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From YouTube: 12-14-20 City Council Work Session
Description
Des Moines City Council morning work session via teleconference on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020.
B
To
go.
Thank
you
good
morning,
everybody.
Hopefully
everyone
had
a
great
weekend,
welcome
to
our
councilwork
session.
It's
monday
december
14th
and
we'll
go
ahead
and
kick
this
off
with
the
neighborhood
communication
initiative.
Scott,
did
you
want
to
give
us
a
brief
opening
statement
or
someone
else
going
to
do
that?
Yeah.
C
I
appreciate
that
mayor
pro
tem,
so
the
the
there
are
two
topics
this
morning,
both
of
which
have
been
have
a
lot
of
work.
That's
been
done
in
behind
the
scenes
and
the
tree
plan
that
you'll
hear
about
folds
in
nicely,
with
a
lot
of
other
initiatives
that
the
city
is
undertaking
and
we'll
show
that
there's
there's
still
an
awful
lot
of
need
out
there.
C
So
there's
gonna
need
to
be
additional
budget
discussions
over
the
next
several
years
to
figure
out
how
best
to
maintain
our
our
tree
canopy
and
actually
improve
that,
so
that
that'll
be
one
of
the
topics.
The
other
topic
is
our
neighborhood
association
request
for
for
more
information
that
that
can
be
shared
on
websites
and
with
their
membership,
and
so
there's
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
information,
clearly
at
the
city
that
we're
we're
working
through
how
best
to
share
that
information
with
those
organizations.
C
B
D
D
All
right,
perfect,
well
good
good
morning,
and
our
discussion
this
morning
is
on
the
neighborhood
communications
initiative,
and
this
goes
back
to
some
interest
that
we
heard
from
several
members
of
you
on
on
council.
I
know
specifically
councilman
vos
and
councilwoman
bozen
brought
this
to
our
attention
pre-pandemic
and
it's
something
that
we've
been
working
on
throughout
all
the
other,
all
the
other
initiatives
and
issues
that
we've
had
in
2020.
D
I
I
think
that
is
one
thing
that
that
we
have
worked
on
over
the
last
year
and
a
half
to
create
this
culture
of
of
content
and
information,
and
that
we
can
always
each
department
can
continue
to
improve
when
it
comes
to
communicating
externally.
So
what
we've
done
is
is
increase
and
enhance.
Some
touch
points,
ways
that
we
connect
with
with
our
residents
and
neighborhood
associations
and
that
included
implementing
some
new
tools.
D
Looking
at
some
of
the
processes
that
we've
worked
with
in
the
past,
how
we
can
redefine
and
and
maybe
enhance
those
and
then
also
creating
a
discipline
of
of
getting
that
information
out
in
a
more
timely
fashion
in
one
of
those,
this
started
with
creating
a
toolkit,
a
neighborhood
toolkit
for
our
neighborhood
associations.
This
is
a
document
that
we
sent
to
you
prior
to
last
monday's
meeting.
D
So
it's
targeted
to
those
associations,
they're
they're
members
and
residents,
and
really
what
it
is,
is
to
create
an
awareness
of
what
it
is
that
we
already
offer-
and
I
think
that's
one
of
the
things
we
found
in
our
audit
was
that
that
there
was
a
lot
of
good
information
out
there.
We
needed
to
make
it
bring
it
to
the
awareness
of
those
groups.
What,
in
fact,
is
out
there
through
our
various
platforms
and
how
we
can
best
communicate
that
to
them
and
I'm
going
to
walk
through.
E
F
E
B
E
G
D
And
I
apologize
for
that,
councilwoman
westergard,
it's
it's!
This
information
has
been
forwarded
to
you
and
david
durong
from
our
office
put
this
together
and
it's
a
14-page
document
and
what
we
wanted
to
do
was
because
of
the
changes
we've
seen
in
the
restructuring
and
reorganization
reorganization
of
the
community
development
department.
D
I
wanted
to
bring
that
to
the
fore
for
these
for
these
neighborhood
associations
and
that's
what
you
see
on
the
on
the
right
page
of
this
document,
introducing
them
to
the
neighborhood
services
department
and
some
of
the
efforts
and
services
that
they
provide
from
neighborhood
development
to
conservation
services,
as
you
see
continuing
with
neighborhood
inspections,
housing
services
and
so
forth.
We
also
wanted
to
put
some
faces
to
the
names
in
with
deputy
director
sue,
donovan
and,
of
course,
director
chris
johansen,
who
were
both
very
helpful
in
putting
this
document
together.
D
Of
course,
it's
important
to
see
the
53
neighborhood
associations
that
we
have
scattered
across
the
city.
I
think
councilman
vos,
you
at
one
point
had
some
interest
in
in
possibly
a
website
template
being
created
for
the
neighborhood
associations
and
what
we
found
is
80
of
those
groups.
43
out
of
the
53
have
existing
either
websites
or
facebook
pages
that
they
use
to
communicate.
D
We
also
know
that
they
communicate
through
in
some
cases
through
either
mailed
or
digital
e-newsletters.
So
a
lot
of
that
information
exists
out.
There
they've
created
those
websites
on
their
own
and
I
think
you'll
find
that
that
each
of
them
are
probably
as
distinctive
as
as
some
of
the
neighborhoods
that
they
represent.
D
We
looked
at
some
of
the
analytics.
Where
do
people
go
when
they
come
and
visit
our
website?
These
are
some
of
the
six
more
popular
destinations
dealing
with
you
see
from
left
to
right,
garbage
and
recycling
information
about
trash
collection,
scrub
events
under
garbage
and
recycling
where
that
permit
in
inspection
information
is
available.
D
We
wanted
to
bring
to
their
attention
to
the
neighborhood
information
about
find
my
neighborhood
a
search
function
that
is
on
the
website.
I'm
sure
all
of
you
have
been
through
it
that
when
you
type
in
your
address,
you
come
up
with
a
specific
neighborhood
association
that
that
in
which
you
are
in
which
you
are
located
in
that
site
determines
or
actually.
D
We
wanted
to
share
with
the
residents
of
the
associations
how
we
try
to
stay
connected
with
with
those
in
the
city
through
the
social
media
platforms
that
you
see
listed
there,
not
only
facebook
and
twitter
and
youtube,
but
also
now
instagram.
A
a
brief
summary
of
my
dsm
mobile.
I'm
gonna
talk
more
about
that
in
in
a
minute,
with
the
upgrade
that's
coming
with
that.
D
How
that
app
has
been
popular
over
the
last
year
year
and
a
half
the
email
notifications
we
use
to
keep
president
surprised
of
what
is
happening
throughout
the
city
and,
of
course,
then
the
award-winning
website,
councilman
voss.
I
think
this
was
an
area
that
you,
you
thought
that
we
could
be
beneficial
is
like.
D
What
we
see,
I
think
in
communications
on
the
association
side
of
thing
is
it
tends
to
be
as
strong
or
directed
as
it
is
from
from
those
officers
who
are
comfortable
there
in
those
venues.
So
this
again
is
this
14-page
document
that
we
put
together
outlining
some
of
the
contact
and
for
our
communications
information
that
we
supply
to
those
neighborhood
associations.
So
if
you
have
any
questions
about
that,
I'd
be
happy
to
to
try
to
answer
those
at
this
time.
E
I
I
have,
I
have
it's
not
a
question,
but
when
you
communicate
with
neighbors
and
give
them
tips,
I
don't
see-
and
maybe
it'll
come
later
about
the
next
door
program
through
the
post
office.
Where
you
can,
you
can
send
flyers
or
mail
to
your
neighborhood
at
a
much
reduced
price
and
you
don't
have
to
use
labels,
it
just
has
to
say
neighbor
resident
or
something
and
it'll
get
delivered
for,
for
it
goes
as
first
class,
but
it's
at
a
much
much
lower
reduced
price.
E
D
We
can
certainly
look
into
that.
You
know
the
one
that's
really
popular
you
mentioned
next
door
is
the
next
door
digital
program
that
we
see
more
and
more
often
that-
and
maybe
some
of
you
have
either
subscribed
to
it
or
or
have
seen
it.
It's
really
a
wonderful
tool
that
we
see
out
there.
We
push
information
out
on
next
door,
the
digital
platform
to
get
that
information,
particularly
when
we're
dealing
with
a
very
specific
program.
G
E
F
F
Door
direct
and
you
can
really
zero
in
by
block
and
you
hit
every
every
household,
so
it
is
a
good
tool
if
they're
still
doing
it.
The
other
thing
is
on
the
websites.
I
understand
that
you
know
quite
a
few
have
their
own
website,
but
there
are
a
lot
of
people
or
a
lot
of
some
of
the
neighborhoods
that
don't
know
how
to
get
it
all
set
up.
It
costs
money.
I
think,
to
keep
it.
Is
there
any
way
that
the
city
would
consider
hosting
some
of
these
and
helping
them
form?
F
I
know
that
you
know
if,
like
every
school
has
their
website,
it's
all
listed
and
it
it
just
is
a
tool,
that's
through
the
districts,
and
this
is
no
different
than
trying
to
help
some
of
these
people
get
more
digitally
organized.
I
think
that's
some
of
the
obstacles.
Some
of
the
people
are
great
at
it.
Some
of
them
don't
know
how
to
get
it
going.
C
So
this
is
scott.
I
think
it's
really
important
that
these
you
know
was
it
52
neighborhoods
find
find
some
resources
within
their
neighborhoods
to
assist
in
that
respect,
because
really
what
what
it
becomes
is
an
opportunity
for
them
to
to
have
more
of
their
own
neighborhood
identity
and
that's
what
the
website
having
an
individual
website
for
each
neighborhood
should
be
about.
Otherwise
it's
as
simple
as
just
pointing
them
to
the
city's
website.
D
Councilwoman
bills-
and
I
think
we
have
seen
two
that
that
a
number
of
neighborhood
associations,
rather
than
creating
a
website
they
that
need,
can
be
filled
through
a
specific
facebook,
page
they're
able
to
communicate
and
it
gives
them
a
presence
and
an
identity
there.
That
kind
of
fits
that
need,
or
certainly
in
in
the
interim
but
but
you're
right.
D
And
that's
a
discussion
too,
that
we've
had
with
it
does
get
to
be
a
bit
of
a
challenge
when
you
start
looking
at
it
with
capacity
on
on
communications
in
I.t
is,
is
it's
not
just
creation
of
a
template
but
then
hosting
that
troubleshooting
training,
and
and
it's
if,
but
there
there
are
ways.
I
think
that
we
can
help,
and
hopefully
this
this
toolkit
that
goes
out
can
be
that
that
kind
of
driver
to
get
them
moving
in
that
right
direction.
B
I
Sure-
and
this
is
about
websites
also
yeah-
I
think
the
challenge
for
for
a
neighborhood
is
if
they're,
relying
on
someone's
cousin
to
operate
the
the
website
for
free
or
little
cost,
and
then
somehow
that
gets
disconnected
if
their
website
is
their
lifeline
and
that
free
or
inexpensive
resource
moves
on
then
they're,
then
they're
stranded
without
anything
so
yeah.
I
don't
think
we've
landed
on
the
right
answer
yet,
but
is
something
we
need
to
see
how
we
can
help
the
neighborhoods
with
that.
So.
F
Well,
I
guess
I'll
go
back
to
if
there's
a
cost
involved.
What
does
that
cost?
What
would
it
cost
the
neighborhood
for
them
to
go
through
us
or
whatever
to
provide
that
template,
and
then
they
keep
it
up?
I
mean
they
have
to
keep
up
their
own,
but
I'm
just
throwing
that
out
as
a
way
there
could
be
a
cost
that
they
pay
so
that
they
we
have
consistency.
That's
the
biggest
thing
is
the
consistency.
Is
that
neighborhood
people
turn
over?
A
H
Absolutely
we're
prohibited
by
statute
from
using
any
city
resources
at
all
to
advocate
for
or
against
the
election
of
any
candidate
or
the
passage
of
any
ballot
proposition.
So
if
the
city
even
sets
up
the
website,
you're
going
to
have
a
potential
violation
of
that
statute,
if,
if
they
try
or
or
else
you're,
should
have
the
neighborhood
in
a
position
where
they
can't
support
any
candidate
for
any
office,
not
city
council,
not
state,
rep
or
senator
or
u.s,
et
cetera,
they,
they
can't
take
any
political
positions.
At
that
point,.
H
That
becomes
right.
That
becomes
another
issue,
not
just
freedom
of
speech,
but
if
the
city
is
the
one
that's
actually
supporting
on
an
ongoing
basis,
the
website
then
you've
got
you've,
got
not
only
freedom
of
speech
issues.
You've
got
potential,
defamation
and
libel
issues.
If
somebody
says
something
and
attacked
somebody
else,
and
we
become
what's
called
the
republisher
of
that
information,
we
can
have
the
same
liability
as
the
initial
publisher.
C
That's
one
question
and
the
more
difficult
one
which
we
don't
have
a
good
answer
for
is
actually
doing
the
work
for
them.
We're
better
off,
not
doing
that
as
far
as
the
setting
up
and
the
maintenance
of
that,
if
we're
better
putting
them
in
contact
with
other
resources
that
can
do
that
aspect
of
it.
E
I
I
do.
I
just
wanted
to
comment
and
I'm
gonna
go
back
many
many
many
years,
but
I
helped
start
my
neighborhood
association
25
years
ago
and
at
that
point,
when
the
city
was
just
starting
out
recognizing
neighborhoods,
they
did
host
a
web
page
for
the
neighborhood
associations
and
it
was
a
template
where
you
just
went
in
and
you
plugged
in
the
information-
and
you
didn't
have
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
choices
about
what
you
could
put
on
there
and
not
put
on
there
it.
It
was
not
used
very
well.
I
mean
we.
E
We
quickly
discovered
that
there
were
better
ways
to
communicate
than
through
a
website
that
people
got.
You
know
that
the
city
hosted,
I
don't
know
if
anybody
remembers
that
from
years
ago,
but
but
we
we
did
indeed
have
have
that
where
you
could
just
you
know
all
the
neighborhoods
were
given
the
same.
The
same
template
to
use.
E
I
find
that
most
people
now
they
like
to
have
an
app
on
their
phone
or
on
their
ipad,
and
you
know
their
kids
or
grandkids
can
set
up
the
the
facebook
app,
and
so
it's
so
easy
to
get
to.
All
you
have
to
do
is
go
to
that
app
on
the
front
of
your
screen
and
you're
there
with
the
information
of
the
neighborhoods
associations
that
I'm
acquainted
with.
I
don't
know
that
any
of
them
really
use
the
the
face
or
use
the
web
pages
most
of
their
information.
E
E
E
Right
because
they
get
notified
right
away,
I
mean
I
can
set
up
to
get
notifications
on
facebook,
and
it
lets
me
know
as
soon
as
something's
happening
our
our
website.
We
still
I
mean
douglas
acres,
still
has
it
they
store
stuff
there.
They
put,
you
know
like
old
minutes
and
and
agendas,
but
I
don't
think
anybody
really
looks
at
it
and
I
think
we
pay
like
three
hundred
dollars
a
year
to
host
that.
D
So
this
this
just
began
on
the
last
week,
or
so.
We
also
are
updating
some
sections.
The
resident
neighborhood
sections
on
our
website
bring
some
of
that
more
forward-facing,
as
we
did
our
audit
we
found
out
some
of
it
was
you
kind
of
needed
to
know
where
to
where
to
go
to
to
navigate
into
some
of
that
information,
so
we're
doing
that
improving
some
of
the
search
functions
and
working
on
creating
an
interactive
neighborhood
map.
This
is
something
that
will
be
taking
place.
It's
the
next
generation
of
my
dsm
mobile.
D
You
recall
the
previous
one
was
was
almost
a
reporting
tool
on
your
phone
and
you'll
see.
That
element
still
exists
along
that
toolbar
that
ribbon
across
the
bottom,
whether
you
had
a
potholder
report
or
graffiti,
or
something
along
those
lines.
We've
now
added
more
functions
on
the
on
the
face
of
this.
Those
are
those
nine
icons
that
you
see
there.
D
So
it'll
include
show
me
my
house
how
you
can
connect
to
the
news
section
and
get
information
on
news
releases
and
media
advisories,
a
calendar
component
that
takes
you
to
our
event
section
of
the
website,
where
meetings
and
are
all
listed,
recycling
garbage
and
trash
collection.
Information.
Timely
now
takes
you
to
the
snow
page
on
the
on
the
about
snow
ordinances
in
snow
removal,
and
you
know
from
city
government
to
a
new
function
with
pay
online.
So
this
will
be
coming
out
should
be
available.
D
I
would
guess
in
the
next,
maybe
by
the
end
of
january,
into
february,
we're
in
the
final
stages
of
that
so
that'll
be
a
nice
new
tool
that
we
provide
and
then
sort
of.
The
final
thing
is
that
that
what
we
tried
to
do
to
communicate
better
to
to
the
community
is
one
of
the
things.
Is:
we've
enhanced
and
expanded
our
video
production
and
getting
those
stories
out
not
just
to
the
public
but
to
the
media
as
well?
D
We've
increased
and
will
continue
to
do
so
with
a
social
media
presence,
and
it
all
kind
of
gets
down
to
in
conclusion,
here
of
of
getting
that
that
culture
of
of
about
content
and
content
and
content
of
of
it's
our
responsibility
is
as
departments
within
the
city
to
push
that
information
and
make
that
available
to
to
our
residents.
So
that
that
is
an
update
on
the
this
initiative,
if
there's
any
additional
questions,
if
there
are
any
additional
questions,
I'll
be
more
than
happy
to
try
and
answer
those.
E
I
have
a
question.
My
last
comment
is
this
is
a
beautiful
presentation
and
I
know
that
it
costs
money
to
print
these,
but
is
there
any
way
we
could
have
some
of
these,
this
presentation
printed
up
and
we
could
hand
them
out.
I
mean
this
would
be
a
great
tool
for
us
as
council
members
to
use,
and
I
would
love
to
have
some
copies
if
it's,
if
that
is
at
all
possible,
are
you
thinking
about
putting
it
into
a
booklet
or.
D
It
it
and
it
really
can
serve
as
a
couple
of
functions.
It
can
go
out
in
that
digital
pdf
format
councilwoman,
but
again
those
can
be
printed
up
and
distributed,
because
we
know
that
there's
still
a
lot
of
folks
that,
like
having
that
document
in
hand
and
being
able
to
thumb
through
it
that
way
and
have
it,
you
know
lying
around
and
going
through
it.
F
Sorry,
I
couldn't
say
all
the
good
things
I
was
just
thanking
al
and
everyone
and
jen
for
all
the
good
work.
I
think
this
is
very
necessary
for
all
the
neighborhoods
to
have
a
better
way
to
organize
and
and
really
keep
all
the
citizens
informed,
and
I
think
the
new
mobile
app
will
be
a
tremendous
help
too.
So
thanks.
G
You
know
the
neighborhood
association
touch
a
lot
of
our
residents,
but
they
don't
touch
everyone,
and
I
think
these
tools
and
the
materials
developed
we
should
think
about
how
we
get
them
out
to
a
wider
audience,
even
in
the
neighborhood
associations.
I
know
we're
thinking
about
it
in
in
that
context,
but
I
think
it
has
more
universal
application
and
it's
important
that
the
full
range
of
our
residents
are
are
getting
this
information
and
know
how
to
connect
with
city
government.
D
And
it
is,
it
certainly
will
councilman
amanda
baum
that
that
this
will
go
out
in
a
release
today,
we'll
have
this
posted
on
the
website,
we'll
push
it
out
through
our
social
media
platforms
as
well,
so
that
everyone
can
see
it
in
in.
You
know
not
just
specific
to
those
neighborhood
associations,
so
yeah
you're
you're
on
spot
with.
B
That
al,
thank
you
very
much.
Thanks
to
you
and
your
team
good
presentation,
I
would
try
to
send
that
out
electronically
to
all
the
neighborhood
associations
to
start
with,
and
then,
if
you
have
some
printed
to
get
to
us,
when
we
start
going
to
some
in-person
meetings
would
be
would
be
beneficial,
I
think
to
all
of
us.
B
J
J
J
J
J
That
reads
as
follows:
we
the
des
moines
task
force
on
sustainability,
having
reviewed
the
urban
forest
master
plan,
fully
support
adoption
of
this
plan
as
a
blueprint
for
increasing
resilience
through
our
urban
tree
canopy
star
communities,
objectives
of
healthy,
resilient,
safe
places
and
protection
of
the
natural
resource
base
can
be
realized
in
large
part
through
a
healthy
tree.
Canopy
plan
des
moines
trees
play
an
important
part
in
green
infrastructure
reduction
in
the
consumption
of
energy
walkable
and
bikable
neighborhoods,
and
connectivity
between
neighborhoods.
J
J
It
would
be
impossible
in
our
short
time,
together
today,
to
review
every
single
chapter
in
the
interest
of
time.
I
will
not
be
covering
the
chapters
listed
on
this
slide,
but
they're
all
very
important.
Every
chapter
in
the
plan
has
concepts
revelations
and
recommendations
that
will
serve
us.
Well,
as
we
plan
the
future
of
our
urban
tree
canopy.
J
J
J
G
J
G
I
do
do
you
think,
so
you
think
that's
accurate
in
terms
of
the
the
condition
of
of
our
our
tree
canopy,
because
I
guess
I
I
think
of
the
the
view
out
out
our
front
window.
There
was
a
tree
across
the
street
that
that
was
taken
down,
and
then
there
are
two
trees
in
my
neighbor's
yard
that
I
I
don't.
I
don't
know
what
an
arborist
would
would
think
of
them,
but
they
have.
You
know
a
significant
part
of
that
tree.
Those
trees
were
were
damaged.
J
J
J
We
lost
our
capacity
to
perform
pruning
on
a
five
to
sev
five
to
seven
year
cycle
a
couple
of
decades
ago,
due
to
budgetary
decreases
in
staff,
we
must
return
to
cyclical
pruning
because
the
trees
we
take
care
of
today
become
older
and
larger,
and
that
doesn't
just
add
to
their
benefits.
It
multiplies
those
benefits
exponentially.
J
J
J
J
Over
the
last
half
century
average
annual
precipitation
most
of
the
midwest
has
increased
by
5
to
10
percent,
but
rainfall
during
the
four
wettest
days
of
the
year
has
increased
about
35
such
extreme
weather
events
are
happening
more
frequently
in
the
record
books.
Now,
as
you
see
in
the
color
graphic
bottom
left
is
the
extreme
weather
event
that
gave
us
over
seven
inches
of
rain
overnight
june
30
july
1
of
2018.
J
J
J
K
K
K
J
J
We
did
an
internal
assessment
based
on
the
criteria
provided
for
each
category.
We
graded
ourselves
good
in
19
categories.
That's
the
green
column,
moderate
in
five
categories,
with
low
marks
in
only
two
categories,
but
we
need
to
pay
attention
to
those
two
number.
One
is
our
maintenance
program
that
currently
lacks
capacity
to
engage
in
cyclical
pruning
of
our
trees
and
number.
Two
is
a
funding
shortage
in
order
to
plant
our
target
of
3
800
trees
annually
and
hire
sufficient
crews
to
engage
in
a
cyclical
pruning
program
and
engage
in
insect
and
disease
management.
J
J
J
They
hire
high
school
youth
to
plant
and
water
trees
and,
besides
receiving
a
wage,
these
youth
are
provided
with
coaching
in
life.
Skills
such
as
financial
literacy,
resume
building
conflict
resolution
and,
more
and
for
big
projects.
Trees
forever
calls
out
the
200
plus
adult
tree
keeper
volunteers
to
help
in
both
2019
and
2020
planting
efforts
netted
more
trees
than
the
city
of
des
moines
budget
alone
could
have
accounted
for.
J
J
The
conclusion
reached
by
the
chapter
author,
the
residents
of
des
moines,
love
their
trees
and
when
you
see
on
these
graphs,
how
so
many
of
our
residents
think
safety,
energy
savings,
air
quality
and
storm
water
management
are
all
tied
to
trees.
We
recognize
that
our
residents
get
it.
They
intuitively
understand
the
important
role
that
trees
play
in
the
life
and
economy
of
our
city.
J
J
J
Community
residents
often
talk
to
and
thank
the
teens
while
they're
out
on
watering
assignments
in
the
summer
or
planting
in
the
fall
their
tree.
Planting
efforts
have
also
focused
on
neighborhoods
in
our
city
that
are
lower
in
tree
canopy
or
have
been
historically
under
resourced
over
the
course
of
spring
summer
and
fall
activities.
More
than
40
youth
were
provided,
meaningful
employment
and
life
skills
training
in
2019.
J
B
E
J
J
J
Planting
goal
number
one
expand
tree:
canopy
three
percent
by
2045
action,
increased
planting
budget
to
one
million
dollars
annually.
We
propose
doing
this
by
the
city,
increasing
our
budget
four-fold
to
800
000
and
inviting
our
non-profit
trees
forever
to
do
annual
fundraising
in
the
amount
of
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
planting
goal,
two
achieve
environmental
equity.
J
Action
hire
two
additional
prune
crews
with
equipment
the
year
one
cost
would
be
393
000
per
crew,
the
annual
cost
thereafter
187
000
per
crew,
or
we
would
accept
the
contract
equivalent
to
make
that
work,
happen,
maintenance
goal
two
disease
and
insect
management
action,
a
fifty
thousand
dollar
annual
budget
for
insect
and
disease
treatment,
education
goal
1,
a
public
awareness
program
action
hire
a
forestry
educator,
94
000
annually.
That
includes
benefits
education
goal.
J
Finally,
we
end
our
presentation
today
with
some
thoughts
from
the
history
of
trees
chapter
over
the
course
of
75
pages,
the
history
of
trees
in
des
moines
unfolds
from
early
settlement
days
through
a
treeless
downtown
of
the
early
1950s
and
up
until
the
present
day,
when
a
resident
can
adopt
and
save
an
ash
tree
from
extinction
and
well,
we
plan
to
celebrate.
2020
is
the
year
of
the
tree
in
des
moines,
but
then,
as
we
all
know,
covert
19
happened.
J
I
remind
council
and
anyone
watching
that
the
summary
of
the
urban
forest
master
plan,
plus
all
the
chapters
of
the
plan,
can
be
found
online
at
dsm
dot
city
slash
forest
plan.
This
concludes
the
presentation
of
our
urban
forest
master
plan,
we'll
be
happy
to
entertain
comments
and
questions
from
council.
E
Here's
my
my
comment.
You
know
we
have
just
been
given
two
really
impressive
presentations
this
morning
and
I
just
want
to
thank
staff
who
who
helped
put
this
together,
because
it's
been
amazing,
the
urban
forest
master
plan.
I
don't
think
there's
anything
we
could
do
for
our
residents.
That
would
have
a
more
positive
impact
than
what
the
presentations
today
would
do.
E
F
Go
ahead,
I
didn't
call
the
same
thing.
I
think
it
was
a
great
presentation.
The
one
thing
in
some
of
the
areas
that
you
know
I
just
look
at
a
lot
of
our
homes
are
rental
properties
and
some
of
the
lower
income
areas.
Is
there
any
way
to
tie
for
rental
certificate
that
they
plant
trees?
I
mean:
is
there
some
way,
because
you
know
the
renter
isn't
necessarily
going
to
do
it,
but
how
do
we
get
the
owners
of
the
homes
to
take
this,
or
at
least
get
this
information
to
them?
F
F
F
J
I
J
What
would
be
your
best
guess
where
we
are
yeah
we're
in
year
six
of
a
10-year
program?
Currently,
we've
got
about
five
thousand
ash
trees
removed
from
public
property,
probably
another
two
to
three
thousand
to
go
so
we'll
be
wrapping
that
up
in
a
very
timely
fashion.
I
say
timely
because
we're
not
being
overtaken
yet
by
the
emerald
ash
borer
like
say
west
des
moines,
is
the
second
part
of
my
answer,
mr
boss.
J
So
we're
we're
forecasting
that
we
need
3,
800,
trees
overall
and
part
of
our
strategy.
Council
mandelbaum
is
to
not
only
have
our
tiny
trees
program,
which
gets
a
start
on
trees
on
private
property.
We'll
also
invest
in
a
h
with
what
is
typically
called
a
tree
distribution
program
where
we'll
take
a
90
to
120
tree
and
and
sell
it
to
the
to
the
residents
for,
say,
30
or
35
to
encourage
getting
more
trees
on
private
property.
J
How
the
number
was
reached,
the
dnr's
done
the
math
for
us.
They
took
into
account
our
normal
attrition
of
five
to
seven
hundred
trees
each
year
and
say
that
instead
of
planting
five
to
seven
hundred,
which
we
currently
do,
we
need
to
apply
plant
five
to
seven
times
that
number
at
3
800
that'll
that'll
make
the
canopy
goal
happen.
G
J
Correct,
yes,
we're
budgeted
for
535,
but
here
again
the
growing
futures
program
through
trees
forever
and
their
fundraising
efforts,
they've
managed
to
put
in
733
last
year
and
over
600
this
year,
in
spite
of
covered
protocol,
slowing
them
down.
So
we're
we're
doing
good
in
the
planting
department.
But
we
have
to
put
more
budgeting
to
the
cause.
A
J
G
So
those
are
those
are
really
high
high
numbers.
Do
we
do
we
not
think
that
that
helps
as
much
as
the
I
mean?
I
know
those
trees
are
nowhere
near
as
mature,
and
so
I
assume
we,
we
don't
think
that
all
of
those
trees
will
will
make
it
to
maturity
or
what
what?
What
do
we
think
will
happen
long
term
with
that
program.
J
G
I
G
And
what
do
you
see
comparison
wise
from
tiny
tree
versus
what
we
do
with
with
our
partners?
You
know
the
the
larger
tree
plantings
in
terms
of
how
those
strategies
work
and
reliant
on
I
mean
clearly
your
recommendation
is
for
for
those
3800
to
come
from
the
tree
planting
and
not
the
tiny
tree
program
right.
J
That's
basically,
where
we're
at
with
that
and
where
we'll
be
more
ambitious
about
our
tiny
trees
is
probably
investing
in
the
little
tree
planting
machine
there.
They
don't
cost
a
whole
lot
of
money
and
go
out
and
plant
them
by
the
thousands
in
our
riparian
and
natural
areas.
Besides,
what
we're
able
to
introduce
to
people's
private
properties.