PRESENTATION ITEM
FROM: Grover C. Robinson, IV, Mayor
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URBAN FOREST TREE INVENTORY PRESENTATION
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REQUEST:
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That City Council receives a presentation from Sustainability Coordinator Mark Jackson and City Arborist Kris Stultz regarding the City’s Tree Inventory.
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SUMMARY:
The City of Pensacola has maintained a beautiful urban forest and has been recognized as a Tree City by the Arbor Day Foundation for the past 30 years. This is due to the City’s understanding of the benefits trees provide to our community. These benefits include aesthetic value, property value, reducing urban heat, and habitat. As such, we are committed to assessing canopy growth throughout the City to ensure we maintain a healthy urban canopy. Furthermore, the City strives to maintain healthy trees on City property and to keep an inventory of the City’s trees. The tree inventory provides a baseline understanding of tree species, health and geographic locations of City trees. Staff will use this information to develop maintenance work plans and planting plans to ensure we have a healthy urban forest for years to come.
PRIOR ACTION:
September 2014 - City of Pensacola Urban Tree Canopy Study.
STAFF CONTACT:
Kerrith Fiddler, City Administrator
David Forte, Deputy City Administrator - Community Development
Amy Tootle, PE - Public Works & Facilities Director
Brad Hinote, PE - City Engineer
Mark Jackson, Sustainability Coordinator
Kris Stultz, City Arborist
ATTACHMENTS:
1) Tree Inventory Project Status Update
PRESENTATION: Yes
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