URBAN FOREST TASK FORCE 11/16/2016
APPEALS 937 9 TH STREET
937 9 th Street Appeal
937 9 th Street Appeal
Redwood NATIVE RANGE
Cupressaceae Cypress Family National Champ 311 tall x 101 wide Hardiness Zone 7-9 Rate slow in south and east, fast in the west Soil Deep, moist, well drained acidic soils Insects and diseases None serious Cultivars 13 listed in Dirr s Manual of Landscape Plants
Santa Monica is Zone 10b Soils Drought and water limitations Multiple cultivars Little to no fog belt
URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT
Work Type 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 Since July 1st 2016 Tree Pruning 6,862 9,281 9,612 3,205 Tree Removals 323 422 432 171 Emergencies 58 74 254* 83* Planting 358 437 571 76 Small Tree Care Visits Government Outreach Requests 13,976 11,613 9,442 3,257 282 755 945 361 * Updated tracking protocol for this metric
Limb Failures & Month 45 40 70% 35 Number of Failres 30 25 20 15 60% Erythrina 46% Liquidambar 10 5 0 january february march april may june july august september october november december Month of Limb Failure Luley et al. (2002) found limb failures occur far more often during deciduous species leaf on months
Urban Forestry GOs 1% 8% 1% 11% 24% Tree Inspection requests Removal requests Trimming requests Stake/Restake requests 9% Planting requests Water bag requests 46% Other requests
ACTION ITEMS NEW SPECIES SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBER
ACTION ITEMS URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN REVISIONS
Public Outreach Completed 1. Planning Commission 2. Landmarks Commission 3. Recreation & Parks Commission 4. Task Force on the Environment 5. Water Advisory Committee 6. Architectural Review Board 7. Friends of Sunset Park 8. North of Montana Association 9. Ocean Park Association 10. Santa Monica Mid City Neighbors 11. Wilshire Montana Neighborhood Coalition
Summary of Comments 1. Overall, all very positive of update 2. Supportive of Street Tree Planting Priority model 3. Planning Commissioner median species selection and traffic safety 4. Several groups - Important to maintain historical look of key streets in Santa Monica (7 th Street, 4 th Street) 5. Several groups can more be done to encourage watering of street trees and public education on trees 6. Friends of Sunset will this increase cost?
Species Designations Minor updates: 40: 7 th Street Pico to Michigan Swap Jacaranda w/s to Stenocarpus 73: 14 th Street Freeway to Pico overhead wires Swap Pinus halepensis to Geijera parviflora 94a: 17 th Street from Ashland to South City Limit Add Camphor and Metrosideros excelsus General for Lagerstroemia indica allow for Muskogee or Natchez General for Ulmus parvifolia allow for Drake or Allee 145a: 24 th St dead end to OPB Podocarpus macrophyllus and Tristaniopsis laurina 162 : 30 th St from Pico to OPB leave in Gleditsia from UFMP 2011
Chapter 2 Guiding Principles Build on edits made earlier this year New Information Clarification of Existing Information Grammar & Punctuation
New Information Inclusion of Municipal Code that protects City trees (SMMC 7.40) and expands plan to cover all public trees Requires removal notification for all public trees over 5 DBH Defines that City trees will be valued using CTLA s Trunk Formula methodology size, species, condition & location Includes language that prohibits the disturbance of wildlife during tree care operations (brought forward from appendices) States that appeals can be for both tree removals and their denial Allows appendices to be updated by City staff with the approval of the Urban Forest Task Force (includes species designations)
Clarification of Existing Information Defines sustainable forest management Updates Heritage Tree Program text Defines which industry standards and BMPs will be used for all aspects of urban forestry operations Adds how street tree vacancies will be planted using a prioritization model and clarifies the criteria used States four primary criteria for public tree removal Reduces tree removal notification period from 14 business days to 10 business days
Clarification of Existing Information Increases species diversity from to 5% per species and 10% per genus Building of drought resilience and UTC through systematic species selection Sets a goal of increasing UTC over public property by 5% in 10 years
Next Steps 1. Draft version of UFMP 2017 will be posted on City website 2. Present to City Council on January 24 th 3. Release UFMP 2017 4. Start work on updating appendices
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