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Committee hears plan for urban forest management, launches resident survey
Summary
Forestry staff told the Infrastructure Committee the city’s urban forest management plan—funded through IRA funds—includes a 5–10 minute resident survey, upcoming outreach and a forestry subpage on the public works website to host plan materials and the survey.
The Infrastructure Committee on Jan. 21 heard an overview of the city’s urban forest management plan and an associated resident survey funded through IRA funds. Forestry division staff told the committee the survey will be available in both digital and paper formats and is included in the meeting packet; staff estimated it “should take 5, 10 minutes tops” to complete.
Forestry division staff said a public meeting on Jan. 7 shaped the survey wording and stakeholders including tree board members and interested residents contributed recommended edits. Staff described a planned forestry division subpage on the public works website to host the management plan, outreach materials and the survey, and said the survey is linked from the agenda packet (page 6 of the PDF). The survey asks residents to rate various economic, social and environmental benefits of trees—including an option about whether trees reduce crime—because, staff said, “through research, it’s been shown that increased canopy coverage improves mood and then then through a certain scientific research reduces crime rates,” a point added to the questionnaire to capture community perceptions. The division will distribute the survey digitally and as hard copies and use results to inform the draft operations plan and public outreach.
