1. Meet with City Staff to review the scope of work, desired deliverables, and schedules, and identify the criteria for documenting and developing the City’s Urban Forest Management Plan. 2. Implementation of a public engagement process with community stakeholders, citizens, businesses, schools, and other interested parties, which may involve surveys, emails, group discussions, and/or interviews. Survey data shall be analyzed and incorporated into the Final Draft Plan. Facilitate a minimum of one public meeting. 3. Conduct a canopy analysis and incorporate it into the Final Draft Plan. 4. Help staff establish the City’s urban forest as an asset with financial and environmental impacts and the need to protect such an asset. 5. Provide specific recommendations to increase operational efficiencies, reduce risk and liability, and promote better communication and coordination between departments, decision-makers, and the community at large. Recommendations should be consistent with City goals and policies. 6. Establish a framework of long-term, comprehensive objectives or goals. Develop a long-range (40- year) strategic framework supported by incremental (5-year) management plans. 7. Establish a monitoring structure that will address the effectiveness of the plan, how success will be measured, and how the plan will be updated. 8. Consistent species recommendations for various planting areas. 9. Updated specifications and best practices for maintenance of trees, tree planting, sidewalk installation for street trees, parking lots, open spaces, etc. 10. An analysis of which neighborhoods are candidates for tree planting. 11. Standards for the protection and care of oaks, natives, and heritage trees. 12. Identify which trees in our inventory are street trees. 13. Provide training to City staff who will be responsible for administering the Urban Forest Management Plan. 14. Prepare a draft plan for City review and incorporate City comments in the final plan. 15. Provide the final plan in digital format and four (4) bound copies. 16. The deadline for the final completed Urban Forestry Management is Friday, February 13, 2026
