COMMUNITY FRAMEWORK. 2. Involvement of large institutional landholders

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1 COMMUNITY FRAMEWORK This category offers all aspects and possible community relationships that impact the community forest. The criteria stress the importance of cooperation and deep understanding of the value of the community forest for a successful program. WHAT ARE THE 3 MOST IMPORTANT GOALS FOR THE CITY TO FOCUS ON OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS? 1. Public Agency Cooperation Ø Current Condition: Informal teams among departments and agencies work together on a project- specific basis. Ø Goal: Municipal policies are implemented by formal interdepartmental and interagency teams working on community projects. 2. Involvement of large institutional landholders Ø Current Condition: Community Forestry has periodic correspondence and provides educational materials and guidance to landholders. Ø Goal: Develop clear goals for the tree resource with large institutional landholders. 3. Green Industry Cooperation Ø Current Condition: The city has relationships with several industry organizations and supports collaborative educational opportunities. Ø Goal: Develop cooperative arrangements for enhanced consumer education. 4. Neighborhood Action Ø Current Condition: Neighborhood associations are established and occasionally engaged. Ø Goal: Enhanced collaboration with neighborhood associations.

2 5. Citizen- municipal- business interaction Ø Current Condition: Informal general cooperation exists between the city, citizens and businesses Ø Goal: Improve formal communication and cooperation with community partners 6. General Awareness of trees as a community resource Ø Current Condition: Trees are seen as important to the community Ø Goal: Engage the public to help recognize the community forest is vital to the community s environmental, social and economic well- being. 7. Regional cooperation (within the Treasure Valley) Ø Current Condition: Regional collaboration is in- effect Ø Goal: Continue to enhance regional coordination and planning efforts.

3 Boise s Community Framework By the Numbers COOPERATION IN MANAGEMENT CCDC DBA ACHD Homeowners Community Forestry Tree Care, Nursery & Landscape Industries Staff Contract Tree Stewards Public Works Sustainable Community Forest Idaho Power Company NEIGHBORHOODS

4 THE PUBLIC S RESOURCE 25% ON PUBLIC / 75% ON PRIVATE

5 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT This category relates to the significant components of the city s community forestry program, including: staff, funding, resources, planning, policy and operations. 1. Tree Inventory Ø Current Condition: The city has a complete tree inventory of public trees and a sample- based inventory of privately owned trees (Treasure Valley Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) Assessment, 2013) Ø Goal: Update public tree inventory to include enhanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS) capability. 2. Canopy Cover Assessment Ø Current Condition: Mapped urban tree cover using aerial photographs and satellite imagery included in city- wide GIS (Treasure Valley UTC Assessment, 2013) Ø Goal: Continue to update the UTC Assessment as needed 3. City- wide Management Plan Ø Current Condition: The existing plan (2006) provides general operational direction Ø Goal: Implement a strategic multi- tiered management plan with significant stakeholder and public investment. 4. Municipal- wide funding Ø Current Condition: Funding currently provides for management of the community forest resource and engagement in stakeholder collaborations and public involvement Ø Goal: Enhance funding to provide for an increase in stakeholder and public engagement for a measurable increase in urban forest benefits. 5. City Staffing Ø Current Condition: certified arborists and professional foresters are on- staff and provided with regular professional development Ø Goal: Develop a multi- disciplinary team with community forestry and other city & stakeholder staff to implement the community forest management plan

6 6. Tree Establishment, planning and implementation Ø Current Condition: Coordination of tree establishment occurs on a project by project basis in collaboration with Planning and Development Services (PDS) Ø Goal: Tree establishment plans are developed collaboratively and guided by needs derived from existing inventory data. 7. Maintenance of publicly- owned, highly managed trees (not open space) Ø Current Condition: Plan in- place to systematically maintain all public trees with desired improvement in implementation. Ø Goal: All mature publicly- owned trees are consistently pruned on a 6- year cycle with young trees structurally pruned as needed. 8. Tree Risk Management Ø Current Condition: Effective risk management practices in- place. Ø Goal: Complete tree inventory and a formalized risk- assessment protocol in- place. 9. Tree Protection policy development and enforcement Ø Current Condition: Policies in- place with desired improvement for enforcement. Ø Goal: Integrated municipal- wide policies that ensure protection of publicly owned trees and increased awareness for protection of privately owned trees. 10. Publicly- owned natural areas management planning and implementation Ø Current Condition: Management planning underway with stewardship being developed to facilitate public use. Ø Goal: Stewardship plan in effect for each publicly owned natural area focused on sustaining ecological structure and function. WHAT ARE THE 3 MOST IMPORTANT GOALS FOR THE CITY TO FOCUS ON OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS?

7 Boise s Resource Management By the Numbers Ø 32,500 TREES INVENTORIED Ø APPROXIMATELY 40,000 50,000 TREES TOTAL IN THE CITY (INCLUDING NATURAL AREAS) TREE INVENTORY Cottonwood 1.9% Sweetgum 2.8% Planetree 4.0% Spruce 3.2% Crabapple 4.4% Pear 4.1% Elm 4.9% Oak 5.5% Hawthorn 1.8% Linden 5.8% Locust 1.8% Pine 6.4% Plum/Cherry 1.5% Maple 19.4% Catalpa 1.4% Ash 11.7% Honeylocust 7.7% 61 Other Spp 11.7%

8 COMMUNITY FORESTRY DISTRICTS MAINTENANCE COMMUNITY FORESTRY FUNDING $1,600,000 $1,400,000 $1,200,000 $1,000,000 $800,000 $600,000 $400,000 $200,000 $0 FY- 98 FY- 99 FY- 00 FY- 01 FY- 02 FY- 03 FY- 04 FY- 05 FY- 06 FY- 07 FY- 08 FY- 09 FY- 10 FY- 11 FY- 12 FY- 13 FY- 14 FY- 15 Maintenance & Operations Personnel Services

9 COMMUNITY FORESTRY STAFFING CITY FORESTER Brian CUSTOMER SERVICE REP Brenda FORESTRY CREW CHIEF - Dennis FORESTRY SPECIALIST - Ryan FORESTRY SPECIALIST - Debbie NURSERY SPECIALIST - Matt Crew supervision (6+2) District inspections, etc District inspections, etc Laura Moore Cunningham Nursery R/W, Parks & Contracts Tree Stewards, outreach & ed Arbor Day, downtown trees, outreach & ed Outreach & Ed URBAN TREE CANOPY

10 VEGETATIVE RESOURCE This category has criteria that relate to the composition and condition of the urban forest. WHAT ARE THE 3 MOST IMPORTANT GOALS FOR THE CITY TO FOCUS ON OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS? 1. Relative Canopy Cover Ø Current Condition: Existing tree canopy cover is at 16% Ø Goal: Grow the city s tree canopy cover to a level between 16 25% maximizing the potential available planting space 2. Age Distribution of Trees in the Community Ø Current Condition: Small trees (1-6 diameter) represent 51% of street and park trees Ø Goal: No diameter class represents more than 50% of the tree population 3. Species Suitability Ø Current Condition: The majority of the existing tree population is well adapted to the region and urban area Ø Goal: More than 75% of tree population is considered suitable for the area 4. Species Distribution Ø Current Condition: Maple trees represent 19% and Ash trees represent 12% of the population Ø Goal: No genus represents more than 10% of the public tree population city- wide 5. Condition of Publicly Managed Trees Ø Current Condition: City has a tree inventory which includes tree condition ratings Ø Goal: City has a complete tree inventory and formalized tree condition and risk assessment protocol

11 6. Publicly Owned Natural Areas (riparian areas in foothills and Boise River Greenbelt) Ø Current Condition: Publicly owned- natural areas have been identified in natural area surveys and management plans Ø Goal: Enhance natural areas plans and surveys with urban tree canopy data and include in city- wide Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 7. Native Vegetation Ø Current Condition: Native species are used on a project specific basis. Invasive species are recognized and discouraged. Ø Goal: Native species are used on a project- appropriate basis. Invasive species are recognized and aggressive eradication efforts are employed.

12 Boise s Vegetative Resource By the Numbers CITY- WIDE TREE INVENTORY Ø 32,500 TREES INVENTORIED Ø APPROXIMATELY 40,000 50,000 TREES TOTAL IN THE CITY (INCLUDING NATURAL AREAS) 25% ON PUBLIC / 75% ON PRIVATE Cottonwood Sweetgum 1.9% 2.8% Spruce 3.2% Pear 4.1% Planetree 4.0% Crabapple 4.4% Elm 4.9% Oak 5.5% Linden 5.8% TREE DIVERSITY Hawthorn 1.8% Pine 6.4% Locust 1.8% Maple 19.4% Plum/Cherry 1.5% Ash 11.7% Honeylocust 7.7% 61 Other Spp 11.7% Catalpa 1.4%

13 TREE AGE 37 thru 43 thru thru thru thru Street Tree Size * 13 thru thru thru thru and above thru thru % 19 thru % 31 thru % 13 thru % 37 thru % Park Tree Size* 43 thru % 48 and above 0.3% 7 thru % 1 thru %

14 TREE CONDITION POOR 6.6% VERY GOOD 0.6% Park Trees Condition* CRITICAL 0.1% DEAD 0.4% EXCELLENT 5.4% NA 0.0% FAIR 26.0% GOOD 60.8% VERY GOOD 1.5% Street Trees Condition* CRITICAL 0.9% DEAD 0.8% EXCELLENT 7.9% NA 0.4% POOR 16.8% FAIR 22.4% GOOD 49.4%

15 URBAN TREE CANOPY (UTC) UTC % of City land area 5% Existing tree canopy 16% Potential planting area 43% Unsuitable for planting 35% Dry soil