* 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. YES, WE ARE. OKAY. [00:00:01] HELLO. [CALL TO ORDER] I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I DON'T KNOW. GOOD AFTERNOON. RECORDING IN PROGRESS. GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR JULY 15TH, 2026. CAITLIN COREY . OKAY. CORLEY, SORRY. THE CITY CLERK TO PERFORM THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE NEW MEMBERS, ERIC MCKEE AND PATRICK SHAND. I ALSO WANTED TO WELCOME YOU AS THE ACTING CHAIR . AMAZING. IF I COULD HAVE YOU GUYS JOIN ME DOWN IN FRONT. OKAY. RIGHT HERE IS GOOD. OKAY. I TRY AND CAPTURE YOU GUYS, NOT ME GUYS. . OKAY. SO PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. KIND OF DO IT IN SENTENCE, . OKAY. I STATE YOUR NAME, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR I PATRICK SHAN, DO SOLEMN SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND, THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA, THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. DOMESTIC. THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE, THAT I'LL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA, THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION. AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY. THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES. DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. WELCOME AGAIN, OFFICIALLY ON THE D AND WE ARE NOW GONNA DO THE ROLL CALL. UM, CAITLYN, WOULD YOU MIND OF COURSE. UM, ELLI PRESENT, FISHMAN ABSENT, UH, GENTILE PRESENT MCKEE PRESENT SANCHEZ ABSENT HILT PRESENT AND SHAND PRESENT. AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. GREAT. OKAY. SO THE FIRST STEP IS GENERAL [GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT] PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WR WITHIN THE COMMITTEE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED 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 15 MINUTES. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? OKAY. WOULD YOU BRING YOUR CARD UP TO THE CLERK PLEASE? DO YOU HAVE CARD? YOU CAN JUST TELL ME YOUR NAME. I'LL LIST YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. WENDY JACOBS, VICE CHAIR OF RELIEF, PETALUMA HERE TO GIVE YOU AN INFORMAL UPDATE FROM RELIEF. PETALUMA, SHALL I GO? OKAY. YEAH. JUST WANTED TO RUN DOWN WHAT WAS HAPPENING THIS SUMMER AND WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING THIS FALL WITH RELIEF. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE PETALUMA CANOPY GRANT. THAT WAS THE BIG GRANT THAT PETALUMA OBTAINED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FROM THE BIDEN CLIMATE ACT, THE IRA AND WE HAVE ABOUT 500 TREES YET TO PLANT UNDER THAT GRANT. WE ARE WORKING WITH JEN AND DREW HALTER TO LOCATE THE SITES FOR THESE 500. AND WE WILL BE REALLY, IF WE'LL BE DOING A SPRINT TO GET THESE TREES IN THE GROUND BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. MM-HMM . WE'RE GONNA START PLANTING EARLY THIS YEAR IN SEPTEMBER. WE ARE MUCH MORE CONFIDENT WITH WORKING OUT OF THE RAINY SEASON NOW, SO WE FEEL THAT WE CAN DO THAT AND STILL HAVE THE TREES, UH, BE HEALTHY AND SURVIVE. OUT OF THAT 500, QUITE A FEW ARE PLANNED TO BE ACORNS, ALTHOUGH THAT COULD CHANGE. AND IF WE PLANT ACORNS, THEY'LL BE CAREFULLY [00:05:01] CITED BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT GET A FULL THREE YEARS OF SUMMER WATERING. SO THAT'S THE PLAN WITH THE PETALUMA CANOPY GRANT. AND THANK YOU JEN, FOR CONTINUING TO WORK WITH US TO FIGURE THIS OUT. MM-HMM . UM, WE'VE ALREADY PLANTED ABOUT CLOSE TO 2000 TREES UNDER THAT GRANT . WE'VE HIT 3000 OVERALL. WE HIT THAT IN MAY. WOW. UM, TREE MORTALITY, OH, EXCUSE ME. WHEN WE FINISH PLANTING THIS WINTER, RTP HAS REMAINING GRANT FUNDS THAT'S REBUILDING TOGETHER PETALUMA, UM, WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR JOBS TRAINING PROGRAMS, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN USING EXTENSIVELY FOR SUMMER WATERING AND OTHER THINGS. AND THEY WILL HAVE GRANT FUNDING LEFT TO CONTINUE THE SUMMER WATERING UNTIL THE GRANT EXPIRES IN 2028. UM, BUT OUR FUNDING WILL BASICALLY BE FINISHED UP IN DECEMBER. THERE'S ONE OTHER GRANT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. IT'S A HEALTHY PETALUMA GRANT FOR $20,000 AND, UH, IT WAS AWARDED TO US EARLY THIS YEAR. WE MADE A PROPOSAL TO THEM THAT WE WOULD CREATE A ROADMAP OR A PLAN TO GET TREES INTO THE HOT, UM, CONCRETE COMMERCIAL SECTORS OF THE CITY, MANY OF WHICH LIE ALONG THE 1 0 1, WHICH IS ANOTHER WHOLE PROBLEM OF ITSELF, BADLY WANTING TREES. BUT, UM, WE, WE ARE GONNA START WITH THIS PLAN THAT HEALTHY PETALUMA IS FUNDING OUR STAFF TO WRITE, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW. HOPE TO FINISH IN SEPTEMBER. BY THE WAY, THE PLAN WILL INCLUDE CONTACT INFORMATION AND OWNERSHIP SO THAT WHEN THE FUNDING IS OBTAINED TO ACTUALLY PLANT THE TREES, UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO INITIATE IMMEDIATELY, YOU KNOW, OUTREACH TO THE OWNERS AND NEGOTIATIONS. SOME OF THAT MAY BE DONE THIS SUMMER, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH TIME THIS TAKES. UM, SECOND ITEM TREE MORTALITY. WE PROVIDED SOME STATISTICS TO, UM, JEN TO, UH, ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, WHICH WE'VE HAD AND OTHERS MAY HAVE HAD AS WELL. AND WE ARE, OUR, OUR TREE MORTALITY STATISTICS ARE ABOUT AS GREAT AS WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE, THANK GOODNESS, BECAUSE WE HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO COMPILE THEM UNTIL NOW. AND I GUESS JEN WILL REPORT ON THAT A LITTLE BIT WHEN I MEAN, IT'S, OVERALL IT'S ABOUT 4% AND THAT IS WITH THREE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, EXCUSE ME, FOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. SO THAT'S A REALLY STELLAR RATE. UM, OUR GRANT TOURS ALLOW UP TO 10% BEFORE THEY START REQUIRING US TO REPLACE SPECIFIC TREES. SO WE ARE UNDER THAT LIMIT, UM, WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE. AND WE'RE OUTSIDE OF SOME OF THE GRANT DEADLINES ANYWAY, SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY. AND IT'S QUITE A LIST OF REASONS WHY WE'VE LOST TREES. BUT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED. WE HAD TWO BIG EVENTS THAT WIPED OUT SERIOUS NUMBERS OF TREES. ONE WAS 25 TREES WE LOST AT WISEMAN PARK, AND IT HAD TO DO WITH A MASSIVE IRRIGATION FAILURE THAT WENT ON UNDETECTED AND UN UNDERSTOOD FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND BASICALLY DROWNED A LOT OF OUR TREES DURING THE DROUGHT . THE OTHER WAS 12 TREES, AND I FORGET WHERE THEY WERE, BUT IT WAS SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, EVENT LIKE THAT THAT COULDN'T BE CORRECTED UNTIL THE TREES WERE GONE. WE ALSO HAVE RESIDENTS THAT TAKE OUT TREES BECAUSE THEY INTERFERE WITH THEIR VIEW. AND WE HAVE ONE TREE THAT ALL THE DOGS AT GLENBROOK PARK WOULD PEE ON EVERY MORNING WHEN THEY'D GO OUT TO RUN AND THEY KILLED THE TREE WITH THE URIC ACID . SO IT'S, IT'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN, BUT NEVERTHELESS, THIS, THIS IS URBAN TREES AND WE EXPECT IT AND WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD RATE. SO WE'LL JUST TRY TO HOLD ONTO THAT. UM, CASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE WE'VE PLANTED QUITE A LOT OF TREES AND IT'S AN UNFORGIVING ENVIRONMENT. IT'S A VERY LARGE HOT CAMPUS AND WE HAD TO RELY ON SPRINKLER WATERING FOR THE TREES AS WE DO IN MANY OF THE PARKS. UM, WE RECENTLY WERE OUT THERE TO TAKE STOCK OF OUR PLANTING, WHICH OCCURRED. THIS IS OUR THIRD SUMMER AT CASA GRANDE. I'M TELLING THIS STORY FOR JEN AS MUCH AS ANYTHING 'CAUSE IT WAS SO ENCOURAGING TO US. WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO WATER THIS SUMMER. THEY'VE CUT OFF A LOT OF THE SPRAYS, SO, UM, OUR TREES LOOK FANTASTIC AND TO, TO RELIEF. WE FEEL LIKE IT IS CONFIRMATION THAT WORKING WITH THESE LOCAL NATIVE SPECIES THAT ARE USED TO THE KIND OF CLIMATE THAT WE HAVE HERE, MAYBE IS, IS GONNA PAY OFF BIG TIME FOR US BECAUSE WE PLANTED ABOUT 65 TREES. FOUR OF THEM HAVE DIED OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, BUT IT'S IN ABOUT THE MOST UNFORGIVING ENVIRONMENT THAT WE WORK IN. SO, JUST A LITTLE [00:10:01] WAR STORY FROM CASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL. CAN I KEEP GOING? TWO MORE QUICK ITEMS? I WOULD, I WOULD SAY IF YOU COULD JUST WRAP IT UP. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. GREAT. THANKS. UM, IN DECEMBER WE WILL FINISH UP THREE GRANTS THAT WERE PRETTY MOSTLY PLANTED IN PETALUMA PARKS. AND WE WILL BE TURNING OVER THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE TREES TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. WE'LL DO THAT WITH A, WITH LITTLE CEREMONY OR SOMETHING, BUT IT WILL BE HUNDREDS OF TREES. AND, UM, IT'S THE SIX PARKS, THE SIX PARKS TWO, AND THE UFMG, THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT GRANT, WHICH, UM, WHICH WE FINISHED UP. AND SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT JEN'S ON BOARD NOW AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY TO TURN THIS OVER TO. BUT THE TREES ARE IN GOOD SHAPE AND WE'RE FINISHING UP A PRUNING ON ALL OF THEM NOW SO THAT THEY'VE ALL HAD ONE STRUCTURAL PRUNING. WE HAVE A GROUP GOING OUT ABOUT EVERY TWO WEEKS IN THE EVENINGS TO DO STRUCTURAL PRUNINGS OF OUR TREES. 'CAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OF THEM. AND IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING US, PLEASE LET US KNOW BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF FUN. IT'S KIND OF SOCIAL AND RELAXATION EVENT. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT. THANK YOU. WENDY, DO WE HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. EVE O'ROURKE, UM, I'M WONDERING, I I'M SEEING MORE FRESHLY BRUTALIZED STREET TREES, THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN LIMBED UP SO, SO MUCH. IT'S ALMOST THREATENING TO THEIR LIFE. UH, BRAND NEW TO SYCAMORES DOWN ON, ON KENTUCKY STREET. AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THE CITY IS ABLE TO MONITOR THIS YET. IT'S HAPPENING DAY BY DAY. I, OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. EVE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS SUBMITTED TO YOU, CAITLIN? NO, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS AHEAD OF TIME. OKAY. WRAPS UP. THAT WRAPS UP THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. NOW, NEXT UP IS THE [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] AGENDA, THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF MAY 20TH, 2026. IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTION STATE, THE MINUTES ARE DEEMED AS PR, THEN WE WILL STATE THAT THE MINUTES AS DEEMED ARE APPROVED. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR AMENDMENTS? NO, I MAKE ANYONE MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. SECOND. SECOND. GREAT. OKAY. SO THE AGENDA ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED, THE AGENDA. NEXT STEP [PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION] ITEM NUMBER THREE, ELECTION OF OFFICERS. SO WE WILL BE COMPLETING THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS WHERE WE'LL DISCUSS AND ELECT A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR OF THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHO WILL SERVE UNTIL JUNE 30TH, 2027 OR UNTIL A REP PLACEMENT IS IN POINT. JEN SANTOS, SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACE WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. THANK YOU JEN, THANK YOU TO OUR, UM, TEMPORARY CHAIR. I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING UP TONIGHT. AND I, I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE OUR REGULAR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO THINK ABOUT, UM, CONSIDERING BECOMING A CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR. UM, IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET, UH, JUST THAT MUCH, UH, MORE INVOLVED. UH, THERE IS A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM MYSELF AS WELL AS OUR, UH, CLERK, STAFF AND STAFF BEYOND ME THAT HELP DO A LOT OF THINGS IN THE CITY. UH, WE ALWAYS PROVIDE, UH, NOTES AND ANNOTATED INFORMATION TO, UH, HELP THE CHAIR, UH, RUN THE MEETING AS WELL AS THE VICE CHAIR. THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT ROLES. UM, BUT THEY'RE NOT ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THAN SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE. UH, IT'S SIMPLY RUNNING THE, RUNNING THE MEETING AND, AND KEEPING THINGS MOVING ALONG. AND, UM, OF COURSE, I, MY PREFERENCE WHEN SITTING ON COMMITTEES IS ALWAYS TO MEET WITH THE CHAIR AND OR VICE CHAIR ONCE A MONTH JUST TO, UM, TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING MEETING AND ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED PRIOR TO. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. AND, UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, CERTAINLY WE'RE HERE TO HELP, BUT I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO OUR, OUR CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU JEN. OKAY. SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF AT THIS POINT? ABOUT THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS? OKAY. NO ONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS. AND CAITLIN, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY COMMENT? NO, NOT ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. [00:15:01] SO WE'RE GONNA GO ON TO THE CLOSE, THE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE ARE GOING TO REQUEST THAT COMMITTEE MEMBERS BEARS MAKE A MOTION ON WHO WILL BECOME THE CHAIR OF THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SOMEONE RAISES A HAND, SOMEONE'S NAME IS ANNOUNCED AND THE ACTIVE CHAIR ASKS FOR A SECOND AND THE NAME IS ANNOUNCED. SO WE'RE, DOES ANYONE HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? SORRY. NO. ON THE NOMINATION. A NOMINATION AND WE CAN NOM NOMINATE OURSELVES. YES. OKAY. YES. UH, I I'LL TAKE VICE CHAIR OR CHAIR, EITHER ONE. I THINK A GREAT VICE CHAIR WOULD BE A LITTLE BETTER JUST 'CAUSE I DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT I'M DOING YET, BUT OKAY. BUT I THINK I'LL LEARN QUICKLY. SO. GREAT. AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT CHAIR, SO WE GOTTA ESTABLISH OUR CHAIR FIRST. OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO THE VICE CHAIR, . OKAY. THANK YOU. AND IT CAN'T BE LIKE THE PREVIOUS CHAIR. CAN'T BE THE CHAIR AGAIN. THE PREVIOUS CHAIR IS OFF THE BOARD. YEAH, WE'LL OFF THE BOARD. OH, OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. UNFORTUNATELY. OKAY, GREAT. YEAH. YEAH. AND, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE WOULD DO THIS AGAIN. MM-HMM . AND NOMINATE VERNA. OKAY. EXACTLY. SORRY, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT DURING THE QUESTIONS. YES. SO ARE YOU, ARE YOU I'LL NOMINATING FOR YOU? I'LL STEP UP FOR CHAIR. FOR CHAIR. OH, WONDERFUL. DO SOME, DO I HAVE A SECOND? IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? I'LL SECOND THAT. GREAT. OKAY. SO, HMM. WHAT'S NEXT? I CAN, I CAN TAKE A VOTE ON THAT MOTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. . OF COURSE. OKAY. BERTELLI. YES. FISHMAN IS ABSENT. GENTILE? YES. MCKEE? YES. SANCHEZ'S. ABSENT HILT. YES. AND SHAND. YES. MOTION CARRIES. . ALRIGHT. SO FOR THAT IS WONDERFUL. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN FOR OUR, UM, ACTING CHAIR, PREVIOUS ACTING CHAIR, NOW THAT WE HAVE A CHAIR, UM, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN FINISHING OUT THIS MEETING OR TURNING IT OVER TO OUR CHAIR TO FINISH THE MEETING AS THE CHAIR ? DO LET ME FINISH, I'LL FINISH THIS ONE AND THEN, OKAY. IT'S ALL YOURS. . PERFECT. WONDERFUL. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE DIANE FOR AS VICE CHAIR . UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE STEPHANIE SANCHEZ, WHO WOULD, MIGHT CONSIDER BEING A AS WELL. AND THEN, OKAY. SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE NOMINATION FIRM DIANE FIRST. , AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CALIN, WE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SECOND. UNLESS THAT MOTION IS RESCINDED. THAT'S TRUE. IS THERE A SECOND? FOR SECOND? OKAY. . OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE NOMINATION FOR, UM, DIANE AND THEN STEPHANIE. SO, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO DOES ANYONE, UM, YOU, YOU DO THE, THE VOTE? I CAN DO, I CAN DO THE ROLL CALL ON THIS. YEAH, SORRY. AS LONG AS YOU'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE POSITION, IT'S NOT COMPULSORY. OH, IT'S NOT FOR STEPHANIE . WE DON'T VOTE ON BOTH. AND THEN WHOEVER GETS THE MOST OR SOMETHING. NO. MM-HMM . OKAY. THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. IF, IF YOU'RE NOT, YEAH, IF YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED, YOU CAN, YOU CAN DECLINE. YEAH. UM, YEAH, I'M GONNA DECLINE . SORRY, I'M JUST TOO BUSY. YEAH, NO, SOMEONE WHO'S NOT HERE, YOU CAN NOMINATE SOMEONE WHO'S NOT HERE. WELL, I, I KNOW THAT STEPHANIE MIGHT BE INTERESTED. SHE'S, SO, IS THAT OKAY? OKAY. SO WE ARE OKAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NOMINATING, UM, STEPHANIE BASED ON YOUR CONVERSATION AND MY CONVERSATION WITH HER AS WELL, THAT SHE IS INTERESTED AND VICE CHAIR. RIGHT. OKAY. SO FOR THE MOTION APPOINTING STEPHANIE, I HAVE A, UM, A MOTION. I NEED A SECOND. SECOND . OKAY. AND NOW I WILL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE BERTELLI. YES. UH, GENTILE. YES. MCKEE? YES. HILT? YES. SHAND? YES. YES. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. AND THANK YOU CAITLYN, FOR GETTING US THROUGH THAT . SURE. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO MENTION, UH, WE DID HAVE ONE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS POSTED ONLINE. IT JUST A WRITTEN COMMENT. OKAY. SO THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE. OKAY. YOU DON'T READ THAT OFF HERE. OKAY. OKAY. THANKS. OKAY. SO THAT CLOSES ITEM THREE, WE'RE GOING ON TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE UPDATES. SO THIS IS GENERAL DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROTECT, GROW, AND ENGAGE AD HOC COMMITTEES, DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE APPOINTMENTS OF NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENTED [00:20:01] BY JEN SANTOS, SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. . THANK YOU CHAIR, GENTILE. I APPRECIATE IT. AND I, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, UM, UH, TALK ABOUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND, AND WHERE WE ARE NOW AS FAR AS A COMMITTEE. AND THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK TO, UH, BRING THE CITY TO A POSITION WHERE IT HAS A TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE. AND THESE AD HOCS ARE BEING, HAVE BEEN FORMED BY THE, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE COMMITTEE MOVES FORWARD NOW THAT THAT ORDINANCE IS IN PLACE AND WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S NEXT STEPS WERE. SO THERE ARE THREE AD HOCS THAT HAVE BEEN FORMED, AND, UH, EACH, THE, EACH OF THEM HAS BEEN DOING SOME WORK OR TAKING SOME CONSIDERATION IN HOW TO MOVE FORWARD SO FAR. AND, UH, IT'S STILL NEW IN THE, UM, IN THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE AD HOCS. SO FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS, IF THERE IS ANY INTEREST IN JOINING ONE OF THOSE AD HOCS, THIS IS THE MOMENT TO LISTEN IN AND, AND, AND LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED. UM, WE CAN, UM, GET YOU ADDED TO THOSE AD HOCS EITHER TONIGHT OR IN THE FUTURE. UM, CERTAINLY THE, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE ON THERE ARE AVAILABLE FOR DISCUSSION AS WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE. I'M JUST GIVING THE BIG, THE BIG OVERVIEW. UM, SO I, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, PUT THAT OUT THERE AND IT'S A REALLY EXTREMELY SUCCINCT WAY OF TALKING ABOUT ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, UH, BEFORE NOW. AND SO, UH, NOW IS OUR SECOND CHAPTER AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO OUR, UH, ACTING CHAIR AND FOR OUR NEXT ITEM. OKAY, THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE, OOPS, THE INTRODUCTION OF 4.2, PROTECT, ADVOCATE, AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AROUND POLICIES LIKE THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. AND I AM THE CURRENT MEMBER ON THAT AD HOC TARN HAS TIMED OUT. SO, UM, WE HAVE COME UP WITH A VERY, UH, COMPLEX, UM, PROGRAM OF COMMENDATION FOR TREES, REALLY TRYING TO GET THE PUBLIC ENGAGED AND AWARE OF THE BEAUTY OF THE TREES AROUND THEM, CHILDREN AND ADULTS. SO WE HAD SUGGESTED A, UM, A SORT OF COMPETITION. YOU VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE REDWOOD AND YOUR FAVORITE ELM AND YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE A PICTURE AND THE CITY GIVES YOU A LETTER AND A, YOU KNOW, TAKE YOUR PICTURE, PUT IT IN THE PAPER, AND THAT KIND OF THING. UM, SO THAT IS REALLY PRETTY COMPLETE TACK US ALREADY APPROVED IT. UM, HOWEVER, AT THIS POINT, SINCE WE'RE REPOSITIONING EVERYONE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS NEXT TIME AND PUT IT ON THE AGENDA TO SEE IF THIS IS REALLY, UH, THE BEST CHOICE FOR MOVING FORWARD, THE BEST USE OF OUR ENERGIES. AND IF NOT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO SOMETHING ELSE. . OKAY. SO IT'S ABOUT THAT. OKAY. SO THE NEXT ITEM IS 4.3. THIS IS GROW CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEER GROUPS TO PROMOTE TREE PLANTINGS PRESENTED BY MEMBER SANCHEZ AND COMMITTEE MEMBER HILT. AND SINCE SANCHEZ IS NOT HERE, I GUESS I'LL MAKE THE, JUST A REALLY QUICK UPDATE. UM, WE MET WITH, UH, ONE OF THE, UM, PREMIER COMMUNITY GROUPS, UM, RELIEF AND, AND STUFF. SO WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT WAYS THAT THIS COMMITTEE SUBGROUP AS WELL AS THIS WHOLE ENTIRE COMMITTEE COULD WORK TOWARDS, UM, GREATER ADVOCACY FOR MORE TREE PLANTING, BOTH, UM, AMONG COMMUNITY GROUPS, BUT ALSO AMONG FUNDING FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ALSO. SO THAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT QUESTIONS. SO THE NEXT IS 4.4, ENGAGE, CONNECT WITH STAFF REGARDING PUBLIC WEBSITES UPDATES AND KEEP CURRENT ON EVENTS PRESENTED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER SANCHEZ AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. CHU, IT'S THE SAME THING. YES. AND THAT COMMITTEE, THAT SUBGROUP HAS NOT MET YET. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO THAT'LL BE AN EASY ONE, JEN. WE HAVE TO FIND SOME TIME TO, UM, TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT I, I AGREE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, AT A FUTURE, MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING WE CAN AGENDIZE, IS THIS THE DIRECTION WE WENT AHEAD WITH THESE AD HOC GROUPS OR MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, WE'RE A SMALL ENOUGH GROUP THAT MM-HMM . WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THIS AS [00:25:01] A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS? I AGREE. SO WE WILL AGENDIZE THIS DISCUSSION FOR THE NEXT MEETING AND THE NEXT ONE IS, HMM, I GUESS THAT'S, NO WHERE'S YOURS? ? YOU DON'T HAVE ONE? OKAY. UM, SO WE GO OFF COUPLE, UM, WHERE ARE WE? ITEM CLOSE THIS COMMITTEE COMMENT. [COMMITTEE COMMENT] DO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS IN GENERAL ABOUT TODAY'S AGENDA? YES. I, I'M JUST, I'M ALSO, BESIDES THE ON THE TREE COMMITTEE, I'M ALSO THE LIAISON FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO TYPICALLY WHAT I DO THEN IS PRESENT WHATEVER OCCURRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IN JUNE. SO IT, IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BEFORE THE, AT THE NEXT MEETING THERE'LL BE SOMETHING THAT I CAN REPORT ON WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CERTAINLY, UM, AS LIAISON, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT WE, IF WE WANT TO BRING STUFF TO THE PLAN COMMISSION AND THEN EVENTUALLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL, I CAN BE THAT VOICE ON THE PLAN COMMISSION. UM, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO HAVE DARREN ON THE COMMITTEE WHO WAS ALSO ON THE PLAN COMMISSION. YEAH. BUT HE'S NO LONGER ON THE PLAN COMMISSION EITHER. SO I CAN BE THE VOICE OF TREES ON THE PLAN COMMISSION. THAT'S WONDERFUL. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM TECH MEMBERS OR STAFF? OKAY. NO. OKAY. WELL THAT WAS EASY. UM, JEN, I [STAFF COMMENT] GUESS YOU ARE GONNA PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THIS IF YOU HAVE ANY THANK YOU. ACTING CHAIR, UH, GENTILE. I JUST HAVE ONE SMALL UPDATE. I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW IF YOU GO BY PRINCE PARK, WE'VE TAKEN SOME EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES TO, UM, PROVIDE SUPPORTS FOR A LOVELY, VERY LARGE, UM, VALLEY OAK AT PRINCE PARK. IT'S VERY BELOVED BY THE PEOPLE THAT FREQUENT, UH, PRINCE. AND WE ARE REALLY HAPPY TO, UH, WORK WITH OUR LOCAL ARBORIST AND PROVIDE SOME SUPPORTS FOR SOME OF THE LARGER LIMBS TO PROTECT THIS TREE AND HOPE IT, UH, KEEPS PROVIDING THAT LOVELY SHADE AND VISUAL FOR, FOR US AT THIS PARK. SO IT'S A REALLY LOVELY TREE. UH, FEEL FREE TO GO BY AND, AND CHECK IT OUT. WE, I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, WE WORKED WITH OUR ARBORIST RECENTLY FOR THE BUNYA BUNYA TREE AT THE, UH, CITY'S MUSEUM AS WELL AS OUR COAST LIVE OAK IN THE BACK OF THE MUSEUM. AND WE'RE, WE'RE MANAGING JUST, WELL, OKAY. THE BUNYA BUNYA IS COMING BACK. WE TRIED SOME REALLY UNIQUE TECHNIQUES OF TRIMMING THE TREE, UM, THAT WE LEARNED FROM, UH, WHERE THE TREE ORIGINATES IN NEW ZEALAND FROM PEOPLE WHO TRIM THESE IN NEW ZEALAND FREQUENTLY. SO WE GOT SOME GREAT ADVICE AND IT'S WORKING REALLY WELL. THAT'S GREAT. SO IT'S, IT'S STRUGGLING BUT IT'S COMING BACK AND IT'S LOOKING WONDERFUL. AND THEN OUR COAST LIVE OAK IN THE BACK IS STILL HANGING ON. WE HAVE HAD SOME REALLY ADVANCED TECHNIQUES TO TRY TO SAVE THAT TREE AND AND EXTEND ITS LIFE. SO, UH, THREE TREES YOU CAN GO OUT AND ENJOY, UH, IN THE, IN THE COMING MONTH. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT. GREAT NEWS. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . ARE WE ALSO ABLE TO COMMENT ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS MADE TODAY OR IS THAT A LATER TIME? YOU CAN MAKE BASIC REPLIES, BUT IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, SO YOU WANNA BE CAREFUL NOT TO VEER TOO FAR OFF COURSE. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT EVE O'ROURKE'S COMMENT IS SOMETHING, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE IN RETHINKING THE AD HOC COMMITTEES BECAUSE I FIND IT VERY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT THE MATURE TREES AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE ARE JUST, CAN I ASK LIKE A QUESTION FOR I GUESS, JEN, MAYBE, UM, DO YOU ALL LIKE ON YOUR STAFF HAVE PRIORITIZED ITEMS, UM, THAT YOU WANT THE COMMITTEE TO TAKE UP OVER THIS, UM, NEXT YEAR OR TWO? IS THAT HOW WE KINDA, UM, WORK UNDER YOUR SORT OF GUIDANCE AND TRY TO FURTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE HELPFUL TO YOUR TEAM? UM, CERTAINLY. UM, WE HAVE PRIORITIES AS A DEPARTMENT AND THEN EVEN WITHIN, UH, PARK MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE HAVE OUR, OUR PRIORITIES THERE. UM, WITH TREES. THERE'S NOTHING AT THE, AT THIS MOMENT OF THE QUESTION THAT IS POPPING TO MY MIND. UM, BUT CERTAINLY I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND CONVERSATION ABOUT PROCESSES, UM, EITHER HERE OR OFFLINE AS WELL. UH, BUT I WOULD BE, UH, MORE THAN THRILLED TO BRING ANYTHING FORWARD TO THIS TREE COMMITTEE THAT WOULD RISE TO THAT OCCASION WHERE WE WOULD WANT YOUR FEEDBACK AND MM-HMM. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE KEEP IN MIND AS WE DO OUR DAY-TO-DAY WORK. UM, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, I'M A LITTLE BIT BLANK RIGHT NOW ON ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR. MM-HMM [00:30:01] . YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR, FOR THIS COMMITTEE IS IF STAFF COULD REPORT ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTATION, UM, URBAN GROW, OUR URBAN TREE PLAN, UM, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, I THINK THAT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL. UM, AND THE ONLY OTHER THING IS WELCOME TO OUR TWO NEW MEMBERS. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH. OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT FIVE AFTER, IS THAT RIGHT? FIVE AFTER FOUR. THAT WAS THE SHORTEST MEETING. THANK YOU EVERYONE. * 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.