* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. GOOD AFTERNOON, [00:00:01] EVERYBODY. TODAY IS APRIL 15TH OF THE YEAR 2026. WELCOME TO THE MONTHLY MEETING OF THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA. UM, WE HAVE A QUORUM TODAY. UM, LET, UM, FOUR OUTTA SEVEN. LET'S, MY NAME IS TARABA. I AM DEFAULT CHAIR FOR TODAY. ALTERNATE CHAIR. CAN WE PLEASE TAKE ROLL CALL COMMITTEE MEMBER HILT HERE, VIRTUALLY COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE MEMBER AT GENTILE. HERE. COMMITTEE MEMBER OBEYED HERE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ATKISSON. ABSENT. COMMITTEE MEMBER VER ABSENT COMMITTEE MEMBER SANCHEZ. ABSENT COMMITTEE MEMBER ELLI HERE. I BELIEVE THAT IS IT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. UM, MAY I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION TO START? HAVE WE, DID WE HAVE NOTICE OF THREE PEOPLE NOT ATTENDING TODAY? YES. SO THAT'S IN THE RECORDING, UH, FROM THE CLERK, UM, RECOGNIZING THE THREE ABSENT FOLKS, SO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. SO WE SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO. OKAY. IF YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, [GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT] WE WILL START OUR MEETING WITH GENERAL COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC, I BELIEVE. THANK YOU. THANKS, DREW. UM, GENERAL COMMENT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK UP TO THREE MINUTES ON ANY SUBJECT THAT'S NOT RELATED OR NOT ON THE AGENDA. SO ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE AGENDA THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUR ATTENTION TO OR JUST SPEAK ABOUT TO. UM, AND THERE IS NO SEATING OF TIME, SO, UM, IF YOU'RE HERE TO MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT LATER, THAT'S GREAT. IF IN ADDITION TO THE COMMENT LATER, YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT RIGHT NOW, UM, BASED ON SOMETHING OTHER, UH, THEN WHAT YOUR FUTURE COMMENT WILL BE, WHICH AGAIN WILL BE BASED ON AGENDA ITEMS, PLEASE, UM, LET ME KNOW BY A SHOW OF HANDS OR WHETHER THERE ARE ANY SPEAKER CARDS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK. WE RECEIVED NO SPEAKER CARDS. UH, FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I DO WANNA STATE THAT WE RECEIVED TWO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, UH, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED ONLINE ON THE CITY WEB PORTAL. THANK YOU. UM, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZE WHAT THOSE TWO GENERAL COMMENTS WERE OR READ THEM IF THEY'RE SHORT AND SAY WHO THEY'RE FROM? UH, I CAN PULL THEM UP. I JUST NEED A QUICK SECOND. SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. I THINK IT MIGHT BE NICE. SOMETIMES THOSE EMAILED COMMENTS JUST SEEM TO GET BURIED, AT LEAST FROM MY EXPERIENCE, WHETHER I LOOKED AT THEM. YEAH. AND IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYONE TO SEE THEM OR HEAR THEM. THANK YOU, URIEL. YEAH, SO JUST TO KIND OF BE, JUST TO KIND OF GENERALIZE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS ASKING IF, UM, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, REMOTE IN, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS. UM, I KNOW IN THE PAST, DURING COVID, UM, WE WERE ALLOWING THAT, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, FOR THIS COMMITTEE, UH, THAT WON'T BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT, UH, WILL BE ALLOWED. UM, AND THEN THE SECOND, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, IS FROM RELIEF AND IS TALKING ABOUT THE FIFTH, AN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ON MAY 14TH FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30. UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE LOCATED AT 8 25 MIDDLEFIELD DRIVE. OKAY, SO THAT'S MAY 14TH OF THIS YEAR. MM-HMM . FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF RELIEF AT 8 25. UH, MIDDLEFIELD DRIVE. THANK YOU, MIDDLEFIELD. OKAY. AND THEN WHOEVER'S ASKING ABOUT, UM, ZOOM-IN COMMENT, UM, THAT I'M NOT SURE. I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT'S A DECISION THAT OUR COMMITTEE GETS TO MAKE. I THINK IT'S A CITY HIGHER LEVEL ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION. THANK YOU FOR READING THOSE URIEL. UM, OKAY. NEXT, WE WOULD NORMALLY GO INTO PRESENTATIONS. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY PRESENTATIONS ON OUR AGENDA. SO THE NEXT [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] ITEM THEN, ACTUALLY OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MEETING, MEETING MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING, MARCH 18TH. AND, UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY HERE, UM, HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES, WHETHER THEY'RE GENERAL [00:05:01] COMMENT OR EXCUSE ME, PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, I DON'T SEE ANY. THANK YOU. ANY, UH, COMMITTEE COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES? WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE A MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, APPROVE THOSE? I MAKE A MOTION. THANK YOU, DIANE. A SECOND. I'LL SECOND A MOTION. THANK YOU, MARYANNE. ALL IN FAVOR? KEITH? WE'RE LOOKING TO YOU VISUALLY, UNLESS YOU HAVE TO SAY WHETHER YOU'RE ALONE OR NOT. I, I VOTE YES. AND I'M, I'M ALONE VIRTUALLY. THANK YOU. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S SUCH A PROFOUND STATEMENT. THANK YOU, . IT'S VERY DEEP . I DO WANNA, UM, NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, VOTED YES. THANK YOU. YES. LISTEN, UH, UNANIMOUS, ALL FOUR VOTED YES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THE FIRST [PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION] ITEM, UH, EXCUSE ME, SECOND ITEM, UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION, WE ARE REALLY, UM, LUCKY TODAY TO HAVE AN URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN, GRANT STATUS UPDATE. UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE BY OUR NEW G UM, PARKS AND OPEN SPACE SUPERINTENDENT, WHO IS OUR STAFF, UM, LEADER. AND HER NAME IS JEN SANTOS. YOU MAY REMEMBER FROM LAST MEETING, JEN. UH, JEN HAS JOINED OUR CITY RECENTLY, AND, UH, SHE COMES FROM PUBLIC WORKS IN SANTA ROSA. AND JEN, THANK YOU FOR DOING AN UPDATE TODAY. I, FOR ONE, WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD KIND OF GIVE US AN OVERVIEW ON WHEN THIS STARTED, WHERE, UM, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, AND THEN WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW. I'D APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. SURE. THANK YOU. UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER OBEYED. I WANTED TO GIVE A, A QUICK, UH, BRIEF UPDATE ON THE URBAN FOREST PLAN RELATED TO THE GRANTS. I KNOW, UH, AT LAST, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE STATUS OF, OF THE GRANT. AND THEN I MIGHT NEED TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY , UM, ON THE URBAN, ON THE URBAN, UH, FOREST PLAN. UM, SO, UH, WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE OUR ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, PATRICK CARTER, HELP. HE'S BEEN, UH, SHEPHERDING THIS PROJECT ALONG ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, AND UNFORTUNATELY HE COULDN'T ATTEND TONIGHT, BUT HE DID GIVE A FANTASTIC UPDATE FOR, UH, MYSELF AS WELL AS DIRECTOR HALTER. SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME, UH, ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT I WANTED TO START BY READING THE STRATEGY THAT WAS PUT IN THE GRANT, AND APOLOGIES FOR READING IT, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT INFORMATION TO HAVE. SO THIS IS THE BASIS FOR, UH, LOOKING AT AN URBAN FORESTER IN THE FUTURE. AND THAT STILL IS ON THE TABLE. WE ARE STILL HAVING FUTURE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT DOES AN URBAN FORESTER LOOK LIKE FOR THE CITY, AND WHAT DOES THAT PERSON, WHAT ARE THE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THAT PERSON? SO, UM, IF YOU BEAR WITH ME, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO READ THIS. SO, UH, THIS IS STRATEGY NUMBER FIVE IN THE FEDERAL GRANT. THE CITY, UH, RECEIVED FOR THIS AND IT'S URBAN FORESTRY PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION IS THE LINE ITEM. UM, AND WE SAID WE WOULD STRENGTHEN PETALUMA'S URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT BY FUNDING A PART-TIME URBAN FORESTER SLASH ARBORIST POSITION. THE CONSULTANT'S DUTIES, UH, WILL INCLUDE PROVIDING ADVICE AND EDUCATION ON URBAN FORESTRY ISSUES TO RESIDENTS, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND POLICY MAKERS DEVELOPING A PROGRAM FOR ONGOING URBAN TREE CARE TO PRESERVE EXISTING CANOPY, ENSURING THAT THE URBAN FOREST CONTINUES TO ADDRESS THE CITY'S GOALS FOR EQUITY AND CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS, ENFORCING UPDATES TO PETALUMA'S TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE, AND URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND HELPING THE CITY TRANSITION TO AN IN-HOUSE URBAN FORESTRY DEPARTMENT. UM, THE, THE GOALS FOR SUPPORTING THIS, UH, UM, INVOLVE A STRATEGY STRATEGY THAT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND MAINTAIN TREE COVER INCREASING AND MAINTAINING PROVISIONS OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND IMPROVING TREE EQUITY. UM, AND OF COURSE, THE, THE TIMELINE THAT WAS LISTED IN THE GRANT WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS, UH, FROM THE POINT AT WHICH, UM, ACTUALLY I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE, BUT, UM, FROM THE POINT AT WHICH WE DO HAVE OUR URBAN MANAGEMENT FOREST PLAN, WHICH WE DO NOW. AND SO, UM, THE ALLOCATION THAT WAS IN THAT FUNDING WAS $120,000, 808. UH, AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING INTERNALLY TO HAVE INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AT THE CITY TO, UM, START THAT CONVERSATION AS WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR THE CITY? UM, AND SO, UH, THAT IS JUST IN ITS INFANCY RIGHT NOW. SO WE DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE, BUT WE ARE, I AM PERSONALLY VERY EXCITED AS WELL TO GET STARTED [00:10:01] WITH THOSE CONVERSATIONS. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE DIRECTOR TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY INFORMATION ON, YOU'RE GONNA BE BETTER AT, UH, GIVING US SOME INFORMATION ON THE HISTORICAL, UH, RELATED TO THIS. YEAH, NO, NO. THANK YOU. UM, JEN, THANK YOU, ACTING CHAIR. I THINK YOU DID A, A GREAT JOB OF THIS SYNOPSIS. UM, I MEAN, REALLY EXCITED. UH, WE'RE ALL KIND, ENTHUSIASTIC THAT WE HAVE THIS FUNDING AND FORESIGHT IS NOW SET ASIDE AND WE'VE GOT A PLAN THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED, SO NOW WE GET TO GO OUT AND DO IT. UM, SO THAT'S AN EXCITING MOMENT, UH, IN WORKING IN A BUREAUCRACY WHEN YOU GET TO GO OUT AND DO IT. RIGHT. UM, ONE OF THE, UH, I KNOW PRIORITIES FOR US AS STAFF IS TO REALLY INTEGRATE, YOU KNOW, THE THREE DEPARTMENTS THAT REALLY TRIAGE TREES, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WHICH INCLUDES PLANNING, BUILDING, CODE ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS INCLUDE, UM, CIP AS WELL AS STREETS, FRONTAGES MEDIANS, AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, WHICH INCLUDES A LOT OF SPACES WHICH HAVE A LOT OF TREE INJURY CARE. UM, SO HAVING THE URBAN FORESTRY, UM, POSITION OR CONSULT TO HELP US INTEGRATE THOSE THREE PROCESSES IS SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMITTEE AND COMMISSION HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT, HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR SINCE I JOINED. UM, SO THAT IS ONE OF, KIND OF AT THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR THIS, UM, CONSULTANT TO HELP US POSITION OURSELVES TO WORK, UH, MORE, UH, SEAMLESSLY AS A TEAM TO, UM, HELP EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY ENGAGE WITH THE CITY ON RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND CARE, BUT ULTIMATELY BUILD WHAT THAT, THAT THAT MUSCLE WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHETHER IT BE STAFFING, UH, CONSULTANTS OR CONTRACTING. UM, SO THAT WHEN THAT GRANT FUNDS IS GONE, WE HAVE A PLAN, UH, FOR FUTURE FUNDING, UH, THAT'S SUSTAINABLE. SO THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY THING I CAN ADD OTHER THAN, UM, YEAH, GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT MONEY IS THERE SET ASIDE AND HOW WE GET TO GO USE IT. UM, THANK YOU, UH, DREW. THANK YOU, JEN. UM, I WILL OPEN THIS UP RIGHT NOW TO ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, OR UNLESS I SHOULD ASK FOR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FIRST. UM, I THINK, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER JEN TEEL HAS A QUESTION. YES. UM, JEN, YOU HAD SAID, ANDREW, THAT IT'S 120,000, IS THAT PER YEAR FOR TWO YEARS, OR IS THAT BOTH OF YEARS COMBINED? WELL, I, IT, RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THE ALLOCATION FROM THE GRANT. SO I DON'T KNOW, DREW, IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, IF IT IS ONE OR TWO YEARS, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY PART OF THE DISCUSSION WE'LL BE HAVING IS HOW DO WE BEST UTILIZE THAT? RIGHT. UM, EITHER A YEAR OR TWO OR EXTEND IT. YEAH, MY UNDERSTAND TOO, AND, UM, PATRICK'S ASSESSMENT WAS THOSE WERE ONE-TIME FUNDS, UM, TO BE USED, I THINK WITHIN THAT TWO YEAR CYCLE. WITHIN TWO, YEAH. OKAY. SO I WANT TO BE CAREFUL THAT, UM, YEAH, WE USED THAT, UM, TO POSITION OURSELVES FOR LONGER TERM FUNDING. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU DIANE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? KEITH? ANY QUESTIONS? NO, UM, I'LL ASK A QUESTION. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS A CAL FIRES GRANT THAT WAS AWARDED, IT WAS, UM, A BIG LIFT FOR OUR CITY. IT MAY HAVE BEEN AWARDED TWO YEARS AGO, AND WE HAD TWO YEARS TO GET THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN. AND THIS IS MY QUESTION. UM, WE GOT THAT APPROVED, BUT DIDN'T THE GRANT COMPLETELY PAY FOR THAT, OR ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT A BALANCE THAT'S STILL OPEN? CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT PLEASE? YEAH, I, I THINK THAT THE BALANCE, UM, IS GENERALLY INTENDED TO BE SPENT ON ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS COME TO DATE, AND THAT WE STILL HAVE THIS $120,000 AVAILABLE FOR THE URBAN FORESTRY. THAT'S THE PART OF THE GRANT THAT WE, UM, ARE INTENDING TO FULFILL NOW THAT WE DO HAVE A PLAN TO FOLLOW. UM, THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING ON THIS. DREW, YOU HAVE, UM, ANYTHING TO ADD OR ANYTHING DIFFERENT? UM, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL. I BELIEVE, I KNOW CAL FIRE WAS INVOLVED, BUT I THINK IT'S A FEDERAL, UM, SOURCE, MAYBE A-U-S-D-A THEN FUNNELED THROUGH CAL FIRE, WHATEVER HANDS. UM, BUT, BUT YES, THAT'S MY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE ARE EARMARKS ON FUNDS THAT WE'RE SPENDING IT FOR OTHER THINGS, THE TPO, THE MAPPING, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS THE MONEY SPECIFICALLY EARMARKED FOR THE URBAN FORESTRY, YOU KNOW, CONSULTANT SLASH POSITION. COOL. THANK YOU. OKAY. [00:15:01] THOSE ARE ALL OF THE, ANY MORE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. UM, IF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SUBMIT A CARD. SEEING NO HANDS RAISED OR CARDS SUBMITTED, WE RECEIVED NO, UH, PUBLIC CARDS FOR THIS MEETING ITEM, AND WE RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING EITHER. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO SHALL WE OPEN THIS ITEM FOR DISCUSSION THEN? ANYONE HAVE A COM UH, COMMENT? GOSH, I, I HAVE A GENERAL COMMENT. UM, SEEING IS THIS IS, SEEMS LIKE A REALLY BIG PLAN AND A LOT TO INSTIGATE. HOW DOES IT START? WHERE DO YOU START TO DEVELOP THIS PLAN AND HIRE THIS PERSON? IS THAT THE CITY? IS THAT, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN YOU GUYS ? ANYBODY KNOWS? I, MY UNDERSTANDING THIS WAS ENVISIONED AS A CONSULTANT ALL ALONG, POTENTIALLY BECAUSE OF THE, THE END DATE ON THE FUNDING. UM, IT'S NOT AN ONGOING FUNDING WHICH WE WOULD NEED FOR A STAFF PERSON, UH, BUT THE VERY FIRST THING WE ARE DOING IS PUTTING TOGETHER A MEETING OF THESE, UH, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM IN THE CITY WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE DIRECTOR MENTIONED PUBLIC WORKS PLANNING, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT PARKS, UM, AND HAVE A DISCUSSION OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO THAT IS UPCOMING AND, UH, AN EXCITING PART NOW THAT THE PLAN HAS DONE TO GET GOING ON THINGS THAT WE CAN TAKE SOME ACTION ON AND, AND CREATING WHAT THIS POSITION LOOKS LIKE. SO THAT IS THE VERY NEXT STEP. AND I BELIEVE FROM THERE WE'LL PROBABLY MAKE SOME PLANS ON WHAT OUR FURTHER STEPS ARE FROM THERE. SO WE'RE STILL VERY MUCH IN THE INFANCY. AND I DON'T KNOW, DREW, IF YOU HAD ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, ? YEAH, I MEAN, I GUESS THE GOOD NEWS IS THE WORK'S ALREADY UNDERWAY AND A LOT OF IT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE WORK OF THIS COMMITTEE, MULTIPLE RENDITIONS OF GROUPS AND, UM, KALA AND, AND THE FOCUS GROUPS, A LOT OF THE SCOPE FOR THESE POSITIONS, YOU KNOW, IS FLUSHED OUT THROUGH THEIR URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN, RIGHT? SO THEY, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT WE GET TO PULL TOGETHER. NOW, THE CHALLENGE IS ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING WE WANNA DO WITH THIS. WE KNOW THAT, UM, SO AMONG THE DEPARTMENTS WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HAVE AS A GROUP ALL AGREE TO WHATEVER THAT SCOPE ULTIMATELY IS WITHIN THE RFP TO SELECT THE RIGHT TYPE OF CONSULTANT, UM, THAT WE'RE REALISTIC WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE, BUT THAT WE REALLY HIT ON THE PRIORITIES THAT, UM, THAT KIND OF TRANSLATE ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS TO SAY, IF WE'RE GONNA GET THE TOP THREE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WE NEED TO FOCUS ON. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE, UH, REMOVAL PERMITS PROCESS, RIGHT? IT'S THE, THE OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY AND IT'S THE LONG-TERM FUNDING STRATEGIES, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. IT'S ALL AGREED TO THAT. AND, AND THEN WORKING WITH THIS, THIS COMMITTEE, UH, AND COMMUNICATING THAT OFTEN AS WE GO TO GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT IT. UM, BUT YEAH, SETTING EXPECTATIONS, KNOWING, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF A LONG TIME. IT'S REALLY NOT. UH, AND 220,000 CAN GO REAL QUICK WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT, UH, A CITY'S NEEDS. SO WE'VE GOTTA BE, BE CREATIVE. UM, BUT A LOT OF IT COMES WITH, UH, JUST PRIORITIZING. AND, AND GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY ACCUSTOMED TO THAT AND WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THOSE THREE DEPARTMENTS. UM, AND THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN REALLY HELPED US, YOU KNOW, BUILD THOSE MUSCLES. IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY LEAD ON THIS? IS THERE SOME ONE PERSON THAT'S SORT OF TAKING THE CHARGE OR IS IT ALL COLLABORATIVE IN NATURE? , I REALLY WANTED HOW IT WORKS. YES, I KNOW , THAT'S THE ANSWER. YES. I THINK I'LL JUMP IN. UM, PATRICK CARTER IS REALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY FOR ME TO SIGN HIM. HE'S NOT HERE, RIGHT? UM, UH, HE, HE'S, UH, MANAGING THE GRANT. UM, SO HE, RIGHT NOW HE'S GONNA BE THE LEAD IN, I THINK, HELPING US, UH, COME TO THE TABLE, SET UP THOSE INITIAL MEETINGS. UH, AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE A LIAISON FROM THE ONE DEPARTMENT YET. YEAH. IS THERE A TIMELINE? NO TIMELINE YET. UM, LIKE, LIKE, UH, JEN MENTIONED, I THINK THOSE, I THINK WE GOT SOME EMAILS JUST GETTING THOSE FIRST MEETINGS KIND OF ON THE BOOKS NOW. BUT, UM, I THINK EVERY MONTH WE COULD, UH, GIVE AN UPDATE AS PART OF OUR STAFF COMMENTS ON WHERE WE ARE. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SOME AD HOC COMMITTEES HERE MM-HMM . THAT WOULD, UH, MAKE NATURAL SENSE TO KIND OF INTEGRATE INTO SOME OF THESE MM-HMM . SO I THINK, YEAH. YEAH. EVERY MONTH WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT PROGRESS. COOL. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER COMMENTS? [00:20:01] KEITH, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? JU JUST QUICKLY, UM, JUST CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY LONG OVERDUE AND SO GREAT WORK ON THE GRANT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, MAYBE THIS IS THE START OF SOMETHING EVEN BIGGER HERE. HERE. THANK YOU. UM, MARYANNE, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? UH, NO. UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, PLEASE. UM, OKAY. THIS IS, UM, REALLY BIG WORK THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING. IT'S A BIG, BIG NEW THING FOR US, AND IT'S WAS A, A WONDERFUL SURPRISE THAT WE GOT THAT URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN, UM, EXPEDITED AND APPROVED. YOU KNOW, JUST A SHORT WHILE AGO. THAT WAS REALLY HAPPY OCCASION. UM, AS, AS WELL AS THE TPO. UM, I THINK WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE DECIDED, OR THERE WAS AGREEMENT THAT THE ORDINANCE NEEDED TO KIND OF HAPPEN FIRST SO THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME SENSE OF SCOPE IN WHICH TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE FRAMEWORK, A SET OF RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THEN WE CAN DEVELOP A PLAN TO IMPLEMENT OR ADHERE TO, UM, OR ENFORCE, UM, INCLUDING PENALIZE. UM, SO, UM, THAT MAKES GOOD SENSE TO ME. UM, I AM CURIOUS ABOUT, I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT MONEY. 'CAUSE MONEY IS WHAT MAKES THINGS HAPPEN. AND IF IT'S TRUE THAT THE GRANT THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE WAS A JOINT EFFORT OF JOHN SCHIBS AND THEN RELEAF JOINED, UM, OR THEY BOTH WORKED ON IT TOGETHER AND THEN THE CITY HELPED IN WRITING THE GRANT AND THEN WE GOT THE GRANT, RIGHT? THAT'S GREAT. $120,000 IS BIG MONEY, BUT GOES QUICK. SO I'D REALLY LIKE WHOEVER'S, UM, WANTS TO GET THE WHEELS TURNING IN THEIR HEAD ABOUT WHAT FUTURE GRANT SOURCES THERE ARE OUT THERE MM-HMM . SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THIS GOING. UM, UM, I'D LOVE FOR SOMEHOW THIS TO GET IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL IN FOR THEM TO GIVE IT A JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY, UH, UM, BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT. UM, AND THAT LEADS INTO THE SECOND COMMENT. WHEN WE HAD THE AD HOC ON THE TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, WE WENT TO LEADING TREE CITIES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND, UM, I'M KEEPING IN MIND HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, MONEY, WE NEED TO BE REALLY EFFICIENT, REALLY EFFECTIVE WITH THE MONEY WE HAVE. WELL, PACIFIC GROVE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AN AUTOMATION SOFTWARE, UM, CALLED I WORK LITTLE I AND THEN CAPITAL WI WORK AND THEY BASICALLY SPEND A HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR CONTRACTING OUT THEIR PERSON THAT GOES AROUND AND SIZES UP THE PERMITS, SPITS OUT THE PERMITS, FOLLOWS UP THE PERMITS, ISSUES, VIOLATIONS TO THE RESIDENTS, AND THEN THAT PERSON REPORTS BACK TO THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT GUY WHO SITS IN PUBLIC WORKS. AND THAT'S JUST PART OF HIS ROLE IN PUBLIC WORKS. MM-HMM . SO MY POINT HERE BEING, UM, AS THE CITY LEADERS, UM, COME TOGETHER AND THINK ABOUT HOW TO SCOPE THINGS OUT, I HOPE THEY WILL TAKE EVERY LITTLE EFFORT TO UNTURN EVERY STONE AND NEW STONES ARE POPPING UP EVERY WEEK. WHAT AI TOOLS CAN HELP, WHAT SOFTWARE TOOLS CAN HELP? HOW DO WE PLUG IN EVERYBODY SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN, YOU KNOW, CALL UP PUBLIC WORKS LIKE WHEN THE TREE WENT DOWN DURING A STORM IN MY FRONT YARD, PUBLIC WORKS WAS LIKE THERE IN AN HOUR AND GOT IT OUT OF THE STREET. UM, WE NEED THAT KIND OF INSTANTANEOUS COMMUNICATION AND FUNCTION FLOW, UM, IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THE RETURN ON THIS INVESTMENT OF 120 K OR MORE FUTURE FUNDS WHENEVER THOSE ROLL IN. MM-HMM . UM, SO THAT'S ONE COMMENT. AND THEN MY SECOND COMMENT WOULD BE, DREW, YOU MENTIONED THIS WORK, UM, COULD, SHOULD ROLL IN SOMEHOW TO AN AD HOC. DO WE TALK ABOUT THAT HERE? WHAT AD HOC WOULD IT BE? UM, WE'VE GOT PROTECT, GROW, AND WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE? ENGAGE. ENGAGE. SO, UM, DO WE TALK ABOUT THAT HERE, DO YOU THINK, DREW OR LATER WITH THE AD HOC SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. I, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION WAS, UH, Y YES, CONTINUAL UPDATES WITH THE AD HOC INSTEAD OF THE FULL COMMISSION COMMITTEE MIGHT BE A BETTER USE OF TIME TOO. MM-HMM . SO THAT WE CAN, AND JEN, YOU KNOW, AS SHE'S TAKING THOSE, [00:25:01] UH, UPDATES AND MEETINGS IN BETWEEN MEETINGS, SHE CAN ENGAGE THE AD HOC AND THEN MAYBE HAVE THE AD HOC FILL IN THE COMMITTEE. I MEAN, THAT'S ONE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING THOSE, THOSE COMMITTEES. SO YOU MAY BE ENGAGING, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PROTECT AD HOC AT CERTAIN PHASES WHEN WE'RE, YOU KNOW, FLUSHING OUT THIS FOREST PLAN, BUT NOT NECESSARILY FORMING ANYTHING NEW. I THINK YOU'VE GOT, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF GREAT TOOLS HERE TO, TO GET SOME WORK DONE IN BETWEEN THE, THE MEETINGS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN I JUST WANNA SAY I'M, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED THAT THIS ALL PULLED TOGETHER SO NICELY. UM, I THINK THAT BEN ANDERSON WAS GREAT TO GET KICK, UH, KICKSTARTED. UM, AND HE BROUGHT IN, UM, SOME LARGER GUNS WHEN HE BROUGHT IN KAYLEEN AND HER CONSULTANCY AND STAFF HAS WORKED REALLY WELL WITH, UM, THEM, AND IT'S JUST BEEN A WONDERFUL THING. UM, SO, UH, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL OF MY COMMENTS ABOUT THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN. UM, AND, UH, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS BY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS, NO. OKAY. SO THEN, UM, WE'LL CLOSE THIS ITEM, UM, WHICH WAS ITEM NUMBER TWO. DO I, WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR THAT? NO THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSS IDEAS FOR A TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE, COMMEMORATION, AND OR STRATEGIES TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK COMPLETED TO DATE, UM, TO UPDATE THE TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE. UM, AND, UH, YES, UH, THIS IS, UM, DO YOU WANT ME TO GIVE A LITTLE SUMMARY? AND SO I, I THINK, UM, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND UPDATE AT LEAST I THINK LOOKING AT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE, UH, PROTECT POTENTIALLY, OR IF YOU WOULD RATHER SKIP THIS ITEM AND HAVE THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE HERE, WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. SO, UH, WE'LL LOOK TO YOU AS OUR, UM, ACTING CHAIR TO HELP GUIDE US ON THE NEXT STEP. THANKS. I THINK IT'D BE REALLY NICE TO HAVE THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE HERE. UM, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE DON'T HAVE MORE PEOPLE HERE TODAY 'CAUSE I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THIS ITEM THAT IT SUCH A HEAVY, WELL, SUCH A BIG LIFT, RIGHT? MM-HMM . AND IT'S SUCH A HUGE GAIN FOR OUR CITY. AND, UM, TO HAVE A NEW TREE ORDINANCE AND COMMEMORATING IS JUST SOMETHING IN, IN MY CORPORATE CAREER. UM, YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO COMMEMORATE, UH, EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE. AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO SLIP, UM, AWAY. I DON'T WANT THAT TO LOSE MOMENTUM OR STEAM. UM, I WANT IT TO BE FELT AS SOMETHING VERY HEARTFELT AND IMPORTANT TO THOSE WHO DESERVE COM COMMENDATION ON THIS. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST MOVING IT TO WHEN WE HAVE, UM, MORE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE. UM, AND WITH THAT SAID, DOES ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS? AND IF THEY HAVE ANOTHER PREFERENCE AGREEMENT? ALL ARE IN AGREEMENT. KEITH, ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT? IN AGREEMENT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT? NO. OKAY. SO WE'LL TUCK THAT ONE AWAY UNLESS PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT DOESN'T THINK SO. NO PUBLIC COMMENT. ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM NUMBER FOUR, AD HOC COMMITTEE UPDATES. WE GOT THREE AD COM, UH, AD HOCS THAT WE PUT INTO PLAY LAST MEETING. ONE IS PROTECT, SECOND IS GROW, THIRD IS ENGAGE. UM, WE CAN START WITH PROTECT, WHICH, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBER JEN TEEL AND I, UM, ARE THAT AD HOC. AND I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO THE AGENDA PACKET, WHICH HAS OUR INITIAL REPORT BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT IN LAST YEAR, LAST MONTH'S MEETING, WE MENTIONED THAT WE WANNA MOVE QUICKLY, WE WANNA TAKE KIND OF A REAL PROACTIVE APPROACH TO GETTING OUR WORK DONE SO THAT WE CAN GET IT DONE IN JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THERE ARE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE TREE COMMITTEE THAT ROLL OFF AND PERSONALLY, I JUST HAPPENED TO TAKE MY COMMITMENTS VERY SERIOUSLY. MM-HMM . UM, AND, UH, I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BEAUTIFUL WORK THAT COMMITTEE MEMBER OF GENTIL AND I DID IN THE AGENDA PACKET. I'M HALF KIDDING . UM, BUT UM, I WAS JUST SO HAPPY TO DO IT. I JUST LOVE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ON THE TREE COMMITTEE. SO MY ENTHUSIASM FOR ALL THE RECENT WINS JUST WAS CHANNELED INTO THAT. AND, UM, I CAN WALK US THROUGH THAT OR, UH, DIANE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WALK US THROUGH THAT? OH, THAT'S [00:30:01] OKAY. THANK YOU. PLEASE GO AHEAD. . YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING? I'M THE CHAIR AND I SAY YOU NEED TO . SHALL I GO THROUGH THE HOLE? SURE. OR STEP? OKAY. YOU KICK IT OFF AND HAND IT TO ME, WOULDN'T YOU? ? OKAY. I'M HANDING IT TO YOU. I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW BRIEF TO BE. SO, WELL, LET'S SEE HERE. LET ME GIVE SOME CLARIFICATION. KIND OF RICH, WE HAVE THESE, WE HAVE THIS ITEM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH HAS THREE COMPONENTS AND THEN WE HAVE COMMITTEE COMMENT. IT IS NOW FOUR O'CLOCK. WE HAVE 55 MINUTES. SO IF WE LEAVE 10 MINUTES FOR COMMITTEE COMMENT, THAT MEANS WE CAN EACH TAKE 15 MINUTES TO PRESENT AND ASK QUESTIONS AND GET PUBLIC COMMENT AND MAKE OUR COMMENTS AND HAVE OUR REFINING MARCHING ORDERS FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH NEXT MONTH'S DELIVERABLE. AND, UM, SO MM-HMM . GO FOR IT. OKAY. WELL I AM, I DON'T WANNA READ IT OFF VERBATIM, BUT DOES EVERYONE HAVE IT IN FRONT OF THEM FIRST OF ALL? WHO, WHO NEEDS TO? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO THE FIRST THING IS, UM, WE ARE THE PROTECTION AD HOC AND WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, ASSESSMENT ACROSS HOW MANY, ARE THERE? FOUR? NO, THERE'S SIX , SIX IDEAS AND TWO OF THEM WE ARE SAYING TO DELAY. AND FOUR WE'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE COULD GO AHEAD AND START THEM. SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE PARK TREE MONITORING MEMBER ASSIGNMENTS. SO WE WOULD HAVE, THEORETICALLY WE WOULD HAVE A MEMBER OF THE TAC COMMISSION BE ASSIGNED TO A SPECIFIC AREA, SPECIFIC TREES AND MONITOR THOSE TREES AND REPORT BACK WHAT? MONTHLY? QUARTERLY. I QUARTERLY I THINK WE DISCUSSED. YEAH, QUARTERLY. UM, THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE SOME WAY OF KEEPING AN EYE ON OUR ASSETS OF WHAT TREES WE HAVE AND, YOU KNOW, HOW THE CONDITION AND HOW THEY'RE DOING AND, UH, ANY THREATS THAT MIGHT BE COMING. AND AS WELL AS THAT, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NEAT TO HAVE, IS IT WRITTEN HERE? YEAH. NEED TO HAVE, UM, SOME VOLUNTEERS TO COME ALONG WITH A TAC MEMBER. SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD SAY A SCHOOL GROUP WHO WANTED TO ADOPT A PARK TREE AREA WHAT, OR GROUPING, WHATEVER WE'RE GONNA CALL THOSE. UM, AND SORT OF, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD BE THE STEWARDS OF THAT PLACE AND REPORT BACK EVERY QUARTER. IT WOULD SHOW THEM, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBILITY AND TEACH 'EM ABOUT THE TREES. IT WOULD BE PROBABLY A GOOD SCHOOL PROJECT FOR LOTS OF GRADES. WE COULD ALSO ASK, UM, THE GARDEN CLUB IF THEY HAVE MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE OR, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER GROUPS LIKE THAT WHO MIGHT WANNA BE MORE INVESTED IN THE PARK TREES, BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE DO CARE ABOUT THAT. SO THAT IS AN IDEA THAT WE MAY LIKE TO PURSUE. UM, THE STAFF NEED ON THAT IS MINIMAL. THE TAC WOULD SELF-MANAGE STAFF RECEIVES WRITTEN SUMMARY AND THAT'S IT. IT REALLY WOULDN'T REQUIRE ANYTHING MORE OF THE CITY AS FAR AS WE SEE. UM, THE IMPACT WOULD BE HIGH. IT WOULD HAVE A LOT OF OVERSIGHT OVER ALL OF OUR TREES AND PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO ACT IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF THREAT OR IF THERE'S NEEDS, WE'D BE ON IT. SO THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE. TWO IS THE MONTHLY WATER BILL, TREETOP TREE TIPS INSERT. SO THIS IS CREATING SOME WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS TEMPLATE TO CITY STAFF. SOMETHING VERY SHORT THAT THE STAFF COULD SEND OUT IN THE NEWSLETTER OR WHATEVER IT IS PER MONTH. UM, THINGS AS WATERING TIPS, FREE TREE PROGRAMS. UM, IT COULD BE ORDINANCE UPDATES, WHICH WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF THOSE. UM, AND IT COULD BE PRINTED AT THE BOTTOM OF RESIDENT WATER BILLS MODELED ON PG AND E'S BILL MESSAGING. SO I THINK I DO READ THOSE THINGS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE, BUT EVERYBODY GETS IT. AND IT, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE LOW COST AGAIN AND LOW DEMAND ON STAFF. THE IMPACT WOULD BE REALLY HIGH. EVERYBODY GETS THOSE BILLS. SO EVEN IF IT'S DIGITAL, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE AN EFFECT. UM, LET'S SEE. NUMBER THREE IS THE RESIDENT TREE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE SURVEY, BUT ALTITUDE MM-HMM . DESIGN AND DISTRIBUTE A BRIEF SUMMARY TO GAUGE COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF TREE CARE. SO THIS IS, I THINK, REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT. WE'RE SORT OF SAYING WE NEED TO HOLD ON ON IT AS A CURRENT ITEM BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GONNA COME UP. AND THIS IS SORT OF, IT'S LIKE EDUCATION, WHICH IS A PROCESS AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE FIRST MOST PRODUCTIVE THING THAT WE CAN DO. SO WE'RE PUTTING THAT BACK A BIT. UM, LET'S [00:35:01] SEE, THE STAFF NEED ON THAT WOULD BE LOW AND THE IMPACT MEDIUM, WE WILL GET VALUABLE DATA. UM, BUT IT DOES SET UP MORE WORK FOR US, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SAYING MAYBE WE SHOULD PUSH IT OFF A BIT. UM, YOU WANNA TAKE THE LAST THREE? SURE. OKAY. OKAY. SO NUMBER FOUR IS, UM, I REALLY LIKE THIS IDEA. COMMUNITY COMMUNITY TREE COMMENDATION PROGRAM. SO WE TALK ABOUT HOW, UM, WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THE TREE ORDINANCE THAT WE DIDN'T WANNA BE ALL SICK, THAT ULTIMATELY TO MOVE OUR COMMUNITY TOWARDS MORE CANOPY. WE ALSO WANTED CARROTS. AND SO THIS WAS REALLY, UM, A GOOD BRAINSTORM. THIS REPRESENTS A GOOD BRAINSTORM IN WHAT COULD A LOW COST, HIGH IMPACT CARROT LOOK LIKE. AND SO THIS IDEA WOULD BE, UM, ESTABLISH AN ONGOING RECOGNITION PROGRAM THAT IS SPECIFICALLY LIKE ON LETTERHEAD OF THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UM, BUT THAT WOULD IDENTIFY EXCEPTIONAL, UH, CITY TREES ANYWHERE, RIGHT? PRIVATE, UM, STREET TREES IN FRONT OF RESIDENCES, NOT NECESSARILY PUBLIC STREET TREES, I DON'T THINK. UM, 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY THERE AND PROTECTED. UH, UM, IT BY, UM, RECOMMEND, UM, UM, APPRECIATING THEM AND CALLING THEM OUT BY THEIR SIZE, THEIR BEAUTY, THEIR EXEMPLARY CARE. UM, AND RECIPIENTS WOULD RECEIVE A FORMAL COMMENDATION LETTER FROM TAC AND JUST GETTING THAT IN THE MAIL SAYING, HEY, BRAVO. EXCELLENT JOB YOU'VE DONE WITH YOUR TREE. COST THE CITY, LIKE WITH PRINTING AND ENVELOPE AND MAN HOURS. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE $2 PER LETTER. UM, THAT, THAT COULD REALLY DO A LOT. AND ALSO CAUSE A AWARE, UM, INCREASE AWARENESS AND EMOTIONAL AND PROPRIETARY COMMITMENT TO HAVING TREES, UM, FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER. AND THEN THERE'S AN, UM, STAFF NEED WOULD BE MINIMAL. OKAY. UM, AND THE CHAIR WOULD BE SIGNING THE LETTERS. UM, THE IMPACT MEDIUM HIGH BUILDS ON COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY PRIDE AND VISIBILITY FOR THE TREE COMMITTEE'S WORK. AND THERE COULD ALSO BE, UM, WE DISCUSSED A PR, UM, COMPONENT TO THIS, RIGHT? THERE COULD BE A PRESS RELEASE, UH, WORKING WITH CITY STAFF'S, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA OR MARKETERS. IT COULD GET POSTED ONLINE. IT COULD BE A LETTER IN THE PA OR AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER WITH A PHOTO OF THE TREE. MM-HMM . UM, SO, UH, TREE OF THE MONTH. YEAH. WHAT, WHERE IS THAT? THAT'S IN HERE SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? IS THAT IN A DIFFERENT I DON'T THINK WE WROTE IT. DID WE NOT WRITE IT? OKAY. SO, UM, ANOTHER GREAT IDEA NOT CAPTURED HERE, AND I'LL MAKE A NOTE TO ADD IT IS, I'M SURE IT'S NOT IN HERE. OH NO, IT'S UNDER NUMBER FOUR. YEAH. WE'RE ON FOUR. WHERE ARE WE? YEAH. OH. POSSIBLY A MORE PUBLIC PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM. OKAY. SO ANOTHER LEVEL UP FOR THIS WOULD BE PEOPLE GET TO NOMINATE TREES AND CALL THEM TO OUR ATTENTION. RIGHT? SO THEN IT'S NOT JUST US LOOKING AT TREES AND GOING, THAT ONE DESERVES A LETTER OF COMMENDATION. THAT ONE IS GREAT, BUT ENGAGE THE WHOLE CITY, UM, ALL THE RESIDENTS TO SAY, OH, THIS ONE IS GREAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, OR HAVING A CONTEST AND THE CONTEST COULD, YOU KNOW, FIT INTO ANYTHING. ARBOR DAY, CLIMATE DAY, EARTH DAY, UM, ANYTHING REALLY. BUT RESIDENTS GET ENGAGED. UM, IT'S MORE OF A, A PROGRAM THAT GETS IN THE PAPER THAT GETS POSTED ONLINE AND WE CAN EVEN GIVE OUT PRIZES OR WE CAN PARTNER WITH RELIEF AND THEY CAN HELP GIVE OUT PRIZES OR AWARD A TREE OR DO A PRUNING CLASS, WHATEVER. WE'RE JUST KIND OF THINKING LIKE, HOW DO WE HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT POSSIBLE WITH THE LOWEST COST? AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IDEA IS. DO YOU WANNA DO FIVE? 'CAUSE I JUST, I LOST MY SCREEN. I JUST WANNA ADD ONE POINT INTO THAT. AND I THINK THE MAIN THING IS, UM, THE ATTENTION, BRINGING THE ATTENTION TO IT WOULD REALLY MEAN THAT IT COULD EITHER FAIL OR, YOU KNOW, FLY. AND I THINK IF WE, IF WE HAD IT SUCH THAT IT WAS AN HONOR AND PEOPLE REALLY GOT A LOT OF PRAISE FOR IT, THEN PEOPLE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, REALLY GET INTO IT AND TREES WOULD BE HIGHER ON A PRIORITY AND MORE VALUED. AND OTHER PEOPLE WOULD GO, MY TREE IS BETTER THAN THAT. I'M GONNA SUBMIT MINE NEXT MONTH. . YEAH. YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING. YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE FUN KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES. YEAH, EXACTLY. RIGHT. AND KIDS OR WHOEVER CAN NOMINATE NEIGHBOR'S TREES AND THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN VALUE THEIR TREE AND SUDDENLY IT'S IN THE PAPER OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW? SO IT HAS A WIDE RANGE OF EFFECTS. . I LOVE THAT. UM, OKAY. THANK YOU FOR, UM, REMINDING US OF THAT PART. OKAY. SO NUMBER FIVE. I'LL [00:40:01] CONTINUE HERE. UM, FIVE IS TREE BENEFITS FLYER FOR HEAT ISLAND, UM, IN DISTRESS NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS IS PRETTY SIMPLE. UM, I LIVE IN AN AREA THAT HAS A LOT OF RENTALS. UH, LANDLORDS WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST DON'T SEEM TO LIKE TREES. THEY JUST ARE A COST CENTER TO THEM. MM-HMM . AND, UM, SO IF WE JUST MADE A FLYER AND THEN CASUALLY DROPPED THEM OFF WHEN WE WENT ON WALKS AS TREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, UM, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW VALUABLE IT IS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SORT OF ANOTHER GENTLE, GENTLER CARROT MM-HMM . IDEA THAT, UH, WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, UH, WOULD MAYBE HELP IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE SEE A STRUGGLE WITH HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. UM, OKAY. THE LAST ONE, AND I THINK, OKAY, WE'RE ALMOST OUTTA TIME HERE. UM, TREE COMMITTEE, FORMAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH CLIMATE NONPROFITS. IDENTIFY LOCAL NONPROFITS WORKING ON CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND ESTABLISH FORMAL LIAISON RELATIONSHIPS WITH TREE COMMITTEE. ENABLING, ENABLING COORDINATED ADVOCACY AND SHARED OUTREACH. OKAY. THINGS LIKE, UM, COOL CITIES, UH, RELIEF STAFF NEED LOW RELATIONSHIP BUILDING ONLY, NO CITY RESOURCES REQUIRED IMPACT. MEDIUM AMPLIFIES THE TREE COMMITTEE'S REACH, BUT RESULTS ARE LONG TERM. OUR RECOMMENDATION ON THIS WAS, UM, TO DELAY IT, UM, UNTIL THE NEXT TREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE SEATED AND, UM, CONSIDER PICKING IT UP THEN. MM-HMM . UM, AND THEN FINALLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, ALL OF THESE THINGS HELP RAISE RESIDENT AWARENESS OF TREE BENEFITS, BUT ALSO WE NEED GOOD PEOPLE ON THE TREAT COMMITTEE. AND, UM, IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE EVERY ROUND OF PEOPLE STEPPING UP TO APPLY FOR APPOINTMENTS IS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, OH MY GOSH, WHO, WHO WILL DO IT? WHO WILL STEP UP? WE NEED MORE PEOPLE PASSIONATE AND MORE PEOPLE STEPPING UP MM-HMM . UM, SO THAT WE REMAIN A STRONG COMMITTEE. I THINK WE'RE ONE OF THE VERY STRONGEST IN THE CITY . UM, SO I THINK, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? UM, DIANE? NO. SORRY, I'M THINKING ABOUT WHO TO RALLY WITH. NO. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE'VE, UM, WE REQUEST THAT YOU GUYS GIVE US, UM, IN, UH, YOUR, UH, GOD, I'M SORRY, YOUR COMMENTS ON WHETHER YOU LIKE THE FOUR OUT OF THE SIX THAT WE'VE, UM, TALKED ABOUT AND, AND, UH, ADVISOR WHETHER ANY OTHER INITIATIVES REQUIRES ADDITIONAL COORDINATION WITH CITY STAFF DREW. UM, AND THAT'S IT FOR NOW. SO ANY COMMENTS, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT OR DO WE WAIT TILL THE END FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER ALL THREE AD HOCS, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU. HOWEVER, YOUR PREFERENCES AS ACTING CHAIR, WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST. THANK YOU. THANKS JEN. IF ANYONE WANTS TO COMMENT NOW? NO. OKAY. BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. ANY COMMENTS? I DO WANNA QUICKLY STATE THAT WE RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. THANK, THANK YOU. WELL, I JUST WANNA SAY YOU GUYS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. I LOVE THE FORMAT OF THE REPORT. IT MAKES IT VERY EASY TO READ AND, UH, ABSORB THE INFORMATION AND, UM, I, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING, ANY REASON NOT TO SUPPORT ALL OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. SO GOOD WORK. THANK YOU, MARY. THANK YOU. THANKS. UM, KEITH, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR US? YOU KNOW, I, I JUST ECHO THOSE SAME WORDS, ESPECIALLY I THINK, I MEAN I LIKE ALL FOUR OF 'EM, BUT THE FIRST THREE I THINK, UM, THAT YOU LISTED ON THERE, UH, GOING FORWARD, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOW COST, THEY'RE HIGH IMPACT. AND UM, I THINK THOSE ARE TWO GREAT THINGS AND THE MORE WE CAN DO TO GET TREES FRONT AND CENTER IN EVERYONE'S MIND, UM, AND I THINK THOSE WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT IS YOU TALKING ONE, TWO, AND FOUR? UM, YEAH, YOU'RE TALKING ONE, TWO, AND FOUR, CORRECT? WELL, ONE, TWO, AND THREE. I THINK YOU HAVE FOUR IN THE BO I'M LOOKING AT THAT AT THE BOTTOM. WHERE, LET ME SEE, LET ME PULL IT UP REALLY QUICK. SORRY. PARK THREE MONITORING, WATER BILL MESSAGING AND TREE CONDEMNATION PROGRAM. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I THINK THO THOSE, THOSE REALLY WORK FOR ME GREATLY. UM, THE UNDER CANOPY, THAT'S FINE. I JUST THINK THE THREE OF 'EM ARE JUST, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THOSE FIRST THREE ARE GREAT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S OKAY. WE'RE HOPING THINKING. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO MY FINAL COMMENT WOULD BE THERE WAS ONE IDEA THAT WE DIDN'T FOLD INTO HERE, WHICH WE WILL FOR OUR NEXT MEETING. AND, UM, THAT'S THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, UM, BASED ON A CONVERSATION [00:45:01] WITH HEATHER HEINZ ONCE, 'CAUSE THERE'S DEVELOPMENTS THAT CUT DOWN TREES, BUT UNLESS CITY KNOWS ABOUT IT. UM, AND THEN HEATHER SAID, HEATHER HEINZ SAID, UM, GO BACK TO THE CONDITIONS APPROVAL AND IF THEY CUT DOWN THINGS THAT WERE PART PROTECTED, PART OF THE PLAN AND IN THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, THAT'S A NO-NO. AND THE CITY CAN ACT ON IT. SO WE WANNA FOLD THAT INTO IT TOO AS, UM, ONE OF OUR PROTECTS FINAL COMMENT I WILL MAKE BEFORE TURNING THIS OVER, UH, TO THE NEXT AD HOC, WHICH IS GROWTH, UM, IS I CAN MAKE THIS TEMPLATE AVAILABLE, URIEL, UM, JUST A BLANK TEMPLATE AND YOU CAN SEND IT TO THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THEY CAN POPULATE IT. IF YOU GUYS THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU, WHY NOT? DOES THAT WORK, DREW? IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? JEN, IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? ABSOLUTELY. FOR, FOR SURE. AND WE CAN, WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT AS WELL. OKAY. YEAH. GREAT. OKAY. SO I'LL SEND THAT OUT AND MAYBE IT CAN BE FORWARDED TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ASAP SO THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IT TO WORK WITH. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO GRO. OH NO. OH, I'M SORRY KEITH. YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON HERE THAT'S GONNA REPRESENT YOUR AD HOC. IT'S, YEAH, I FEEL BAD ABOUT THAT SINCE I'M GONNA BE THE PERSON THAT SAYS, UM, THE GROUP I WAS IN DIDN'T DO ANYTHING . SO WE NOW WE HAVE NOW HAD MOTIVATION TO SEE IF WE CAN TOP YOUR GROOVE. OKAY. I LOVE IT. , I, SORRY, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THOUGHTS HAVE COME UP FOR YOU? IS THERE ANYTHING, UM, THE THOUGHT THAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. , I LIKE YOUR HONESTY. . THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S SO FUNNY. . OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY. SHOOT, THAT'S ME . UM, WE HAVE NOBODY HERE FOR THE FINAL AD HOC, ENGAGED? NO. OH MY GOD. ENGAGED. YEAH. UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER SANCHEZ AND RAKUTEN ARE SLACKING TODAY. , UM, THAT'S SO SAD. OKAY. ENGAGED. BUT WE'LL BE THERE TO HELP THEM IN OUR NEXT MEETING. UM, I'M SURE THIS WILL COME UP AGAIN ON OUR AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING. GOSH. SO WE'RE WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. SO, UM, DID, UM, HOW ABOUT SOME COMMENTS? I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP TO ANYBODY'S COMMENTS ABOUT GROWTH OR ENGAGE OR PROTECT. UM, IF THE COM COMMUNITY HAS ANY, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS, THAT'S GREAT. OTHERWISE I'M GONNA THROW IT BACK OVER TO US AND WE CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, SPITBALL FOR A WHILE UP HERE IF YOU WANT. MM-HMM . WE GOT THE TIME, BUT WE'LL STILL LET YOU GUYS OUT EARLY SO YOU CAN GO HAVE A COCKTAIL BEFORE YOUR EVENING MEETINGS. OKAY. OKAY. SO ANY PUBLIC COMMENT WE RECEIVED? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, FINAL COMMENTS FROM MY FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS? SAY ANYTHING? OKAY. I HAVE A COMMENT. UM, ON THE GROW, I'M JUST READING WHAT IT, WHAT IT IS, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP THAT COULD HAPPEN WITH OUR, SORT OF OUR VOLUNTEER CORE. IF WE GET SOME PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO TO THE PARK, IF IT'S KIDS OR VOLUNTEERS WHO WANNA TAKE CARE OF A, A GROUP OF TREES OR A PARK AND THEY NEED A NEW TREE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S, THEY COULD HAND IT OVER TO GROW TO PLANT THAT TREE, OR THEY COULD WORK WITH THE GROW MEMBERS TO PLANT THE TREE OR COORDINATE SOMEHOW. BUT I COULD SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, MESHING ACROSS BOTH OF THOSE PLATFORMS ANYWAY. I LOVE THAT. AND I THINK THAT WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT, I AM CURIOUS IN MY BRAIN, WHAT WOULD THAT FLOW LOOK LIKE? , AND, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE NICE IS SOME KIND OF A FLOW CHART. LIKE WHAT DOESN'T VIOLATE THE BROWN ACT? HOW DO WE INTEGRATE IS, DOES, IS IT, WHEN WE COME TOGETHER AT OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS, HOW DO WE ASK STAFF FOR HELP BUT NOT BE A BURDEN TO STAFF? UM, HOW DO WE STRIKE THAT BALANCE BETWEEN US DOING AS MUCH BENEFICIAL WORK FOR THE CITY, UM, AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT BEING ANNOYING TO THE CITY , RIGHT? UM, HOW DO WE KEEP ALIGNED WITH THAT? AND SO, UM, I ALWAYS, I SEEM, I'M LIKE, I'M ALWAYS ASKING YOU THIS QUESTION, DREW, BUT HOW CAN WE THINK ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE I REALLY FIND IT LIKE, OH NO, DON'T DO THIS. RIGHT? AND, AND I THINK THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY TO YEAH. BE MORE STREAMLINED IN MY THINKING ABOUT HOW TO PROPERLY DO IT. MM-HMM . AND NOW WE'LL HAVE JEN TO HELP US , UH, DO THAT NOW. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU SHOULD NEVER FEEL BAD, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU'RE UP HERE DOING THE GOOD WORK AND, AND AS VOLUNTEERS NO LESS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF ANYTHING IT REALLY DOES HELP US. WE NEED YOUR HELP. UM, AND I WAS AT AWE, UH, WITH, AGAIN, THE MEMO THROUGH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. UH, I HAVEN'T HAD A, A LONG TIME TO DEBRIEF WITH JEN. UM, BUT [00:50:01] YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE ARE SIMILAR, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE'VE, MAN, WOULDN'T THAT BE COOL IF MM-HMM . UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE KIND OF A COMMEMORATION PROGRAM. WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? AND THIS REALLY KIND OF MM-HMM . PUTS IT IN AND GETS IT STARTED AND MAKES IT REAL. SO NO, DON'T EVER APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH YOU TO, TO SEE WHERE WE CAN COLLECTIVELY HELP PUSH SOME OF THESE THINGS FORWARD AND, AND IT HAS TO START WITH AN IDEA AND A VISION. SO THANK YOU. UM, I THINK YOU JUST GAVE ME AN IDEA FOR A FUTURE MEETING, SINCE I'M FILLING IN HERE. MAYBE I'LL USE WHAT LITTLE INFLUENCE I CAN PUSH FOR. CAN WE GET A PRESENTATION BY THAT WOMAN THAT DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA? I ALWAYS WANNA SAY HER NAME IS LIKE SHARON OR SUZANNE OR SOME, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA. YEAH. YEAH. WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE A SUZANNE TOO, BUT, UH, JAMESON PROBABLY JAMESON BUN. OH, IS THAT HER NAME? SHE'S, YEAH, SHE'S COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER. SHE'S WONDERFUL. UM, AND YEAH, WE HAD OUR LEADERSHIP MEETING TODAY ACTUALLY ANDON HAD A GREAT PRESENTATION ON, UM, YOU KNOW, AI AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TOOLS THAT WE'RE USING SHOULD USE KIND OF A REFRESHER ON POLICY. SO YEAH, SHE, IT'S A SMALL TEAM. JAMESON HAS, I THINK A PART-TIME, UM, COMMS THAT WORKS ALONGSIDE HER. SO YEAH. SEND SOME FEEDBACK OR SOME THINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE WITH JEN AND I AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ENGAGE JAMESON AND THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT AGAIN, UH, OUR TEAM HAS TO PUSH OUT AND WE WANT TO DO SO, AND, AND ALIGN WITH WHAT YOU FEEL THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HEAR FIRST AND, AND BUILD KIND OF A ROADMAP FOR THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE TPO, ALL OF THAT. YEAH. UM, AND NOT OVER, OH, WAS SHE IN THE MEETING FOR THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN OR JUST ANOTHER MEETING? UH, TO YEAH, SHE, SHE WOULDN'T BE PART OF THAT, UM, NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, BUT THE, THE NEWSLETTERS THAT YOU GET, UM MM-HMM. THAT I HOPE YOU ALL SUBSCRIBE TO, UH, THE, THE BIWEEKLY OR BIMONTHLY MM-HMM. UM, THE SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW, THAT ALL RUNS THROUGH HER. AND TO SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE, UM, BUT THEN COVER, YOU KNOW, 11 DEPARTMENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON MM-HMM. IS REALLY HARD. AND SO, UM, HOW TO PULL THIS IN SO YOU'RE NOT OVERWHELMING PEOPLE, BUT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SELECTIVELY PUSHING IT IN WHEN THERE'S OTHER PROJECTS MM-HMM . THAT MAY MAKE SENSE. AND, AND DOING IT IN A WAY THAT ENGAGES PEOPLE, UM, NOT OVERWHELMS THEM AND SCARES THEM. IS ALWAYS THE CHALLENGE. THAT'S GREAT. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE MISSING PIECE. AND I, CAN WE PLEASE GET HER TO COME AND PRESENT MAYBE NEXT MEETING? MM-HMM . SHE COULD DO LIKE AN A BRIDGE THING, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT'S ALMOST OUR MISSING LINK HERE AND IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL OR IF, IF YOU GUYS RECORDED OUR PRESENTATION OR SOMETHING. BUT, UM, YEAH, I MEAN I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST, AND, AND JEN AND I CAN TALK ALMOST, UM, I MEAN WE CONNECT WITH THE ENGAGE COMMITTEE, UM, FIRST AND SEE WHAT THEY WOULD WANT TO DO. AND WELL FIRST CONNECT WITH JAMESON AND SEE WHAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO DO AND, UM MM-HMM . WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE PLAN WITH THE, WITH THE TPO AND EVERYTHING AND YEAH. WHENEVER WE CAN. UM, WE LIKE TO USE THOSE AD HOCS TOO. YEAH. I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE IF WE ARE COMING UP WITH FLYERS AND THINGS TO HAND OUT OR IF A COMMEMORATION, YOU KNOW, LETTER, DO WE CREATE THAT AND THEN GIVE IT TO YOU GUYS TO APPROVE? OR DOES JAMESON JAMESON, RIGHT? , DOES SHE CREATE IT? Y YEAH. WHAT'S ALWAYS NICE IS, UM, IF THE, IF, IF WE CAN HELP CREATE THE CONTENT, RIGHT? YEAH. SHE'S NOT THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. RIGHT. RIGHT. AND OFTENTIMES SHE'LL COME IN OBJECTIVELY AND SAY, YES, LET'S TAKE THAT AND, AND YOU KNOW, TOOL THAT TO A, A, A, YOU KNOW, A SEVENTH GRADE READING LEVEL AND THEN LET'S CHANGE THESE SOME WORDS. MM-HMM . 'CAUSE I OFTEN USE THOSE WHEN TALKING ABOUT, OKAY. SO SHE'S REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT PLAIN LANGUAGE. BUT WHAT WE ALL NEED HELP WITH IS WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE WEEDS, WE'RE, WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE THING. MM-HMM . AND WE LOSE SIGHT OF HOW NOT EVERYBODY SEES WHAT WE'RE SEEING. AND JAMESON'S REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT. SO SHE NEEDS HELP WITH THE CONTENT. OKAY. YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THAT. MM-HMM . SOUNDS LIKE A PERFECT RELATIONSHIP IN THE MAKING. ALRIGHT. WHICH MADE HAPPEN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANYBODY? KEITH? STILL ALONE? NO COMMENTS? STILL ALONE. STILL NO COMMENTS. . OKAY. GREAT. . UM, I GUESS THAT'S IT FOR THIS, UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE AGENDA AND THEN THE FINAL TWO THINGS ARE COMMITTEE COMMENT AND STAFF COMMENT. AND FOR COMMITTEE COMMENT, [COMMITTEE COMMENT] LET'S START WITH KEITH AND THEN GO TO MARYANNE. UM, ACTUALLY I WOULD LIKE TO GO BEFORE MARYANNE 'CAUSE I WANNA ASK MARYANNE A QUESTION. UM, SO HOW ABOUT KEITH, DIANE, TARYN, AND THEN MARYANNE? OKAY. THERE, THERE HASN'T BEEN A, UM, A PLAN COMMISSION MEETING. UM, THERE WASN'T ONE THIS WEEK. THERE WASN'T ONE. UM, WHAT? THERE ISN'T ONE GOING [00:55:01] TO BE THIS WEEK AND THERE WASN'T ONE THE LAST TWO WEEKS AGO, SO THERE'S NOTHING REALLY TO REPORT THERE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THANK YOU DIANE. WELL I AM REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN. UM, AND THE TWO RECENT WINS WITH THE UFMP AND THE TPO MAKE IT REALLY ENCOURAGING THAT WE'RE GONNA GET SOMEWHERE THIS TIME . RIGHT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET ON THESE THINGS. 'CAUSE AS YOU SAY, THERE'S STILL ONLY THREE MONTHS FOR SOME OF THESE PEOPLE AND SO WE HAVE TO START WORKING ON THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ? YEAH. ONLY THREE MONTHS. THANK YOU DIANE. UM, WE NEED SMART GO-GETTERS ON THE TREE COMMITTEE, UM, THAT SHOW UP. I LOVE CALLING THEM OUT TOO MUCH, MUCH. UM, UM, LET'S SEE HERE. I WANTED TO SAY OR ASK MARYANNE A QUESTION THAT MAYBE SHE CAN ADDRESS IN HER COMMENT. AND THAT IS FOR OUR GROWTH AD HOC, WE HAD THE IDEA OF BASICALLY MIRRORING WHAT THE PARKS COMMISSION DOES BY DIVIDING UP ALL THE CITY PARKS AMONG THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. LIKE THE PARKS COMMISSIONER DIVIDES THEM UP AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS AND THEN EVERY QUARTER WE EACH HAVE TO GO OUT TO EACH OF OUR PARKS, LOOK AT THE TREES AND REPORT BACK AND, YOU KNOW, CAPTURE PHOTOS. WE'LL, UH, THE AD HOC WOULD CREATE A TEMPLATE FOR THOSE PHOTOS OR FOR THOSE REPORTS THAT CAN THEN GO TO STAFF, CAN THEN GO TO PARKS, WHATEVER. BUT, UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW WHICH PARK COMMISSIONERS ARE ASSIGNED TO WHICH PARKS SO THAT THERE COULD BE CROSS COMMITTEE, COMMISSION, UM, COMMUNICATION ON THAT. AND MAYBE TOGETHER WE COULD BE STRONGER, MAYBE DO SOME OF THE VISITS TOGETHER. UM, DIANE HAD MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, BRINGING SCHOOL KIDS OUT JUST ON A VERY CASUAL BASIS, JUST INVITING PEOPLE TO COME ALONG. SO, UM, I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU COULD COMMENT ON THAT. AND THEN I WANTED TO GIVE A VERY PERSONAL, BUT I HOPE IT IS YOU GUYS FIND A LITTLE APPROPRIATE OR BENEFICIAL. UM, THE SYCAMORE IN MY FRONT YARD IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, UH, PREDATORY, UH, TREE SERVICE TOLD ME I NEEDED TO CUT DOWN BECAUSE OF MY DRIVEWAY. THEY WERE WRONG. THERE WERE NO ROOTS UNDER MY CAR DRIVEWAY. MY DRIVEWAY WAS JUST MADE WITHOUT ANY REBAR. I WOULD'VE LOST SUCH A BEAUTIFUL TREE. IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL. AND RIGHT NOW IT IS LOOKING SO GOOD. AND UM, I JUST LOVE TO GO OUT THERE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE'S LIKE VIDEOS OF THE ENERGY THAT COMES OFF OF TREES. THERE'S ALL SORTS OF MEDICAL RESEARCH THAT IT REDUCES INFLAMMATION WHEN YOU CONNECT WITH TREES. AND I REALLY WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH TREES. UM, THE SECOND THING I WANNA SHARE, AND IT'S KIND OF EMBARRASSING. UM, I REALLY DID SOMETHING STUPID, BUT I DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO DO IT. UM, MY ENVIRONMENTALIST FRIENDS WERE ALWAYS TELLING ME THAT PRIS WERE REALLY BAD, A NUISANCE VARIETY 'CAUSE THEY HAVE ZERO BIODIVERSITY. I WATCHED, UM, BEAUTIFUL BUSH PIT FAMILY AND THEIR LOVELY NEST THAT'S LIKE, I THOUGHT IT WAS A DIRTY SOCK HANGING SOMEHOW WAS BLOWN UP INTO THE TREE. THE WHOLE FAMILY RAISED AND FLEW AND NOW, AND THEN THE, THE SOCK NEST BLOWS OUT AND FALLS TO THE GROUND. THEY WERE GONE. SO I TURNED TO THE PRITT HEDGE AND I STARTED TO TRIM IT AND I DISCOVERED, YOU KNOW, A TWIG STICKING OUT. AND I THOUGHT, OH, THIS IS A BRANCH THAT I DIDN'T PULL THE LAST TIME. AND I GO TO PULL IT AND MY HUSBAND SAYS, OH NO, LOOK, IT WAS A NEST. OH, I LOOKED INTO THE NEST AND I'M EXPECTING TO SEE EGGS AND 'CAUSE THERE WAS A BLUE JAY THAT WAS SQUAWKING, BUT BLUE JAYS ALWAYS SQUAWK, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH. AND I LOOK IN THE NEST, NO EGGS, BUT I SAW THIS LIKE VERY FLESH MOUNDS IN THERE. A FLESH. AND I THOUGHT, WHAT IS THIS SOME KIND OF FUNGUS THAT'S TAKEN GROWTH IN THE NEST? NO, THEY WERE BABIES WITHOUT ANY FEATHERS ON THEM. AND I COULD SEE THEIR HEARTS BEATING. SO WE STOPPED AND I TOOK DEAD BRANCHES AND ARTFULLY PUT THEM OVER IN A VERY SECURE FASHION. I WAS SO AFRAID THAT THE PARENTS WERE GONNA ABANDON THE NEST. THAT WAS JUST YESTERDAY. THE PARENTS ARE BACK. YAY. THEY'RE NURSING THE BABIES, KEEPING THEM WARM. BUT REMEMBER THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BUSH T**S AND OTHER BIRDS THAT NEST EARLIER IN THE SEASON. MM-HMM. MM-HMM . EVEN IN WHAT PEOPLE MIGHT REGARD AS NON-BIO DIVERSITY. YEAH. INHABITANT TYPES OF FOLIAGE. THERE CAN BE NESTS RIGHT NOW. SO DON'T DO WHAT I DID. AND THAT'S IT FOR MY, COME ON COMMENT. AND DON'T ALLOW TREE PRUNING WHEN BIRD NESTING SEASON. YEAH, THAT'S ANOTHER BIG ONE. I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S DOING THAT THAT'SS, TRUE . IT'S ALL AROUND TOWN RIGHT NOW. THAT'S PART OF OUR ORDINANCE, ISN'T IT? NOT DURING THE NESTING SEASON. RIGHT. [01:00:01] SO THAT NEEDS TO BE ENFORCED. THAT NEEDS TO BE ENFORCED. OKAY. MARYANNE. UM, IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, YES, THERE IS A LIST OF ASSIGNMENTS FOR EACH OF THE PARK SUPERVISORS. I'M SURE THAT, UM, THERE'S A LITTLE PRINTOUT THAT MAYBE COULD BE SENT OUT TO THE COMMITTEE. UM, WE DID NOT, I WAS NOT HERE LAST MONTH AND I DON'T THINK THE COMMISSION MEANT LA MET LAST MONTH, BUT A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE DID, DID, WAS THERE PARKS COMMISSION MEETING LAST? IT WAS CANCELED LAST MONTH. IT WILL BE IN, UH, AN HOUR AND A HALF. STAY TUNED. OKAY. YOU'RE ALL WELCOME. WELL, I CAN TELL YOU JUST A FEW THINGS THAT I KNOW ABOUT THAT ARE GOING ON. ONE IS, UH, WE JUST, AT THE BEGINNING BEFORE THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT A RAINBOW BRIDGE AND FINDING A LOCATION FOR THAT FOR PETS. PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOST THEIR PETS TO COMMEMORATE AND BE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GO AND, AND THINK ABOUT THEIR PET AND SIT AND HAVE A MOMENT OF, UH, QUIET CONTEMPLATION. UM, AND THAT WAS PROPOSED BY A YOUNG, UH, PERSON FROM OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND THEN, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE, I THINK DREW WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT HE JUST HIRED A COUPLE NEW COORDINATORS FOR REC PROGRAMMING OR IS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT. MM-HMM . UM, THE FAIR OF COURSE IS COMING UP. THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG DEAL. THIS IS LIKE, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR RIGHT? THAT THIS MM-HMM . PARKS DEPARTMENT IS IN CHARGE OF THAT. SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT CONVERTING A, UH, A, UH, HORSESHOE PIT AT MCNAIR TO BOCCE BALL, AND THAT'S GONNA BE A COMMUNITY DONATED, UH, LABOR AND A PROJECT THAT'S DONE BY A COMMUNITY GROUP. UM, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR THIS UPCOMING SEASON. UH, KIND OF PRIORITIZING WHICH, WHICH PLAYGROUNDS ARE GONNA GET SOME INVESTMENT. THAT'S A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE, HOW ARE THE TREES IN PARKS? UM, THE ONES IN MY PARKS LOOK PRETTY GOOD. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING THAT LOOKS, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S READY TO FALL OVER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW. DO, HAVE WE HAD ANY MAJOR ANYTHING, UH, MAJOR THINGS COME DOWN WITH THE RECENT STORMS OR RAIN OR ANYTHING TO JEN ON THAT? YEAH, JEN'S BEEN MAKING HER WAY AROUND . I HAVE NOT BEEN, UH, HEARING ANYTHING ABOUT ANY LARGE TREES. I THINK WE CAME OUT, UH, IN GOOD CONDITION. YEAH. YEAH. PINE CONES OR SORRY, BUNYA CONES. THOSE ARE DIFFERENT, BUT YEAH. NO TREATS. THANK YOU. UM, SO THAT'S IT FOR COMMITTEE COMMENT AND I WOULD LIKE TO [STAFF COMMENT] NOW OPEN IT UP TO STAFF COMMENT. UM, JEN AND DREW, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE US YOUR UPDATES AND COMMENTS, THANK YOU TO OUR ACTING CHAIR. AND I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING AN ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION AT CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY. UH, REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT PROCLAMATION GO FORWARD, AND TWO MEMBERS FROM RELIEF WILL BE RECEIVING THAT. AND WE ARE HOPING TO HEAR FROM SOMEBODY TODAY FROM OUR TRADE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO HELP ACCEPT THAT WITH US ON MONDAY. UM, AND, UH, DREW ALLUDED TO, WE WERE ABLE TO REMOVE THE VERY LARGE PINEAPPLE LIKE PINE CONES FROM THE BUN BUN TREE AT THE MUSEUM DOWNTOWN AHEAD OF BUTTER EGGS. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE COULD GET THAT DONE. UH, WE DID DO SOME INITIAL WORK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT IT'S THE TREE GETTING A LITTLE TOO LARGE FOR FIRE. SO WE HAD OUR TREE, UH, CONSULT OUR PARTNERS IN, UH, TREE CONSULTING COME THROUGH FOR US ON THAT ONE. AND WE ARE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF TRIMMING OF THE ES AT PENRY PARK PROBABLY IN THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE MONTHS. VERY LIGHT. UM, THEY'VE BEEN TRIMMED BEFORE IN THE PAST. THEY'RE GETTING, THEY'RE OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD OR ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS OLD RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE WANNA BE REALLY CAREFUL. THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. YOU, THEY'RE TECHNICALLY TREES, BUT THEY LOOK LIKE VERY LARGE SHRUBS NEAR THE WAR MEMORIAL AT PENRY PARK. AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR FANTASTIC, UH, ARBORIST, CONSULTOR CONSULTANT, UH, TO GET THOSE TRIMMED UP VERY LIGHTLY TO BRING THEM BACK, AND THEY'RE KIND OF FLOPPING OVER AND, UH, LOSING THEIR SHAPE. UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS OUR EARTH DAY, UH, WITH CITY OF PETALUMA CELEBRATION COMING UP, UH, NEXT WEDNESDAY ON THE 22ND OF APRIL, 10:30 AM TO 3:30 PM UH, RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL. OUT IN THE FRONT GARDEN. UH, DAILY OX HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB TO PREPARE THE SITE TO, UH, BE READY FOR 500 PLANTS. [01:05:01] SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SHOW UP. I WILL DEFINITELY BE THERE. SO I'LL SEE YOU THERE IF YOU CAN BE THERE, UH, REALLY EASY TO JUST DROP BY OR THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AS WELL FOR EARTH DAY PLANTING AT THE CITY. UH, CITY HALL HERE. UH, AND ALSO WANTED TO MENTION IT'S A LITTLE BIT FARTHER OUT IN MAY FUTURE FEST. IT'S A COMMUNITY-WIDE CLIMATE ACTION FESTIVAL ON MAY 4TH, UH, AT THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY CENTER. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO LEARN ABOUT NEW, INNOVATIVE, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, UH, TECHNOLOGY AND HERE PRESENTATIONS FROM STUDENTS. AND IT'S, IT'S A REALLY GOOD FESTIVAL. SO, UM, ANYWAY, AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO, UM, SERVE ON THIS BOARD. WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE PEOPLE SOON, AND THERE'S, UH, APPLICATIONS ONLINE, IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UH, BE A BOARD, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER ON THIS COMMITTEE. THAT IS, UM, SOMETHING WE ARE LOOKING TO, UH, GET THOSE APPLICATIONS IN SOONER THAN LATER. AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE DREW. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I MISSED? I WAS KEEPING TRACK. I THINK YOU GOT EVERYTHING. I'VE GOT ONE OTHER, AND THEN I'VE DUNNO IF MELANIE LEFT. I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE FOR COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS. UM, BUT DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE ELSE TO GET THOSE IN EARLY. UM, WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY BOARD YOU'RE WILLING TO SERVE, BUT, UM, THERE IS PLACES WHERE YOU CAN RANK THOSE. UH, SO, SO GET 'EM IN, UM, PLEASE. AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS. IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. UH, THE LAST THING WAS THE, UM, ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION ON MONDAY. UM, DID WE TALK ABOUT THAT? I DID MENTION IT. OH, OKAY. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD. YEAH, NO, JUST, JUST THAT WE LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A REPRESENTATIVE FROM RELIEF. WE'VE GOT TWO THERE, SO WE'RE ALL SET WITH THAT. OKAY. AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY FROM YEAH, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH ME. MM-HMM . OR DREW, WE, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE A, A, A MEMBER THERE. WE WERE SPEAKING, UH, WITH THE CHAIR OFFLINE, BUT, UM, NO DECISIONS YET, SO, YEAH. AND IT'S JUST E EVERY YEAR IS, IS A SPECIAL YEAR. BUT, UM, I THINK IN PARTICULAR, I WOULD LOVE TO GET REPRESENTATIVES FROM MULTIPLE, YOU KNOW, ENTITIES AND, AND PARTIES THAT HELPED PUSH SOME OF THE INITIATIVES FORWARD. SO THIS NOT, NOT THE YEAR TO SIT ON THE SIDELINE. UM, YEAH, THAT'S IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. WHAT TIME? SIX OR SIX 30? YEAH, I THINK IT'S, THIS IS, YEAH. REGULAR MEETING. SO IT'D BE, UM, SIX, SIX O'CLOCK CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN WE, WE JUMP RIGHT INTO THE PROCLAMATIONS. UM, IT'S THE VERY FIRST, IT'S SOME OF THE FIRST THINGS ON THE AGENDA, SO IT'LL BE RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING. I KNOW, UH, BOWLING THAT, WHICH IS ALSO YES. VERY IMPORTANT TOO. YEAH. MAINTAIN THAT. YEP, ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL GET YOU ON THE NEXT ONE, MARIANNE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND NOMINATE DIANE. ALL RIGHT. HEARD IT MORE THAN ONE PERSON. YEAH. MAKE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS, DIANE. OKAY. I JUST WELCOME. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE, BUT I DID NOTICE A FLYER WHEN I CAME IN OUT THERE ON THE TABLE THAT TALKS ABOUT APPLYING AND MAYBE THAT HAS A, UM, A DEADLINE ON IT. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY, ANYBODY HERE THAT, AND YOU WANNA APPROACH THEM, GRAB A FLYER. IF, IF IT'S A STACK AND NOT JUST ONE, OR JUST TAKE THE ONE, TAKE A PICTURE AND WE GOTTA GET SOME PEOPLE TO APPLY. IF THEY DON'T APPLY, UH, WE DON'T WANNA BE SHORT. . OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. OKAY. JUST MAY 21ST. DEADLINES ARE DUE FIVE O'CLOCK, SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT IT GOES QUICK AND, AND THE APPLICATION IS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO WORK ON. YOU MAY THINK YOU DON'T NEED TO, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO DEMONSTRATE WHO YOU ARE AND WHY YOU'RE A, YOU KNOW, A GOOD CANDIDATE. MM-HMM . I DON'T TAKE IT TOO CASUALLY. ACHIEVE, ACHIEVE, ACHIEVE. THANK YOU. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING MORE, ANYTHING MORE FROM ANYBODY. OKAY. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE OR THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING. ANYONE? SECOND? SECOND. SECONDED BY DAN, UH, OR MARIANNE AT THE SAME TIME, AT THE SAME TIME. SIMULTANEOUSLY. MARYANNE AND DIANE SECONDED THE MOTION. EVERYONE THAT, UM, VOTES YES TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.