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CLE Tree Plan Stakeholder Meeting 1 of 3

“OUR TREES”Thursday, February 5, 2015

8:00 –10:00 a.m.

Save the Dates for Next Two Meetings:

Meeting 2 “The Players”

Tuesday, March 3, 8:00 –10:00 a.m.

Meeting 3 “Management Approach” Thursday,

April 9, 8:00 –10:00 a.m.

Please RSVP at:

www.ClevelandTreePlan.EventBrite.com

TODAY’S AGENDA:

1. Welcome & Introductions

(10 mins)

2. Presentation:

- Overall Project Summary

- Today’s Topic

(15 mins)

3. Facilitated Discussion

(90 mins)

4. Next Steps

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Cleveland Tree Plan: Project Overview

1. Unified Vision

2. Goals Determination

(25-year strategy and

5-year action plan)

3. Roadmap to Reach Goals

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The Process

What DoWe Have?

What DoWe Want?

How Do WeGet There?

How AreWe Doing?

The Trees

(Vegetation Resource)

The Players

(CommunityFramework)

The MgmtApproach

(Management)

The Trees

(Vegetation Resource)

Save the Dates for Next Two Meetings:

“The Players” Tuesday, March 3, 8–10 a.m.

“Management Approach” Thursday, April 9, 8 –10 a.m.

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Process Timeline

Input & Data Collection / Analysis (Jan-Apr) Data Analysis / Research

Stakeholder Meetings

#1: The Trees, Thursday, February 5, 2015 8:00 –10:00 a.m.

#2: The Players, Tuesday, March 3, 2015 8:00 –10:00 a.m.

#3: The Management Approach, Thursday, April 9, 2015 8:00 –10:00 a.m.

Interviews: ongoing

Plan Development (Feb-May) Outline Development and Writing (Feb-May)

Comment Period (May)

Final Plan (June)

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Today’s Topic: OUR TREES

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INDICATOR 2: SIZE/AGE DISTRIBUTION

Age = Size

Industry standard

General terms only.

Need significantly

more young/small

trees to compensatefor young/new tree

mortality.

Cleveland Today

MODERATE. See

chart. No data

available for private

trees.

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INDICATOR 3: CONDITION OF TREES

Important as an indicator of 

1. RISK to public2. Future Canopy

Industry standard

Accurate tree inventory.

Cleveland Today

LOW. No current inventory, so no

complete picture of risk to public or

insight into future canopy.No data available for

private trees.

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INDICATOR 4: TREE SPECIES DIVERSITY

Important as an indicator of…Resilience

Industry standard

10/20/30 Rule: Plant no more than 10% of any species, 20 % of any genus,and 30% of any family.

Cleveland Today

MODERATE. Only data from inventory. Heavy percentages of maples, butnot bad otherwise. No data available for private trees.

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INDICATOR 5: PLACEMENT, RIGHT TREE RIGHT PLACE

Important as an indicator of…Resilience

Industry standard…Two areas toconsider…below (root space) and above

(overhead utilities.)

Cleveland Today

LOW. No data available for public trees.Not an applicable metric for private trees.

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INDICATOR 6: DISTRIBUTION OF TREES

An equitable distribution of the BENEFITStrees provide for all Cleveland residents

Industry standard

Determined by locality / players.

Cleveland Today

LOW. Equity is not currently factored in toplanting strategy currently.

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NEXT STEP: 3-Part Discussion

Discussion 1: Canopy (30 mins)

Discussion 2: Individual Tree Metrics(30 mins)

Discussion 3: Distribution Across

Cleveland (30 mins)