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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/pw <br />Item # 11 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />October 19, 2021 <br />TOPIC: Urban Forest Management Plan <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Receive and File of the Urban Forest Management Plan as Part of the City Forest <br />Renewal Project in Collaboration with West Coast Arborists, Inc. and California Urban <br />Forests Council <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Receive and file the Urban Forest Management Plan. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City Forest Renewal (CFR) project provides funding for the removal of trees that are <br />diseased, posing a risk, and/or dead. Funding for this project was made possible through <br />Proposition 68 and administered by the California Department of Forestry and Fire <br />Protection (CAL FIRE)’s Urban and Community Forestry grant program. The grant <br />recipient was the California Urban Forests Council (CaUFC), in collaboration with West <br />Coast Arborists, Inc. (WCA) as the project contractor. In January 2020, the City of Santa <br />Ana was selected as a qualifying partner based upon the City’s urban forest needs, <br />Disadvantaged Communities status, and working relationships. <br />A component of the CFR project promotes urban forestry improvements by assisting <br />partner cities to update tree-related documents and provide recommendations for the <br />City’s urban forest management guidelines, leading to the creation of the Urban Forest <br />Management Plan (UFMP). The UFMP is a centralized document that reflects best <br />management practices through professional tree care standards related to planting, <br />maintenance, removal, protection, and pruning of City-owned trees in the right-of-way. <br />The UFMP will further strengthen the City’s position when applying for grant opportunities <br />to supplement/increase City Street Trees Services programs and budgets. <br />The UFMP was presented to the City’s Environmental and Transportation Advisory <br />Commission on September 14, 2021 and they were supportive of the document. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />There is no environmental impact associated with the action.