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33 passages for “Urban Forest Master Plan” in City Council meetings
Work Session – Urban Forest Master Plan Update (1-Year Plan and 5-Year Outlook). Discussed in work session; no action taken.
Public hearing and Council action on the adoption of the Urban Forest Master Plan (UFMP). Public hearing held; a substitute motion requiring a progress report by July 2026 failed 2-4; the main motion to adopt the Urban Forest Master Plan (December 2025 draft) passed unanimously 6-0.
Presentation and discussion of the draft Urban Forest Master Plan (UFMP). Presentation given by Urban Forester Anna Safford. Council provided input on the draft plan. No Council action taken. Final draft expected by end of 2025; public hearing and Council action tentatively scheduled for January 27, 2026.
Work Session: Update on the Urban Forest Master Plan (UFMP) project and a review of the city's urban forestry operations. Update presented and discussed during work session. No formal action taken.
Discussion and overview on the Urban Forest Master Plan. Discussed during work session. No action taken.
…eviewing our existing tree regulations within the zoning ordinance as we mentioned this evening. Continue embedding the urban forest master plan goals into city plans, policies, and capital projects. This is an initial effort in 2026 but would be anticipated to be an ongoing effort as of course policies and capital pro…
… the right hand side and we have five year outcomes. These are you can think of them as deliverables or results. In the urban forest master plan they were identified and called strategy metrics. And then at the bottom of the slides we also include the identified lead and support roles that were included in the implemen…
our next item is the urban forest master plan update on the one-year plan and the five-year outlook i'm going to recognize anna safford our urban forester for the staff presentation I'm not sure if it is.
…y. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Good evening, Mayor and City Council. Tonight I am here to provide a summary overview of the Urban Forest Master Plan's one-year implementation plan and five-year implementation outlook. Before getting into the presentation, I figured I'd orient you to the other materials I provided in the st…
Okay, thank you. And then several of your implementation items identified budget or staffing restraints or barriers. And I was just wondering which investments you would suggest have the greatest impact on achieving the goals of the Urban Forest Master Plan as we go into our next budget season and start those discussions. So
…or our key performance indicators. Again, the full table was provided as an attachment and this is table eight from the Urban Forest Master Plan. We have 13 KPIs in our plan. They are mapped to our three main goals. As you can see, goal number one and goal number two show that we need the most improvement. Largely thos…
…us platforms again notifying the public on projects but then also education campaigns and engagement opportunities. The urban forest master plan does recommend refining how we report out to the public as well as coordinating these cycles as the program evolves and as work progresses but for now we're looking at an annu…
… I would foresee probably it would be in that next phase of the five to ten year phase, as well as if you recall in the Urban Forest Master Plan at five years, we would do a comprehensive review and updates. And so it could be something we can consider at that time. but I think it's hard to know how to set the goal unt…
…sustainability division, the environmental sustainability committee and Parks and Rec. Next are a few graphics from the urban forest master plans dashboard. I'm currently using the project management software monday.com to track both the urban forest master plan as well as everyday tasks and so they're being tracked al…
…ch on the anticipated reporting cycles that we will be having. So on an annual basis you can expect a report out on the urban forest master plan's key performance indicators as well as a summary of the one year plan's strategy metrics, so those outcomes through the state of the urban forest report that we would share b…
…ed properly into the smaller plans. So some examples are shown here. There will certainly be others. One example is the urban forest master plan. This was adopted in December and includes some COMPONENTS OF THIS PLAN INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO POLICIES REGARDED TREES AND OTHER TYPES OF RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED T…
CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD BUT THAT WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED MORE EVENLY AMONG PROPERTY OWNERS. AS A PRECURSOR TO THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN A CITYWIDE TREE CANOPY analysis was conducted in 2023. So we see this as a resource that can help us identify locations, specific locations where there might be important trees or …
… when we can get those items on the agenda um so those are those are coming forward um the 14th will be busy as we talk urban forest master plan bring you an update on that housing trust fund an update there an ongoing discussion on the small area plan zoning ordinance amendments and then a follow-up discussion on on c…
…ions up to this point on the 14th I'll get into the work session as we I think committed to you when we brought you the urban forest master plan we will update you on the plan and outlook relative to to that item we'll also have an update on the housing trust fund we will bring another discussion ahead of public hearin…
…question which I was going to save for the tax rate discussion later, but obviously we had the discussion back with the Urban Forest Master Plan about the climate and energy manager. That's something that council wants to proceed with. So factoring in this additional position, obviously we need to have a more robust di…
… in this country, the spotted lanternfly, which threatens the health of native plants. And whereas the recently updated Urban Forest Master Plan addresses best practices for maintaining a healthy tree canopy in our city, it is incumbent upon all of us to be good stewards of plants wherever they are growing, including o…
…taff is separately working on a tree conservation ordinance. This is one of the recommendations of the recently adopted urban forest master plan. This would include things like strengthening recommendations for tree preservation, considering tree canopy requirements as green infrastructure and looking at options such a…
…nance. This is something that city staff is going to be working on anyway, particularly with the recent adoption of the urban forest master plan. And the second item is to look at our parking standards. The…
… happy, of course, to answer further questions once we've opened that up. and so with that I just want to say having an urban forest master plan is a great achievement and milestone for the city in terms of managing its urban forest and I always like to conclude with big tree celebrations with a tree cheers and so…
Okay, good evening Mayor and City Council. I'm excited to be here tonight to be presenting the City's Urban Forest Master Plan. Tonight I'm joined by our consultant Matt Urb from Davie Resource Group and Dr. Garrett Wolfe from Marcel Day. In tonight's presentation, I'll begin with some acknowledgments for those that ha…
…ng document that allows strategic planning and resource allocation for urban tree management in the long term generally urban forest master plans explore tree maintenance planting needs staff capacity budget invasive species tree related policy volunteer opportunities and additional relevant topics for a community for …
So now that we've provided the background on the project will highlight some of the key pieces of the urban forest master plan The urban forest master plan is organized around the four phases of the adaptive management process These phases are illustrated on the graphic on the screen. Each of the main chapters of the p…
…ar progress reports will provide the public with information about the city's efforts and successes in implementing the urban forest master plan. The annual and five-year check-ins over the urban forest master plan's 20-year planning horizon will allow the plan to be adapted to address the dynamic nature of the urban f…
You see the topics up here on the slide the urban forest master plan will cover the following topics existing conditions of the urban forest results from public outreach and engagement activities which take place throughout plan development a shared vision for the urban forest recommendations to attain that shared visi…
As you all are likely aware, this project has produced the first ever Urban Forest Master Plan for the City of Fairfax. It will serve as a 20-year roadmap for the protection, regulation, growth, and management of the urban forest as well as engagement with the community for urban forest stewardship. The project involve…
This will be the first urban forest master plan for the city of Fairfax It will create a cohesive management strategy that maximizes the city's time and taxpayers dollars and respond to current and future conditions using a variety of recommendations The master plan will address three overarching goals. Sustainability …
I move that city council adopt the urban forest master plan approving and adopting the urban forest master plan in the draft dated December 2025.
…s with an update about accomplishments and next steps. Every five years, the city should perform a formal review of the urban forest master plan's goals, strategies and assess progress. Following the five-year review, the city should produce a five-year progress report and plan update addendum documenting the findings …