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43 passages for “Urban Forest Master Plan”
Work Session – Urban Forest Master Plan Update (1-Year Plan and 5-Year Outlook). Discussed in work session; no action taken.
… Mr. Nabti provided updates on recent City Council actions and upcoming planning activities, including: adoption of the Urban Forest Master Plan (Feb 10), support for the Affordable Housing Strategic Plan and introduction of Small Area Plan zoning ordinance amendments (Feb 17), updates on the Level of Services Study an…
Stakeholder Update – Environmental Sustainability Committee. Rusty Russell reported that the Urban Forest Master Plan was adopted by City Council.
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.
Final consideration of the Urban Forest Master Plan (UFMP). Planning Commission approved a recommendation to City Council for approval of the Urban Forest Master Plan in the draft dated December 2025, 5:0.
Stakeholder Update – Environmental Sustainability Committee (Rusty Russell). Rusty Russell reported that the Urban Forest Master Plan was presented to the Planning Commission and will be presented to City Council for adoption on January 27th. A new ESC member was noted (entry cut off in minutes).
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.
Old Business – Urban Forest Master Plan. PRAB voted to direct the Chair to draft a memo in support of the Urban Forest Master Plan to present to City Council.
Commission Comments. Commissioners provided updates on external meetings and events attended, including the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, a budget open house, the Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce Expo, and an Urban Forest Master Plan presentation.
Upcoming Meetings. October meeting will feature a presentation on the Urban Forest Master Plan; Stacey will be absent. A committee fair is scheduled for October 22nd at 6:00 p.m. at SCSCC.
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.
Planning Commission – Matt Rice. Matt Rice reported that the Planning Commission has been reviewing the Urban Forest Master Plan.
Urban Forest Master Plan project overview and discussion. Dr. Garrett Wolf of Marstel-Day presented an overview of the Urban Forest Master Plan proposal to the commission during the Work Session. No formal action was taken.
Urban Forest Master Plan – Presentation by Sophia Chapin. Presentation given by Sophia Chapin on the status and engagement plan for the Urban Forest Master Plan. No vote taken.
Discussion and overview on the Urban Forest Master Plan. Discussed during work session. No action taken.
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
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.
… 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…
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
Block Grant. The Urban Forest Master Plan was adopted and invasive removal efforts continue in our parks. now for this the environment and sustainability section three actions the timeframe for completion for three of the actions was changed due to discussion with City Council at a work session in June on the sustainab…
the same work session on the smaller plan zoning ordinance amendments they will have a update of the urban forest master plan implementation and a discussion on the housing trust fund or a process for determining how to review funding requests for the housing trust fund this is not related to having any kind of ongoing…
…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…
…he comprehensive for the smaller your plans so a couple of examples are shown here and there will be others as well the urban forest master plan was adopted last December a lot of recommendations and they're related to the physical development particularly in activity centers this involves creating connected green spac…
analysis was conducted in 2023 as a precursor to the Urban Forest Master Plan. This is a tool that we did not have available to us before the majority of our small air plans. The Fairfax Circle small airplane was underway at the time. But this is something that we can use to identify locations for specific trees or sta…
…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…
…received. This will provide public education and energy outreach coordinator and free energy audits for homeowners. The urban forest master plan was adopted in January and you will hear more in a few minutes about the tree conservation ordinance which is being done in conjunction with the small area plan zoning ordinan…
… back a couple of City Council meetings to recap. On February 10, the City Council unanimously approved adoption of the Urban Forest Master Plan that the Planning Commission recommended approval on. This document will likely result in necessary updates to some of our policies and codes. So thank you for your participat…
…portunities within the city which are revealed in part through outreach efforts like these. This will be the first ever urban forest master plan for the city. It will create a to maximize the city's time and taxpayer dollars while responding to current and future conditions. Using a variety of recommendations, the mast…
…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 …
The Urban Forest Master Plan has five objectives. Protect, strengthen tree and forest conservation. Regulate, enhance city policies to protect and expand tree canopy, both in content and process. Grow, create space, plant, and care for new trees. manage establish a dedicated urban forestry division for all urban forest…
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…
… details of each of these chapters the first being what do we have establishing the baseline the six components for the urban forest master plan included an analysis of the city's land cover data it reviewed the 2023 public tree inventory it did an assessment of non-native invasive species on public land it benchmarked…
… 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,…
…gement. It kicked off in June of 2024 and completed in early 2025 where we moved into phase two, the development of the urban forest master plan itself. We are now here not in January, but in February of 2026 with a final plan. And we'll be presenting to city council, like Paul said tomorrow night for their considerati…