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          I'M GONNA CALL TO 
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ORDER THIS REGULAR 
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MEETING OF THE PETALUMA TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 2026. 
          AND I THINK SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE US ON, OH, I THINK DREW GOT US ON MUTE. 
          YEAH. 
          PERFECT. 
          ALL GOOD. 
          UH, SO WE WILL KICK OFF OUR MEETING WITH A ROLL CALL FOR THE CITY CLERK. 
          VER OBEYED HERE. 
          KUSON? HERE. 
          BOTICELLI HERE. 
          HILT. 
          GENTILLY. 
          HERE. 
          SANCHEZ HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          SO THE NEXT THING 
          [GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
WE'LL MOVE TO IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA. 
          PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. 
          DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE. 
          TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES. 
          UH, NOW I DO HAVE SPEAKER CARDS HERE AND I WILL ASK THE CLERK IF WE HAD ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE MEETING. 
          WE DID HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED TO THE AGENDA, AND I HAVE ANOTHER CARD FOR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN THAT MEANS I HAVE THREE IN-PERSON SPEAKER CARDS. 
          AND TO START OUR IN-PERSON FOLKS, UH, I HAVE DEB FOX TO BE FOLLOWED BY WENDY JACOBS. 
          HI EVERYONE. 
          UH, DEB FOX. 
          I'M YOUR CLIMATE ACTION MANAGER HERE FOR THE CITY. 
          AND I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO INVITE YOU ALL. 
          UH, WE HAVE TO DO THIS VERY CAREFULLY 'CAUSE UM, FOR QUORUM PURPOSES. 
          BUT NEXT WEDNESDAY WE HAVE A QUARTERLY CLIMATE ACTION ROUND TABLE. 
          AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF GETTING WHAT I CALL THE GEARS OF CLIMATE ACTION. 
          UH, GOING IS TO INVITE CCB MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION AND TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON, AND ALSO BE ABLE TO INVITE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR MEETINGS. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE WORKING GROUPS, UH, THAT PARTICIPATE IN THOSE. 
          UM, THERE IS NOT ONE DIRECTLY RELATED TO TREE PLANTING, BUT THERE IS A HABITAT GARDEN WORKING GROUP THAT OBVIOUSLY TREES ARE A MAJOR PART OF THAT. 
          UH, AND SO YOU'D BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING ONE SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR CCBS TO BE ABLE, AGAIN, YOU, YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THIS 'CAUSE YOU'RE A BROWN ACT. 
          SO IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE CHOOSING ONE ANYWAYS. 
          YOU GUYS CAN FIGURE THAT OUT AMONGST YOURSELVES INDIVIDUALLY. 
          NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO WORD THAT. 
          . 
          YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY? ANYWAYS, I, I WILL SEND YOU AN INVITE. 
          IF I SEE THAT THERE'S MORE THAN MEETS YOUR, UH, NUMBER SO THAT YOU'RE NOT VIOLATING THE BROWN ACT, I'LL LET YOU KNOW. 
          BUT I'LL SEND AN INVITE TO YOU. 
          IT'S NEXT WEDNESDAY, UM, AT THE LIBRARY FROM NOON TO TWO. 
          UH, AND, UH, YEAH, YOU'LL, I'LL SEND THE EMAIL NEXT JUST AS A, UH, AN INVITE TO, UH, HAVE ONE OF YOU OR SOME OF YOU JOIN. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANKS FOR THE UPDATE, DEB. 
          UH, SO NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE WENDY JACOBS TO BE FOLLOWED BY EVE O'ROURKE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO TREE COMMITTEE. 
          I HAVE SUBMITTED A WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT TO YOU AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ THAT AGAIN. 
          BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS THAT ON BEHALF OF RELIEF PETALUMA THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, WE HAVE FORMED A SMALL TASK FORCE AND WHICH INCLUDES SOME MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE, WHICH WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR. 
          AND THE PURPOSE OF THE TASK FORCE IS TO, UM, ASSIST WITH OUTREACH, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY FOR THE NEW TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE, WHICH WE NOW UNDERSTAND WILL COME BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A FINAL REVIEW ON MARCH 10TH. 
          AND THEN GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR A FIRST READING ON MARCH 16TH. 
          SO THIS IS COMING UP REALLY FAST. 
          WE WANTED TO, UM, PUT YOU BACK IN THE MODE OF THINKING ABOUT THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. 
          I KNOW YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON IT. 
          YOU'RE PROBABLY MORE AWARE THAN ANYBODY IN THE CITY OTHER THAN THE FOLKS THAT ARE ACTUALLY PREPARING IT. 
          WE EXPECT A GOOD TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, A GOOD SOLID ONE. 
          UM, IT MAY NOT BE PERFECT IN EVERY CATEGORY FOR WHAT EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE, BUT RELIEF WILL BE ADVOCATING STRONGLY FOR ITS PASSAGE. 
          WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US . 
          AND, UH, TO MY PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THE WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT I ATTACHED THE CANOPY ASSESSMENT REPORT. 
          LES, YOU BE INTERESTED IN DRILLING DOWN INTO SOME OF THE PRESENTATION THAT COLLEEN MADE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. 
          YOU WILL FIND MORE MAPS, MORE STATISTICS, MORE, UM, GOOGLE EARTH PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I THINK WILL DEMONSTRATE BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT 
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THAT OUR TREE CANOPY IS INADEQUATE IN PETALUMA, UH, FOR A GOOD STANDARD OF LIVING. 
          AND I ALSO ATTACHED A SHORT SLIDE DECK THAT OUR TASK FORCE HAS PUT TOGETHER TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF THE, UM, THE ARGUMENTS AND THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHY WE NEED THIS TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE TO PROTECT THE TREE CANOPY THAT WE DO HAVE WHILE WE SET ABOUT INCREASING IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MARY, MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE, WENDY. 
          AND I'LL JUST ADD ONTO THAT REALLY BRIEFLY THAT I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET FAMILIARIZED WITH THE TPO. 
          DEFINITELY MARK MARCH 10TH ON THE CALENDAR FOR PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          THE LAST TIME THE PLANNING COMMISSION SAW THIS, THERE WAS DEFINITELY A TREND TOWARD WEAKENING THE TPO. 
          I WOULD SAY THINGS LIKE SIX, SIX INCH DBH WERE BEING MOVED TO 12 INCH DPH IN TERMS OF PROTECTED TREES. 
          SO DEFINITELY WANT TO GET EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED ON THAT ORDINANCE AND READY TO COMMENT, PARTICIPATE, 'CAUSE THAT'LL BE THE ONE OF THE BEST CHANCES. 
          SO, UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, WENDY. 
          UH, NOW OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE EVE O'ROURKE. 
          THANK YOU EVE. 
          HI. 
          I SEE YOU HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO AND, UH, KIND OF COMPRESSED SCHEDULE, BUT I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THE MORATORIUM ON THE PRUNING OF STREET TREES TO TRY TO AVOID THESE HORRIBLE, BOTCHED FLY-BY-NIGHT JOBS THAT WE'RE GETTING. 
          UM, IS IT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO DEAL WITH IT RIGHT NOW, OR THERE ISN'T ANY INTEREST OR WHAT YOU DID SPEAK WITH ABOUT IT VERY BRIEFLY AT THE LAST MEETING? SO NORMALLY DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, WE DON'T DO A BACK AND AND FORTH. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          I'M, BUT I'M SORRY. 
          MAKE YOUR STATEMENT AND THEN WE CAN TAKE THAT AND FOLLOW UP WITH IT. 
          SO PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          I GUESS I, I MADE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THE THANK YOU. 
          I THINK, I THINK YOUR MESSAGE CAME THROUGH, UH, LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING I MAY GIVE DREW A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT THAT, ABOUT A STREET TREE PRUNING MORATORIUM. 
          I THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOMETHING ABOUT STREET TREE REMOVAL, MORATORIUMS PER PUBLIC WORKS IN THE PAST. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW HOW FORMALIZED THOSE WERE, BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT NOW, BUT MAYBE WHEN WE COME TO STAFF COMMENT AT THE END, YOU CAN COMMENT ON THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT AND, AND WHAT SOME OF THE ISSUES ARE FACING AND REGULATING THAT ITEM. 
          UM, AND OF COURSE ANYONE ON THE COUNT, UH, COMMITTEE CAN FEEL FREE TO COMMENT DURING YOUR COMMITTEE COMMENT AS WELL ON THAT ITEM. 
          BUT I WANNA MOVE US FROM, I WANNA CLOSE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVE US TO 
          [APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. 
          SO THIS WOULD BE APPROVING THE MINUTES OF OUR PRIOR MEETING ON JANUARY 21ST, 2026. 
          AND I WILL JUST ASK IF ANYONE HAS ANY UPDATES OR CHANGES, UH, TO THE MEETING MINUTES AND SEEING NONE, I THINK WE CAN APPROVE THOSE MEETING MINUTES AS WRITTEN. 
          UH, ENC CLOSE THAT ITEM AND MOVE TO PUBLIC 
          [PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          SO OUR FIRST ITEM, UH, UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS WOULD BE THE RELIEF PETALUMA SPRING 2026 PLANTING PROJECT REVIEW, WHICH INCLUDES THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, MAGNOLIA AVE, AND SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS ALONG PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS. 
          I'M GUESSING THAT'S WENDY WHO'S GONNA MAKE THAT PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M HERE SUBSTITUTING FOR CAROLYN. 
          UM, HELLO PATRICK. 
          OUR, OUR HANDLER, OUR HANDLER FROM THE CITY IS HERE, SO I'LL TRY TO GET THIS RIGHT. 
          UM, AND I WON'T KNOW THE LATIN NAMES LIKE SHE DOES, BUT WE DO, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE FINAL PLANTING SITES FOR THE SEASON, TRYING TO GET SOME MORE TREES IN THE GROUND BEFORE THE RAIN STOPS. 
          AND, UM, NEXT SLIDE WE HAVE A LITTLE UPDATE FOR YOU. 
          UM, THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL. 
          I CALL THAT THE ARCH PROJECT BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT LONG HOT BLOCK LEADING UP TO THE BEAUTIFUL ARCH SCULPTURE ON LAKEVILLE. 
          UM, WE HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU, UM, OUR PROPOSED 15 TREES THAT WILL, UH, TUCK IN THERE AND PRODUCE SHADE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WALK FROM DOWNTOWN TO THE ARCH OR FOR THE ENTIRE TRAIL OR BICYCLE UP AND DOWN. 
          WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE, UM, A REALLY, UM, UM, WELCOME AND BENEFICIAL ADDITION TO THAT SECTION OF THE TRAIL. 
          THEN WE HAVE IDENTIFIED ALONG MAGNOLIA, I THINK IT'S MAGNOLIA DRIVE, ACTUALLY, UM, WHERE THERE ARE THREE CEMETERIES IN A ROW COMING OFF OF PETALUMA BOULEVARD NORTH TOWARD, WHEN YOU'RE GOING TOWARDS THE ROUNDABOUT ON MAGNOLIA, WE'RE GONNA SUGGEST, UM, 15 TREES, WHICH HAVE TENTATIVELY BEEN APPROVED BY PUBLIC WORKS. 
          IT IS AN AREA WITHOUT SIDEWALKS OR CURBS, SO NO ROOT BARRIERS. 
          YAY. 
          AND UM, THERE IS A CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT SEPARATES THE RIGHT OF WAY FROM THE THREE CEMETERIES. 
          SO I'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE MAP OF WHAT WE, UM, HOPE TO PLANT ALONG MAGNOLIA THAT'LL MAKE A, A REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE FEEL OF THAT STREET. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM PUBLIC WORKS SUGGESTED, 
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UM, LOCATIONS FOR REPLACEMENT STREET TREES AND WE'LL SHOW YOU THE MAP. 
          WE DROVE AROUND AND LOOKED AT ABOUT 60 SUGGESTIONS. 
          WE HAVE WINNOWED IT DOWN TO ABOUT 35 THAT WE THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THIS YEAR, AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE MAPS. 
          UM, AND THEY HAVE BEEN PRE-APPROVED BY PUBLIC WORKS AND WE'RE IN DISCUSSION WITH THEM ABOUT HOW TO WATER THESE STREET TREES. 
          SO WE THINK THEY'LL BE PRETTY IMPACTFUL. 
          SO IF WE CAN GET TO MOST OR ALL OF THESE TREES AS SORT OF AN END OF SEASON FINALE, WE WILL BE VERY GLAD. 
          WEATHER PERMITTING. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THIS IS THE, UH, THE SECTION OF THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL. 
          IT'S RIGHT ALONG THE RIVER. 
          WE THINK, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT OF 15 ADDITIONAL NATIVE TREES ALONG THE RIVER WHERE WE DO SEE WATER BIRDS ALL THE TIME IS GONNA BE, UM, WONDERFUL. 
          AND IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE IN THIS MAP, BUT WE JUST BASICALLY HAVE A FLOW OF TREES FROM THE BRIDGE TO THE ARCH. 
          WE STOP ABOUT, I WOULD CALL IT LIKE 30 TO 40 FEET FROM THE ARCH. 
          UM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY FOR REASONS OF TERRAIN AND BECAUSE THEY'RE A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT HOMELESS ACTIVITY CLUSTERED AROUND THE FAR SIDE OF THE ARCH, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE CLEARING OUT SOME VEGETATION THERE, REPLACING IT WITH LOW, UM, NATIVES OR GRA NATIVE GRASSES. 
          AND AT THE MOMENT THE THOUGHT IS, LET'S NOT PUT THE TREES TOO CLOSE UP THERE BECAUSE OF THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THAT ACTIVITY. 
          AND I PERSONALLY AGREE, 'CAUSE I THINK THE ARCH REALLY NEEDS TO STAND ALONE AS A WORK OF ART. 
          IT'S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL PIECE. 
          SO WE HAVE THE 15 TREES THAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP WITH SORT OF OUR, OUR GREATEST HITS, UM, OF OAKS. 
          AND WE'RE ADDING A COUPLE OF EVERGREENS FROM THE SANTA CRUZ, UH, AREA. 
          THE, UM, EVERGREEN IRONWOOD NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND HERE IS THE, UH, LENGTH OF MAGNOLIA STREET WHERE WE WERE SURPRISED WE HADN'T NOTICED BEFORE, BUT SORT OF THIS LONG, UH, TREELESS STRETCH. 
          AND WE HAVE, UM, THERE ARE THREE CEMETERIES IN THERE, NONE OF WHOM WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT AT THIS POINT, BUT WE INTEND TO GO FORWARD WITH THE TREES, WHETHER WE'RE ABLE TO CONTACT THEM OR NOT, BECAUSE OF THE CHAIN LINK FENCE BOUNDARY. 
          AND BECAUSE PUBLIC WORKS FEELS THAT, THAT, THAT'S FINE. 
          UM, THERE ARE I THINK 13 OR 14 IN A ROW OUTSIDE THE CATHOLIC, UM, CEMETERY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THERE. 
          AND THEN THE LITTLE INSET TO THE LEFT, WE'VE GOT ONE OR TWO MORE TREES DOWN AT THE FAR END. 
          AND WE HAVE A MIXTURE OF, UH, MAPLES, BUCKEYE, AND OAKS, UM, OH, AND SOME CHERRY TREES. 
          SO IT'S SORT OF AN INFORMAL ARRANGEMENT. 
          VARIEGATED SPECIES AND DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT SIZES AND SHAPES OF TREES. 
          A LITTLE BIT OF A RURAL RUSTIC LOOK. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THESE ARE THE, UM, SECTIONS OF ROADWAY THAT WE GOT FROM PUBLIC WORKS. 
          AND WE SEE A FAIRLY BIG PROJECT ALONG SONOMA MOUNTAIN PARKWAY WHERE WE DID 30 TREE 29 TREES LAST YEAR. 
          AND ALL BUT ONE HAVE SURVIVED . 
          UM, PUBLIC WORKS IS GOING TO IRRIGATE THESE, UM, SO THEY SHOULD HAVE A VERY STRONG CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. 
          WE HAVE NOT PUT SPECIES ON THIS MAP YET BECAUSE THIS IS TOO NEW. 
          IT, IT JUST CAME TO US A DAY AND A HALF AGO. 
          BUT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE SAME SPECIES DISTRIBUTION THAT WE USED FOR THE 29 TREES THAT ARE, UM, ALREADY PLANTED IN SONOMA MOUNTAIN PARKWAY, JUST TO SORT OF CARRY THAT THROUGH. 
          IT'S TWO KINDS OF OAK. 
          IT'S, UM, TOYONS AT EITHER END FOR LIKE A SPLASH OF COLOR AND A LITTLE BIT SHORTER TREE. 
          AND, UM, SOME WESTERN SYCAMORES FOR COLOR AND VARIETY. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THIS IS THE OTHER SECTION OF SONOMA MOUNTAIN PARKWAY WHERE WE WOULD BE REPLACING TREES, UM, ACROSS FROM RIESLING AND YET ANOTHER SECTION OF SONOMA MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. 
          THIS IS NOT A MEDIAN, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS, UM, APPROACHING LIKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD WOULD BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, GETTING FAIRLY CLOSE THERE. 
          AND THERE'S A LONG STRETCH THAT HAS A WALL BETWEEN THE STREET AND THE HOUSES. 
          AND, UM, PUBLIC WORKS TELLS US THAT THAT IS PUBLIC WORKS RIGHT AWAY PROPERTY. 
          AND THEY ACTUALLY ASKED US TO PUT SHADE TREES ALONG THERE. 
          SO AGAIN, THIS 
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WILL BE OUR USUAL SONOMA MOUNTAIN PARKWAY PALETTE OF SOME WESTERN SYCAMORE, UH, TWO KINDS OF OAKS, A DECIDUOUS AND AN EVERGREEN, AND THEN POSSIBLY SOME TOYONS ON THE END. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND PUBLIC WORKS SUGGESTED THAT WE PUT A ROW OF TREES IN NEXT TO THE SWIM CENTER. 
          UM, TO, CAN EVERYBODY ORIENT FROM THIS PICTURE? THE LIBRARY WOULD BE ON THE BOTTOM  AND THAT THE BIG PARKING LOT WOULD BE BELOW THE TREES. 
          AND THEN ON THE FAR SIDE IS THE PARKING LOT FOR THE SWIM CENTER. 
          SO, UM, WE CAN PUT FIVE TREES, FIVE BIG SHADE TREES IN THERE. 
          IT'S A SKINNY LITTLE STRIP, BUT, UM, THEY SEEM TO, OTHER TREES SEEM TO BE DOING OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA PLANT IT AND THE PUBLIC WORKS WILL IRRIGATE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          FINALLY, WE HAVE A ROUNDABOUT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN, LOOK RELIEF'S BEEN LOOKING AT THE ROUNDABOUTS FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS, WANTING TO GET TREES IN THEM. 
          AND THEY'RE HARD. 
          THEY'RE DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEY TEND TO HAVE UTILITIES CLUSTERED UNDERGROUND AND THEY TEND TO NOT HAVE WATER. 
          UM, AND THE ONE, THE ONE THAT DOES HAVE WATER HAS IS GOING TO GET A BIG SCULPTURE . 
          SO THAT'S THE ONE ON PETALUMA BOULEVARD NORTH. 
          BUT THIS ONE WE CAN DO AND, UH, PUBLIC WORKS IS, UM, WORKING ON GETTING WATER INTO THAT ROUNDABOUT. 
          SO THE TREE WILL BE IRRIGATED, IT WILL PROBABLY BE A BIG COAST LIVE OAK. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          CYPRUS DRIVE IS DOWN BY SCHULLENBERGER PARK. 
          AND LET'S SEE, SCHULLENBERGER WOULD BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS SLIDE AND ON THE LEFT WOULD BE ELLIS CREEK, IF YOU CAN SORT OF PLACE IT. 
          AND CYPRESS DRIVE GOES BACK THERE IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO PARK AT ELLIS CREEK. 
          AND THERE'S A BIG ISLAND THAT ONCE HAD REDWOODS, WHICH HAVE BEEN REMOVED. 
          AND SO, UM, I THINK WE'RE BALL PARKING THAT WE CAN GET FIVE TREES IN THERE. 
          AND, UM, WE ARE THINKING OF USING INCENSE CEDARS BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY OTHER REDWOODS IN THE AREA FOR SORT OF ON BOTH SIDES. 
          AND INCENSE, CEDARS WOULD, WOULD HAVE A SIMILAR LOOK. 
          THEY WOULD COMPLIMENT THE FEEL THAT WE THINK THE REDWOODS LENS DOWN THERE AND THE LITTLE RED DOTS ON EITHER END AGAIN, MIGHT BE OUR SIGNATURE TOY ON THAT. 
          WE LIKE TO PUT, YOU KNOW, AS AN ACCENT PIECE, UM, AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF OUR, OUR MEDIAN PLANTINGS. 
          NEXT SLIDE IS THERE, ANOTHER SLIDE IS OKAY, JUST, JUST REMINDING YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT WE'RE DOING, AND AGAIN, THESE SITES HAVE COME UP VERY RECENTLY, UM, BUT WE'RE GETTING OUR SANDWICH BOARD SIGNS OUT THERE. 
          WE ARE, UM, DOING SOME A LITTLE, A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FLYERING, UH, PUBLIC WORKS FEELS THAT WE SHOULD NOT LIKE BE IN THE MODE OF ASKING PERMISSION EXACTLY WHEN WE'RE PUTTING ROADSIDE TREES IN. 
          BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO LIKE A COURTESY FLYERING OF THE ADJACENT HOUSES SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE SHOW UP WITH SHOVELS OR PICK AXES THAT THEY WILL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND, UM, WE'LL WE'RE TRYING TO REACH THE CEMETERIES, BOTH, YOU KNOW, KNOCKING ON THEIR DOOR AND LEAVING PHONE MESSAGES TO TRY TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PLANTING ALONG MAGNOLIA, ARE THERE ANY MORE SLIDES? AH, OKAY. 
          OUR FUNDERS ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO OUR FUNDING FROM THE FOREST SERVICE AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS. 
          AND I GUESS THERE'S ONE MORE THING I SHOULD ADD. 
          THE FIRST SLIDE TALKED ABOUT THE PATHWAY TO THE ARCH ON THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL. 
          THAT IS A STRIP OF LAND THAT IS, UM, BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY. 
          BUT CURRENTLY THAT STRIP IS OWNED BY A PRIVATE OWNER, THE NEIGHBOR WIZARD OF METALS. 
          AND THERE IS A LAND SWAP TRANSACTION GOING ON BETWEEN THE CITY AND WIZARD OF METALS. 
          AND, UH, IT'S ALL BUT COMPLETE. 
          BUT THERE ARE A FEW LAST SNAGS TO WORK OUT. 
          SO RELIEF APPROACHED, UM, THE OWNER OF WIZARD OF METALS, WHOSE NAME IS NATHAN APPLE, YOU KNOW, VERY NICE CIVIC-MINDED INDIVIDUAL. 
          AND WE, UM, WE ARE CLOSE, WE ALMOST HAVE HIS APPRO. 
          WE WANTED TO GET HIS APPROVAL. 
          WE HAVE THE CITY'S APPROVAL TO PUT THOSE TREES IN. 
          SO THE, THE THINKING WAS IF WE COULD GET APPROVAL FROM BOTH THE OLD OWNER AND THE NEW OWNER, WE CAN RISK PUTTING THE TREES IN BEFORE THE RAINY SEASON ENDS. 
          IF WE CAN'T GET BOTH OF THOSE APPROVALS, THEN WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE WHOLE TRANSACTION GOES THROUGH LEGALLY AND THEN WE RELY ON OUR PERMISSION FROM THE CITY. 
          SO WE HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH NATHAN APPLE, THE ARTS COMMISSION, 
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UM, STAFF PERSON WAS THERE, MELISSA, AND, UM, AND PUBLIC, A COUPLE PEOPLE FROM PUBLIC WORKS. 
          SO WE HAVE A PLAN AND WE THINK THAT NATHAN APPLE IS GOING TO PERMIT IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT FINALIZED IN WRITING YET. 
          SO IT, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ONE WILL NOT FLY THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S FRANKLY OUR, OUR TOP PRIORITY BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO GET THE TREES INTO THE TRAILS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN, TOURIST VISITOR TRAFFIC THAT, YOU KNOW, WE THINK IT'S A BIG VALUE. 
          AND THAT IS OUR PRESENTATION FOR THIS MONTH. 
          WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I WILL SAY YOU GAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION DESPITE BEING, UH, PUSHED INTO SERVICE HERE AT THE LAST MINUTE. 
          BUT I'LL LOOK TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR JUST WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT WENDY HAS JUST PRESENTED. 
          DIANE, FEEL FREE. 
          ONE QUESTION. 
          UM, THE PART WHERE ON CYPRUS, WHERE YOU'RE, THAT'S WORKING, WHERE YOU'RE REPLACING THE REDWOODS, DO YOU KNOW WHY THE REDWOODS WERE TAKING OUT AND IS IT POSSIBLE THESE TREES WILL BE TAKEN OUT AS WELL? I DON'T KNOW WHY MM-HMM. 
          I, I JUST KNOW THEY DIED. 
          YEAH. 
          OH, THEY DIED. 
          THEY DIED. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          AND YOU KNOW, IT MAY HAVE BEEN LACK OF WATER. 
          YEAH. 
          AND WE FEEL THAT THE INCENSE, CEDAR, WHILE IT'S EVERGREEN AND IT'S LIKE A SOFT NEEDLY, UM, EVERGREEN TREE, IT'S GONNA HAVE A SIMILAR LOOK. 
          UM, THEY ARE AND MORE NATIVE TO THIS AREA. 
          WE, WE HOPE THEY'LL BE TOUGHER AND THAT AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, LIKE AN ESTABLISHMENT PERIOD OF THREE YEARS OR SO, IF THEY DO LOSE IRRIGATION, THAT THEY'LL HAVE THEIR ROOTS DOWN DEEP ENOUGH AND THE TREE WILL BE ACCLIMATED ENOUGH JUST IN ITS GENETICS THAT WE WON'T HAVE THAT LOSS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALSO, WHILE I HAVE YOU,  YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY FINDING, UM, MORE PUBLIC AR UH, PUBLIC AREAS YEAH. 
          OWNED BY THE CITY TO PLANT TREES. 
          IS THAT STILL AN ISSUE? AND WHAT CAN BE DONE? WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AND, YOU KNOW, AS FAST AS WE FIND THEM, WE'RE TRYING TO PLANT THEM AT LEAST THIS TIME OF YEAR MM-HMM . 
          SO WE WOULD WELCOME INDIVIDUAL OR COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS OF AREAS TO LOOK AT. 
          I MEAN, DREW HAS BEEN AMAZINGLY HELPFUL AND HE'S WORKING ON SOME, LOTS OF NEW SITES FOR US, BUT GREAT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE, WE NEED OUR, UM, INFORMANTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          SO PLEASE, UM, LET US KNOW. 
          IS SCHULLENBERGER ONE OF THOSE SITES? ACTUALLY, UM, SCHULLENBERGER IS IS A BIT TRICKY BECAUSE IT'S A WETLANDS PARK FOR ONE THING AND IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER OUR CURRENT FUNDING. 
          UM, WE LOOKED AT A, UM, AT A WAREHOUSE LOCATION NEXT TO SCHOENBERGER WHERE WE HAD HOPED TO PUT IN A ROW OF TREES TO BLOCK SOME OF THE LIGHT FLOW INTO THE, UM, PARK AND DISCOVERED TO OUR CHAGRIN THAT UM, THEY WERE JUST LIKE IN A CENSUS DISTRICT THAT WAS NOT COVERED IN OUR GRANT. 
          IT WASN'T URBAN ENOUGH I GUESS. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN AT THE MOMENT FOR SCHULLENBERGER. 
          AND WE THINK IT'S VERY TRICKY WHEN WE WOULD HAVE A PLAN BECAUSE WE DO WANNA PRESERVE THE BIG SKIES, THE OPEN SPACE, THE GRASSLAND, THE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT. 
          THE, THE, UM, WETLANDS. 
          RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THERE'S NOT SOME OPPORTUNITIES, IT'S JUST TRICKIER. 
          AND RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT COVERED BY OUR FUNDING. 
          GOT IT. 
          GOOD QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          ANYONE ELSE WITH FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, TARYN? UM, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, SAY THE REDWOODS THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT THERE. 
          UM, I REMEMBER FROM ATTENDING TREE COMMITTEE MEETINGS BEFORE, UM, I WAS APPOINTED, UM, TO THE COMMITTEE. 
          UH, THE STORY IS THAT THE, UH, PUD THE OWNER OR THE MAINTENANCE, UM, PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS AREA, THERE IS IRRIGATION, BUT THEY JUST SIMPLY TURNED IT OFF. 
          SO I WOULD HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE, UH, THEY LEARNED FROM THAT 'CAUSE ALL THOSE TREES DRIED AND THAT WAS A REAL SHAME. 
          UM, BUT MAYBE IT WON'T GET TURNED OFF SO, SO READILY IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, I WANNA SAY THAT, UM, BRAVO, THIS IS EXCELLENT WORK. 
          THIS IS JUST SO THRILLING TO SEE. 
          AND YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO DO JUST AMAZINGLY EXCELLENT WORK AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, UH, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND THEN SOME COMMENTS PLEASE. 
          AND NUMBER ONE IS, UM, I'M THINKING ABOUT ON MAGNOLIA NEAR THE CEMETERY. 
          THERE'S NO SIDEWALK ON THAT SIDE OF THE STREET. 
          UM, I IMAGINE WE THOUGHT OF, BUT I WANT TO, UH, 
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CONFIRM IN THE FUTURE SHOULD THERE BE SOME TRANSFORMATION OF MAGNOLIA SIDEWALKS PUT IN? ARE WE PUTTING THE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PUTTING THE TREES IN A PLACE WHERE THEY WON'T GET RIPPED OUT WHEN A SIDEWALK POTENTIALLY GOES IN, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED ON PETALUMA BOULEVARD SOUTH. 
          RIGHT. 
          ALL OF THOSE HUGE SYCAMORE TREES GOT WIPED OUT 'CAUSE THEY REDID THE SIDEWALK. 
          UM, SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, I HOPE. 
          'CAUSE I WALK THERE AND IT REALLY SUCKS TO WALK ON THAT SIDE OF THE STREET WHEN THERE'S NO SIDEWALK. 
          BUT IT'S A REALLY NICE AREA AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE TREES THERE. 
          UM, SO THAT WAS A QUESTION, BUT YOU DIDN'T NEED TO ANSWER IT . 
          UM, ANOTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS GONNA BE DOING THE IRRIGATION FOR THE TREES THAT WILL GO IN ON SONOMA MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. 
          WHAT IS THE METHOD OF IRRIGATION A TRUCK, A WATERING TRUCK? OR IS THERE, ARE THERE PIPES IN THE GROUND? IS IT RECYCLED WATER? IS IT FRESH WATER? SO, UM, THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE WILL BE DRIP IRRIGATION. 
          AND THAT'S, THERE IS WATER IN THOSE MEDIAS FROM WAY BACK WHEN. 
          AND, UM, THE 29 TREES THAT WE PUT IN LAST YEAR HAVE BEEN DRIPPED. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, BUT, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS SORT OF COMING UP AT THE END OF SEASON, SO THERE'S NOT A PLAN YET. 
          UH, AND THE BUDGET MONEY HASN'T BEEN FOUND YET, BUT PUBLIC WORK SOUNDS OPTIMISTIC THAT THEY'LL GET IT DONE. 
          AND UNTIL SUCH TIME THERE WILL BE A WATER WATERING WITH WATER. 
          BUFFALO RELEAF HAS ITS OWN WATER BUFFALO, BUT WE'RE GOOD BOY IS IT BUSY IN WATERING SEASON. 
          SO WE'RE HOPING PUBLIC WORKS WILL USE THEIR WATER BUFFALO FOR THIS STRIP ALONG SONOMA MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. 
          THAT'S, YEAH. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, LET'S SEE HERE. 
          UM, COMMITTEE MEMBER BAY, CAN I JUST CLARIFY TOO, 'CAUSE I, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I THINK WHAT WE'RE SAYING, UM, THE MEDIAN IN SONOMA MOUNTAIN PARKWAY, UM, ALL OF THE IRRIGATION HAS BEEN REPAIRED TO FIX THAT, THAT WAS CRITICAL AHEAD OF THE TREE PLANTING THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR. 
          UM, THAT IS ON RECLAIMED WATER. 
          UM, WHAT'S NOT YET CONNECTED IS THE FRONTAGE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE NEW PLANTINGS. 
          SO WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO DOING THAT. 
          BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S TWO AREAS. 
          THE MEDIAN IS CONNECTED, READY TO GO LIVE, THE FRONTAGE, WE STILL NEED TO SORT OUT FRONTAGE ALL ALONG FROM LIKE RIESLING ALL THE WAY TO EAST WASHINGTON, YOU THINK? I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE. 
          WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE FROM PUBLIC WORKS IN HERE, SO I DON'T WANT TO MISS READ. 
          BUT, UM, I THINK WE'RE JUST TAKING IT SECTION AT A TIME AND I KNOW IT'S NOT THE SITUATION THAT IT WAS IN THE MEDIAN, WHICH WAS SIGNIFICANT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, I'LL MOVE TO MY COMMENTS. 
          UH, LET'S SEE HERE. 
          UM, OR I GUESS THIS COULD BE A QUESTION, BUT NEAR THE ARCH, THOSE TREES I NOTICED ARE GOING IN KIND OF ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE TRAIL VERSUS THE NORTHWEST. 
          AND IN THE SUMMER, THE SUN IS PRETTY MUCH COMING FROM THE NORTHWEST. 
          SO COULD YOU PLEASE COMMENT ON WHY WE'RE CHOOSING, YOU ARE CHOOSING THE SOUTHEAST WHEN THERE MIGHT BE MORE CANOPY SHADE COVERAGE AND LESS HEAT ISLAND EFFECT IF THEY WERE TO GO INTO THAT NARROW STRIP ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE. 
          RIGHT. 
          I AGREE WITH YOU. 
          UM, BUT THERE IS NOT ROOM TO PUT TREES IN THAT NARROW STRIP. 
          UM, IT, IT'S VERY, VERY SKINNY THROUGH MOST OF THAT. 
          WE DID PUT, WE DID GET TWO OR THREE OF THEM IN WHERE IT WIDENS OUT CLOSE TO THE BRIDGE MM-HMM . 
          BUT OTHERWISE IT WAS, IT WAS JUST TOO NARROW. 
          AND PUBLIC WORKS ALSO HAS TO LOOK OUT FOR THE INTEGRITY OF THE TRAIL, YOU KNOW? YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE LOOKED, WE TRIED, BUT THE ROOM WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE, SO IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING. 
          OH. 
          AND IT'LL, IT'LL BE REALLY COOL FOR THE WIZARD OF METALS IN THERE. 
          THEY HAVE NO TREES AT ALL. 
          IT'LL, IT'LL GIVE THEM THE, UH, SHADE IN THE AFTERNOON. 
          BUT YEAH. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, LET'S SEE HERE. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          SO THE, UM, MY LAST THREE COMMENTS ARE RELATIVE TO LIKE THE FUTURE. 
          'CAUSE YOU DO SUCH EXCELLENT WORK, UM, SUCCEEDING AT GETTING GRANTS. 
          AND AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE SCOPE OF THE GRANT AND THE, AS IT'S DEFINED IN, IN THE GRANT AND IN THE APPLICATION FOR THE GRANT, REALLY DETERMINES WHERE TREES CAN GO IN IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND SO, UM, THESE ARE JUST, UM, SOME IDEAS ON LYNCH CREEK. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT THERE'S A REAL GAP IN COVERAGE THAT'S KIND OF ON, ON THE RIVER SIDE OF RIVER BEND DEVELOPMENT, BUT A LITTLE BIT EASTWARD. 
          AND I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED, WHY AREN'T THERE ANY TREES 
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FOR THAT STRETCH OF WHATEVER IT IS, 50 YARDS IN THE FUTURE? IF WE COULD FILL IN THAT GAP AT SOME POINT, THAT WOULD BE A DREAM. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE. 
          UM, AND THEN ANOTHER NICE IDEA THAT I THINK HAS THIS REALLY NICE SYNERGY WITH THE SPIRIT AND THE BEAUTY OF WHAT YOU'VE ACHIEVED IS TOWARDS THE NORTH OF PETALUMA BOULEVARD, ALL OF THOSE SYCAMORES THAT WENT IN BY THE WOMEN'S, UH, LEAGUE, WOMEN'S LEAGUE OF VOTERS, I THINK, OR THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF PETALUMA, THEY WENT IN LIKE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. 
          THERE'S SOME GAPS OF THOSE BEAUTIFUL SYCAMORES BE GREAT TO FILL THOSE IN, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF IN A LITTLE RAVINE IN THE MEDIAN AND I BET THEY COULD GET SUFFICIENT WATER, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHERE THERE'S A DEPTH WATER TENDS TO RUN TO THAT. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THE ROOTS WOULD TAKE WELL TO THAT. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF WISHLIST STUFF HERE WITH CHRISTMAS, JUST AROUND THE BEND. 
          AND UM, THEN MY FINAL COMMENT KIND OF SPEAKS TO, UM, UH, SOME WORK THAT WE DID, UM, UI AND CAROLYN LAST YEAR, UM, ON THAT STREET THAT BORDERS WHOLE FOODS GROCERY STORE. 
          FORGET THE NAME OF THE STREET. 
          IS IT EDITH? I DON'T REMEMBER. 
          UM, VALLEJO MAYBE. 
          IS IT VALLEJO? UM, WELL, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT WAS SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT TREES, AND I THINK AT LEAST THREE IF NOT FOUR TREES WENT IN THERE. 
          TWO OF THEM LOOK LIKE THEY'VE DIED. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A HEARTBREAKER. 
          IT'S NEVER GONNA BE PERFECT SUCCESS RATE. 
          UM, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE ON PAY RAN, I JUST KNOW THE OTHER DAY MM-HMM . 
          IT'S DIED. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, THEY DIDN'T GET WATERED. 
          PERHAPS SOMETHING ELSE WENT WRONG, THE ROOTS DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH AIR, I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLORE, BRAINSTORM SOME SORT OF A MECHANISM THAT COMBINES CARROT AND STICK, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GIVE YOU $50 MM-HMM . 
          CREDIT ON YOUR WATER BILL IN TWO YEARS IF THESE TREES MAKE IT RIGHT. 
          UM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT KEEPS IT IN FRONT OF THEM. 
          OR A FOLLOW-UP NOTE EVERY SIX MONTHS THAT SOMEBODY CAN WALK AND DROP INTO THEIR, ON THEIR FRONT DOOR SAYING, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          IT'S LOOKING GREAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR WATERING IT. 
          YOU KNOW, POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT BECAUSE JUST BREAKS MY HEART, UM, THAT YOU ALL THAT GREAT WORK AND THE BEAUTIFUL ACID OF THE TREE AND THEN IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE IT FOR LACK OF SOMETHING. 
          UM, SO THAT'S, AND WE, WE ARE DOING THE EMAIL CONTACT YEAH. 
          PROBABLY MORE FREQUENTLY THAN SIX MONTHS, BUT OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          REMINDERS. 
          EVEN IN THE WINTER, HEY, WE'RE HAVING A DROUGHT EVEN THOUGH IT'S JANUARY. 
          YEAH. 
          WHAT ARE YOUR NEW TREE? WELL, UH, LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB AND IT'S JUST EXCELLENT. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          AND THESE ARE JUST KIND OF LIKE LITTLE WISHLISTS, UM, FOR CHRIS, UH, IN ADVANCE OF CHRISTMAS . 
          GOOD IDEAS. 
          WELL, THANK YOU TERRA FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL INPUT. 
          AND I'LL SAY YOU'RE HITTING ON SOMETHING THERE ABOUT INCENTIVIZING AND ENCOURAGING PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO PLANT AND HAVE TREES SUCCEED IN THAT PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY. 
          AND THAT'S ALMOST LIKE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT STUFF WE CAN THINK ABOUT. 
          SO, GOOD SEEDS YOU'VE PLANTED. 
          STEPHANIE OR MARYANNE, ANY COMMENTS OR FOLLOW UP STEPHANIE? I DO. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, TARYN, YOU AND I WALK A LOT IN THE SAME PLACES AND I CAN ANSWER ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FAILED TREE ON VALLEJO. 
          UH, THE WOMAN THAT OWNS THAT PROPERTY, HER NAME STEPHANIE, I CAN'T FORGET THAT , AND SHE TAKES CARE OF HER TREES, THAT TYPE OF TREE. 
          IT'S A BUSH OF SOME KIND OF BUSHY KIND OF A TREE. 
          IT'S DEAD. 
          BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S HER FAULT. 
          I THINK SHE'S VERY CONSCIENTIOUS. 
          SO THAT'S JUST TO SAY. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, WHICH IS IN ON PAY, I THINK IT'S THE SAME KIND OF A BUSHY KIND OF A TREE, AND THAT'S DEAD. 
          AND I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT THE SELECTION OF THE VEGETATION RATHER THAN THE HOMEOWNERS. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW THOSE PEOPLE TOO, AND I THINK THESE PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF THEM. 
          SO THAT'S JUST A, IT'S, IT'S GOOD FOR US TO KNOW WHAT'S WORKING. 
          AND A LOT OF THE NATIVES, I THINK ARE DIFFICULT, SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO START, OR MAYBE THEY JUST DON'T LIKE IT. 
          THEY'RE VERY TEMPERAMENTAL. 
          SO I THINK IN THOSE TWO CASES, I KNOW THOSE PEOPLE  AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THINGS. 
          THE, THE THE, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THE SPACE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALONG THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL THAT YOU SAY IS EMPTY. 
          YES. 
          THERE'S A CERTAIN, IT'S EAST OF THE BRIDGE. 
          IT'S THE ONE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. 
          LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE IT NEEDS SOME FILL IN THERE. 
          THERE WERE SOME TREES THAT WERE DIED THERE THAT WERE OAKS THAT WERE PLANTED THERE MANY YEARS AGO THAT DIED. 
          I SEE. 
          AND I ACTUALLY TOOK A TREE AND PLANTED IT THERE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT HOW TO KEEP TAKE CARE OF THEM. 
          IT WAS AN OAK SAPLING AND IT DIED, 
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BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH WATER THEY NEEDED. 
          SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE THOUGH, IS IT DREW JUST PUBLIC WORKS? UH, UH, DO THEY TAKE CARE OF THOSE LUNCH CRE, TREE CREEK TRAIL TREES? ARE THEY, WHO, WHO'S GONNA YEAH, I MEAN THAT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, MIGHT GO BACK TO WENDY, BUT PART OF THOSE DETAILS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY NEED TO BE WORKED OUT WITH THE WIZARD OF METAL AND IF, IF IT'S AN EASEMENT. 
          UM, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING THAT ON, THEN IT HAS TO COME WITH RESPONSIBILITY OF MAINTENANCE. 
          YEAH. 
          I, LISTEN, I, WENDY I ALMOST WORSHIP YOU AND I DON'T  BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN SO RESPONSIVE AND, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO DO SOMETHING AT SCHOENBERGER AND FOR NOW IT DIDN'T WORK. 
          BUT YOU GUYS ARE JUST YOU AND CAROLYN, YOU'RE SO EAGER TO COME AND LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT. 
          UM, BUT I HAD NO IDEA UNTIL I GOT ONTO THIS COMMITTEE, REALIZED REALLY HOW COMPLICATED PUTTING A TREE IN, IN TERMS OF IS IN TERMS OF THE WATER AND THE IRRIGATION. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH GO GOES INTO IT THAT I, I JUST DIDN'T REALIZE. 
          SO I  YOUR OPTIMISM AND YOUR PERSISTENCE IS INCREDIBLE. 
          I REALLY RESPECT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND JUST TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, YOU DID RAISE PUBLIC WORKS, HAS AGREED TO MAINTAIN THE TREES WE WE'RE PUTTING IN, LEADING UP TO THE ARCH, BUT WE WILL TAKE CARE OF 'EM FOR THREE YEARS AND THEN THEY'LL TAKE OVER. 
          AND I MEAN, LITERALLY WHO TAKES, LIKE, HOW DO, HOW DO, HOW DOES RELIEF TAKE CARE OF THEM? LIKE DO YOU HAVE A LITTLE, LITTLE CART OR, I MEAN, WHO DRIVES ALONG ? WHAT? I'VE SEEN SOMETHING PARKED AT POINT BLUE, SOME TRUCKS THAT LOOK LIKE WATER TRUCKS. 
          NO, WE, WE, WE DO MOST OF THAT MAINTENANCE WITH VOLUNTEERS. 
          WELL, THE NUMBER ONE THING FOR MAINTENANCE IS WATERING. 
          YEAH. 
          WATERING FALLS UNDER THAT CATEGORY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT AT THE BEGINNING AND WE MONITOR IT AS IT GOES. 
          WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, ALMOST MONTHLY, THE FIRST SUMMER, MAYBE EVEN EVERY TWO WEEKS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WATERING ASIDE, UM, THE OTHER, THE OTHER TWO, UM, ASPECTS OF MAINTENANCE, THE, THE BIG ONE IS STRUCTURAL PRUNING. 
          AND IF WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE TWICE IN THREE YEARS, BUT REALITY IS LOOKING LIKE WE'LL BE LUCKY TO GET THERE ONCE IN A THREE YEAR PERIOD. 
          AND YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT WHEN THE TREE IS NEWLY IN THE GROUND BECAUSE IT'S GETTING OVER TRANSPLANT SHOCK AND ADAPTING AND STARTING TO GROW. 
          SO IT'S GOOD TO GIVE IT A YEAR OR TWO BEFORE YOU GET IN THERE AND TRY TO CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF IT. 
          SO STRUCTURAL PRUNING IS A REALLY BIG MAINTENANCE ITEM. 
          ANOTHER ONE IS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, CUTTING THE TIES OFF AND TAKING THE POLES OUTTA THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY BAD TO LEAVE IN PLACE FOR THE TREES. 
          THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, RUB, RUB THE BRANCHES, KILL THE BRANCHES, THEY CAN FALL ON THE TREE AND BREAK IT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF DOING THAT FOR LIKE 1500 TREES WHERE IT'S TIME TO GET THEM OUT. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A BUNCH MORE NEXT YEAR. 
          AND THEN THE LAST THING IS IF THE WEEDS ARE TOO DESPERATELY BAD, I MEAN, WEEDING IS REALLY HARD FOR US TO KEEP UP WITH, BUT IF THEY'RE TOO DESPERATELY BAD IN A PARTICULAR LOCATION, WE WILL SOMETIMES SCHEDULE A VOLUNTEER DAY AND JUST GO OUT AND WEED AROUND ALL THE TREES AND PUT SOME FRESH MULCH ON. 
          WE WISH WE COULD DO THAT, YOU KNOW, REGULARLY, BUT WE CAN'T WITH THE KIND OF SCALE THAT WE'RE MM-HMM . 
          TRYING TO WORK WITH. 
          THANKS FOR THE QUESTION THOUGH. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          REALLY. 
          YEAH. 
          REALLY GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          AND WE'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOPEFULLY GETTING AN URBAN FORESTER, LIKE IF, IF ALL OF THIS GOES WELL WITH RELIEF, WHICH WILL REALLY ANSWER SOME PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THE KIND OF ROGUE CUTTING DOWN OF TREES AND, AND MAIMING THEM, WHICH WE REALLY HAVE NO, HERE ON OUR COMMITTEE, WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO, TO, UH, FINE ANYONE OR CATCH THEM OR . 
          SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A DIFFERENT AREA THAT YOU'RE ALSO WORKING ON TOO. 
          IF ALL GOES WELL. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. 
          BUT I HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE EXEMPLARY PARTNERS IN THE CITY THAT WE WORK WITH AND SPECIAL THANKS TO DREW AND HE'S PATRICK'S STILL HERE, , . 
          UM, THEY, THEY MAKE IT A LOT EASIER FOR RELIEF TO OPERATE MM-HMM . 
          AND HAVE REALLY MADE IT HAPPEN. 
          SO YEAH. 
          ENLIGHTENED CITY. 
          YES. 
          WELL, A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. 
          AND IT IS INTERESTING TO HEAR ABOUT THE MECHANICS, WHAT IT TAKES TO MOBILIZE SOMETHING LIKE A TREE PLANTING AND THE FOLLOW UP. 
          AND ALSO A NICE REMINDER THAT IF PEOPLE LISTENING WANT TO VOLUNTEER RELIEF CAN ALWAYS USE THE HELP TO MAKE THESE PROJECTS GO. 
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UH, AND I WOULD BE REMISS MARYANNE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR FOLLOW UP, I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT, UH, WHAT KIND OF A REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          LIKE AS TARYN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, NOTICING SOME TREES THAT HAVEN'T MADE IT. 
          IS THERE, DO YOU LIKE KEEP TRYING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TIMES TO SEE IF YOU CAN GET A TREE TO GROW IN THOSE AREAS? OR DO, OR LIKE, IS THERE A CERTAIN, LIKE WE WILL REPLACE IT LIKE THREE TIMES IF IT DIES AND THEN, AND THEN WE GIVE UP? OR WHAT DO, IS THERE LIKE A SORT OF A STANDARD, UH, REPLACEMENT POLICY WITH ANY OF THESE TREES? YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO BE THAT ORGANIZED, BUT WE PROBABLY SHOULD BE WORKING ON ONE. 
          I WILL TELL YOU THAT CAROLYN WILL REPLACE THEM FOREVER BECAUSE IT'S SO VALUABLE TO HAVE A SITE FOR WHERE A BIG SHADE TREE CAN GROW IN, IN PETALUMA THAT WE HATE TO GIVE UP ON A SITE. 
          UM, BUT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          I MEAN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RESIDENTIAL TREE PROGRAM, I'M, I'M NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TRY DIFFERENT SPECIES. 
          YOU CAN TRY MOVING THE SITE OF THE TREE SLIGHTLY AND YOU CAN TRY COACHING AND MOTIVATING THE OWNER TO WATER THEM MORE. 
          UM, BUT THERE SHOULD BE A LIMIT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT ON THE HOOK TO REPLACE ANY OF THE RESIDENTIAL TREES AND WE DON'T MAKE IT LOOK EASY WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, PLACE THE TREES. 
          AND BY THE WAY, EVE, WHO COMMENTED TODAY WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS PROGRAM LAST YEAR, GOING OUT TO PEOPLE'S YARDS. 
          SHE'S A LANDSCAPER AND ADVISING THEM WHERE THEY COULD PUT A TREE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE INVEST A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN THE BEGINNING AND IN TALKING TO THE PERSON. 
          BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, MARYANNE, I MEAN, TWO OR THREE TIMES IS A REASONABLE LIMIT FOR THOSE THE PUBLIC TREES. 
          I BET WE'LL NEVER GIVE UP ON . 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL THANK YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH WENDY, FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE HAVING THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK. 
          JUST ALONG THAT SAME LINE, I WONDER IF THERE'S SOMETHING SIMPLE ON THE RELIEF WEBSITE YOU CAN ADD. 
          AND WHEN YOU PLANT TREES, LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT, HEY, IF IT FAILS, REPORT IT TO US. 
          AND THAT KIND OF DATA COLLECTION, EVEN IF IT'S PASSIVE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TONS OF LIKE STAFF TIME TO REALLY DO EXCESSIVE FOLLOW UP, BUT EVEN IF PEOPLE SELF-REPORT IT MIGHT START BUILDING A MAP OF WHAT WORKS WHERE AND WHY. 
          AND WE MIGHT START PUTTING THAT PICTURE TOGETHER. 
          UM, IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT GO OUT AND LOOK AT WHAT'S WRONG, . 
          I KNOW WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T PUT MORE ON RELEASE PLATE BECAUSE YOU ALREADY DO SO MUCH. 
          BUT, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR MORE IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, AND SO WITH THAT ITEM, I WILL CLOSE ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE RELIEF PETALUMA UPDATE. 
          I DO WANNA BE MINDFUL OF TIME. 
          I BELIEVE OUR CUTOFF IS FIVE O'CLOCK FOR STAFF IN THE ROOM. 
          SO I'LL MOVE US TO, WITH THAT IN MIND, UH, MOVE US TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS DISCUSSION OF THE 2026 ARBOR DAY TREE DEDICATION, INCLUDING PARTICIPATION IN UPCOMING EVENTS AND OR TREE PLANTINGS. 
          AND I'M GONNA HAVE DREW KICK US OFF WITH THIS. 
          YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UM, APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU WENDY. 
          UM, STAFF, UM, THIS ONE WILL GO PRETTY QUICK AND, UH, ONE, ONE REASON FOR THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS, UH, ABSENT FROM THIS LAST DISCUSSION. 
          I BELIEVE YOU GUYS KICKED THIS THING OFF LAST MONTH. 
          AND SO THANK YOU TO OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR WHO FILLED IN KAT REISINGER, GOT HER DOSE OF YOU ALL AND SHE'S BACK TODAY, SO YOU DIDN'T SCARE AWAY. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, BUT YEAH, WE TRADITIONALLY, UM, LIKED TO OBVIOUSLY COMMEMORATE OUR, OUR ARBOR DAY WITH A PROCLAMATION AT THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND YOU GUYS HAVE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THIS, THIS BODY IN PARTICULAR HAVE KIND OF RAISED THE BAR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HAD A SUCCESSFUL EVENTS, UM, THAT TAKE A LOT. 
          BUT THE VILLE UH, EVENTS, I THINK THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS REALLY KIND OF CAME ABOUT ORGANICALLY AND, AND I REALLY COMMEND EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION FOR THAT. 
          UM, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, IN, IN TYING THOSE EVENTS WITH EXISTING EITHER TREE PLANTINGS OR CELEBRATIONS, WHAT WE WANNA DO IS PROCLAMATIONS ARE WONDERFUL. 
          UM, BUT WANTED TO GIVE THIS COMMITTEE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF CLOSE OUT THAT CONVERSATION IF THERE WERE OTHER DATES THAT YOU WANTED TO EITHER HAVE A BOOTH AT OR, OR RECOGNIZE IN A WAY COME TOGETHER AS A COMMITTEE, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT. 
          UM, BUT WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THOSE POTENTIAL DATES HERE. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY THE PROCLAMATION FOR ARBOR DAY ITSELF OCCURS TYPICALLY ON THE, THE SECOND COUNCIL MEET MEETING IN APRIL. 
          SO THE THIRD MONDAY. 
          UM, WHICHEVER THAT FALLS ON, UH, THAT'S ONE IN OF ITSELF. 
          UM, THE, UH, I KNOW COLLEEN, WHO HAD ALSO MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATING THE, THE, THE UFMG, UM, OR SORRY, UFMP, THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN BELIEF GOES TO COUNCIL ON THE 16TH OF MARCH. 
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SO SHE HAD ALSO MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING A SINGLE TREE PLANNING, KIND OF CELEBRATING THAT, THAT MOMENT THERE WITH THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED. 
          SO THAT WAS ANOTHER DATE I WANTED TO BRING, BRING TO YOU ALL THAT'S COMING PRETTY QUICKLY. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, I THINK DEB FOX, I'M GONNA PUT HER ON THE SPOT 'CAUSE SHE'S IN IN THE ROOM. 
          IT'S FAIR GAME. 
          UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE, UH, FUTURE FEST ON MAY 4TH, YOU KNOW, IS ANOTHER ONE THAT REALLY HAS A LOT OF NEXUS WITH THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY KIND OF AT THE TAIL END OF THE ADOPTION OF UM, YOU KNOW, THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE AND THE UFMG. 
          SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING OF INTEREST AND WE WANTED TO GET SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR THAT, UM, I'M REALLY JUST KIND OF PUTTING IT BACK, BACK TO YOU WITH THAT QUESTION. 
          UM, WE'LL TAKE ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY MUCH IT. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU DREW FOR THAT SUMMARY. 
          AND YES, THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE DID KIND OF A TREE FEST AND THAT'S EVOLVED A LITTLE BIT OVER TIME. 
          I THINK EVEN BEFORE THAT TREE COMMITTEE FROM WHAT I SAW WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO DO SOME KIND OF MEANINGFUL TREE WORK IN COORDINATION WITH ARBOR DAY. 
          AND WE USUALLY TRIED TO PICK WHETHER THAT WAS THE CALIFORNIA STATE ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION, WHICH I BELIEVE THIS YEAR IS MARCH 7TH. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE TIMELINE THAT KALA WAS TALKING ABOUT TO CELEBRATE, UM, THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF THE UFMP. 
          SO I THINK I DEFINITELY WANT SOME TREE COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENT IN THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY WORTH CELEBRATING AND DREW FOR THOSE KIND OF EVENTS. 
          IS QUORUM AN ISSUE OR CAN WE ALL SHOW UP TO THAT TREE PLANTING? I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT WE ALL COULD. 
          YES, I THINK WE, UM, WE HAVE A WAY TO REALLY TALK. 
          I MEAN, IT'S A COMMUNITY EVENT. 
          IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, MEETING AS A GROUP AND CALL TO ORDER AND HAVE AN AGENDA TOPIC AND WE KEEP IT ABOUT THE EVENT AND FOCUS, YES, WE REALLY ENCOURAGE INVOLVEMENT AND, AND REALLY SEE NO REASON WHY WE SHOULDN'T BE ALL THERE. 
          SO I, I DEFINITELY THINK EVERYBODY ON TREE COMMITTEE CAN GO TO THAT. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THAT, AGAIN, THAT'S A BIG EFFORT WORTH CELEBRATING. 
          I THINK FOR ME THE DECISION WAS, YOU KNOW, DO WE DO SOMETHING FORMAL WITH, UH, FUTURE FEST TO INTEGRATE INTO THE MAY 4TH CELEBRATION? AND IF SO, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR TREE COMMITTEE? WHAT DO WE KIND OF BRING TO THAT PARTY? UM, OR DO WE LOOK AT THE, SO THE FEDERAL ARBOR DAY HOLIDAY, WHICH FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE TRIED, TRIED TO TIME SOMETHING WITH THE FEDERAL ARBOR DAY, WHICH IS USUALLY THE LAST, UM, FRIDAY IN APRIL I BELIEVE. 
          SO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WOULD PROBABLY BE BEFORE THAT. 
          AND THEN THE LAST FRIDAY IN APRIL WOULD BE THE OFFICIAL FEDERAL HOLIDAY. 
          AND I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD THIS SAME DECISION AND WE DECIDED, YEAH, LET'S DO A TREE COMMITTEE INDEPENDENT EVENT. 
          UH, AND REALLY WE TRIED TO SET A NEW THING WITH TREE FEST WHERE WE WOULD IDENTIFY SOME AREA OF THE CITY WHERE THERE WERE TREES THAT NEEDED SOME KIND OF MAINTENANCE. 
          NOW, THE PAST COUPLE YEARS THAT WAS MULCHING. 
          AND FOR ANYONE WHO WENT TO THOSE, WE SPREAD A LOT OF MULCH. 
          WE IDENTIFIED, UH, THE FIRST YEAR WAS IN, UH, PRINCE PARK WITH THE GIANT OAK TREE THERE. 
          WE SPREAD LIKE A HUNDRED PLUS YARDS OF MULCH. 
          THAT WAS CRAZY. 
          LAST YEAR IT WAS SPREADING MULCH RIGHT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL AROUND THE REDWOOD TREES, WHICH DAILY ACCESS SINCE TURNED INTO LIKE THIS AMAZING GARDEN AND WALKWAY. 
          SO I KIND OF WANT TO HAVE THE GROUP REALLY DISCUSS THAT, DECIDE WHAT FEELS BEST. 
          I WILL SAY THAT FOR AN EVENT LIKE TREE FEST, WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL BECAUSE WE TRIED TO DO MUSIC AND HAVE EVENT PARTNERS AND REALLY YOU GOTTA START THAT IN LIKE NOVEMBER, DECEMBER. 
          'CAUSE PEOPLE'S CALENDARS FILL UP. 
          LIKE IF WE WANT SONOMA COUNTY PARKS THERE AND WE WANT AN ARTIST THERE, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO GET THE BALL ROLLING A LITTLE EARLIER. 
          NOT SAYING IT'S TOTALLY OUT OF THE QUESTION, BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE A BIT OF EFFORT AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, DO WE DO SOMETHING LIKE FIGURE OUT, HEY, IS THERE AN AREA, A PARK OR AN EXISTING TREE, A PUBLICLY OWNED AREA WITH TREES THAT NEED SOME LOVE AND MAINTENANCE THAT WE COULD GO AND DO SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE MULCHING THAT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN PARTICIPATE IN. 
          AND THEN YOU COULD ALMOST DO A TREE FEST LIGHT WHERE YOU'VE GOT SOME LIKE MUSIC GOING. 
          MAYBE YOU HAVE FOOD THERE, BUT YOU DON'T NEED VENDORS AND BOOTHS AND THE WHOLE SETUP AND YOU REALLY KEEP IT ABOUT THE WORK. 
          UM, OR DO WE AGAIN, TRY TO INTEGRATE MORE WITH FUTURE FEST AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR US? I, I WILL SAY FOR ME, JUST TO KICK OFF THE DISCUSSION, I LIKE THE IDEA OF EVERYBODY SUPPORTING KLA AND GOING TO THAT TREE PLANTING AND THEN SEEING IF WE CAN PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER ON ONE OF THOSE PUBLIC SITES, A PARK OR SOMETHING WITH TREES THAT NEED SOME HELP, AND MAYBE MAKE THAT TREE COMMITTEE'S MISSION ON THE FEDERAL ARBOR DAY, WHATEVER THAT WEEKEND IS AFTER THAT FRIDAY, TO TRY TO COORDINATE AS A TEAM AND PUT TOGETHER AGAIN THE THE KIND OF LIGHT EVENT WHERE WE DO SOME MULCHING, HAVE SOME FOLKS OUT. 
          UM, BUT I WANNA LEAVE THAT TO DISCUSSION FOR THE GROUP. 
          DO WE WANT TO DO AN EVENT WITH THE FEDERAL ARBOR DAY? DO WE WANT TO INTEGRATE INTO FUTURE FEST? DO WE WANNA DO ALL OF IT? 
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UH, I'M KI I'M KIND OF OPEN TO SUGGESTION. 
          CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT WAS THE, UM, THE MARCH 7TH DATE? UM, UM, UM, SO I THINK IT WAS, THAT'S THE NATIONAL ARBOR DAY CA. 
          UH, THAT'S CALIFORNIA STATE. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          AND I BELIEVE, UH, KALA'S EVENT WAS ON THE NINTH. 
          AM I REMEMBERING THAT? UM, I'M NOT SURE I HAVE IT. 
          YOU KNOW, MARCH 16TH IS THE ITEM THAT GOES AND I WASN'T SURE IFLA LANDED ON A DATE OR NOT. 
          UM, AND THEN APRIL 24TH I LOOKED UP, THAT'S THE FEDERAL ARBOR DAY. 
          SO A LOT OF DATES WERE THROWING AT YOU GUYS. 
          UM, AND THE FUTURE FEST AND THE FUTURE FEST WAS THE LAST, THAT'S MAY, MAY 4TH, THIRD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAY 3RD, I SAID FOURTH. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          CORRECTION. 
          THE THIRD 3 16, 4 24 MM-HMM . 
          AND MAY 3RD. 
          UH, YEAH, TARYN, IF YOU WANNA KICK US OFF, PLEASE. 
          UM, DREW JUST NOTED, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL LOOKS AT THE TPO AND THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN ON THE 16TH. 
          BRI, CAN WE GET A PROCLAMATION ON THAT DAY FOR ARBOR DAY TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, REMIND THE CITY COUNCIL THAT TREES ARE IMPORTANT, JUST SO YOU KNOW, A SUBTLE, A SUBTLE FORCE THERE. 
          CONVERGENCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, I, I CAN CERTAINLY ASK. 
          WE, UM, WE DO THOSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE MEETINGS, THEY GO LONG, SO WE'RE LIMITED ON OUR PROX AND SOME OF THOSE ARE MONTHS IN ADVANCE. 
          BUT IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DO A SWAP AOO LIKE THE SWAP FROM APRIL INTO MARCH, UM, THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION. 
          SO I'LL TAKE THAT BACK. 
          WORTH CONSIDERING. 
          WELL, TO WARM US UP TO THE ITEMS. YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO REFRAME, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DECIDING HERE? SO WE'RE DISCUSSING WHAT KIND OF CELEBRATION TREE COMMITTEE, WHAT ACTIVITY WE WANT TO DO IN COORDINATION WITH ARBOR DAY. 
          AND THAT COULD BE JUST SUPPORTING KLA AND DECIDING AN EVENT WITH KLA THAT COULD BE DOING A SEPARATE EVENT, MAYBE MORE IN LINE WITH LIKE AN APRIL TIMELINE AND THE FEDERAL DATE. 
          I'M THINKING OF KALA IN MY HEAD AS LIKE, WHEN'S HER DATE? HER? WELL, THE MARCH 16TH WE'RE GONNA BE ANNOUNCING THE UFMP. 
          SHE WAS PLANNING ON DOING SOMETHING AROUND THEN TO CELEBRATE THE UFMP AND IT ALSO HAPPENS TO LINE UP WITH THE STATE ARBOR DAY. 
          SO LIKE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MARCH 7TH, MARCH 16TH IS AN OPTION TO COORDINATE WITH COLLA. 
          OKAY. 
          AS LIKE A CELEBRATION THERE. 
          AND I THINK SHE HAD PROPOSED JUST A TREE PLANTING. 
          UH, THEN THERE'S ANOTHER OPTION, WHICH IS DO WE DO SOMETHING IN APRIL CLOSER WITH THE FEDERAL HOLIDAY? WHICH NOW IF WE'RE SWITCHING THE COUNCIL PROCLAMATION, WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF TETHERED, BUT, UH, DO SOMETHING WITH THE FEDERAL HOLIDAY WHERE TREE COMMITTEE DOES SOMETHING LIKE WHAT WE'VE DONE THE PAST COUPLE YEARS WHERE WE DO A MULCHING EVENT, WE DO A PUBLIC EVENT, HAVE SOME KIND OF OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC AT THAT. 
          UM, OR DO WE DO FUTURE FEST ON, UH, MAY 4TH AND DECIDE SOME KIND OF PROGRAMMING OR SOMETHING WE CAN BRING TO THAT AND, OR DO WE DO SOME COMBINATION? SO I THINK WHICH, YOU KNOW, COMBINATION JUST MORE WORK AND KIND OF GUMPTION FROM OUR TEAM. 
          BUT WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES SUPPORTING COLLEEN LOOK LIKE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          , WHEN I TALKED WITH HER AFTER THE LAST MEETING, IT WAS REALLY, I MEAN, JUST HAVING PEOPLE THERE HELPING MAYBE SELECT A SITE TO PLANT THE TREES. 
          DREW, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAD SPOKEN WITH YOU AT ALL ON POTENTIAL SITES. 
          SHE HAS NOT. 
          AND I, I THINK SHE WAS LOOKING AT ONE, ONE TREE AND I KIND OF SIGNAL FILED THE, THE PLAN. 
          AND SO SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, LESS IS MORE. 
          AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE MESSAGE. 
          UM, WHAT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR LAST TIME WE CONNECTED WAS JUST THE ADVOCACY FROM THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          SO LOOKING FOR PARTNERS TO COME AROUND AND KIND OF JUST GATHER AS A COMMUNITY MORE THAN THE WORK AND THEN HELP AMPLIFY THAT THIS IS A, A BIG DEAL FOR, FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I THINK THAT WAS MORE SO THAN THE A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED YARDS OF MULCH, WHICH IS AN ALSO AN INCREDIBLE FEAT, BUT A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT TASK. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, I, I WOULD ALMOST SAY THEN THAT I DEFINITELY WANT EVERYONE TO ENGAGE IN THAT WE CAN COORDINATE WITH KLA TO GO TO A TREE PLANTING, TELL OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GENERATE SOME, SOME ENERGY AROUND THAT. 
          SO THEN I THINK IT REALLY NARROWS OUR DISCUSSION OF DO WE WANT TO, UH, DO SOME KIND OF TREE EVENT OR HAVE A PRESENCE WITH FUTURE FEST AND OR DO WE WANT TO DO ANOTHER EVENT WITH OUR HUNDRED YARDS OF MULCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE WE IDENTIFY A SPOT IN THE CITY THAT NEEDS SOME HELP. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE CORE ISSUE. 
          DO WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING PROBABLY ON AN APRIL TIMELINE MORE IN LINE WITH THE FEDERAL ARBOR DAY HOLIDAY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT AN AREA WHERE WE NEED SOME TREE HELP ON A PIECE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY, MOBILIZE PEOPLE TO COME AND HELP AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL THE PAST COUPLE YEARS FOR ANYONE WHO'S PARTICIPATED IN IT. 
          UH, AND THEN DECIDE OR DO WE LIKE, MAKE A DECISION BETWEEN THAT AND FUTURE FEST. 
          JUST WHAT THIS GROUP THOUGHT, UM, MADE THE MOST SENSE AND WHO WANTS TO VOLUNTEER TO, TO HELP OUT WITH IT. 
          I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET TO TOO, I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT, UM, 
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I FEEL VERY STRONGLY TO SUPPORT KALA AS CLOSE TO THE MARCH 16TH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I THINK THAT TO, UH, TYING THINGS STRATEGICALLY TO PROTECTING OUR TREES, AS WENDY SAID, SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE HIGHEST SUCCESS LIKELIHOOD FOR THE NEW TREES THAT THEY WORK SO HARD TO GET IN THE GROUND. 
          UM, WORK, THE WORK PARTIES CAN BE A LITTLE CHALLENGING FOR SOME OF US, UM, THAT MORE THAN OTHERS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND, UM, I LIKE THE IDEA OF JUST FOCUSING ON A COUPLE OF TREES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW. 
          UH, AND IF COLLA WANTS TO LOOK AT ONE TREE OR TWO TREES, I PERSONALLY LIKE THAT AND I PERSONALLY LIKE DOING IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. 
          AND THEN EXPLORING SOMETHING ELSE TO DO. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, THERE ARE TWO TREES ON THE CORNER OF PETALUMA BOULEVARD AND EAST WASHINGTON WHERE THE ARM WRESTLING THING IS AND THOSE ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THEY NEED GLOVE. 
          UM, SOMETHING ON THAT SCALE APPEALS TO ME 'CAUSE IT SEEMS VERY DOABLE AND I DO WANNA SUPPORT COLLEEN. 
          AND THEN SO, UM, FOR SOMETHING FURTHER TO DO, I REALLY LIKE PUTTING THINGS IN THE GROUND AND SUPPORTING ACTUALLY GETTING THINGS IN THE GROUND. 
          UM, IT'S REALLY HARD TO DO, BUT RELEAF DOES IT AND IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE. 
          IF WE COULD SUPPORT RELIEF ON SOMEDAY AND DO A WORK PARTY WITH RELIEF OR COORDINATE TO MARKET TO SUPPORT THE TREE COMMITTEE, UM, OR HAVE THE TREE COMMITTEE SUPPORT IT, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE GOOD. 
          UM, JUST TAKING CARE OF SOME OF THE TREES THAT LOOK LIKE THEY NEED. 
          LOVE TO ME SOUNDS REALLY GOOD. 
          AND FRONT LOADING SO THAT WE CAN SYNC UP WITH THE DATES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          LOOK GOOD. 
          THAT'S JUST MY INPUT THERE. 
          NO, I, I LIKE THOSE IDEAS AND I LIKE STRATEGIZING TO REINFORCE HOW IMPORTANT THE TPO IS IF WE CAN MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND TO REALLY SEND THAT MESSAGE. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POLICY DOCUMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT ALL YEAR FOR TREES. 
          STEPHANIE, PLEASE. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, THE, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 16TH, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          NOW THAT'S THE ONE WE ALL SHOULD GO TO. 
          YES. 
          THAT'S HUGELY, THAT'S SO CRITICAL THAT AS MANY OF US CAN GO, GO. 
          AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER WHEN WE HAD A MEETING OF SUPPORT MEETING WITH RELIEF. 
          SO I WAS GONNA SAY THAT AT THE END OF THE MEETING AND I WILL AGAIN THEN . 
          BUT THAT TO ME, THAT'S LIKE, THAT'S KIND OF CROWDING OUT EVERYTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW FOR ME IS TO BE THERE AND SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD'VE HAD A FIRST READING OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE'VE WORKED SO HARD ON THAT WENDY HAS. 
          AND SO, YEAH, NO, I LIKE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT. 
          MAYBE WE CENTER OUR QUOTE UNQUOTE CELEBRATION THIS YEAR. 
          OUR WORK PUTTY PARTY, WHATEVER IT IS AROUND THAT EVENT, RIGHT AROUND SOMETHING IN, I MEAN, PRETTY SHORT ORDER IN EARLY MARCH TO REALLY GET IT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          TREES ARE IMPORTANT. 
          WE LOVE TREES AND KIND OF GO ALONG WITH THIS POLICY PUSH. 
          I LIKE THAT IDEA. 
          DIRECTLY INVOLVED RELIEF, I WOULD THINK. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, YOU WOULD WANT TO, RIGHT, WENDY? YEAH. 
          I MEAN, YEAH, THAT JUST MAKES SENSE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE ALSO DOVETAILS WITH SORT OF, BUT DOVETAILS WITH SORT OF A, A CALL TO ACTION UMPH. 
          IF IT HA IF WE RAMP UP FOR IT AHEAD OF THE MEETING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TAG ON, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, CONTACT YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, TALK TO THEM ONE-ON-ONE. 
          UM, TELL THEM IT'S IMPORTANT AND WE GOTTA REMEMBER THE GOALS OF WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER IN THE CARBON BLUEPRINT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO COOL OUR CITY AND IT'S GONNA SAVE MONEY ON, YOU KNOW, AIR CONDITIONING BILLS AND ALL OF THE REAL QUANTIFIABLE HARD BENEFITS. 
          THE RETURNS ON THE INVESTMENT THAT THEY NEED TO REMEMBER. 
          'CAUSE IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER ALL THAT WHEN THEY'RE UP ON THE DAIS MAKING DECISIONS. 
          THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS ON THEIR MIND. 
          WELL, IT'S A, SO WHAT I'M HEARING, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE COULD COORDINATE WITH BOTH COLLEEN AND RELEAF, WHICH IS PRETTY EASY TO DO AND SAY, LET'S FIGURE OUT EITHER A PLANTING AND OR SOME OTHER WORK, PROMOTE THAT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE OTHER THING ABOUT HAVING MANY EVENTS, A LIMITED AMOUNT OF PROMOTION AND WHAT PEOPLE CAN REMEMBER AND, AND REALLY GO TO. 
          SO IF WE, I LIKE THIS IDEA THAT YOU GUYS ARE, ARE FORMING, IF WE COORDINATE WITH RELIEF IN KLA, DO AN EVENT IN EARLY MARCH, REALLY PROMOTE IT WITH THE TIME WE HAVE AND WHEN THE PUBLIC COMES, WE CAN INFORM THEM ABOUT, HEY, YOU NEED TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          ANYONE WHO'S SYMPATHETIC TO THE TREES, WE CAN INFORM THEM. 
          YOU NEED TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 16TH. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          PLEASE COME TO CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE WRITE A LETTER AND SAY HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. 
          CLEARLY, IF YOU'RE AT THIS EVENT, YOU LIKE TREES, SO WE'VE GOT A MISSION FOR YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I LIKE THAT. 
          I LIKE THAT. 
          IS IT APPROPRIATE CHAIR TO ASK 
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FOR, UH, MS. JACOBS INPUT ON THAT? AND THEN I'LL JUST CLARIFY, THEY NEED TO TALK TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          CITY COUNCIL. 
          A LOT OF 'EM DON'T READ THE EMAILS. 
          RIGHT. 
          THEY GOT A LOT OF STUFF, ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS. 
          WILLIAM ANTE. 
          YES. 
          I, I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          AND WENDY, IF YOU DO HAVE ANYTHING TO CONTRIBUTE OR ANY IDEAS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO, TO CHIME IN. 
          I HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT THERE. 
          OH, YOU, YOU DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, WHY DON'T WE, MARIANNE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD OR SHOULD WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. 
          YEAH, NO, YOU CAN GO AHEAD. 
          I HAVE ONE MORE THING. 
          SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, UM, WE, THE SIDE COMMITTEE OR WHATEVER IT IS, THE TASK FORCE ARE WORKING ON PUBLIC, UM, I GUESS ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE TPO AND IT COULD PLAY ON THIS. 
          SO IN, IN PLAN FOR THAT, WE HAVE A TREE HUGGERS DINNER ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, FIVE TO SEVEN AT AQUIS. 
          AND ANYONE WHO LOVES TREES CAN COME AND, YOU KNOW, TALK TO EACH OTHER, SUPPORT EACH OTHER. 
          THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE TPO IF THEY'RE INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, AND COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THE FINAL QUOTE, I WOULD SAY, COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING AND ANYONE WHO HAS THE BANDWIDTH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ON MARCH 10TH BEFORE THAT IS ANOTHER GOOD SPOT FOR INPUT BECAUSE THE, THE BETTER THAT TPO IS LEAVING PLANNING GOING TO COUNCIL, THE BETTER OUTCOME YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AT COUNCIL. 
          RIGHT. 
          IF PLANNING COMMISSION CHANGES THAT TPOA LOT AND SENDS TO COUNCIL SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY WATERED DOWN, IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO KIND OF CLAW BACK TO WHERE THE TPO O ONCE WAS. 
          SO, UM, NO. 
          SO THIS IS EXCELLENT. 
          YEAH. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, IS IT GOOD FOR US TO GO TO THE THAT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND JUST BE THERE AND THEY COULD SEE US? OR DID, DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD TALK? I THINK YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY GO. 
          I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE GOING TO THE MEETINGS WILL INFORM YOU OF WHAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT. 
          YOU CAN DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANNA COMMENT OR NOT. 
          I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE IT TO ADVOCATE FOR THE TREE PROTECTIONS THAT THIS COMMITTEE WORKS SO HARD ON. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, STAFF WORK SO HARD ON TO BRING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ADVOCATE FOR THAT. 
          SO YES, I WOULD ALWAYS SAY GO, BUT YOU CAN ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DECIDE YOU DON'T WANNA MAKE COMMENT, IT'S ALSO USEFUL TO JUST HEAR IT AND LISTEN TO IT, TO PREP FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND CONTACT THEM ONE-ON-ONE AHEAD OF TIME. 
          ASK FOR A PHONE CALL BECAUSE, UM, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO MAKE UP THEIR MIND BEFORE THE HEARING. 
          BUT I CAN TELL YOU A LOT OF 'EM DO. 
          AND THE MORE, MORE IN ADVANCE YOU CAN GIVE THEM INFORMATION TO CONSIDER MM-HMM . 
          I THINK HELPS THEM MAKE THE BEST DECISION. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH, A GREAT POINT, A GREAT POINT. 
          SO WITH THAT, I LIKE THE KIND OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE BUILDING HERE. 
          WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN THIS ITEM TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          SO THIS IS A CHANCE FOR MEMBERS OF REPUBLIC TO GIVE A THREE MINUTE COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. 
          I WILL ASK OUR CITY CLERK IF WE HAD ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM SPECIFICALLY SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE MEETING. 
          UM, WE DID NOT, AND I WANTED TO MAKE ONE CORRECTION WITH OUR TWO PRIOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          ONE WAS GENERAL, BUT ONE WAS TO AGENDA ITEM TWO, UM, REGARDING THE RELIEF, UM, AGENDA ITEM. 
          SO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          I PROBABLY, YEAH, THEY'RE POSTED ON THE AGENDA. 
          I JUST MENTIONED IT IN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT ONE WAS GENERAL, ONE WAS FOR AGENDA ITEM TWO. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE BECOMING EXPERTS AT THE, THE PRE-MEETING COMMENT. 
          I LIKE IT. 
          YES, YES, YES. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          SO WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD HERE IN PERSON AND WENDY JACOBS WITH THREE LEAF. 
          UH, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, RELIEF IS PRETTY HEAVY, HEAVILY SCHEDULED FOR THIS END OF, UM, THE PLANTING SEASON. 
          BUT CURRENTLY WE, AND I I IMAGINE YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WEEKENDS, PROBABLY NOT, BUT CURRENTLY ON MARCH 7TH, WE ARE PLANTING THE SARTORI PUMP STATION WITH THE TEEN TREE CORPS. 
          AN OPPORTUNITY MIGHT LOOK LIKE JOINING AT THE BEGINNING OR AT LUNCHTIME IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE CEREMONY. 
          MAYBE SOME OF YOU ADDRESS THE TEENS BECAUSE WE TRY TO PROVIDE AN ENRICHMENT TALK FOR THEM. 
          UM, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE A HUGE PUBLIC EVENT. 
          MARCH 14TH, UM, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY PLANTING SCHEDULED, BUT IT'S RELATIVELY SMALL. 
          UH, THAT'LL BE RAINIER AND SOMETHING ELSE. 
          UM, DEER CREEK, WHICH IS CLOSE TO RAINIER, I THINK. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THEN FOR THE 29TH, WHICH MAY BE TOO LATE FOR YOUR PURPOSES, UM, DID YOU SAY DEER CREEK? DEER CREEK. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE 29TH HERE, BUT IT'LL BE A BIGGER PLANTING. 
          I THINK. 
          SO, SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT, THAT'S WHAT'S SCHEDULED. 
          IF ANY OF THAT APPEALS OR PERHAPS ONE OF YOU WOULD BE DESIGNATED TO TALK TO ONE OF US AND TRY TO MUSH THIS OUT. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO YOU IS, UM, RELIEF HAS THIS INCREDIBLE SPECIMEN TREE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO PLANT YET 
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BECAUSE IT'S SO SPECIAL. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A RARE OAK AND IT'S NATIVE TO OUR AREA, BUT, UM, THERE ARE HARDLY ANY OF 'EM HERE. 
          IT'S CALLED THE ORACLE OAK. 
          I SEE TERRAN WORKING PUZZLE CORCUS X MORUS, AND IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMMON FARTHER NORTH. 
          WE GOT THIS ONE FROM A GROWER IN HOPLAND, AND IT'S IN A BIG 24 INCH BOX. 
          THIS OAK IS SPECIAL BECAUSE IT'S A SMALL OAK, WHICH FITS WITH A TOWN LIKE PETALUMA WITH TIGHT PLANTING SPACES AND, YOU KNOW, WIRES EVERYWHERE. 
          AND SO WE GRAB, GRAB THIS SPECIMEN, IT'S IN A 24 INCH BOX. 
          SO IT'S A PRETTY MATURE TREE. 
          AND IF YOU ALL HAVE AN IDEA, I MEAN, THAT COULD BE A THING IN ITSELF. 
          UH, THE PLANTING OF THAT ORACLE OAK AND MAYBE A LITTLE TALK THAT SOMEBODY FROM RELIEF COULD GIVE ABOUT THAT, TALK ABOUT OAKS, TALK ABOUT THIS RARE OAK. 
          UM, THEY'RE MORE COMMON FARTHER NORTH, BUT IN HOTTER AREAS. 
          SO WE, WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD TRY AND IT'S REALLY SPECIAL, REALLY UNUSUAL. 
          IT TOOK US YEARS TO FIND IT. 
          SO ANYWAY, THAT'S MY PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          SOME THOUGHTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY? YOU SAID DEER CREEK AT RAINIER? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AND RAINIER. 
          AND RAINIER. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          SO ON, ON WHAT'S, IS IT ON THE UNDERPASS, THE NEW UNDERPASS THAT'S GOING TOWARDS NO, IT, THE RIVER. 
          IT'S, UM, I THINK CAROLYN PRESENTED IN LAST MONTH'S SLIDE DECK OR THE MONTH BEFORE THAT. 
          IT'S, IT WOULD BE ACROSS FROM THE TRANSIT CENTER. 
          THAT'S THE BEST WAY I COULD SAY IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO IN FRONT OF THE APARTMENTS AND TOWN HOMES THAT WERE INSTALLED. 
          SO THERE'S A, A PRETTY GOOD STRETCH RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE TRANSIT CENTER AT RAINIER AS YOU ENTER INTO DEER CREEK, UM, AS IF YOU WERE GONNA GO UNDER A NOT BUILT UNDER CROSSING, UM, THERE'S A GOOD AREA RIGHT THERE. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT WE GOT PERMISSIONS FROM THE, UM, PRIVATE PARCEL OWNER THAT WE WOULD PLANT THE TREES AND MAINTAIN THEM FOR THREE YEARS. 
          UM, AND THEN THEY WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          THEY SAW THE BENEFIT OF THAT, AND I THINK THE PROJECT'S GONNA MOVE FORWARD. 
          I SEE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PUBLIC. 
          WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE, JOHN, THAT'S VERY NEAR. 
          I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. 
          I THINK THAT'S REALLY INFORMATIVE. 
          I THINK THIS MAKES THE MOST SENSE IF WE'RE GONNA PLAN SOME KIND OF EVENT OR CELEBRATION BEFORE THIS CRITICAL MARCH 16TH MEETING. 
          THOSE TWO DATES SEEM LIKE THE DATES TO COORDINATE WITH EITHER MARCH 7TH OR MARCH 14TH, UM, MARCH 14TH SOUND SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT BE MORE CONDUCIVE TO KIND OF A BIGGER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. 
          SO I THINK THEN IT'S, IT'S DECIDING. 
          UM, AND I LOVE THIS IDEA OF THE ORACLE OAK TO INTEGRATE THAT SOMEWHERE. 
          THAT'S GREAT NAME. 
          YEAH, IT'S A GREAT NAME. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THIS WOULD PROBABLY LOOK LIKE, UH, AN EMAIL CHAIN WITH KLAIN AND WITH WENDY AND MAYBE WITH MYSELF TO KICK IT OFF AND FIGURE OUT CAROLYN AND CAROLYN YES. 
          UH, TO KICK OFF THE DISCUSSION. 
          AND THEN WE CAN PASS UPDATES BECAUSE THIS GROUP WILL NOT HAVE A MEETING BEFORE THAT. 
          SO I WILL NEED TO PASS UPDATES THROUGH DREW AND OR CATHERINE TO THE REST OF THE GROUP. 
          LIKE, HERE'S WHAT'S COMING TOGETHER. 
          AND THEN WE CAN FIND A WAY TO PUBLICIZE THAT. 
          AND THIS WILL BE TREE COMMITTEES, LIKE BIG PUSH AND EVENT. 
          AND SO I WOULD SAY WITH ANY OF THESE EVENTS, IT REALLY SUCCEEDS WHEN WE MOBILIZE SOCIAL NETWORKS, GET PEOPLE OUT THERE SAY, THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT TIME IF YOU LOVE TREES, COME OUT AND, AND MAYBE WE CAN FIND OTHER PIECES TO BRING TO IT. 
          LIKE MAYBE WE, I MEAN THIS IS JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT YEAH, MAYBE WE LIKE HAVE SPEAKERS AND SOME MUSIC, MAYBE WE ORDER SOME PIZZA OR SOMETHING TO LIKE DRAW MORE PEOPLE THERE AND THEN HAVE A TALK ABOUT TREES AND TRY TO MOBILIZE WHOEVER WE CAN FOR THE SMART 16TH MEETING. 
          ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT I'M TAKING FROM THIS. 
          I LIKE THIS DIRECTION, BUT I'LL OPEN IT UP FROM THE COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, COMMENT. 
          MARYANNE, YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN INVOLVED IN TREE FEST THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR, OR FEEDBACK OR INPUT? UH, NO, I THINK THAT WAS THE, THE TIME. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, MARCH IS LIKE TWO WEEKS AWAY. 
          SO I THINK IT'S BEST TO, UM, TO COMBINE FORCES AND GO WITH A EVENT THAT'S ALREADY PLANNED THAT WE CAN AUGMENT AND KIND OF USE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR, YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT WE WANT TO BRING TO THE PUBLIC AND TRY TO GET THE COMMUNITY MORE ENGAGED WITH THE IDEA OF THE TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE AND THE WHOLE POINT OF IT AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT AND, AND ALL THAT. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO, TO COMBINE FORCES. 
          UM, AND IF WE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE HE SAID, MAYBE WE CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, ADD A FEW LITTLE, UH, FUN ELEMENTS TO IT. 
          BUT WE CAN GO FROM THERE. 
          I'M GONNA INTERPRET THAT AS MARYANNE WILL WEAR THE TREE COSTUME AGAIN 
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FROM TREE FEST OF THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. 
          I, I KNOW WHERE THE BOX IS IN MY GARAGE. 
          I'LL JUST SAY THAT. 
          . 
          YEAH, I LIKE THAT. 
          I LIKE BRINGING ELEMENTS OF THE TREE FEST THAT WORKED TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AND AGAIN, MOBILIZE THOSE SOCIAL NETWORKS, TRY TO GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT THIS, GET SOME KIND OF PRESENCE OUT THERE AGAIN, TO, TO KIND OF GET PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE TPO IS AND WHY WE HAVE TO SUPPORT IT. 
          UH, SO THANK YOU FOR THE DIRECTION THAT'S FORMING. 
          THIS IS GREAT. 
          UH, ANYONE ELSE? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I WOULD SAY ONCE WE START THE CHAIN OF COMMUNICATION, THE UPDATES THAT WILL GET PASSED FROM CATHERINE AND DREW, IT'S ALWAYS YOUR CHANCE TO THEN SEND BACK YOUR IDEAS. 
          SO WE'LL, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL UNDERSTAND THE BROWN ACT AND THEN TRY TO STILL BE ABLE TO COORDINATE AS A TEAM TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER. 
          I WOULD ASK DREW, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET, UM, LIKE, BE PART OF AN EMAIL BLAST? HOW MUCH LEAD WOULD THE CITY NEED? WHAT KIND OF MATERIALS WOULD WE HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF WRITE UP? I MEAN, WENDY MIGHT ALREADY HAVE ALL THIS IN HAND, BUT I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          . 
          YEAH, I MEAN, WE CAN MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY WITH OUR, OUR OWN PARKS AND RECREATION MEDIA. 
          UM, WE ALSO, WE, WE NEED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS IS GREAT, UH, IF WE WANNA BE INCLUDED INTO CITYWIDE NEWSLETTERS. 
          UM, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A LARGER REACH OF PEOPLE, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST SHARING THE, ONCE YOU'VE GOT A DATE PLANNED, THEN WE CAN ALL USE OUR NETWORKS WITH THE TIMING. 
          THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WE HAVE. 
          AND, AND MAYBE A CITYWIDE NEW NEWSLETTER AT THE, AT, UH, THE, THE CROWN JEWEL OF THAT OUTREACH. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO IT SOUNDS LIKE OUR TARGET YEAH. 
          IS KIND OF MARCH 1ST TO HAVE A PLAN TO, TO SOLIDIFY THAT MARCH 14TH DATE TO TAG ONTO WHAT RELIEF IS ALREADY DOING. 
          PUT MATERIALS TOGETHER TO TRY TO GET INTO THE CITYWIDE NEWSLETTER AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DRAG ALONG ANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT WE CAN MAKE IT EXCITING. 
          TRY TO GET FOLKS OUT THERE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I, I LIKE WHERE THIS IS. 
          I LIKE WHERE THIS IS HEADED. 
          ANY, YEAH, MARYANNE, WELL, I DON'T WANNA PUT A DAMPER ON THINGS, BUT I, ON, IF IT'S ON THE 14TH, I'M, I'M GONNA BE OUT OF TOWN THEN SO I CAN GET THE COSTUME TO A DESIGNATED TREE TREE REPRESENTATIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          WE, WE WILL COORDINATE THAT HANDOFF. 
          THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          WELL WE WILL BE SAD NOT TO HAVE YOU INVOLVED, BUT, UM, BUT THANKS FOR THE, THANKS FOR THE, THE HEADS UP. 
          UH, ANYONE ELSE? TARYN DREW, DID WE PROPERLY CONSIDER KAYLEEN'S INTENT ON SELECTING A TREE, UH, ONE AREA OR ONE TREE TO TAKE CARE OF? WHERE DID THAT, WHERE DOES THAT FIT IN WITH WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT? DEER CREEK AND RAINIER ON THE 14TH? FIGURE THAT OUT. 
          YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE, YEAH. 
          WITH RELEAF WAS OFFERING. 
          HEY, THESE ARE THE PLANTING PLANS THAT ARE KIND OF ON THE BOOKS. 
          THOSE SPECIES AND LOCATIONS ARE PRETTY MUCH SECURED. 
          I THINK WHAT COLLA WAS SAYING, HEY, I, WE'D LIKE TO SIGNIFY ONE TREE, ONE PLANTING AND REALLY MARK THAT MOMENT IN ACHIEVEMENT LIKE THE ORACLE. 
          IS THAT THE ORACLE TREE? I THINK THAT WOULD BE PRETTY SPECIAL. 
          UM, SO THEN IT WOULD BE AFTER THIS MEETING CONNECTING US AND CLAIMS SAYING, HEY, IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE LANDED. 
          SO WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE SOME OPTIONS? AND WE COULD FIND THAT LOCATION AND SHARE THAT OUT WITH THE GROUP AND FIND A DATE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO VIA EMAIL THE LOCATION FOR POTENTIALLY IDEAS FOR THE ORACLE TREE. 
          I, I HEARD IT AS WE'LL CONNECT WITH COLLEEN AND, AND THE CHAIR THROUGH EMAIL. 
          AND AFTER WE GET SOME PROPOSALS, THEN WE'LL COMMUNICATE THROUGH ME THAT OUT TO THE GROUP SO THAT YOU'RE NOT ALL MEETING AND DISCUSSING BUSINESS. 
          UH, AND, AND THAT'S HOW WE'LL DO IT. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PROCESS IS IMPORTANT. 
          YEP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, AND I THINK YOU IDENTIFIED THE KEY INTEGRATION THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN SHORT ORDER IS FIGURING OUT HOW TO BLEND KALA'S IDEA WITH WHAT RELEAF WHAT RELIEF ALREADY HAS US IS THE BACKBONE. 
          THEN WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE. 
          KLA WILL SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE HER CONCEPT COULD FIT IN AND TRY TO COMBINE THIS ALL IN PRETTY SHORT ORDER HERE. 
          SO IT'S GONNA MEAN I NEED TO READ MY EMAILS AND, UH, YEAH. 
          GET ON THIS. 
          SO, UM, GREAT, GREAT. 
          WELL WITH THAT THEN, I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME DIRECTION. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE DIANE AND STEPHANIE BRINGING THAT BACK FROM THE TASK FORCE AND TARYN FOR REALLY REINFORCING THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING THIS, HITTING THIS POLICY BEAT HERE. 
          UH, BUT WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE THE MEETING ITEM FOUR ON THE ARBOR DAY TREE DEDICATION, AND I WILL MOVE US INTO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH CAN BE, UH, WELL, WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH DISCUSSION TIME WE HAVE. 
          SO THIS IS REVIEWING, DISCUSSING, AND ESTABLISHING NEW AD HOC ASSIGNMENTS FROM EXISTING SUBCOMMITTEES TO DIS TO ALIGN WITH THE NEW URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN ELEMENTS, WHICH MAY INCLUDE BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING. 
          BASICALLY MAKING AD HOCS CALLED PROTECT, GROW, AND ENGAGE, WHICH WERE ALL CORE ELEMENTS OF THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          AND IN THE AGENDA WE HAD NEXT TO THAT, SOME IDEAS FOR ACTIVITIES THOSE AD HOCS COULD REALLY FOCUS ON. 
          THE IDEA BEING THAT THEY COULD 
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REPORT BACK TO THIS GROUP. 
          UH, THIS GROUP COULD ALSO COME TOGETHER AND DECIDE WHAT ITEMS WE REALLY NEED TO PUT PRESSURE ON, WHETHER IT'S A TPO OR SOMETHING ELSE. 
          AND THEN THESE DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES OR AD HOCS COULD DECIDE WHO WANTS TO REALLY TAKE THAT ON AND RUN WITH IT. 
          AND IT GIVES SOME FREEDOM FOR MEMBERS TO MEET OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING AND DISCUSS THESE TOPICS AND LIKE, GET SOMETHING DONE AND HAVE THE FORMAL VEHICLE OF TREE COMMITTEE TO REPORT BACK TO AND, AND KEEP UP MOMENTUM. 
          AND I THOUGHT OF THIS BECAUSE TREE COMMITTEE DOES HAVE SOME AD HOCS ON THE BOOKS THAT ARE NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. 
          UH, I KNOW THERE WERE SOME PROJECTS PEOPLE HAD PUT OUT THERE ABOUT LIKE UPDATING THE TREE TECHNICAL MANUAL AND UPDATING THE CITY'S WEBSITE. 
          AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN REALLY BALLOON OUT THE NUMBER OF AD HOCS YOU HAVE BY MAKING AN AD HOC FOR EACH ACTIVITY. 
          SO MY IDEA WAS TO CREATE SOME UMBRELLAS WHERE WE COULD FIND HOMES FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND OUR DIFFERENT TEAMS COULD THEN GO OUT AND COORDINATE AND TRY TO GET SOME OF THIS DONE AND UPDATE BACK. 
          UH, AND YOU COULD SEE, LIKE I ADVOCATED, THESE WERE THE THREE IDEAS I HAD PROTECT WAS TO ADVOCATE AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AROUND POLICIES LIKE THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, LIKE THE PRUNING ISSUE, RIGHT? WE COULD HAVE A GROUP THAT MEETS OUTSIDE OF THESE MEETINGS 'CAUSE TREE PRUNING, AND UNFORTUNATELY EVA'S NOT HERE. 
          WE MADE HER WAIT THE WHOLE MEETING. 
          UH, BUT TREE PRUNING IS LIKE ONE OF THOSE HARD POLICY PIECES OF YOU CAN'T OUTLAW TREE PRUNING. 
          WHAT WE WANT TO OUTLAW IS BAD TREE PRUNING, RIGHT? AND LIKE TOPPING, AND MAYBE WE FIND A NUMBER OF LIKE GETTING RID OF, YOU CAN'T GET RID OF MORE THAN LIKE 70% OF THE BRANCHES AT ONE TIME, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          BUT THIS WOULD BE AN AD HOC THAT COULD DISCUSS ALL THAT AND MEET WITH PEOPLE AND REACH OUT TO EXPERTS AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE PART OF A PETALUMA TREE COMMITTEE AD HOC AND WE WANT ANSWERS. 
          AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO US, YOU KNOW? UM, AND THEN GROW SIMILARLY WOULD BE THE SECOND GROUP, WHICH IS WORKING WITH GROUPS LIKE RELIEF TO FIGURE OUT TREE PLANTINGS, WAYS WE CAN CONTRIBUTE, MAYBE BARRIERS TO TREE PLANTING, MAYBE WHY CERTAIN RESIDENT RESIDENTIAL TREE PLANTINGS AREN'T WORKING. 
          YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN GO OUT AND IF YOU SEE SOMEONE'S TREE WHO'S DYING, BE LIKE, HEY, I'M PART OF THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND I WANTED TO KNOW MAYBE WHAT HAPPENED. 
          AND THEN THAT GROUP CAN MEET AGAIN OUTSIDE OF MEETINGS, GET THINGS DONE, GET SOME ANSWERS AND COME BACK. 
          AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WAS ENGAGING, WHICH MY CONCEPT OF THAT WAS ANYTIME WE WANNA HAVE AN EVENT OR ANYTIME WE WANNA UPDATE A PUBLIC FACING RESOURCE, THAT GROUP COULD BE KIND OF THE POINT PEOPLE TO START CHIPPING AWAY AT THAT. 
          IF WE NEED A NEW, UH, TREE TECHNICAL MANUAL, MAYBE THAT GROUP TAKES IT UNDER THEIR WING TO, TO START UPDATING THAT, BRING IT BACK TO THE GROUP. 
          SO THAT WAS MY IDEA. 
          I REALLY LIKED WHAT COLLEEN HAD IN THE UFMP. 
          I REALLY DON'T WANT US TO GET BLOATED WITH TOO MANY AD HOCS, SO THIS IS A CHANCE TO KIND OF REORGANIZE WITH THAT DOCUMENT. 
          BUT I WANTED TO BRING IT TO THIS GROUP, SEE WHAT WE THOUGHT, SEE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO TAKE ON. 
          UM, AND YEAH, JUST LEAVE IT FOR COMMITTEE DISCUSSION. 
          I DON'T KNOW, DREW, IF WE CAN AGENDIZE FORMING THESE OR IF THAT WOULD BE NEXT MEETING. 
          I I ALSO WANNA BE CONSCIOUS OF TIME, SO YEAH, I WOULD SAY IN, IN, GIVEN THE TIME, UM, WE COULD CERTAINLY AGENDIZE THIS FOR NEXT MEETING, BUT GET AS MUCH DIRECTION AS WE CAN ON WHICH ROUTE WE WANT TO GO WOULD HELP US. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I GUESS, YEAH, IF PEOPLE ALSO FIND MERIT IN THIS IDEA, WE WANNA RESTRUCTURE THIS WAY. 
          I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR WHAT EVERYONE THINKS. 
          UH, SO PLEASE, IF ANYONE WANTS TO KICK OFF THE DISCUSSION, DIANE, YOU WERE CLOSEST TO THE MICROPHONE FOR THE BUTTON. 
          I THINK IT'S GREAT IDEA TO HAVE AD HOCS, BUT LIKE YOU SAY, THE DISTRACTION, YOU KNOW, FROM THE MAIN SUBJECT COULD BE A PROBLEM. 
          HAVING SAID THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON THE PROTECT ITEM OF COURSE, UM, BECAUSE I'M, I FEEL LIKE I'M ALREADY SORT OF DOING THAT WITH THE TASK COMMITTEE, BUT IT DEPENDS LARGELY ON THE TPO AND WHERE THAT LANDS OR DO WE START IT BEFORE THE TPO, WHICH HAS LITTLE TIME. 
          UM, SO WHOEVER ELSE WANTS TO BE ON THAT WILL HELP ME DECIDE THAT , BUT I'M DEFINITELY FOR THAT AND TRYING TO PUT A CURB ON THE PRUNING AND REMOVALS. 
          SO THIS CONCEPT RESONATES. 
          WE WOULD PROBABLY FORM THIS IN MARCH, SO WE WOULD PROBABLY MEET AGAIN IN MARCH TO REALLY FORMALIZE OKAY, WE'RE NOW FORMING THESE AD HOCS, WE, WE NOMINATE PEOPLE TO BE ON THEM OR PEOPLE VOLUNTEER TO BE ON THEM. 
          BUT, UH, I AGREE, I THINK THE PROTECT ONE IS A, IS A GOOD ONE TO BE INVOLVED IN. 
          IF YOU'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN THE TPO. 
          UH, TARYN, PLEASE. 
          YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS, UM, JUST A REMINDER THAT THE TPO INCLUDES, UM, RESTRICTIONS LIKE NO TOPPING ALLOWED, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          AND, UM, A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE BEYOND WHICH YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PRUNE, RIGHT? SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL STAY IN THE TPO, UM, AND THEN WE CAN OPERATE OFF OF THAT. 
          THIS REMINDS ME, WE TALKED ABOUT, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT RECENTLY, BUT WHERE DOES THIS FIT IN? WE TALKED ABOUT WE NEED TO SHIFT THE CULTURE AND THE SENTIMENT AND THE TONE AND, YOU KNOW, THE PERCEIVED VALUE OF TREES. 
          AND SO WHEN THAT'S VERY, THAT'S MAYBE THAT FITS INTO ONE AD HOC MORE 
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THAN, THAN ANOTHER, BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE BEING RELIEF STEWARDS, BUT ANOTHER ENTITY THAT TOGETHER WE'RE STRONGER THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE ENTITY THAT'S JUST YEAH. 
          WELL, AND I THINK PART OF THAT IS THE JOB OF THE ENTIRE TREE COMMITTEE. 
          INEVITABLY TOPICS THAT THESE AD HOCS FOCUS ON ARE REALLY GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE ALL INDIVIDUALLY WILL PROBABLY BE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND BE INVOLVED IN IN SOME CAPACITY. 
          THIS IS REALLY JUST GIVING, I, I WOULD SAY, THE OPTION FOR FOLKS TO MEET OUTSIDE AND FOCUS AND DISCUSS CERTAIN ISSUES WITHOUT GETTING INTO A BROWN ACT VIOLATION, RIGHT? IF THREE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE ARE TALKING DURING A MEETING ABOUT AN ISSUE AND THEY WANT TO MEET ABOUT IT OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE HAVE AN AD HOC THAT GIVES THEM THAT, THAT ABILITY TO, WELL, WOULD, UM, DREW EVER BE ON THE AD HOC WITH US SO WE COULD TALK WITH HIM ABOUT IDEAS? YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO TALK TO ME ABOUT IDEAS AND, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, STAFF, WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THESE AD HOCS. 
          SO OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, IT HELPS TO HAVE KIND OF A KICKOFF MEETING AND ONCE IN A WHILE THE CHECK IN. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING I CAN DO IS, YOU KNOW, I CAN HELP SET UP MEETING SPACES, SOMETIMES CONTACTS, UM, BUT THE IDEA IS REALLY IS TO SET YOU GUYS LOOSE AND GET OUTTA YOUR WAY. 
          UM, BUT SOMETIMES THOSE CHECK-INS ARE IMPORTANT. 
          AND ALSO WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT TOO LONG BEFORE WE BRING BACK AND UPDATE TO THE LARGER COMMITTEE TOO. 
          YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALL SYNCED UP AND YOU DON'T BRING BACK SOMETHING, HEY, LOOK AT ALL THIS GREAT WORK WE'VE DONE AND, AND THEN JUST TO FIND OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, ORIGINAL INTENT, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          WELL, AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS BRING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC INTO ANY OF THESE AD HOCS TO BE PART OF YOUR MEETINGS, BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND COORDINATE IN THESE ISSUES. 
          THERE'S INEVITABLY GONNA BE OVERLAP. 
          I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO FIGURE OUT. 
          I JUST KNOW THAT WITH THE TPO, WITH THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN COMING WITH UPDATES, WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR ON CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THE WEBSITE TREE TECHNICAL, THERE'S GONNA BE WORK. 
          AND I WANT TO HAVE GROUPS THAT WE CAN ASSIGN WORK TO THAT PEOPLE FEEL REALLY ENGAGED WITH. 
          UH, AND THEN IF DOWN THE TRACK WITHOUT MAKING SEPARATE AD HOCS FOR EACH ONE, AND THEN IF DOWN THE TRACK WE DECIDE SOMETHING IS DUPLICATIVE OR WE, WE CAN ALWAYS MODIFY. 
          BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS LIKE A GOOD BASE TO START WITH. 
          UM, STEPHANIE OR MARYANNE, ANY THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK? WELL, I MEAN, I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING, I, I'M KIND OF AN IN AND OUT PERSON WITH RELIEF, BUT UH, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, WE WERE MENTIONING THESE TREES THAT FAILED IN MY, THE AREA WHERE TARYN AND I LIVE, I REALIZED THAT I HAD AT ONE TIME SAID I WOULD BE A TREE STEWARD AND I HAVEN'T DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF IT BECAUSE I COULD HAVE BROUGHT IT UP. 
          BUT I THINK THAT, UH, THAT RELIEF IS SO KIND OF OVERWHELMED WITH, NOT OVERWHELMED, BUT HAS SO MUCH ON THEIR PLATE THAT THAT KIND OF A, OF AN ACTIVITY WOULD, WOULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE I THINK TO, YOU KNOW, TO TALK TO PEOPLE OR, I MEAN, I ALREADY DO, BUT THE TREE STEWARD SIDE OF IT, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE ALSO THAT, THAT I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS FALLS INTO OUR PURVIEW, BUT, UM, LIVING IN AN AREA LIKE THE PAY RENT DISTRICT, I FIND, UM, THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH RENTALS IN, IN ANY COMMUNITY. 
          AND THE FACT THAT THE LANDLORDS DO NOT HAVE TREES IN THE FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES AND IT'S JUST A LOT OF IT. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF IT. 
          AND, UM, IF YOU TALK AND NOT, SINCE I TALK TO PEOPLE ALL THE TIME ABOUT TREES, EVERY ONE OF THE TENANTS HAS EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO HAVE TREES MM-HMM . 
          AND IT'S, THIS HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION I'VE HAD WITH PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW, HOW TO GO ABOUT. 
          LIKE I'VE ALWAYS, I'VE ASKED THEM, SO IT'S A PROBLEM. 
          AND I'VE, I'VE ASKED PEOPLE TO TALK TO THE PROPERTY MANAGER OR TO THEIR LANDLORD NOW WE SEEM TO BE VERY AFRAID TO DO THAT. 
          SURE. 
          BECAUSE YEAH. 
          'CAUSE THEY WON'T WANNA STAY THERE AND THEY DON'T WANNA CAUSE TROUBLE. 
          SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT FALLS INTO THE, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT, IT'S A LEGAL ISSUE, ISN'T IT? OR I DON'T REALLY, IT'S A MAINTENANCE EXPENSE ISSUE FOR THE LANDLORD. 
          YEAH. 
          THEY JUST DON'T WANNA HAVE PEOPLE TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO, WHEN THEY'RE MOWING THE LAWNS, THE MAINTENANCE COMPANIES JUST DON'T WANNA HAVE TO MOW AROUND SOMETHING AND THAT'S IT. 
          WELL, AND AND RIGHT NOW WE OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T MANDATE IT. 
          UM, YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A DISCUSSION OF LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO GET US TOO IN THE WEEDS, BUT LIKE LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS, THERE'S A DISCUSSION OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY DOES TAKE OVER PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TREES, WHICH IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          THIS WOULD GET TO THAT ISSUE OF PRUNING. 
          THIS WOULD GET TO THE ISSUE OF PLANTING IF YOU HAD ONE ENTITY THAT WAS MANAGING PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TREES. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHY RELIEF HAS REALLY ADVOCATED STRONGLY FOR THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I THINK THE, THEN THE, THE BARRIER BECOMES, WELL HOW DO WE TAKE WHAT WE HAVE NOW THE LIMITATIONS OF STAFF AND FUNDING AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND WORK THIS INTO IT? 'CAUSE IT'S A BIG ASK. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO, YOU 
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KNOW, THERE COULD BE ONE OF THESE AD HOCS COULD MEET AND JUST DECIDE, LET'S FIGURE THIS ISSUE OUT. 
          LET'S TRY TO MEET WITH STAFF AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET US THERE. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT COULD BE A GREAT KIND OF SIDE PROJECT OUTSIDE OF THESE MEETINGS TO TAKE ON AND THEN REPORT BACK TO THIS GROUP AND SAY, HERE'S HERE'S THE ROADMAP, HERE'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE ALL THE KIND OF THINGS. 
          LIKE I THINK THIS GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THESE BIG PROBLEMS. WE ALL KNOW ARE THERE AN HOUR OR TWO IS NEVER ENOUGH TO FIX IT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IT'S A CHANCE TO WORK ON IT AND THINK OF SOLUTIONS AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE CAN TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND GO OUT AND TRY TO SUPPORT IN SOME WAY MM-HMM . 
          UM, BUT NO, THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. 
          LIKE I SAID, I THINK THAT TIES BACK TO SOME REALLY BIG ISSUES AT THE CITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, OF, OF EQUITY REALLY. 
          YEAH. 
          OF EQUITY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I THINK THE CITY TREATING THAT AS AN INFRASTRUCTURE RESOURCE AND TAKING ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY, IT IS A BIG ASK, BUT I THINK THE OUTCOMES ARE PHENOMENAL. 
          UM, BOTH IN PRUNING AND MAINTENANCE AND WATERING AND PLANTING AND EVERYTHING, SO MM-HMM . 
          THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD ONE TO ALWAYS BE REMINDED OF. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR THAT INPUT. 
          MARYANNE. 
          YEAH. 
          ANY INPUT ON AD HOCS OR THIS STRUCTURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? UH, NO. 
          I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE, UM, BIGGER SORT OF BUCKETS TO, UH, GROUP THESE VARIOUS PROJECTS INTO. 
          I THINK THAT WILL HELP SIMPLIFY THE STRUCTURE AND, AND AS YOU SAID, THEY MIGHT CHANGE AND MORPH OVER TIME. 
          BUT, UM, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THIS A PLACE TO START AND THEN SEE HOW, HOW THINGS UH, END UP, YOU KNOW, IF ONE GROUP TENDS TO HAVE LIKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROJECTS AND ANOTHER GROUP DOESN'T, THEN MAYBE WE NEED TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, SOME ADJUSTMENTS OR WHATEVER. 
          BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN IF WE'RE EVER OUTTA IDEAS, WE TURN TO THIS SECTION OF OUR URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN AND SAY, WHAT ARE WE ADVOCATING FOR? AND THEY CAN DECIDE TO WORK ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE THEN THAT THIS DIRECTION SOUNDS FRUITFUL. 
          WE CAN TABLE THIS TO MARCH TO FORMALLY PUT THIS TOGETHER AND PEOPLE CAN VOLUNTEER AND MAYBE START DECIDING WHAT PROJECTS TO TAKE ON. 
          I WILL OPEN GENERAL PUBLIC COM, OR EXCUSE ME, I WILL OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE. 
          IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WANNA GIVE A THREE MINUTE COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, YOU CAN BRING A SPEAKER CARD TO THE FRONT TO OUR CLERK. 
          I DO NOT HAVE ANY CARDS IN FRONT OF ME. 
          I WILL ASK THE CLERK, DID WE GET ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM PRIOR TO THE MEETING? NO, WE DO NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WITH THAT, WITH THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSION, I WILL CLOSE ITEM NUMBER FIVE TO BE AGENDIZED IN MARCH AND I WILL TURN US OVER 
          [COMMITTEE COMMENT]
TO COMMITTEE COMMENT. 
          THIS IS A CHANCE FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO PASS ALONG ANY UPDATES, UH, PERTINENT TO THIS COMMITTEE'S WORK. 
          AND MAYBE I'LL START ON THIS SIDE WITH, UH, MARYANNE IF YOU HAVE UPDATES FROM PARKS AND REC OR ANYTHING ELSE. 
          I DO NOT HAVE AN UPDATE FROM PARK AND REC BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE LAST MEETING. 
          SO, UM, ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY THAT I'VE BEEN RIDING AROUND AND LOOKING AT MY PARKS AND I VISITED A COUPLE THAT WERE, UM, THAT I HADN'T BEEN TO BEFORE. 
          ONE OF 'EM, COUNTRY CLUB OPEN SPACE IS A LOVELY LITTLE PIECE OF OAK WOODLAND REMNANT, LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO I HAD NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE. 
          I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 
          AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, I'M GETTING FAMILIAR WITH MORE PARK SITES 'CAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT I HAVEN'T, I WANT TO GET TO ALL OF THEM. 
          AND, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE THAT ARE STILL ON MY LIST. 
          SO I LOVE PARKS COMMITTEE DOES THAT DIVVY UP THE OPEN SPACE AND EVERYONE KIND OF TAKES SOME OWNERSHIP AND INTEREST. 
          COOL IDEA. 
          UM, STEPHANIE, IF YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES OR ANY QUICK COMMENTS? YEAH, I THINK MY HEAD IS RIGHT NOW SWIMMING WITH DATES, , ALL KINDS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND I, I KIND OF HAVE TO, I DON'T HAVE MY CALENDAR IN FRONT OF ME. 
          I DON'T USE A PHONE CALENDAR. 
          SO, UM, WHEN I GO HOME, GOING TO WRITE ALL THIS STUFF DOWN AND I'M, I'M JUST OBSESSED WITH THE 16TH AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR, OF OUR, ALL OF US SHOWING UP AND UM, GETTING, GETTING PEOPLE TO SHOW UP TO THAT MEETING AND MAYBE EVEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT ESPECIALLY THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT  GOOD REMINDER. 
          AND I'LL ASK CATHERINE, JUST 'CAUSE WE DID HAVE SO MANY DATES. 
          IF WE GET KIND, HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW UP EMAIL THAT JUST SAYS LIKE, MARCH 10TH, PLANNING COMMISSION ON TREE PRESERVATION. 
          MARCH 14TH, TENTATIVE ARBOR DAY ACTIVITY. 
          MARCH 16TH, CITY COUNCIL. 
          THAT WOULD BE. 
          WHAT ABOUT THE, UM, THE DINNER? THE DINNER? AND THAT'S ON FEBRUARY 25TH, I THINK. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IF, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC DATES THAT YOU ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LEADER ON, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL THEM TO DREW AND MYSELF AND THEN WE CAN, UM, COME UP WITH A YEAH, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL LIST. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'RE ALL GONNA HAVE FULL CALENDARS THIS SPRING. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, TERRAN ANY UH, COMMITTEE COMMENTS? YEAH, UM, I HAVE TWO COMMENTS. 
          UM, ONE I'D LIKE US ALL TO TAKE A MOMENT TO 
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REMEMBER BACK TO, I THINK IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO. 
          THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY AND IT'S REALLY RELEVANT ANCIENT HISTORY BECAUSE WITH SO MUCH TIME PASSING, WE'VE GOT NEW CITY COUNCIL. 
          I THINK THE ONLY PERSON STILL ON CITY COUNCIL FROM BACK THEN, UH, WHO IS, IS JOHN SCHIBS. 
          HE WAS ON THE TREE COMMITTEE AND HE DID A LOT OF WORK TO, TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. 
          THAT WAS QUITE A FORCE THAT GOT FIVE YEARS AGO, THE CITY COUNCIL TO PRIORITIZE A TREE ORDINANCE REWRITE BECAUSE WE WERE LOSING SO MANY TREES BACK THEN. 
          IT SEEMED LIKE WITH COVID, NOBODY HAD SO ANYTHING BETTER TO DO THAN TO CUT DOWN TREES. 
          AND AT THAT SAME TIME, THE COMMUNITY WAS REALLY SAYING, WE WANT CLIMATE ACTION. 
          RIGHT? AND WE GOT THEM TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. 
          WE GOT, UH, UH, ALL SORTS OF THINGS SET IN MOTION. 
          BUT I FEEL LIKE WITH THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION WHERE YOU GUYS REVIEWED THE TREE ORDINANCE AND SAID THINGS LIKE, WELL, I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO PAY FOR A PERMIT. 
          THAT'S NOT THE EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT WE WANT OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS OR OUR CITY COUNCILOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT'S IRRELEVANT. 
          THAT'S NOT THE ASSIGNMENT. 
          THE ASSIGNMENT IS CLIMATE ACTION. 
          IT'S, UM, IT'S UM, HEAT ISLANDS, IT'S COOLING, IT'S CLEANING THE AIR, IT'S AIR POLLUTION, IT'S NOISE POLLUTION. 
          IT'S ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE KIND OF DON'T THINK ABOUT ANYMORE. 
          'CAUSE WE JUST SAY CLIMATE CLIMATE, RIGHT? BUT YOU'VE GOT TO THINK, WE'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THE WHOLE REASON THE SADIE COUNCIL BACK FIVE YEARS AGO SAID, YES, WE WANT THE CITY TO PRIORITIZE AND PUT RESOURCES IN DREW AND PATRICK'S BIG TIME AND, UM, OTHER PEOPLE'S BIG TIME INTO REWRITING THE TREE ORDINANCE. 
          AND IT ALSO GOT US THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN PLAN EFFORT GOING. 
          IT'S BECAUSE WE REALIZE WE HAVE A TREE EMERGENCY HERE. 
          PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING IT. 
          THEY'RE CUTTING IT DOWN. 
          THE PARTICULATE MATTER. 
          I WAS JUST IN SPAIN AND SWITZERLAND AND THERE WAS A REAL LACK OF TREES IN ZURICH AND IN THE TOWN I WAS IN, IN SPAIN. 
          AND THE PARTICULATE MATTER JUST HURT YOUR EYEBALLS, HURT YOUR THROAT. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE THAT HERE IN PETALUMA. 
          WE DON'T WANT IT TO GET WORSE. 
          AIR POLLUTION IS A THING. 
          CARBON SEQUESTRATION IS A THING. 
          NOISE POLLUTION, BECAUSE CALTRANS CUT DOWN ALL THE REDWOODS ALONG THE, ALONG 1 0 1 IS A HUGE THING. 
          YOU'RE UP IN OAK HILL NOW, YOU HEAR THE TRAFFIC FROM THERE, FROM THE HIGHWAY. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO LOBBY ONE-ON-ONE WITH PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          NO MORE DEFAULTING TO, WELL, I DON'T LIKE TO HAVE TO ASK FOR A PERMIT. 
          THAT'S NOT THE ASSIGNMENT HERE. 
          YOU'RE REPRESENTING PETALUMA'S FUTURE. 
          YOU'RE REPRESENTING BABIES THAT IN THE FUTURE WANT CLEAN AIR. 
          YOU'RE NOT REPRESENTING YOUR OWN POCKETBOOK. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WERE ELECTED OR APPOINTED FOR. 
          SO THAT'S ONE COMMENT. 
          THE SECOND SPEAKS TO EVE'S PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER, AND I WISH PATRICK WAS STILL IN THE ROOM BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING ON IS THESE STREET TREES ARE BEING CUT DOWN IF YOU DRIVE FROM PETALUMA BOULEVARD NORTH INTO DOWNTOWN. 
          ONCE YOU GET DOWNTOWN, YOU'LL SEE THOSE TREES THAT ARE CONSISTENT ON PETALUMA BOULEVARD. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND THEY'RE CALLED, PISTACHIO, MAYBE NO SOMETHING ELSE. 
          BUT THEY'RE THE SAME ON THE RIGHT AS THEY ARE ON THE LEFT, ONE AFTER ANOTHER. 
          IT FRAMES THE STREET. 
          IT LOOKS GREAT. 
          THAT STARTS WAY UP AT THE INTERSECTION OF PETALUMA BOULEVARD AND LAKEVILLE. 
          BUT GUESS WHAT? THOSE ARE CANOPY TREES THAT ARE LIKE 25 FEET HIGH. 
          SOME OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE CUTTING THEM DOWN TO 10 FEET HIGH. 
          AND SO WE'RE NOT HAVING THE BEAUTIFUL TREELINE STREET THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED PROBABLY WHEN THE CITY PLANTED THESE TREES BECAUSE THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE DECIMATING THEM. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE BEAUTY, WE DON'T HAVE THE COOLING OF THE CANOPY, WE DON'T HAVE THE FOLIAGE THAT'S CLEANING OUR AIR AND SEQUESTERING THE CARBON. 
          THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM. 
          THAT MUST ABSOLUTELY BE PRESERVED IN THE, THE VERSION OF THE TREE ORDINANCE THAT THE TREE COMMITTEE HELPED CRAFT. 
          RIGHT? AND UM, IT'S JUST HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. 
          AND IT'S A REAL SHAME THAT A WHOLE BLOCK OF THOSE TREES WAS CHOPPED DOWN TO 10 FOOT FEET TALL, RIGHT IN FRONT OF, I THINK IT'S CALLED GULICK, AUTOBODY, THAT WHOLE BLOCK. 
          SO EVE, I HEAR YOU, IT'S DISTRESSING TO ME. 
          IT'S NOT NECESSARY AND IT'S ACTUALLY AN ADDED EXPENSE FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER. 
          SO WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE? IT'S A LOT OF WRONG AT A LOT OF EXPENSE, HARD EXPENSE, SOFT EXPENSE. 
          AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALLY CLEVER AND VOCAL ABOUT SUPPORTING THE RIGHT THING GETTING DONE 
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HERE. 
          WHETHER IT'S TALKING TO CITY COUNCIL, WHETHER IT'S LETTING DREW KNOW PATRICK KNOW WHETHER IT'S GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND CONTACTING THEM IN ADVANCE TO TELL 'EM THESE THINGS ARE UNACCEPTABLE FOR THE BABIES OF THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I WOULD ADD ON, WHENEVER YOU SEE THOSE INSTANCES OF TOPPING OR THOSE INSTANCES OF PEOPLE RIPPING ALL THE LIMBS OFF A TREE, TAKE PICTURES OR ESPECIALLY IN THIS MOMENT, A MONTH BEFORE DECISIONS ARE GONNA BE MADE, SEND THEM TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          SEND 'EM TO PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. 
          THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO TREAT PROTECTION ORDINANCE, RIGHT? THIS IS THE OUTCOME WE ARE TRYING TO PREVENT, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF THEM GET LOST IN ALMOST WHAT I CALL LIKE THE TREE PROTECTION NIMBY ATTITUDE, WHICH IS WHY I DON'T WANT IT TO IMPACT MY TREES. 
          I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO PULL A PERMIT WHEN REALLY WHAT THE WAY THEY NEED TO BE FRAMING IT IS WHAT ARE THE BAD OUTCOMES I'M TRYING TO PREVENT, RIGHT? BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THE EXERCISE OF THE TPO IS TO PREVENT THOSE BAD OUTCOMES WHILE LEAVING FLEXIBILITY IF A PROPERTY OWNER NEEDS TO GET RID OF A DEAD TREE, OR OBVIOUSLY WE BUILD IN THINGS TO WHERE THAT CAN HAPPEN, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT THOSE OUTCOMES WHERE TREES, ESPECIALLY PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, TREES ARE GETTING REALLY DESTROYED. 
          AND I, I WILL HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF OF WHAT'S IN THE TPO ABOUT PRUNING SPECIFICALLY. 
          I KNOW WE HAVE NO TOPPING, BUT WE NEED TO REALLY IDENTIFY IF WE CAN, THAT WOULD BE THE VEHICLE TO MAYBE PUT IN SOME REGULATIONS ABOUT PRUNING AS THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE WILL COVER ALL, ALL, EVERYTHING ABOUT PROTECTING TREES, ABOUT WHO CAN REMOVE A TREE, WHERE ABOUT GETTING PERMITS, NOT TOPPING, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IS IN THERE ABOUT PRUNING AND THE AMOUNT OF PRUNING IS APPROPRIATE. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, AND I, I KNOW I WANT DREW TO SPEAK REALLY QUICKLY TO THE BARRIERS WITH LIKE DECLARING A MORATORIUM, BUT, UM, DIANE, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMITTEE COMMENTS OR ANYTHING YOU WANNA MENTION? OKAY, THEN WE'LL MOVE STRAIGHT INTO STAFF 
          [STAFF COMMENT]
COMMENT ROUND THIS OUT. 
          UM, YES, AND, UH, I THINK I WAS GONNA BASICALLY PILOT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE REALLY DO NEED TO KNOW IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATE PRUNING HAPPENS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WASN'T DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOOD STANDARDS, UM, WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT. 
          UM, AND IT'S REALLY HARD, YOU KNOW, TO PUT A BLANKET MORATORIUM IF, IF THE, THE FOLKS OUT THERE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT . 
          AND SO WE HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT THE ISSUES. 
          THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO INTERNALLY TO BETTER EDUCATE, YOU KNOW, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION CREW, WE LIKE TO SAY WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY KNOWLEDGEABLE. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WORK CLOSE WITH OUR PUBLIC WORK SCREWS, BUT THEN THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE ALSO DOING TREE WORK IN THE TOWN. 
          AND SO WE'RE ALL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WHETHER WHO GETS THAT CALL TO SERVICE THAT TREE, UM, THAT THERE'S CONSISTENCY THERE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED THE TPO FOR. 
          UM, BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT COMING IS HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT IT? AND WE GOTTA ALL BE ON THE SAME BOAT. 
          SO THE PICTURES REALLY DO HELP, YOU KNOW, INFORMING STAFF. 
          SOMETIMES WE'RE INFORMING OURSELVES ABOUT PROPERTY BOUNDARIES EVERY TIME, YOU KNOW, WE LEARN A LOT THROUGH PROPERTY BOUNDARIES ON, ON TREE RELATED ISSUES. 
          AND WE SAY, OH, WAIT A MINUTE. 
          YOU KNOW, WHO HAS THAT? WHO IS THAT? AND, AND SO IT DOES REALLY HELP AND IT, IT DOES, UM, PREVENT FUTURE ISSUES TOO. 
          SO THAT WAS A LONG WINDED WAY AND WE'RE OVER TIME, BUT, UM, YEAH, CONTINUE TO REPORT THOSE IN AND, AND MORE TO COME. 
          I DO HAVE ONE IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          I'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR SAR, OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. 
          JEN SANTOS IS IN THE AUDIENCE HERE AND SHE'S A REAL PERSON. 
          I KNOW YOU GUYS, UH, KNEW SHE WAS COMING, BUT, UM, JEN'S ON HER SECOND DAY TODAY. 
          DO YOU WANNA COME UP AND SAY HI, JEN? YOU'VE STUCK, STUCK THROUGH THE WHOLE MEETING. 
          UM, BUT JUST A QUICK HELLO. 
          YOU KNOW, JEN COMES, UM, HER LAST GIG WAS OVERSEEING SANTA ROSA'S PARKS DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, SO SHE HAS 25 YEARS PLUS OF EXPERIENCE, UM, IN BOTH PUBLIC AND, AND SOME PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          BUT, UH, I CAN'T TALK HER UP ENOUGH. 
          AND AGAIN, TRY NOT TO OVERWHELM HER ON DAY TWO, BUT SHE'S A A TREE ADVOCATE AND MAYBE YOU WANNA JUST SAY HI. 
          YES. 
          UH, HELLO EVERYONE. 
          I JUST WANNA INTRODUCE MYSELF, JEN SANTOS AND, UH, DREW SAID, UH, A LOT. 
          I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THE CITY OF PETALUMA HAS A, HAS THIS SPECIAL, UH, COMMITTEE, COMMISSION, SORRY. 
          AND, UH, REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH YOU ALL IN THE FUTURE FOR PRESERVING OUR, OUR, UH, URBAN FOREST AND OUR TREES AND OUR PARKS. 
          SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY HI AND, AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO BE WORKING WITH YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU, JEN. 
          SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. 
          YEP. 
          AWESOME. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT DREW. 
          AND THANK YOU, UH, FOR STAFF FOR LETTING US GO A LITTLE BIT OVER. 
          I WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING AT 5:10 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU ALL.
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