN LAWN AND ABSOLUTELY NO USE TO ANYONE BECAUSE WHO WANTS TO PLAY OR DO ANY, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE ONCE IN A WHILE PLAYING OUT THERE SPORTS, BUT IT'S JUST SO UNINVITING, UM, BECAUSE IT'S SO EXPOSED TO TRAFFIC, SO, RIGHT.
AND I WILL HAVE TO GIVE A PLUG TO, THERE'S A, UM, A BLUE HERON OUT THERE THAT CATCHES GOPHERS THAT HAS LIKE, ITS OWN LIKE INSTAGRAM NOW.
OH, IS THAT, SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S, WHAT I'M GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON IS WELL, YEAH, WELL THERE'S A WHOLE, THERE'S A HERON THERE, SWAT OF GEESE THERE ALL THE TIME.
THEN THERE'S THE GEESE, BUT EVERYBODY REALLY LIKES THE HERON.
I'LL LOOK TO ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS WITH MARYANNE.
COULD WE LOOK AT THE SENIOR CENTER AGAIN, THE PARKING LOT? YEAH.
UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING IN THAT UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER, ALONG THAT EDGE THERE MM-HMM
SEEMS LIKE THERE WOULD, THAT WOULD BE AN, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME TREES.
NOW I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PLANTED OTHER SMALLER TREES IN THAT AREA, AND MAYBE I CAN'T, WHERE THOSE AREN'T THAT VISIBLE ON THIS SLIDE, BUT THAT EDGE, DO YOU MEAN THAT EDGE, THE CORNER CLOSEST TO THE PARK OR THE CORNER? YES.
THE UPPER, UPPER LEFT, LEFT CORNER OF THE PICTURE ALONG THE, YEAH, ALONG THE PARKING SPACES THERE.
WE DO HAVE, UM, SOME TREES PLANTED THERE AND WE, WE HAVE TREES IN THE PLAN THERE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ADD MORE IF THERE'S MORE ROOM.
BUT WE WERE THINKING THAT THERE WAS ROOM FOR THOSE, BUT WE CAN TAKE A SECOND LOOK AND SEE IF WE CAN SQUEEZE MORE IN.
WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO MORE, MORE TREES
AND THAT WAS ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD, AND I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU WANT TO GET TREES IN, AND YOU ALSO HAVE TO PLAN FOR THE FACT THAT NOT ALL OF THE TREES ARE GOING TO SURVIVE UHHUH TO A MATURITY.
UM, BUT I'M, AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ULTIMATE, UH, MATURE CANOPY SIZE OF THE TREES IN TERMS OF SPACING MM-HMM
SO I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH, UM, TYPICALLY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS WHO LIKE TO TRY TO CRAM AS MUCH AS THEY CAN, AND SO THAT IT LOOKS REALLY FULL FROM THE BE RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING.
BUT THEN 10 YEARS DOWN THE LINE, YOU'RE HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, TRY YES.
GET RID OF HALF OF THE STUFF THAT'S THERE.
SO I, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY THINKING ABOUT THAT AND THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE.
YOU KNOW, 10, 15 YEARS FROM NOW, WHAT THESE TREES ARE GONNA BE.
AND I KNOW THAT IT'S HARD SOMETIMES TO LOOK AT THE TREE SPACE 30 FEET APART.
LIKE IT'S, AND IT SO TINY AND
I MEAN, ANOTHER IDEA TO GET AROUND THAT WOULD BE TO PLANT FASTER INFILL WITH FASTER GROWING TREES THAT ARE SHORTER LIVED MM-HMM
AND SO PLAN FOR THEM TO, THOSE TREES ARE GONNA LIKE, JUMP OUT FASTER AND THEN BY THE TIME THEY'RE OLD AND READY TO BE GOTTEN RID OF THOSE BIGGER TREES WILL BE BIGGER AND BEAUTIFUL.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, UM, SORT OF MORE OVERALL, UM, NOT SPECIFIC TO THIS PROJECT, BUT WHAT IS THE, UM, WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS LOOKING LIKE FOR THE GRANTS THAT ARE ALREADY SUPPOSEDLY IN THE PIPELINE OR FOR FUTURE GRANTS? ARE YOU STILL ABLE, DO YOU, ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING THE GRANTS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY SORT OF PLANNED ON RECEIVING? AND THEN WHAT DO, WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT, DO YOU MEAN A YEAR OR TWO DOWN THE LINE? IS, IS THAT GONNA LOOK LIKE
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THAT YOU HAVE, ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THAT'S GONNA BE STABLE? DO YOU THINK THAT'S GONNA BE WELL BECOME MORE CHALLENGING? YEAH.SO, UM, WE ARE OPERATING UNDER ONE GRANT RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS THE MILLION DOLLAR PETALUMA CANOPY GRANT, WHICH WAS AN INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, YOU KNOW, MONEY, FEDERAL MONEY.
AND SO WE ARE OPERATING LIKE THAT MONEY IS GONNA STAY WITH US.
UM, SO WE'RE FORGING AHEAD AND ACTUALLY TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE JUST IN CASE THAT MONEY GETS CLAWED BACK.
UM, SO THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT CAN HAPPEN, BUT WE'RE TRYING NOT TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
AND, UM, THE THING, WE HAVE APPLIED FOR A NUMBER OF GRANTS, A COUPLE OF GRANTS FOR THE TRAIN STATION, BUT THOSE HADN'T WORKED OUT, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY AGAIN.
AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR GRANTS, BUT I THINK THAT THE LANDSCAPE FOR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE, THERE'S GONNA BE LESS FUNDING WITH MORE NONPROFITS SEARCHING FOR THE MONEY.
SO IT'S GONNA BE MORE DIFFICULT GOING FORWARD FOR SURE.
SO, UM, WE HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE MOVING AHEAD AND HOPE AND WORKING WITH THE CITY OF PETALUMA TO LIKE IMPROVE OUR, UM, CLIMATE GOALS AND MAKE OUR CITY WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL.
EVEN, UH, MORE REASON, TARYN TO REALLY, UH, LOOK AT YOUR IDEA AND OTHER IDEAS FOR GENERATING FUNDING, DEDICATED FUNDING FOR TREES.
OH, YOU KNOW, UM, DID I, I MISSED MY TRIBUTE TREE PART OF MY PRESENTATION.
WHAT ARE THE TRIBUTE TREES? THERE WAS
CAN WE FORWARD THIS TO THE TRIBUTE TREE PART OF MY PRESENTATION?
SO LET'S SEGUE AND WE CAN COME BACK TO QUESTIONS IF YOU, AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
DO YOU WANNA ASK THE QUESTION NOW THEN WE CAN, YES.
I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR, UM, SIGNAGE AND ADVERTISING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND IS IT ONLY IN ENGLISH OR ARE WE PUTTING THAT IN OTHER LANGUAGES AS WELL? RIGHT NOW IT'S ONLY IN ENGLISH.
UM, IF THE CITY HAS SOME HELP FOR US TO TRANSLATE, WE, UH, ARE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING TRANSLATION HELP.
DO WE WANT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS? FINISH ANSWERING QUESTIONS ON THE TREES? I THINK, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THE TRIBUTE TREES, AND THEN IN CASE PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT TOO, WE CAN KIND OF GET IT ALL AT ONCE.
SO, UM, TALKING ABOUT FUNDS, UM, RELIEF HAS COME UP WITH A PROGRAM CALLED THE TRIBUTE TREE PROGRAM TO HELP FUND THE PLANTING OF TREES.
SO WE HAVE TWO PARTS TO THIS PROGRAM.
THERE'S THE COMMEMORATIVE TREE PROGRAM.
UM, SO YOU CAN CELEBRATE, UH, A LOVED ONE OR MARK A SPECIAL OCCASION WITH A TREE CHARM DEDICATION IN ONE OF PETALUMA'S LOCAL PARKS.
SO WHAT IT INCLUDES IS A PERMANENTLY DEDICATED TREE, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN PLANTED.
UM, AND YOU DEDICATE IT BY CREATING A, UM, AN INDIVIDUALIZED CHARM, WHICH IS BRASS AND FOUR INCHES, UH, ACROSS.
AND WHAT WE DO IS WE, YOU, UM, YOU CHOOSE THE PARK WHERE YOU WANT YOUR DEDICATION MADE, AND WE CHOOSE A TREE FOR YOU.
AND WE PUT YOUR DEDICATION ON A TREE.
AND THAT TREE IS FOREVER YOURS.
UM, YOU GET A KEEPSAKE KEEPSAKE CERTIFICATE AND AN ONLINE TRIBUTE TREE LISTING, WHICH SHOWS YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE DONATED MONEY TO FUND TREES IN PETALUMA.
SO THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS A TRIBUTE TREE OR GROVE.
SO THIS IS DIFFERENT IN THAT YOU'LL BE FUNDING THE PLANTING OF NEW TREES IN PETALUMA.
SO IT COULD BE A SINGLE TREE OR A GROVE.
AND, UM, WHAT WITHIN THIS PROGRAM, LIKE I SAID, WE WORK WITH THE PERSON TO CHOOSE A SPOT, UH, A SITE, AND ALSO PROBABLY WITH THE CITY OF PETALUMA TO CHOOSE A SITE.
AND, UM, WE WILL PLANT THE TREES AND THEN SOME SORT OF PER PERMANENT SIGNAGE WILL BE ERECTED AND PROBABLY MORE EDUCATIONAL IN, IN, UM, EDUCATIONAL.
AND THEN THE PEOPLE WHO DONATE THE MONEY
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FOR THE TREES WILL HAVE THEIR NAMES ON THE SIGNS, AND YOU'LL GET A KEEPSAKE CERTIFICATE AND AN ONLINE TRIBUTARY LISTING.SO THOSE ARE OUR TWO PROGRAMS, UM, TO HELP RELIEF FUND TREES FOR THE FUTURE.
FUNDING IS ALWAYS A BIG QUESTION AND A BIG THING OF ALL KINDS OF IDEAS.
I'LL JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, AS MEMBERS OF TREE COMMITTEE, OF COURSE, WE'RE ENGAGED PEOPLE THAT HAVE OUR OWN NETWORKS AND WE CAN ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, FUNNEL RESOURCES AND IDEAS INTO RELIEF.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP OR A GREAT WAY WE CAN EXPAND OUR PARTNERSHIP.
UH, SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR TELLING US ALL ABOUT TRIBUTE TREES.
I'LL OPEN IT UP TO, AGAIN, TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
KEITH, PLEASE, JUST A REALLY QUICK QUESTION.
'CAUSE I'M INTRIGUED BY THE TRIBUTE GROVE CONCEPT.
WHICH OBVIOUSLY A GROVE WOULD TAKE MORE MONEY THAN A TREE.
UM, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR CORPORATE SPONSORS AND LOOKING AROUND AT, YOU KNOW, CORPORATIONS, LARGE COMPANIES WITHIN PETALUMA THAT MIGHT WANT TO HAVE A GROVE? UM, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
WE HAVE NOT STARTED REACHING OUT TO COMPANIES YET, BUT WE CAN PUT THAT ON OUR LIST OF THINGS THAT WE SHOULD DO.
BECAUSE THERE ARE ALREADY COMPANIES THAT DONATE A PORTION OF PROCEEDS TO PLANT TREES, BASICALLY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, BUT WHAT IF THEY COULD DO THAT RIGHT HERE IN PETALUMA? UM, STEPHANIE MARION, I'M GONNA SEE IF, UH, BILL OR TARN HAVE ANYTHING AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK.
I JUST WANNA GIVE PEOPLE A FIRST SHOT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, BILL TARYN, DON'T BE TOO POLITE.
REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL THIS PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR'S.
UH, MAYBE WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH, MAYBE STARTING WITH THE SENIOR CENTER WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT MM-HMM
WE'RE PUTTING SHADE ON A
UM, THREE OR FOUR NEW TREES THERE.
THEY, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE, UH, ALPAS AND JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY CONSIDERATION FOR A LARGER SPECIES OR MAYBE, MAYBE, UM, MAYBE I'M MISREADING IT, BUT, UM, A ALPA MIGHT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT NOT BE AS, AS BIG AS I'D WANT IT TO.
THE COVERAGE THAT I'D PROBABLY PREFER, I'D PREFER MORE COVERAGE.
SO THE, THE ALISH HOPEFULLY SHOULD GET ABOUT 30 FEET, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS.
UM, IF THERE IS ROOM FOR A BIGGER TREE IN THERE, WE WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND PLANT A BIGGER TREE.
SO, UM, I JUST, YEAH, JUST MAYBE A, A SECOND LOOK AT IT, BUT OTHERWISE, LOVE THAT.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING TREES THERE.
WE'LL TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT IT.
THE SPORTS FIELDS, WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT'S BEEN TO SEE SOME OF THOSE FINGER PLANTING.
SO NEW TREES, IT'S, YEAH, THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
SOME I THINK FEELS LIKE THEY NEED A LITTLE MORE WATER OR SOMETHING.
I, WHAT'S THE WATER SITUATION THERE? YEAH, I NOTICED, I NOTICED TWO TREES.
I, I WENT OUT TO THE, TO THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELDS.
UM, AND I DID NOTICE THERE ARE TWO TREES THAT ARE STRUGGLING, SO I HAND WATERED THEM AND I DID GET IN CONTACT WITH THE CITY TO MAKE, TO ASK THEM TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT THEY PUT ON THE TREES.
SO ARE THOSE IRRIGATED OR THEY ARE IRRIGATED? OH, YES.
I JUST, UH, I, I PICK UP MY DAUGHTER THREE DAYS A WEEK AT THIS, AT THOSE FIELDS.
UH, IT'S JUST THRIVING DOWN THERE.
I MEAN, THOSE, UH, NOT A BIG FAN OF, UH, YOU KNOW, ARTIFICIAL TURF, BUT BOY, THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF GOOD USE, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, THERE'S PROBABLY FOUR TEAMS ON ONE FIELD AT A TIME AT SOME POINT.
I MEAN, THEY'RE UNDER THE LIGHTS.
AND, UH, AND THERE'S A LOT OF TURNOVER OF KIDS AND CARS, AND SO I'M QUITE OFTEN WAITING AND, YOU KNOW, MY CAR AND, AND SORT OF WATCHING IN THE DISTANCE, SORT OF LOOKING AT THE, AT THE PRACTICES THAT ARE GOING ON MM-HMM
AND SO I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT IS A VERY RIPE AREA THAT'S IN BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT MM-HMM
AND THE, AND THE FIELDS TO PLANT.
THAT'S GONNA CREATE SOME NICE SHADY AREAS FOR PEOPLE TO SIT AND, AND UTILIZE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF CONSIDERATION FOR SIGHT LINES FROM THE PARKING LOT.
IT IS ACTUALLY KIND OF NICE TO SEE MM-HMM
SO, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE IS A BIG BERM AND THERE'S THREE LEVELS OF TREES, IT MIGHT JUST COMPLETELY BLOCK OFF.
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AND MAYBE THAT'S INTENTIONAL.IT COULD BE GOOD, BUT IT, IT DOES SEEM, I JUST WANTED TO RAISE IT AS A YEAH.
UH, LIKE THAT'S THE TRADE OFF, I SUPPOSE, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A PARENT, I MAY SORT OF ABLE TO SORT OF CONNECT WITH WHAT'S GOING ON AND MM-HMM
THE PICKUP MAKE IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER.
THAT IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
THERE'S A, LIKE A NATURAL ENTRANCE, UH, TO WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT WANNA COME AND WALK THROUGH AND TO THE, TO THE FIELDS.
SO WE TRIED TO LEAVE GAPS IN BETWEEN THOSE AREAS.
UM, AND THEN EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THE BIG CANOPY TREES WILL BE TRUNK MM-HMM
SO THAT MIGHT BE EASIER TO SEE THROUGH THAN LIKE A DENSE TREE.
THAT'S ALL THE WAY, YOU KNOW, UP.
BUT I DO OR UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I WOULD FEEL LIKE, YEAH, THAT ORNAMENTAL MM-HMM
10 FOOT TREE, THAT WOULD JUST SORT OF BLOCK THE SIGHT LINE COMPLETELY, WOULDN'T BE MY PREFERENCE.
IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY GROW UP TO BE A HIGHER CANOPY TREE.
THE THING IS, WHEN YOU'RE PLANTING ON A BERM, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEE HOW LARGE OF A TREE WE COULD PLANT ON THE SLOPES.
SO WE'LL LOOK AT THAT, UM, AND TAKE YOUR COMMENTS IN FOR CONSIDERATION.
UM, I LOVE TO SEE THE TREES AND THE MEDIAN ISLAND AROUND THE MARIA ROUNDABOUT THERE AS AT THE MARIA AND RAINIER ROUND OR, UM, ANYWAY.
SO THERE, THERE'S A MEDIAN MM-HMM
IS IN THE, IN, IN THE PLAN BETWEEN MM-HMM
I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT BEING PLANTED.
UM, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S IN OUR PLAN NOW OR SOMETHING ELSE? WELL, LET'S SEE.
IS THERE ONE? SO LET'S, WAS IT AT THE BOTTOM? I THINK IT WAS RAINIER.
YEAH, IT WAS UNDER THE RAINIER SLIDE AND THEN IT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT MARIA.
SO DOES, SO THOSE ORANGE AND YELLOW DOTS YES.
THOSE ARE TREE, THOSE THAT IS, UM, RIGHT NOW THAT'S A STRIPED AREA.
AND THEY'RE GONNA TAKE OUT THAT CONCRETE AND MAKE A PLANTING BED.
HOW DO WE GET THAT? MORE OF THOSE? YEAH.
BECAUSE, UM, THEY DID OUTREACH THERE AND THE COMMUNITY SAID THEY WANTED MORE TREES AND, UM, I BELIEVE WE'RE JUST TRYING, PETALUMA JUST TRYING TO REACH ITS CLIMATE GOALS AND YEAH.
MAKE PETALUMA A COOLER AND MORE COMFORTABLE PLACE FOR EVERYONE.
AND THEN I, YEAH, LET'S DO MORE OF THAT.
UH, NOT TO BRING IT DOWN, BUT I LOVE, UM, LOVE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
JUST THAT LIKE PLACES LIKE THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK AND, AND THE STEAMER LANDING PARK, THAT THERE'S ALWAYS AN EYE TOWARDS WILDFIRE RESILIENCE.
SO WE'RE NOT PLANTING TREES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE ARE, WE'RE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, SO WE'RE NOT HAVING A LADDER EFFECT OF GRASSES TO SHRUBS, TO TREES THAT COULD THEN TAKE OFF.
I JUST, UH, I JUST WENT TO A CONFERENCE ABOUT WILDFIRES AND URBAN AREAS AND WE LEARNED THAT, UH, I LEARNED, YOU KNOW, I KNEW THIS ALREADY, BUT, UM, YES, KEEPING THE, THE TREES ARE PLANTED FAR ENOUGH APART AND THE SHEEP COME IN THERE AND DO A GOOD JOB OF EATING ALL THE GRASS.
UM, THEY SAID THAT YOU NEED THREE FEET FROM THE VEGETATION TO YOUR TREE, AND SO THE TREES WILL BE PRUNED UP AND THE GRASSES WILL BE MOWED AND THEN THAT WILL REDUCE LADDER FUEL.
EVERYBODY'S THINKING ABOUT THAT.
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, BILL? UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TARAN, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS TO ADD? YEAH.
UM, THANK GOODNESS FOR RELIEF, RIGHT.
IT IS THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO OUR TOWN THAT I CAN THINK OF IN THE MOMENT FOR IN YEARS.
SO I JUST WANNA ECHO ON, UM, SOME OF THE, UH, SHADE, UM, GOING FOR NOT JUST TALL, BUT UM, REACH, RIGHT? YEAH.
THE DIAMETER OF THE CANOPY FOR MAXIMUM SHADE, IN PARTICULAR FOR LOCATIONS LIKE THE SENIOR CENTER.
UM, AND, UH, I THINK IT'S SONOMA MOUNTAIN SCHOOL.
UM, BECAUSE THE SUMMER IS THE HOTTEST
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AND THE SUN KINDA SETS IN THE NORTHWEST MM-HMMUM, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THE TREES BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE PEOPLE RATHER THAN BETWEEN THE EAST SIDE AND THE PEOPLE.
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REALLY GONNA BE SHADED WHEN THEY'RE WALKING ALONG THE PATH THERE.
UM, UP AROUND THAT GREEN SECTION, WHICH I'M GONNA ASSUME IS PART OF THE PUD AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S NO TREES GOING IN THERE.
BUT, UM, DO YOU MEAN THE, THE PART OF THE OPEN SPACE, WHICH IS EMPTY, SEE THE GREEN? YEAH.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE PLAYING FIELD.
UH, THAT THE, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S THE OLD ADOBE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT, OKAY.
BUT THEN FURTHER ON, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, TOWARD THE LEFT THERE MM-HMM
YOU SEE MORE TREES CONTINUING ALONG INSTEAD OF ON THE SIDE WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE STICK A COUPLE IN THE SIDES WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS RATHER THAN ON THE BROWN PART IS MY POINT.
I KNOW THERE'S UTILITIES, THERE'S OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, BUT AS SOMEBODY THAT'S OUT ON THE STREET A LOT, YEAH.
OH MY GOD, IT'S SO HOT OUT THERE.
AND I LIVE RIGHT OFF OF PAYAN ON GREY LAWN AND IT'S FRICKING HEAT ISLAND.
WE'RE JUST BEGGING FOR TREES THERE.
BUT, UM, WHEN THE SUN'S OVER THERE MM-HMM
IF WE CAN EVER GET TREES BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE PEOPLE, THAT'D BE GREAT.
AND UM, ALSO AT THE SENIOR CENTER, RIGHT.
THEN NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT, IF YOU COULD SQUEEZE THEM IN THERE.
UM, THE OTHER PART OF THE SENIOR CENTER IS ONCE YOU PARK YOUR CAR, HOW DO YOU GET TO THE SENIOR CENTER? YOU GOTTA GO OVER THAT BLACK ASPHALT AND MM-HMM
UM, SO THINKING ABOUT THE USABILITY LIKE YOU'VE BEEN DOING, BUT THINK ABOUT FURTHER JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY WALK FROM THEIR CARS TO GET TO THE SENIOR CENTER.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY THE, UM, PLAYGROUNDS.
I THINK IT WAS THE, UM, WAS IT THE ORO DEL ORO PARK OR SOMETHING? YES.
UM, IF WE CAN GET MORE TREES TO WHERE THE PARENTS SIT IN THE BLEACHERS, MORE TREES THAT COVER THE PLAYGROUND, NOT JUST AROUND THE PLAYGROUND.
I THINK THAT WOULD HELP BECAUSE AT KENWORTH PARK NEAR THE LIBRARY, WHAT KIDS ARE GONNA PLAY THERE, IT'S SO HOT.
LIKE WHEN YOUR KIDS WERE THERE.
THE ROUNDABOUT WITH THE TREE IN THE MIDDLE.
HOW ABOUT EVERY SINGLE ROUNDABOUT WE DO.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE THERE SO THAT WE CAN DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, SPECS AND HAVE A READY TO PLANT SORT OF A THING GOING IN FOR ALL ROUNDABOUTS.
AND THEN I THINK MY FINAL COMMENT IS, OH TWO FINAL ONES.
UM, THE RESIDENTIAL TREE PLANTING GOALS.
YOU COVERED THIS IN YOUR LAST PRESENTATION, WHICH WAS GREAT.
AND I HAD A RE A THOUGHT ABOUT IT AFTER YOUR PRESENTATION FOR MIDTOWN, WHERE IT'S A TERRIBLE HEAT ISLAND, NOT ENOUGH TREES, AND WE'VE GOT LIKE 40% RENTAL PROPERTIES THERE.
RENT LANDLORDS DO NOT LIKE THE TREES.
IF YOU COULD THINK ABOUT BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH YOUR SALES STRATEGIES TO GET THOSE LANDLORDS TWIST THEIR ARMS TO PLANT TREES.
'CAUSE THEY'RE CUTTING 'EM DOWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE THE MAINTENANCE COSTS.
CAN WE GIVE THEM A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR, YEAR FOR MAINTENANCE COSTS? CAN WE FUEL THAT FROM THE TRIBUTE TREE PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY'RE CREATING SUCH A HEAT ISLAND IN MIDTOWN.
AND UM, AND THEN MY FINAL COMMENT IS THE TRIBU TRIBUTE TREE PROGRAM.
I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT YOUR PROJECTED REVENUES ARE FOR YEAR ONE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO PLEASE HAVE YOU RECONSIDER $600,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
DREW, PLEASE DO KEYS FOR TREES READY TO GO OUT OF THE BOX.
HOTEL TAX, $600,000 THE VERY FIRST YEAR.
THINK OF WHAT YOU COULD DO WITH THAT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING DIRECT FLYERING IN, UM, LOW CANOPY AREAS RIGHT NOW.
AND ACTUALLY MIDTOWN IS OUR NEXT, UH, PLACE THAT WE'RE GOING ON.
UM, THAT WHOLE AREA WAS FLYER WITH THE AMERICORPS ONCE KNOCKING ON DOORS, TALKING TO PEOPLE.
AND I KNOW IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, RENTALS THERE.
REMEMBER WE KNOCKED ON DOORS TOGETHER AND YES.
I WAS A SPANISH SPEAKER PERSON.
BUT, BUT WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN.
BULLY PEOPLE INTO PLANTING TREES.
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UM, MARYANNE, STEPHANIE, DID YOU GUYS HAVE FURTHER COMMENTS, UH, TO ADD ON? UM, I JUST WANTED TO, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE GROVES, UM, AND CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA ALSO.
BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE I WOULDN'T WANNA SEE A BUNCH OF GROVES AROUND THE CITY NAMED AFTER COMPANIES.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY OR WORKING WITH RELIEF, COME UP WITH A NAMING SCHEME FOR THESE GROVES THAT MAYBE HAS WHERE THEY'RE NAMED AFTER HISTORICAL ELEMENTS OF THE CITY'S PAST OR SOMETHING.
AND THEN THESE COMPANIES ARE GIVEN THE, OH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPONSOR THE GRAIN, SILO GROVE? OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
UM, BUT THE NAMES THAT ARE CHOSEN BY THE CITY, REFLECTIVE OF THE CITY OR THE HISTORY OF THE CITY ARE WHATEVER, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CITY DECIDES, BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY NAMED AFTER SPECIFIC COMPANIES.
I DON'T LIKE THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF, OF PUBLIC LANDS.
SOMETHING GOOD TO THINK ABOUT.
AND STEPHANIE, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP AS WELL.
UH, WELL THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE QUICK IDEAS.
WHICH ONE IS THE, KIND OF PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT KEITH MENTIONED IS THE WOMEN'S CLUB HERE.
I COULD SEE MAKING A PRESENTATION TO THEM FOR, FOR, UM, A, A GROVE MM-HMM
AND I KNOW THIS 'CAUSE THEY GIVE MONEY TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT I'M ON A BOARD OF EVERY YEAR.
AND UM, THEN THE GARDEN CLUB AS WELL, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S THE WOMEN'S CLUB THAT HAD, UM, PLANTED THAT WHOLE ROW OF SYCAMORES THAT'S ON PETALUMA BOULEVARD NORTH ANYWAY.
AND SO IT MIGHT BE A REALLY COOL THING MAYBE TO JUST THINK ABOUT SOME FAIRLY LARGE PROJECT THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO SPONSOR, BECAUSE I'VE NEVER FORGOTTEN THAT ARTICLE.
IT WAS IN THE PRESS DEMOCRAT OR SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR SPONSORSHIP, UH, THAT THANK YOU.
AND THEN THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT THAT, THE ENTRANCE TO, TO PETALUMA FROM THE NORTH IS THAT JUST CONTINUOUS CANOPY MM-HMM
AND WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO MIDTOWN, THERE WAS AN ENTIRE CANOPY FROM ON PAY RAN FROM WASHINGTON TO MADISON.
AND WHEN THE STREET WAS REPAVED, THEY WENT AROUND AND TALKED TO OWNERS UP AND DOWN THE STREET TO SAY, DO YOU WANNA KEEP THE TREE? AND THEY WERE TOLD, MANY OF THEM WERE TOLD THAT THEY'RE DISEASED AND THEY CUT DOWN ALMOST ALL OF THEM.
IT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT APPEALED TO ME ABOUT WHERE I LIVED WAS DRIVING DOWN THAT STREET.
AND ONE OF MY, I KNOW THIS 'CAUSE I KNOW A COUPLE PEOPLE LIVING ON PAY THERE AND THEY SAID, NO, WE WANNA KEEP IT.
THOSE TREES ARE FINE ALL THESE YEARS LATER, BUT ALL UP AND DOWN THAT STREET THEY WERE, THEY WERE TAKEN OUT WAS JUST RIDICULOUS.
UM, THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING I WAS GONNA MENTION, BUT I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT IT IS.
SO
SO YOU AND I HAVE GONE AROUND JUST LIKE I THINK TARAN HAS AND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, THAT THE PAY RAN, I, I MEAN, WELL P RAN NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE ON MADISON BETWEEN VALLEJO AND EDITH.
AND WHEN THEY MOVED IN, THEIR PLANTING STRIPS WERE, UH, PAVED OVER BY FORMER, UM, OWNERS.
AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME MANY TIMES THAT THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE TREES IF THEY COULD PULL UP THAT, THAT ASPHALT THAT'S THERE AND THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR CONTINUOUSLY ABOUT ONE HA MORE THAN HALF OF THE BLOCK ON MADISON, IF WE COULD DO THAT.
I KNOW YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD 'CAUSE IT'S LIKE, OH MY GOD.
I MEAN, WE'RE
AND THAT'S A BIG, THAT WOULD BE A BIG SWATH OF THAT STREET.
SO WE ARE INCURRED, YOU KNOW, OUR GRANT UNFORTUNATELY DOESN'T PAY FOR CONCRETE REMOVAL, IT JUST PAYS FOR TREES AND THE THINGS THAT TREES NEED TO BE PLANTED.
UM, SO, UM, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET A QUOTE TO TAKE THE CONCRETE OUT.
THEY'RE, IN FACT, THEY'RE ALL THREE IN A ROW ON ONE SIDE.
BUT YEAH, SO IF WE COULD FIND THE MONEY SOMEWHERE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
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I BELIEVE THAT'S A CAPITAL PROJECT, RIGHT? UM, YES.
THAT'S NOT A PETALUMA CANOPY GRANT PROJECT.
YEAH, AND I, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE FROM PUBLIC WORKS HERE.
UM, TO SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS, WELL CATHERINE, BUT I WON'T PUT HER ON THE SPOT.
UM, BUT I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF, UH, SOURCES FOR THAT FUNDING BECAUSE IT IS ALSO UTILITIES.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF USUALLY FUNDING PROJECTS WHEN THEY'RE DOING THOSE STREET TREE OR SORRY, UH, WHOLE ROAD PROJECTS.
STREET REP PAVINGS OR IMPROVEMENTS ARE REALLY ONE OF THE BEST TIMES NOW THAT RELEAF IS KIND OF PAVING THE WAY AND PUBLIC WORKS IS REALLY STARTING TO DEVELOP THEIR PROCESS ABOUT PUTTING MORE TREES INTO THEIR PROJECTS.
IT'S A GREAT TIME FOR US TO BE, YOU KNOW, PLANTING SEEDS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT WE WANT MORE TREES AT THIS PROJECT WE WANT.
SO IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN GET A LIST, I'LL REACH OUT, UH, TO PUBLIC WORKS AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A LIST OF UPCOMING PAVING, WHETHER IT'S CAWFIELD OR WESTERN I KNOW IS COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO TRY TO DO SOME TARGETED OUTREACH ON THESE PROJECTS WHERE WE WILL HAVE CAPITAL BUDGETS TO MAYBE GET SOME OF THESE CHANGES MADE AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME COLLABORATION TO REACH OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS BEFORE THE PROJECT HAPPENS TO TRY TO GET BUY-IN SO THEY CAN REQUEST.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE SOME COLLABORATION THERE, PROBABLY RELIEF INVOLVED.
AND IF TREE COMMITTEE CAN FACILITATE SOMEHOW, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S FANTASTIC.
UH, AND I THINK THOSE, THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE ONE OF THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES TO GET SOME OF THESE BIGGER CHANGES MADE.
UH, ANYONE ELSE? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS BEFORE I JUMP INTO MIND? BRIEFLY? UM, I'LL JUST SAY I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY HAVING GOOD QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS THUS FAR.
I'D SAY, UH, I REALLY LIKE SEEING THE PLANTINGS AT THE SPORTS FIELD ALMOST LIKE A LAND ENHANCEMENT.
IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH OF THIS IS LIKE FUNCTIONAL CREATING SHADE, CREATING MORE USABLE SPACES, BUT KINDA THAT LAND ENHANCEMENT ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PART OF TREES, IT'S REALLY AMAZING TO SEE AND SEE SEELE KIND OF BROADEN INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IS EXCELLENT TO SEE.
UM, I WOULD SAY FOR THE OAKS, AND I THINK I'VE SEEN THIS BEING DONE ON A LOT OF THESE PLANTING PLANS.
IT'S JUST SO WE DON'T END UP WITH MONO DOMINANT STANDS OF OAK JUST SO WE PREVENT SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENT PESTS FROM JUST JUMPING TREE TO TREE.
WHICH AGAIN, I, I SEE THAT IN THE DESIGN, SO THAT'S GOOD.
UM, REALLY, I HAD A COMMENTARY ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL PLANTING PROGRAM AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAY BE MORE IN PUBLIC WORKS PURVIEW, BUT YOU KNOW, UH, IN TALKING AFTER OUR LAST MEETING, I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS IN, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING ROOT BARRIERS AND KIND OF DEEP WATERING PIPES FOR SOME OF THESE TREES.
BUT I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT THINK FOR SOME OF THESE RESIDENTIAL PLANTERS, WE DON'T WANNA RUN INTO WHAT WE HAVE NOW, WHICH IS A LOT OF SIDEWALK DAMAGE FROM PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T DRIVE ROOTS DOWN.
AND IT LED TO SIDEWALK CONFLICTS.
AND I KNOW THE CITY IS PUTTING TOGETHER, I THINK IT'S ONLY $150,000, BUT A SIDEWALK REPAIR FUND.
UH, I'VE, YOU KNOW, LOBBIED COUNCIL AT LEAST ONCE TO SAY, CAN WE LOOK AT THIS? NOT AS JUST SIDEWALK REPAIRS, BUT SIDEWALK PREVENTION.
UM, AND I WONDER IF THERE'S SOME COLLABORATION THAT COULD HAPPEN THERE.
I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT DREW, BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT REALLY YOUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, I WANT TO, I WANNA HAVE SOMEONE TO PUT THIS TO, BUT JUST THE IDEA OF, I MEAN THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP IF SOME OF THOSE MONIES COULD GO TO RELIEF TO SUPPORT THEIR RESIDENTIAL PLANTING.
'CAUSE THEY'RE ONE OF THE BIGGEST GROUPS ACTUALLY PUTTING TREES IN THE GROUND, UM, TO USE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO PREVENT FUTURE SIDEWALK CONFLICTS.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE IDEA I'LL FLOAT OUT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING IN YOUR GUYS' CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY LEADERSHIP.
THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THERE OR OTHER POCKETS OF MONEY LIKE THAT.
YEAH, SO, UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD QUITE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE, WE, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ROOT BARRIERS AND WE'RE TELLING OUR CUSTOMERS ABOUT THEM.
SO LIKE FOR A FOUR FOOT WIDE BY THREE FOOT WIDE HOLE, IT, IT WILL COST LIKE A HUNDRED DOLLARS IN ROOT BARRIERS.
SO UNLESS WE CAN BAND A LOT OF PEOPLE TOGETHER AT ONE TIME AND BUY, BUY THEM MORE CHEAP CHEAPLY.
SO IT IS AN EXPENSE FOR EACH TREE YOU PUT IN.
LIKE IF YOU WANTED TO PUT IN THREE STREET TREES, THEN IT'LL COST YOU 300 BUCKS.
UM, NOW REBUILDING TOGETHER, PETALUMA WORKS TEAM WILL BE PLANTING OUR RESIDENTIAL TREES.
SO, UM, THEY WILL BE, THEY WILL BE PAID FOR PLANTING THE TREES AND THEY WILL JUST INSTALL THAT ROOT BARRIER AT THE TIME OF PLANTING AT NO EXTRA COST.
UM, BUT IT WILL COST THE RESIDENT MONEY FOR THE ROOT BARRIER.
AND I GUESS THAT'S JUST WORKING INTO THE MARKETING THAT MR. PROPERTY OWNER, WE HIGHLY, HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE WAY EXPENSIVE.
SO THE QUESTION IS, WILL PEOPLE SAY, YES, I I'LL DO THAT, OR NO, I I DON'T WANNA DO THAT AND I DON'T WANNA PLANT A TREE.
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THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WILL KEEP CHAMPIONING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IF SOMEHOW WE CAN GET MONIES TOWARD THAT.'CAUSE IT IS SIDEWALK DAMAGE PREVENTION.
THAT'S A LOT OF THE DAMAGE WE HAVE IN TOWN IS FROM THIS VERY, YEAH.
UH, ANYONE ELSE WITH? SO REALLY THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTARY.
UM, I LOVE TO SEE THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON WITH RELIEF.
AGAIN, A CALL TO MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE TO USE YOUR SOCIAL NETWORKS, YOUR BUSINESS NETWORKS TO THINK OF IDEAS, MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH RELIEF.
'CAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO'S REALLY PUTTING TREES IN THE GROUND AND REALLY YOU'RE RUNNING A LEAN OPERATION TO DO A LOT OF GOOD IN THE CITY.
ANYONE ELSE CLOSING COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM THE PRESENTATION? AWESOME.
I'LL JUST REPEAT WHAT I SAID EARLIER.
I, YOU GUYS ARE LEAN AND MEAN TO DO PROGRAMS LIKE THE TRIBUTE.
IF YOU KEEP GROWING THAT OUT IS GONNA BE A LOT OF OVERHEAD.
SO I JUST WANNA PLUG AGAIN, MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN LOOK AT SAN LUIS OBISPO, THEIR TREES, UH, KEYS FOR TREES, PROGRAM RELIEF COULD SPONSOR IT.
AND YOU WOULD HAVE EASY MONEY WITHOUT THE LOGISTICS, THE SELLING, THE HANDHOLDING, THE HIGH OVERHEAD AND STAFFING THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS TO GET THEIR PREFERENCES, TO GET THE LOGISTICS DONE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO REPEAT MYSELF.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING REALLY APPRECIATE IT,
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CAROLYN, FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION.
A GREAT ROUND OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
SO WITH THAT, WE WILL CLOSE OUR PRESENTATION ITEM FOR THE MEETING, AND WE WILL MOVE INTO
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR OUR LAST MEETING, UH, WHICH I BELIEVE IS AUGUST 20TH.SO I WILL JUST ASK IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR CHANGES TO THE MINUTES.
SEEING NONE, I THINK WE WILL JUST APPROVE THE MINUTES AND WE WILL MOVE TO
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COMMITTEE COMMENT.AND WHY DON'T I START ON MY LEFT WITH MARYANNE, AND THIS IS UPDATES FROM EITHER LIAISON APPOINTMENTS OR OTHER ITEMS OF NOTE FOR TREE COMMITTEE THAT YOU WANNA SHARE.
UM, WELL I WAS, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I WAS REMISS LAST MONTH, UM, IN REPORTING ON, UH, REC AND PARK, UH, HAPPENINGS.
AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT HAPPENED IS THAT WE APPOINTED TWO NEW PARKS COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE BOTH SPANISH LANGUAGE SPEAKING.
SO WE NOW HAVE A BILINGUAL PARKS COMMISSION IN PETALUMA, WHICH I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT PETALUMA SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF.
UM, WE'RE HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK THAT, BUT I THINK THAT'S, THAT WORK IS GONNA BE GOOD FOR THE FUTURE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE INCLUSIVE AS A CITY AND ALLOWING EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN CITY GOVERNMENT.
UM, SO I'M, I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS.
UM, AND THE OTHER THINGS I THINK THAT WERE IMPORTANT, UH, FROM THE JULY MEETING WERE THE SUCCESS OF THE FAIRGROUNDS AND THE FAIR THIS YEAR WITH THE CITY HANDLING, MANAGING ALL OF THAT FOR THE FIRST YEAR, ESPECIALLY COMING FROM BEHIND THE GUN WITH SO MANY PROBLEMS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS THAT HAD TO BE, YOU KNOW, CORRECTED AND MADE, UM, SAFE BASICALLY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME IN AND, AND HAVE THAT EVENT.
AND THEN ALSO THE SWIMMING POOL REOPENING, UM, WHICH TOOK A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND COORDINATION ON THE PART OF THE CITY.
THEY'VE HIRED ALL NEW STAFF, THEY'RE PUTTING, UH, THE, A WHOLE NEW AQUATICS PROGRAM TOGETHER.
AND, UM, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT WAS ON THE RECORD.
I REALIZE I JUMPED OVER KEITH, BUT MAYBE WE'LL CIRCLE AROUND AND THEN GET KEITH AND IT'LL LEAD US RIGHT TO DREW PERFECTLY.
ANY COMMITTEE COMMENT? OH, WELL, WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL, OH, I THINK YOUR MIC, STEPHANIE, I'M SORRY.
I CAN HEAR YOU, BUT MAKE SURE THANK YOU.
UH, WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL COMMEMORATION OF THE NEW, UH, SCHOENBERGER GATHERING CIRCLE AT, UH, SCHOENBERGER PARK COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
AND WE HAD, UH, THE MAYOR THERE AND, UM, SOME HONORABLE MEMBERS OF OUR, OUR GROUP.
AND IT, IT WAS VERY GRATIFYING.
UM, THE COMMUNITY REALLY CAME OUT AND SUPPORTED IT.
AND, UM, YEAH, WE HAVE A, A TREMENDOUS, UH, NETWORK OF, OF, OF PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF HOW PETALUMA FUNCTIONS.
UM, AND THAT'S, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD.
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THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, BILL.UM, GREAT TO SEE THE WORK BETWEEN THE BOULEVARD AND SECOND STREET IN THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT FOR THE TEMPORARY, UH, I THINK, IS IT THE, UH, FIRE, UM, UH, FIREHOUSE THERE? WELL, PART OF THE BENEFIT, OF COURSE IS THAT THE SIDEWALK'S GETTING REWORKED.
SO THERE'S A PLANTER STRIP IT LOOKS LIKE.
UH, SO HOPE TO SEE SOME TREES THERE, BUT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA TO FOLLOW UP WITH SOMEBODY AT PUBLIC WORKS.
IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? UH, YES.
WHEN IN DOUBT JUST FOLLOW UP AND BOTHER PEOPLE ABOUT IT.
ANYWAY, YEAH, I THINK THAT'LL BE A NICE IMPROVEMENT.
UH, THE ONE, THE SIDEWALK TWO HOPEFULLY TREES IN THE PLANTER STRIP, AND, UM, OF COURSE, UH, TAKING CARE OF OUR FIRE PERSONNEL.
AND THEN, UM, YEAH, JUST HAD I, I DON'T KNOW, UH, WAS THOUGHT, THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT OUR LAST MEETING AND FELT LIKE, UM, UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE PROGRESS ON THE, UH, URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN AND, AND GET SOME DATA TO WORK FROM AND, UH, JUST HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO GROW OUR CANOPY AND GET, UH, MORE TREES IN THE, OUR, OUR PLANTER STRIPS.
AND, UH, YEAH, JUST, I KNOW THERE'S SOME TRICKY, UM, ISSUES OUT THERE, LIKE REALLY WANTING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I SORT OF SEE IT AS OUR, IF WE DON'T HAVE A, OUR, OUR A TREE IN THIS, IN OUR PLANTER STRIP IS, IT CAN BE AN ASSET, LIKE A REAL COMMUNITY ASSET, NOT JUST FOR THE HOMEOWNER, BUT FOR ALL OF US LIVING IN HERE AND WORKING HERE.
OR IT COULD BE A LIABILITY IF IT'S, IT'S HOT AND DRY AND VERSUS, YOU KNOW, SHADY AND BEAUTIFUL.
SO, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S LIKE, UH, HOW, HOW DO WE GET MORE OF OUR, OUR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY BEHIND, UM, PLANTING THEIR, UH, THEIR RIGHT OF WAY? AND, AND, AND I KNOW A LOT OF 'CAUSE 'CAUSE IT IS JUST, UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T THERE YET.
AND, AND SO WILL OUR MANAGEMENT PLAN OR ORDINANCE HAVE, UH, SOME SORT OF, UH, REASON TO COMPEL OUR, OUR RESIDENTS TO, TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, WE'RE ALREADY COMPELLED IF WE, IF WE, IF WE'RE A HOMEOWNER THAT HAS A TREE IN, IN FRONT OF IT TO, TO MAINTAIN IT.
SO WE, UM, AND IF, IF THERE'S ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT WON'T ALLOW US TO TAKE IT DOWN, THERE'S, WE'RE, WE'RE SOMEWHAT COMPELLED FINANCIALLY TO, TO MAINTAIN THE TREE.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A STRETCH TO, TO COMPEL OUR HOMEOWNERS TO, OR PROPERTY OWNERS TO ACTUALLY, UH, PLANT A TREE BECAUSE THERE WILL BE SOME FUTURE COSTS TO MAINTAIN IT.
SO JUST SOME MORE THOUGHTS ON THAT.
I HOPE THAT THIS, THIS GROUP, WE CAN CONTINUE TO DEBATE IT AND FIGURE OUT SOME HOPEFUL DIRECTION FOR, UM, YEAH, FOR, FOR ALL THE, UH, STAFF AND FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ON IT.
NO GOOD THOUGHTS AND UPDATES, BILL.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH TO WRAP OUR HEAD AROUND EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, BUT I'M EXCITED FOR THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THOSE CARROTS OR, OR LIKE, CAN YOU FORCE PEOPLE TO PLANT TREES OR CAN YOU GIVE INCENTIVE? LIKE THERE'S, I'M SURE THERE'S A LIBRARY OF TACTICS WE CAN LOOK INTO, SO YEAH, I'M EXCITED FOR THAT TOO.
UM, JUST AS A QUICK UPDATE, Y YOU KNOW, UH, DIANE, WHO IS NOT HERE AT OUR MEETING TODAY, UH, DID ASK ME PRIOR TO THE MEETING, IS THERE A SHEET OR A REFERENCE I CAN GET OF EVERYTHING TREE COMMITTEE'S GOT GOING ON, WHAT ARE THE AD HOCS, WHAT ARE WE, AND IT MADE ME REALIZE WE DO NEED THAT.
SO I'M HOPING I CAN WORK WITH DREW HERE BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING.
SO IN OCTOBER WE CAN HAVE AN UPDATED LIST OF HERE ARE AD HOCS, HERE ARE THE DIFFERENT POLICY THINGS LIKE THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT ARE IN THE WORKS.
HERE ARE SOME OTHER IDEAS THAT WE'RE PURSUING.
AND THEN HAVE A DISCUSSION AS A GROUP ON SOME OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE.
MAYBE THINGS TO TAKE OFF THE PLATE OR THINGS TO ADD ON THE PLATE.
AND THEN MAYBE JUST IDEAS, THINGS WE'RE SEEING IN THE COMMUNITY OR WANT TO SEE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND REALLY FIGURING OUT WHERE TREE COMMITTEE FITS IN, UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A CERTAIN SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO, BUT MAYBE THERE ARE WAYS TO FIND WHERE WE CAN USE THE POWER OF THE PEN AND, YOU KNOW, WRITE LETTERS TO CERTAIN PEOPLE OR MEET WITH CERTAIN STAKEHOLDERS.
SO I JUST WANNA GIVE THAT PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS FOR OUR OCTOBER MEETING TO REALLY GO OVER WHAT DO WE HAVE ON THE DOCKET RIGHT NOW AND WHAT CAN WE, WHAT CAN WE ADD AND IMPROVE ON? UH, BUT THAT'S MY ONLY UPDATE.
I MISSED THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, KEITH, I'M SURE CAN GIVE US A QUICK SYNOPSIS OF WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
SO I'LL SAVE THAT AND I'LL MOVE TO TERRAN.
UM, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATE EXCEPT FOR, UM, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO KEEP US ALL FOCUSED.
AND IT REMINDS ME OF A DOCUMENT I'VE SEEN, UH, DREW WILL REMEMBER BETTER THAN ME IS THAT, UM,
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KIND OF LIKE OUR, UM, ROLLING PRIORITIES DOCUMENT THAT THE CITY PUTS TOGETHER AND IT SHOWS WHAT'S BEEN DONE, WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S NEXT TO COME, WHAT THE TIMELINE IS.AND I THINK MAYBE IT INTERSECT, IT SHOWS WHAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS OR CCBS IT INTERSECTS WITH.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
BUT, UM, THAT'S, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAN THAT.
IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO BE PART OF THE, UH, THE TREE COMMITTEE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AS THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER LIAISON, I BELIEVE IS THE EXACT TITLE.
UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, I, I LOVE THE IDEA THAT DIANE CAME UP WITH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE SORT OF THE WHAT ARE WE INVOLVED IN IN THAT, THAT TYPE OF THING.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE FAIRGROUNDS AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I THINK, UM, HAVING, HAVING THIS INPUT FROM THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FAIRGROUNDS, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S AN AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND UH, CERTAINLY TREES ARE PART OF THAT HERITAGE.
UM, YOU KNOW, MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION IS, I'M NOT SURE CONCRETE BUILDINGS ARE, BUT I THINK THAT, UM, THAT THE TREES CERTAINLY SHOULD BE PART OF THAT, AND THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY INPUT THERE.
I, WE DON'T HAVE TO TURN INTO A GREAT PARK, UH, OR ANYTHING, BUT WE SHOULD, WHICH WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA, BUT, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THAT AGRICULTURE, BUT KEEPING TREES FRONT AND FOREMOST IN THERE, ESPECIALLY THE PATHWAYS LEADING TO THAT SHOPPING CENTER FROM, YOU KNOW, PAY RAN AND THOSE AREAS WOULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL.
AND WE DID NOT HAVE A SEPTEMBER 9TH PLAN COMMISSION MEETING, SO I AM NOT POSITIVE.
DARREN, WHICH ONE? I BELIEVE THERE WAS ONE THAT REVIEWED THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
UH, MAYBE IT WAS THE WEEK PRIOR.
IT WAS THAT ONE AND IT, IT, IT, IT, UM, IT WAS INFORMATIVE
YEAH, NO, IT WAS VERY INFORMED.
YEAH, IT WAS MORE OF AN EDUCATIONAL SESSION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING LEGISLATION THAT'S OUT THERE AND THE INCREASING CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE PUT ON CITY PLANNING AND CITY DECISION MAKING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
EXCELLENT TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING, AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT THERE'S AN IDEA I HAD A YEAR AGO THAT WE NEVER QUITE PUT TOGETHER OF HAVING A DESIGN REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE OF TREE COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT PROJECTS WITH AN APPLICANT WITHOUT A FORMAL MEETING TO SEE IF THERE'S FEEDBACK WE CAN PUT IN SO THAT PLANNING COMMISSION ISN'T DOMINATED WITH TALK OF TREES.
SO IT DOESN'T COME TO THE PLAN COMMISSIONER, THE CITY COUNCIL WITH ONLY ONE PLAN AND NOT A LOT OF, UM, NOT A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY, ANY WHAT CAN BE ADDED, GETTING INTO THAT CONVERSATION EARLY AND OFTEN.
WELL, KEITH, YOU'RE GONNA BE THE CO CHAMPION WITH ME TO GET THIS DONE WORKING WITH ANDREW AND WITH DREW HERE.
UH, BUT WITH THAT, THAT SUMS UP OUR COMMITTEE COMMENT AND I'LL LOOK TO DREW FOR A STAFF
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COMMENT.UH, AND WELCOME, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER.
UM, I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE PURVIEW THAT TREE COMMITTEE WANTED TO, UH, LET FOLKS KNOW, AND I THINK I SHARED THIS LAST TIME, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF TREES THAT WE'RE CLOSELY MONITORING AT THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY, AND ONE OF THEM, THE BUNYA TREE, UH, WE WERE PROVIDING SOME LIMB WORK LAST WEEK, UH, AFTER KIND OF A, A CLOSE CALL WITH A, WITH A LIMB THAT SHED ITSELF.
SO, UH, THE HEADLINE IS, UH, SOME SIGNIFICANT KIND OF TREE WORK THAT WAS NEEDED TO BE DONE, AND THAT'S A REALLY HARD TREE TO OPERATE.
AND ONE OF THE BRANCHES ACTUALLY CAME OUT AND, AND KIND OF BROKE A WINDOW AT THE MUSEUM, WHICH ANY WINDOW AT THE MUSEUM RIGHT, IS, IS NOT JUST A WINDOW, IT'S, IT'S OUR HISTORICAL WINDOW.
UM, BUT WE REALLY WERE FORTUNATE, ONE THAT WE HAD ALL THE RIGHT FOLKS ON THE GROUND, UM, NO ONE WAS INJURED.
UH, WE QUICKLY GOT THE, THE SLICE OF THE WINDOW REPLACED WITH LOCAL, YOU KNOW, GLAZER AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT IT JUST ANOTHER REMINDER OF, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT PROPERTY IN PARTICULAR HAS SOME VERY, UM, HISTORIC, BUT IN THIS CASE, KIND OF AN EXOTIC SPECIES OF TREE THAT, UH, HAS REALLY GIVEN US, UH, A RUN FOR OUR MONEY.
SO, UH, IF IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, IT'S BECAUSE IT GOT, UM, SOME TREE WORK DONE, AND WE DID REMOVE SOME CONES TOO.
THAT WAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM.
UH, THOSE CONES GET REALLY LARGE, SO WE, UH, WE HAD TO ADDRESS THAT.
SO THAT WAS MY TREE UPDATE THERE.
UM, I WANTED TO ALSO REALLY HIGHLIGHT, AND, AND IT'S, IT'S CEREMONIOUSLY THAT BRUCE, BRUCE ENTERED THE, UH, UM, CHAMBERS AT THE RIGHT TIME.
BUT, UH, FROM COUNCIL ON MONDAY NIGHT, ONE OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS WAS THE CITY DID ADOPT, UM, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
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AND WHY I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT, NOT JUST FOR, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, BUT IT, IT REALLY DOES HAVE THAT NEXUS IN TO HELP PRIORITIZE A LOT OF THE PROJECTS AND PLANS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.AND HOW DO WE INCORPORATE KIND OF TREES INTO THE STANDARDS OF STREETS AND MOBILITY.
SO THE CONVERSATION I THOUGHT WAS, WAS REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY A MOMENT FOR OUR CITY WHERE ONE, THIS WAS A PLAN THAT MANY OF YOU PROBABLY WERE AWARE OF HAS, HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING, BUT ON MONDAY NIGHT WAS ADOPTED.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, NO PLAN IS PERFECT AND IT HAS TO BE ITERATIVE, BUT THAT WAS A BIG MOMENT, UM, IS JUST FOR NOW THAT WE CAN START REALLY, UM, BUILDING PROJECTS AROUND WHAT'S BEEN ADOPTED AND, AND WE CAN START TO PUSH SOME OF THESE LONG KIND OF IDEAS INTO ACTUAL PRACTICE.
SO I WAS REALLY, UH, HAPPY TO SEE THAT.
AND, AND AGAIN, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BICYCLES, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S TRANSPORTATION AND THEN TREES PLAY SUCH A BIG ROLE INTO ALL OF THAT.
SO, UM, THAT WAS AN EXCITING KIND OF UPDATE FOR YOU ALL THERE.
AND THEN, UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY IT.
APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT.
A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK, UM, WHICH I, I KNEW TO EXPECT AND I, AND WE GOT, UM, ON THE RELIEF ITEMS. SO APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR FEEDBACK AND YOUR ATTENTION TO ALL OF IT.
AND WITH THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY ADJO THE MEETING, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT WAY AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
UM, SO WE'LL MAKE AN EXCEPTION.
BRUCE, IF YOU CAN COME UP, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND FEEL FREE TO MAKE IT AS, UM, BRIEF AS YOU WANT, BUT, UH, PLEASE, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE AN ALLOWANCE, MUCH PUBLIC COMMENT.
MUCH, MUCH TOO MANY MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
UH, THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED THAT SIGNIFICANT THING FOR THIS GROUP IS THAT WE PUSHED HARD FOR TREES AREN'T JUST FOR, UH, SENDING CARS DOWN ASPHALT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
THEY'RE PLACES FOR PEOPLE NOT ONLY TO UH, MOVE AROUND, BUT TO ENJOY PARTICULARLY THESE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY STREETS, WHICH IS A DESIGNATION ABOUT A THIRD OF THE MILEAGE IN THE PROPOSED PLAN NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY IS WHAT YOU SEE, UH, IN PROGRESS ON FIFTH STREET.
THE IDEA IS THAT THE TR THE STREET LOOKS TWISTED AND FRIENDLY AND HUMID ENOUGH THAT CARS, UH, ADHERE TO A 10 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT.
IT'S NOT FOR THROUGH FAST TRAFFIC.
AND WHAT MAKES THE TREE PARKING PROPOSAL THAT SAFE STREETS PETALUMA PUT FORWARD, IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY IN THE PLAN, BUT IT'S ACCOMMODATED ALL OVER.
IT IS IN ADDITION TO HAVING THE TREES ON THE STREET TO LOOK NICE, SHADE, ALL OF THE THINGS YOU KNOW ABOUT TREES, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE POSITIONED IN TREE PARKLETS THAT WILL CONSTRICT THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND JUST CREATE A SENSE OF, THIS ISN'T MCDOWELL, THIS ISN'T THE BOULEVARD, THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET WHERE YOU GO SLOW AND THUS IT CAN BE SHARED, UH, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF A SIGN, BUT BECAUSE PEOPLE DRIVE SLOW WITH PEOPLE WHO ROLL, WHO RIDE, WHO WALK.
UH, THE OTHER ELEMENT OF IT THAT'S UNIQUE IS THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS.
THEY'RE DEVELOPING AN ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY AND CLIMATE ACTION PROGRAM.
AND PART OF THAT PROGRAM IS GONNA INCLUDE HELPING DESIGN AND INSTALL AND TEND AND CARE FOR AND LOVE THESE TREES THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE PLANTING FROM KINDERGARTEN TO SIXTH GRADE, SEVEN GENERATIONS OF SCHOOL KIDS.
AND AT THE END OF THEIR SIXTH YEAR, THEY WILL HAND THEIR PARCEL DOWN TO THE NEW INCOMING KINDERGARTNERS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE THE VALUES, NOT JUST INHERENT IN TREES, BUT IN LOOKING AFTER FUTURE GENERATIONS.
UM, THERE'S A CURRICULA AND ONE OF THE STORIES IN THE CURRICULA, SOMETHING ACTUALLY I WROTE, IT'S AN ADAPTATION OF A STORY YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THE NEW COLLEGE DINING HALL, OXFORD UNIVERSITY, UH, BUILT IN THE 16 HUNDREDS, I THINK.
AND IN LIKE THE LATE, MID LATE, UH, 18 HUNDREDS, THEY DISCOVERED THAT THESE MASSIVE, UH, OAK CEILING BEAMS WERE, UH, ROTTING.
AND THEY LOOKED AROUND COMMERCIALLY, NOTHING AVAILABLE, NOTHING MANMADE AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, NO GLUE LAMBS, UH, WAS AVAILABLE AND THEY THOUGHT, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO ABANDON THE HALL.
THEY HAPPENED TO TALK TO THE FORESTER OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY WHO SAID, OH, THOSE TREES, WELL WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN OUR FOREST RESERVE WAY OUT YONDER TREES THAT WERE PLANTED 350 YEARS AGO, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PURPOSE TO GROW AND BE HARVESTED TO REPLACE THOSE BEAMS. AND SO THAT'S THE KIND OF TREE STORY THAT WE WANT TO HAVE AS PART OF THIS TREE PARKING CURRICULUM.
I'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH Y'ALL VIA EMAIL.
I'D LIKE TO GET AN ENDORSEMENT UNANIMOUS FROM THE PAC AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS WHO ARE ATTENDING THE, UH, CLIMATE ADVISOR COMMITTEE HAVE ENDORSED.
AND I'LL JUST MENTION FOR THE, UM, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, I JOINED PAC, UH, WHERE I WAS ON THREE COMMITTEES FOR A TIME, JUST SO I COULD BE PART OF THAT PROCESS.
WE STARTED AN AD HOC AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS EVERYONE ROLLED THEIR EYES AT, I JUST SAID, CAN WE INSERT TREES HERE? I THINK I WAS WORKING
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WITH PETE GANG, UH, AND I'M FORGETTING WHO ELSE.AND IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION AND SEE SO MANY PEOPLE MAKE THAT ACT OF TRANSPORTATION REALLY HAVE A STRONG ELEMENT ABOUT TREES.
THAT'S HOW WE MOVE TREE POLICY FORWARD IS EVERYONE JUST THANK YOU SINGING THE SAME SONG.
SO, UH, WITH THAT I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING HERE AT 4 55 ON SEPTEMBER 17TH.