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Tax Increment Reinvestmnent Zone 1 Board of Directors Special Meeting 053023
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That
motion
to
excuse,
Mr,
Castillo
and
Mr
Martinez
today
has
been
moved.
Yeah
is
there
a
second
second
seconded,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye
aye
Andy
against
abortion
passers.
Thank
you.
We
are
an
item
for
Citizens
comets.
Citizens
are
required
to
fill
out
a
witness
Cardinal
later
than
11
50..
That
can
be
found
here.
City,
council
chambers
comments
are
limited
to
three
speak
three
minutes
per
speaker.
No
more
than
three
persons
can
speak
on
any
side
of
an
issue.
Speakers
may
not
pass
their
minutes
to
any
other
speaker.
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But
I
would
like
for
them
to
make
their
presentation
and
I'm
going
to
read
out
the
item,
and
then
we
can
go
through
some
background
additional
background.
If
necessary.
This
grant
is
due
in
a
couple
of
days,
so
there's
a
really
short
fuse
for
it.
Originally,
it
was
presented
as
a
kind
of
pay
for
all.
We
thought
that
it
would
pay
for
construction,
Capital,
Improvements
related
to
planting
of
trees.
It's
it's
been
clarified
that
it'll
pay
for
the
trees.
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Thank
you,
Martina
and
Trisha
for
being
here
and
and
everybody
that's
done
a
lot
of
work
to
get
to
this
meeting.
I
appreciate
that
I
shared
with
a
group
of
a
modification
of
what
you
shared
as
a
potential
letter
of
commitment
for
the
board
to
consider
the
the
what's
in
yellow
are
things
that
might
be
suggested
could
be
tweaked
in
the
letter
based
on
a
template
and
then
I
added
language
that
I
thought
was
consistent
with
what
we
might
consider
today.
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So
it's
a
very
ambitious
five-year
Grant
proposal,
where
we're
trying
to
build
a
system
essentially
to
support
a
very
long-term
vision
and
plan
for
urban
forestry
in
in
many
parts
of
the
city,
where
people
gather
especially
to
lower
Urban
heat
island
impacts
and
to
improve
quality
of
life
to
make
places
more
walkable
and
enjoyable
and
breakable
as
well.
So
Martina
and
I
are
going
to
share
some
of
the
slides
here,
and
we
also
wanted
to
share
with
y'all
a
phone
call.
We
had
today
with
the
County
Administrator
and
with
a
Mr
atmosky
and
Miss
Frank.
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Already
so
good
morning,
everyone
Martin
Castro
the
International
Studies
center
for
the
record.
I
have
a
short
presentation.
Thank
you,
Trisha
for
opening
on
this
partnership
opportunity.
That
is
unique.
That
is
ambitious,
but
we
hope
can
you
all
this?
This
board
can
see
the
value
of
what
we're
trying
to
accomplish
just
quickly
going
through
what
this
program
is
about.
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This
grant
also
wants
to
do
this
program
once
also
wants
to
broaden
community
engagement
and
local
Urban
Forest
planning
and
improve
Community
Urban
Forest
resilience
to
the
effects
of
climate
change,
pests
and
other
disaster
related
events
through
bmps
and
other
you
know,
practices
this
opportunity
was
released
earlier
this
year
in
April,
and
it's
coming
up
pretty
soon
for
for
submission.
Some
couple
of
quick
facts
about
the
program:
there's
approximately
one
billion
dollars
available
on
funding
for
FY,
23
and
24.
the
eligible
candidates
that
can
apply
our
community-based
organizations,
state
and
local
governments.
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There
is
a
match
requirement,
as
most
federal
grants
have,
however,
but
because
Laredo
stands
in
a
position
as
a
disadvantaged
community
Laredo,
most
of
it
at
least
for
the
projects.
We're
going
to
present
today
can
request
a
full
match
waiver,
since
it
meets
100
percent
of
the
disadvantaged
criteria.
According
to
the
White
House
Council
on
Environmental
Policy
applicants
can
request
up
to
50
million
dollars
per
application.
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This
is
a
heat.
This
is
a
map
of
downtown
Laredo,
showing
the
effects
of
the
urban
keyline
and
the
severity
from
2021
pretty
self-explanatory.
The
darker,
the
red
color,
of
course,
the
more
pronounced
the
heat
on
effect,
is
according
to
the
satellite
images,
so
you
can
see
for
downtown
Laredo
where
we're
proposing
to
do
some
of
this
work
a
very
pronounced
severity
of
the
heat
island.
So
there
is
a
of
course
a
need
for,
or
you
know,
expanding
Urban
Tree
canopy
covers
you
know,
especially
in
this
downtown
area.
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So
these
are
the
goals
that
we're
incorporating
that
the
USDA
has
outlined
in
this
program
that
communities
want
that
they
want
communities
to
tackle.
On
their
proposals,
of
course,
number
one
is
to
mitigate
extreme
Urban
healing
effects
and
then,
of
course,
address
the
lack
of
native
tree
canopy,
but
this
grant
takes
it
a
step
further
that
they
also
want
proposals
to
a
communities
to
address
the
lack
of
urban
forestry,
urban
forestry,
job
training,
programs
and
opportunities.
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So
that's
going
to
help
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
people
who
live
in
underserved
communities
through
these
through
this
these
projects.
This
grant
will
also
this
program
also
wants
Partners
to
conduct
extensive
between
engagement,
to
advise
them
of
the
two
of
the
benefits
of
projects
like
this
and
lastly,
they
also
want
communities
to
build
techno
technical
expertise.
As
they've
said,
this
is
a
lot.
The
USDA
has
indicated
that
this
five-year
these
five
years
should
be
thought
of
as
a
30-year
long-term
projects
for
sustainable
Urban,
Tree,
canopy,
planning,
implementation
management
and
job
creation.
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It's
the
the
grant
itself,
it's
very
large
in
that
there's
three
major
buckets
of
work
and
we're
here
to
talk
to
you
all
about
one
of
the
buckets,
but
the
three
major
buckets
involve
a
tree
farm
and
Nursery.
Another
bucket,
which
is
the
one
presented
today,
is
the
tree
installations
and
then
another
one
is
Martin
said:
is
they
want
to
see
job
training,
programs
and
certificate
programs
come
into
place
to
help
provide
living
wage
jobs
and
skills
for
people
to
earn
a
living
in
this
type
of
work?
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So
we
have
outlined
meeting
with
a
lot
of
Partners
and
as
and
talking
also
knowing
how
much
the
tours
has
been
working
to
improve
downtown
through
the
infrastructure
and
and
have
tree
canopy.
So
what
we
want
to
do
is
leverage
your
projects
and
amplify
that
and
in
and
provide
a
huge
infusion
of
funding
for
the
work
that
you're
already
doing
so.
The
two
projects
that
we
want
to
get
the
approval
for
are
the
shovel
ready,
12
blocks
that
y'all
are
working
on
right
now
with
75
trees.
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These
would
be
mature
at
least
six
inch
caliper
trees
at
a
at
about
750
000.
That
the
grant
would
provide,
and
then
aspirationally
we've
identified
about
30
linear
blocks,
which
would
be
300
there's
a
little
typo
there
300
trees
at
that
sort
of
maturity
and
caliper.
That
would
come
in
at
3
million
to
help
with
that
and
and
and
those
linear
blocks,
nothing's
going
to
show
in
a
minute
would
begin
to
transform
downtown
in
the
way
that
the
tours
is
already
starting
to
do
that.
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Work
and
this
partnership
can
also,
as
as
you
mentioned,
Mr
savayos.
It
will
not
cover
Capital
Improvements,
but
it
will
cover
funding
for
maintenance,
so
for
the
five-year
life
of
the
grant.
We
want
to
get
that
started.
It
we're
we're
meeting
later
today
with
the
business
improvement
district
that
wants
to
take
on
this
work
for
this
boundary,
not
just
for
the
life
of
the
grant,
but
also
handing
off
after
year,
five,
which
we
think
is
vital
to
make
sure
that
everything's
properly
maintained.
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So
I
was
wondering
if
Mr,
radnovsky
or
Miss
Frank
would
come
up.
Y'all
might
have
questions
about
the
second
bullet
point,
obviously,
since
those
monies
aren't
yet
in
place,
but
we
had
a
a
positive
conversation
today
with
the
County
Administrator,
potentially
where
the
county
wants
to
see
how
they
can
partner
with
the
tours
on
this
kind
of
specific
project,
particularly
bullet
2..
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The
other
ones
we
have
met
with
the
city
manager
and
some
council
members,
so
these
are
the
City
of
Laredo
projects
that
will
be
presented
in
this
proposal.
Just
so
you're
aware,
zakate,
Creek
from
Chicago
to
Corpus
Christi,
the
five
downtown
plazas,
the
four
blocks,
Boulevard
of
the
Americas
ganseco
House,
Concord
Hills
and
Las
Palmas
nature
trail,
which
is
part
of
the
Congressional
earmark.
That's
gonna
get
started
later
this
year
and
then
TxDOT
has
also
green
lighted.
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Each
one
of
those
four
blocks
on
the
right
of
ways
can
also
help
receive
an
expand
tree.
Canopy
coverage
there
and
then
coming
down
on
San
Agustin
Avenue
towards
San
Agustin
Plaza
for
to
meet
with
the
other
planned
tourist
project.
Here
for
the
12
Block
downtown
project,
I
think
I
got
the
boundaries
right.
I
may
be
a
little
bit
off
on
those
blocks,
but
I
think
just
for
the
sake
of
this
presentation.
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We
wanted
to
show
this
this
board,
how
these
two
projects
connect
and
how
we
can
continue
what's
already
been
started,
or
it's
going
to
start
in
downtown
Laredo
for
the
plan,
12
blocks
and
go
further
north
and
then,
of
course,
east
to
west
and
also
on
the
Ford
blocks.
So
I
hope
this
provides
some
visual
reference
to
what
we're
talking
about
here
for
these
for
this
Urban
Tree
canopy
expansion
in
downtown
Laredo.
C
So
it's
chairman,
sabayos
for
from
the
tours
board,
would
be
a
letter
of
commitment
with
the
partnership
and
working
working
with
the
shovel
ready,
12
blocks,
that's
already
planned
and
underway
and
taking
the
trees
taking
that
off
of
y'all.
So
the
grant
can
absorb
that
if
the
Grant's
awarded
and
then
thinking
more
aspirationally
to
cover
more
ground
in
downtown
the
30
linear
blocks
and
then
working
with
the
business
improvement
district
to
handle
maintenance
during
the
life
of
the
five-year
Grant
and
Beyond.
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D
Have
committed
we're
just
pending
those
those
letters
yeah!
Oh
that's,
right,
yeah!
So
these
are
the
partnership
requests.
Of
course,
City
of
Laredo
we're
pending
Webb
County,
but
Laredo
College,
very
interested
Laredo
College,
actually
is
a
is
an
important
partner
because
we're
targeting
them
for
the
expansion
of
Workforce
Development
and
job
training
through
their
Workforce
Development
Center
A.
Continuing
education
center.
Excuse
me,
of
course,
the
tours
the
business
improvement
district.
We
have
a
meeting
later
today,
the
Laredo
Center
for
Urban
Agriculture
and
sustainability.
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The
officer
that
we
spoke
to
from
USTA
the
chief
of
staff
actually
assistant-
she
said
you
know,
go
after
the
50
million,
there's
nothing
wrong
with
that.
We
may
not
give
you
all
the
50
million,
but
we
may
be
able
to
give
you
25
million.
Hey.
25
million
is
still
25
million
dollars.
There's
still
a
tremendous
amount
of
infusion
that
we
can
an
investment.
We
can
make
little
right
now.
C
And
they
they
modeled
they.
They
gave
us
Greening
Detroit
as
like
a
model
program,
so
we
had
a
very
lengthy
call
with
them
last
week
and
a
lot
of
folks
that
are
part
of
the
Partnerships
and
it
was
very
informative.
They
they
explained
how
they
do
their
work.
What
all
is
required,
how
long
they've
been
at
it?
So
they
are
very
willing
to
work
with
us
to
provide
guidance
if
we
get
this
grant
or
or
not
just
to
help.
Laredo
begin
that
process
of
starting
an
urban
tree
canopy
program
within
the
city.
D
Have
they
suggested
Laredo
College
we're
working?
It
was
a
work
in
progress
with
temu
I.
Don't
think
temu
has
like
a
Workforce
Development
Center,
but
we
may
be
able
to
use
them
to
conduct
research,
because
one
of
the
things
that,
of
course,
I,
I
and
I
believe
Laredo
does
not
have
a
Mastery
plan
for
Urban
Tree
canopy
coverage
or
an
urban
tree
canopy
plan.
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D
C
E
C
Active
there
was
one
at
Slaughter
Park
on
it's
less
than
an
acre,
it's
maybe
less
than
half
an
acre,
but
it's
been
dormant
for
some
years.
Some
of
the
areas
we
were
talking
with
some
some
City
department
heads
and
we're
gonna
visit
with
the
utilities
director.
Today
they
are
proposing
Wastewater
Plant
spaces
because
they're
secure
because
they're
walled
off
and
there's
land
there's.
D
It'd
be
awesome
to
that's
sustain
to
do
that
as
well,
and
one
of
the
things
and
that's
a
great
suggestion:
Mr
Navarro,
because
green
and
Detroit
the
organization
that
we
met
with
a
few
days
ago.
They
they
understand
that
these
projects,
because
they're,
so
they
Encompass
so
much
trees.
There
has
to
be
some
sustainability
portion
as
well,
so
they
also
have
a
tree
farm
in
Detroit
that
they
use
quite
often
to
help
replenish
and.
C
That'd
be
great,
and
just
one
last
thing
on
Tammy,
you
they're
very
interested
and
we
want
them
to
come
intangentally.
This
has
to
be
a
project
for
Miss
Alexander,
because
you're
thinking
very
much
about
what
what
are
the
needs?
What
is
the
master
plan
here?
Have
the
census
counts
been
done
and,
and
they
would
be
perfect
for
helping
to
create
them,
but
I
know
you've
got
a
lot
of
ideas.
That
would
be
perfect
in
thinking
that,
through
with
them,
if
we
can
get
this
grant.
D
It
was
yes,
let
me
show
that
one
more
time
can
we
pull
up
that
slide
so
in
in
the
rep
portion.
That
will
be
reforested.
Excuse
me,
with
300
trees,
not
30
300
trees
at
a
cost
of
3
million,
and
then
the
portion
that
we
want
to
pick
up
from
the
plan.
12
12
downtown
blocks
is
75
trees
at
840
000,
something
like
that.
So
in
total
you're
looking
at
a
almost
four
million
dollar
investment,
if
we
can
be
successful
in
getting
this
award.
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A
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A
G
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I
H
Thank
you.
I
also
would
like
to
just
comment
that
this
hers
was
created
to
improve
the
walkability
between
the
anchors
that
are
already
in
place
and
I
know.
This
is
our
project,
but
I
was
down
there
again
today,
I
mean
this
weekend
and
some
new
trees
around
the
outlet
mall
that
Park
the
entrance
where
the
bridge
traffic
comes
in
the
car
traffic
and
also
the
pedestrian
traffic
I,
really
hope
that
we
can
do
something
to
improve
that
aesthetic
there
with
these
trees,
absolutely.
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A
They're
working
on
the
when
we
met
as
a
subcommittee,
there
was
a
few
things
that
they're
working
on
one
is
establishing
costs
and
then
the
other
was
a
census
of
how
many
trees
we're
talking
about
in
in
the
area
and
and
Martine.
By
the
way,
the
area
that
you
delineated
us
first
probably
needs
to
be
updated,
because
that's
not
really
technically
the
okay.
D
G
G
J
J
Yeah
so
I
guess
a
little
to
to
kind
of
circle.
Back
with
with
yours
Martin
is
we
had
two
blocks
on
Saragosa
there's
actually
two
blocks
here
on
San
Agustin
and
then
five
blocks.
That
was
our
phase
one
and
then
phase
two
is
we're
looking
at
these
three
blocks
here
on
Salinas,
which
is
in
Orange,
so
so
I
think
kind
of
how
this
was
put
together
was
again
phase.
J
One
phase,
two
kind
of
ties
with
our
current
scope
of
sidewalks
so
again,
phase
one
is
is
in
blue
and
we'll
we'll
add
this
this
one
in
here
it's
not
visible
phase.
Two
we've
been
talking
about
the
Water
Street
going
three
blocks
up
and
then
I
guess
just
for
the
sake
of
discussion.
You
know
we
talk
about
phase
three.
So
what
are
some
of
the
other
areas
as
a
potentially
tie
into
things
that
we're
doing
so
again?
J
H
J
I
think
I
think
this
was
probably
put
together
just
from
a
master
plan.
Just
a
master
plan
perspective
to
talk
about
what
could
potentially
be
added
and
kind
of
how
we
broke
down
our
costs.
It
can
be
anywhere,
I,
think
I,
don't
know.
If
there
was
a
discussion,
there
was
a
discussion
on
how
phase
three
was
added
into
it.
K
K
Was
about
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
if
there
were
an
additional
hundred
thousand
dollars
being
able
to
put
into
this
into
this
project
where
wood
it
might
go
and
what
Rick
had
done
was
and
well,
we
both
went
on
a
survey
and
we
drove
around
and
we
saw
areas
where
there
were
just
green
spaces
that
needed
more
trees.
There
were
Plaza
areas
that
needed
more
trees
like
strips
of
land
that
were
there
already.
You
didn't
have
to
go
in
and
break
anything.
You.
K
That
was
minus
the
cost
of
the
tree
and
the
planting
the
cost
that
we
figured
per
linear
block
and
I
think
it
says
29
on
this
slide,
because
at
that
time
it
was
29
but
there's
30
blocks
linear
both
sides
there's
just
a
lump
sum
amount
of
what
it
might
cost
to
do.
Those
improvements
per
linear
block
based
on
what
we
already
know
so
there's
an
amount
that
can
be
used
from
the
trees
and
the
planting
that
we're
not
going
to
be
putting
in
if
the
USDA
Grant
gets
funded.
J
E
J
This
this
slide
just
kind
of
shows
some
locations
of
anticipated
locations
of
trees.
Obviously
on
on
phase
one,
we've
got
a
good
grasp
of
it
because
we're
we're
already
locating
them
in
our
design.
So
you'll
see
all
the
blue
circles,
you'll
see
here
on
the
two
blocks
of
Saragosa,
and
then
it
will
be
there.
You
know,
of
course,
we're
not
adding
trees
on
San
Agustin,
because
there's
a
bunch
of
very
mature
trees.
J
J
You
know
once
we
get
into
the
phase
two
design,
we'll
look
at
specifics
of
areas
that
we
can,
but
just
for
the
sake
of
this
discussion,
you
know
that
we're
looking
at
locations
there
for
phase
two
and
then
phase
three
again
extending
up
Salina
Street,
adding
some
around
the
Mercado
some
around
the
Jarvis
Plaza
and
this
block
west
of
Jarvis
Plaza
here
in
front
of
the
federal
Old
Post
Office,
Building,
Webb,
County
courthouse.
And
then
you
know
the
Bruni
Plaza
area.
B
J
We
originally
had
this
at
32,
but
I
was
counting
some
of
the
existing
trees
on
it.
Torvida
that
I
believe
some
of
those
mature
existing
trees
on
the
far
ends
of
it
would
be.
They
will
probably
stay
that
might
be
one
or
two
I
think
that
are
dead,
that
we
can
replace
phase
two
we're
thinking,
maybe
closer
to
getting
about
12
on
there
and
then
phase
three.
J
You
know,
including
all
those
areas
around
the
plazas
we've
totaled
about
82,
so
there's
a
total
of
about
116
right
now
between
those
three
areas
that
we've
shown.
So
this
will
be
kind
of
an
example
here
and
I'll-
explain
the
legend
here,
so
this
block
that
we're
showing
is
Santa
Ursula
going
to
San
Agustin.
So
this
is
right
in
front
of
the
Webb
County
heritage
office,
and
then
this
is
the
or
the
museum
I'm
sorry.
This
is
Casa
Ortiz
right
here.
So
between
these
two
blocks,
we've
denoted.
J
What
we're
denoting
is
blue
trees,
so
these
blue
trees.
If
you
look
at
the
legend
here,
that's
with
the
tree
and
the
planting
labor
being
covered
by
USDA
and
then
the
the
tours
or
or
somebody
else
would
cover
the
the
irrigation,
and
then
this
would
be
placing
the
trees
in
the
asphalt
and
this
disposing
of
the
curb
and
gutter.
So
it's
basically
like
a
bump
out
kind
of
like
what
we
had
talked
about
before
we're
currently
doing
on
on
some
areas
of
phase
one.
J
There's
not
one
existing
when
we
say
minor
irrigation
like
in
this
first
one
up
here
with
the
green
trees
minor
irrigation
would
be
that
assuming
there's
a
currently
an
irrigation
system,
an
operational
irrigation
system
on
that
particular
block.
So
you
would
just
be
extending
pipes
from
the
current
right
irrigation
system
to
the
new
trees.
J
This
next
block
here
is
to
be
there
I'm,
sorry,
Salina
Street
from
etherby
De
Farragut.
So
again,
this
is
just
counting
up
the
phase
three
portion
right
so
outside
of
the
one
and
two
that
we're
doing
so
on
this
phase,
three
portion
phase
two
would
stop
at
either
so
phase
three
would
be
the
next
three
blocks
going
north
all
the
way
up
to
Farragut
Street.
So
here
what
we're
looking
at
is
again
same
concept,
putting
trees
in
the
in
the
asphalt
and
kind
of
Staggering
them
through
and
we're
figuring.
J
This
would
be
an
example
around
Laredo
Center
for
the
Arts,
yeah
I
think
yeah.
This
is
Laredo
Center
for
the
Arts,
so
here
would
be
putting
in
the
green
tree
and
again,
the
Green
Tree
on
the
legend
would
be
just
minor,
irrigation
work
so
coming
in
and
putting
just
a
minor
irrigation
work
to
add
some
additional
trees.
Assuming
that
there's
irrigation
there.
Yes,.
H
J
Know
the
old
hospital
which
is
I
think
a
senior
home
now.
So
this
is
again.
This
is
Jarvis
Plaza
down
here.
This
is
Juarez
Street
Santa
Maria
is
over
here.
So
in
this
particular
example,
you
would
have
the
tree
and
the
planting
labor
done
by
USDA
by
the
USDA
Grant,
and
this
would
be
putting
in
the
trees
in
the
sidewalk
area
so
saw
cutting
in
the
sidewalk,
so
not
putting
them
in
the
street,
but
in
the
sidewalk
area
and
major
irrigation
being
that
you'd
have
to
cut
sidewalk
and
and
run
irrigation
through
them.
J
That
would
obviously
have
to
be
sufficient
space
yeah
that
one
has
a
white
like
a
very
wide
side.
Look
those
some
of
these
areas,
I
think
what
we're
looking
at
there
is.
If,
if
we're
doing
a
tree
in
a
sidewalk
area,
there
would
still
be
accessible
room
to
walk
through
there.
They'd
have
to
be
wide-sided.
K
Plans
that
we
have
today
one
is,
you
know,
being
able
to
plant
the
tree
in
between
or
taking
a
parking
space
and
and
dividing
that
along
the
the
line
of
parking
that
there
is
on
that
side
of
the
block
and
putting
eight
by
eight
tree
wells
in
there
and
and
that's
one
way.
The
other
way
is.
If
the
sidewalk
is
wide
enough,
then
we
can
put
some
in
the
sidewalk
and
you
need
three
feet
and
you
want
the
tree
closer
to
the
to
the
curbside.
K
J
Sure
another
and
another
option,
I
guess
to
add
what
Viviano
was
saying:
another
option
to
consider
or
we've
included
a
little
bit
in
our
estimate
was
when
you
place
a
tree
on
a
sidewalk.
You
could
put
a
tree
grate
over
that.
So
then,
really
your
only
obstacle
is
the
the
trunk
and
not
necessarily
the
forefoot
cut
out
so
depending
on
how
you
do
that,
there's
different
options
to
them:
okay,
again,
Bernie
Plaza
the
option.
The
idea
here
around
Bruni
Plaza
is
just
adding
additional
trees
in
some
of
these
open
spaces
around
there.
H
J
J
And
this
is
just
another
block
which
one
was
this
one:
oh,
the
Webb,
County
Courthouse,
so
just
kind
of
right
here
across
the
street.
You
know
taking
advantage
of
some
of
this
green
space
around
the
West
County
courthouse
and
maybe
planting
some
trees
around
there
so
kind
of
our
cost
summary.
The
way
we
we've
discussed
breaking
this
down
was
we
totaled
up
the
green
trees
in
in
the
pictures
that
you
just
saw
before?
J
So
again
that
would
be
removing
the
asphalt
pouring
a
new
curb
and
gutter
around
the
tree
well
and
getting
it
all
site
prep
so
that
the
tree
could
go
in
and
of
course,
that
would
include
the
irrigation
installed
for
that
block
and
running
irrigation
to
that
each
one
of
those
tree
Wells.
So
our
estimate
was
about
17
000.,
so
you'll
see
that
that
total
is
up
there
based
on
the
number
of
trees
that
we
counted
up
the
five
blocks
here,
we're
talking
five
blocks
at
thirty,
two
thousand
dollars
a
block.
J
So
when
you,
when
you
install
an
irrigation
system
on
a
block
you're
going
to
have
a
water
meter,
a
backflow
preventer,
an
irrigation,
Main
and
all
the
fittings
and
elbows
and
everything
to
run
it
down
the
block
and
then
to
service
all
of
the
trees,
so
this
was
kind
of
broken
out
as
irrigation
would
cost
about
thirty
two
thousand.
This
would
be
kind
of
the
demo
and
improvements
done
up
here
and
then
the
other
areas.
J
J
H
J
A
J
H
To
get
even
to
eight
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
of
Tours
monies
and
now
we're
off
topic
right
and
the
trees
are
beautiful.
I
love
the
trees
and
they'd
be
very
nice
to
address
the
heat
issue
and
the
aesthetic
deficiencies
downtown,
but
it
does
nothing
to
improve
the
walkability
between
the
anchors,
which
is
the
the
reason
we
are
sitting
here.
J
J
We
talked
about
here
was:
this
is
just
showing
an
example
of.
If
we
kind
of
value
engineer
this
only
and
let's
say
you
only
did
the
plaza
areas
where
you,
the
plaza
area,
is
being
kind
of
the
minor
irrigation
and
minor
Improvement
areas,
then
you
would
only
consider
a
thousand
dollars
for
the
50
trees
that
we
counted
up
on
our
on
our
examples
and
then
doing
five
blocks
at
sixteen
thousand
per
block
would
be
an
additional
eighty
thousand.
J
A
F
Frank
ronovsky
able
City
so
yes,
the
city
has
is
planning
the
four
blocks,
it's
known
as
the
boulevard
of
the
Americas.
It's
already
funded
the
design
and
development
of
the
first
two
plazas,
which
are
coming
right
off
of
the
Bridgehead,
so
those
are
currently
in
the
design
phase
and
then,
of
course,
that
will
be
up
for
bid
and
then
following
that,
hopefully
they'll
be
looking
at
the
other
two
blocks.
F
There
is
one
thing
I
wanted
to
mention
that
we
learned
a
lot
about
when
risk
set
up
a
meeting
with
a
organization
called
The
Greening
of
Detroit
they're,
a
not-for-profit
group
up
in
Detroit
that
basically
has
about
32
years
experience
doing
this
type
of
project,
and
they
were
a
wealth
of
information
for
us
that
were
able
to
meet
with
them.
Last
week,
one
of
the
things
and
the
questions
that
we
asked
them
was
once
they
got
started
30
years
ago.
F
How
do
they
participate
with
the
public
entities
that
they
work
with
being
Detroit
major
city?
They
primarily
worked
with
the
city
of
Detroit
and
they're
right
of
ways,
much
like
we're
talking
about
today
before
you
and
they
work
with
the
school
districts.
So
they've
worked
for.
They
work
with
the
not-for-profits.
They
do
have
a
tree
farm
that
they
developed.
They
acquired
20
acres
they're
using
half
of
it
right
now,
they're
putting
out
a
thousand
trees
a
year,
and
we
also
asked
them.
F
So
when
it
comes
to
your
downtown
Detroit
area,
how
do
you
choose
your
trees?
Where
do
they
go
and
they
said
once
I
got
us
started?
They
worked
with
the
city
of
Detroit
and
they
actually
put
together
an
urban
tree
master
plan.
So
now
they
basically
follow
that
and
I
think
today,
as
much
as
we're
we're
kind
of
brainstorming
and
really
even
you
know,
we're.
F
A
F
Yeah,
like
Miss
Cortez,
said
that
we
had
a
brief
meeting
today
with
with
the
County
Administrator.
He
cannot
commit,
obviously
any
direct
support
other
than
they.
You
know
he
really
liked
hearing
about
the
idea.
There's
opportunities
to
have
that
discussion
and
I
believe
believe.
I
can't
speak
for
risk,
but
I
believe
there
will
be
continuing
that
conversation,
so
there's
a
possibility
of
that,
but
I
don't
think
anybody
can
commit
right
now.
Okay,.
A
C
Yes,
Mr
savarios,
it's
arpa
funds
and
the
county
received
this
chunk
of
funds
and
there's
a
portion
within
a
very
specific
category
and
I'm
blanking
on
the
name
of
that
category
of
arpa
funds
that
he
is
checking
to
see
how
much
of
that
has
not
yet
been
awarded.
That
could
be
available.
Potentially
for
this,
so
he'd
like
to
work
with
the
tours
to
find
out
how
to
partner
with
y'all
on
seeing
because
I
believe
those
funds.
C
We
looked
them
up
that
the
eligibility
of
that
category
of
arpa
funds
and
they
would
be
eligible
for
this
type
of
work.
And
so
he
would
like
to
visit
with
you
all
to
see
and
and
they're
going
to
do
some
homework
too,
but
to
see
potentially
how
how
much
of
those
funds
could
be
applied
toward
the
work,
particularly
especially
the
the
the
the
the
aspirational
blocks.
Okay,.
A
All
right
what
I'm
getting
to
is,
you
know
this
hurts
engaging
the
county
for
purposes
of
I
mean
they've
opened
the
door
right.
So
it's
going
back
to
them
with
this
this
plan
of
building
this
out
and
using
existing
you
know
they
have
existing
Source.
You've
got
to
spend
it
right,
so
this
is
an
opportunity
for
them
to
also
spend
those
funds.
A
I'm
sorry,
no
I'm
asking
all
the
board
is:
is
there
so
is
there?
Is
there
in
what's
in,
yellow,
are
any
of
those
sections,
something
that
the
board
is
interested
in,
covering
with
with
obviously
the
contingency
that
this
grant
be
awarded
to
commit
funds
to
it?
Or
is
this
something
that
you
wish
to
do
later?
A
We,
the
time
frame
really
what
we're
here
to
do
is,
is
either
join,
join
the
grant
or
not
obviously,
I
think
we
want
to
join
the
grant,
which
is
why
we
call
this
special
meeting
hearing
this
information
is:
how
much
do
we
want
to
commit
on
paper
right,
so
we
I
think
we
we
shouldn't
turn
down
the
opportunity
to
use
other
funds
to
to
get
these
trees
on
the
existing.
What's
your
existing,
what
you're
working
on
with
what
we've
been
working
on?
A
A
That's
one
simple!
One
for
me
is
you
know,
taking
taking
those
eight
trees
and
and
adding
them.
That's
extending
those.
Those
are
that's
just
my
question.
Obviously
this
takes
much
more
than
just
a
few
days
to
evaluate
and
commit
to,
but
that's
to
me
that's
kind
of
a
simple
one.
That's
what
I'm
asking
Devore
to
to
kind
of
evaluate.
Is
there
any
other
area
that
you
all
are
thinking?
A
A
L
Yeah
I
think
that's
what
you're
talking
about
with
the
Thousand
Dollar
Trees.
You
know
where
you
already
have
the
existing
infrastructures
or
I
shouldn't
say
a
layup,
but
those
are
easy.
I
mean
that's
a
yeah
for
me
for
me.
Yes,
I,
think
some
of
the
heavier
lift
I
think
we
take
a
little
more
time,
yeah
think
about
before
we
can
commit
okay,
future
phones,
that
we
don't
have.
H
A
A
I'm
trying
to
create
I'm
trying
to
establish
what
we
would
want
to
put
on
us
on
the
commitment
letter.
We
can
keep
the
commit
commitment
letter
generic
like
it
was
presented
to
us,
or
we
confirm
it
up
the
more
it's
the
firmer
it
is
the
better
to
look
to
the
funding
source
right,
which
is
why
this
we
have
this
exercise.
A
I.
Think
we,
if
everybody
agrees
and
we
vote
and
we
agree,
I-
think
we
confirm
up
our
our
base,
one
and
two,
which
is
ongoing
projects
that
can
be
established
because
it
should
be
in
our
budget
already,
and
what
I'm
asking
the
board
is
there
anything
else
that
you
all
want
to
firm
up
in
the
letter
that
that
you
think
are?
We
should
entertain
now.
If
you
decide
that
no
you're
not
ready,
then
you
know
that's
fine
too
I
to
me.
A
The
the
spirit
of
working
with
the
county,
I
think
could
be
helpful
in
the
commitment
letter
it
doesn't
obligate
Us
in
in
any
form
in
terms
of
financial.
It's
just
narrating
that
partnership
agreement
potential
partnership
agreement
with
the
county
is
that
if
they
actually
have
800
000,
that
takes
care
of
all
the
effort
or
all
the
construction
costs
right,
I
don't
know
if
they
have
that
or
not,
but
I'm
just
saying
that
that
would
be
the
other
option
further
further.
Let
I'm
talking
about
the
letter
now.
E
Okay,
with
the
with
all
of
them,
maybe
Bruni
Plaza
is
a
little
bit
out
of
the
zone
if
anything,
just
Bruni
Plaza,
but
everything
else
seems
to
be
in
line
with
with
the
discussion
about
the
heat
factor
and
and
the
walkability
of
the
downtown
area.
So
it
kind
of
meets
what
we
need.
I,
don't
have
a
problem
with
any
of
that
and
if,
if
Miss
Alexander
is
is
worried
about
Bruni
I
mean
we
can
I'm.
H
A
Santa
Rosa
I
want
to
clarify
it's
not
how
we're
asking
to
no
one's
asking
you
to
commit
800
000,
but
if
somebody's
giving
us
trees
and
we
can
come
up
with
a
model
or
a
plan
to
gain
the
funds
to
to
put
them
in
place,
we
should
we
should
entertain
that
what
I
mean
what
I
mean
by
that
is
the.
If
the
county
is
open
or
any
other
funding
source
is
open
to
to
paying
for
that
cost.
We
should.
We
should
take
that
opportunity.
It's
an
opportunity
brought
to
us.
A
A
No
no,
but
to
get
it
in
place
in
Salinas
we're
going
to
put
trees,
we
would
have
to
pay
for
the
tree
and
probably
a
smaller
tree
right.
You
understand
what
we're
doing
the
first.
Our
first
job
is
we're
taking
the
trees
out
of
our
budget,
because
this
Grant's
going
to
pay
for
it.
So
I
think
you
all
want
to
clarify
something,
or
you
want
to
make
a
comment.
Just.
C
On
the
the
maintenance
side
of
things
which
I
know
is
always
like
a
tricky,
so
the
idea
is
the
grant
the
The
Five-Year
life
of
the
grant
will
fund
maintenance
costs,
like
all
maintenance
costs,
so
the
way
that,
in
in
terms
of
conversations
with
the
consultants
and
city
folks,
the
idea
is,
and
P
and
the
board
members
of
the
business
improvement
district,
the
bid.
The
idea
was
for
the
the
first
five
years,
which
would
be
the
life
of
the
grant.
C
C
C
So
you'd
have
Bethany
house
Cruz
during
the
five
years.
You'd
have
the
bid
working
on
that
five
years
and
then
the
bid
we're
gonna
meet
with
them
this
evening.
But
all
the
initial
conversations
they're
willing
they've
expressed
to
us
they're
willing
to
work
out
a
plan
where
they
figure
out
an
assessment
in
within
this
five
years.
So
then
the
handoff
happens
at
year,
five
and
beyond
for
their
Geographic
boundaries,
which
overlap.
A
A
A
A
A
C
We
have
and
I
think
what
what
they
really
like
to
see
with
the
grants
is
leveraging.
So
if
they
know
we're
we're
pigging
backing
off
of
a
grant,
I
mean
a
project
you're
already
doing,
and
you
already
have
funding
commitments
for
they
really
like
to
see
leveraging.
Maybe
that
can
be
more
explicit
we
can.
We
can
make
some
edits
there
to
leveraging
well.
C
A
D
A
G
H
G
A
Okay,
I
would
like
to
make
a
motion
that
we
that
we
support
and
we
become
if
we
join
collab
collaborative
partnership
with
risk
in
in
leveraging
our
own
existing
resources
that
are
already
in
our
current
budget
to
allow
this
program
to
supply
us
trees.
And
we
built
the
improvements
that
we
would
on
any
any
already
currently
being
designed
project
that
gets
built
and
that
we
also
work
with
the
county
of
web
and
the
business
improvement
district
to
leverage
their
resources
and
commitments
for
the
same
purpose.
A
H
A
A
E
J
So
from
a
savings
perspective,
so
what
you're
talking
about,
if
I'm
understanding
it
right,
is
we
so
phase?
One
and
phase
two
you've
mentioned
this
already
phase
one
and
phase
two
we've
essentially
budgeted
for
trees
and
for
irrigation?
What's
what's
different,
now
is,
if
you
take
the
USDA
Grant.
If
they
get
funded
for
the
grant,
then
you
could
take
the
tree
portion
out
of
our
budget
because
their
budget
would
cover
that.
J
But
you
would
still
have
the
irrigation
on
our
end
and
you
would
still
have
the
removing
sidewalk,
which
you're
already
doing
because
we're
widening
them
out.
So
we're
we're
already
tearing
up
the
sidewalk,
so
that's
kind
of
a
not
you're
not
going
to
get
a
savings
out
of
that
right.
So
really
what
we
kind
of
talked
about
was
somewhere
around
three
thousand
dollars.
I
think
it
was
around
three
thousand
dollars
that
we
had
for
tree.
K
J
Yeah
so
I
think
what
you
would
say
is:
okay,
if
you
had
22
trees
in
Phase
One,
you
would
save,
let's
say,
for
the
sake
minimum
sixty
six
thousand
dollars,
so
that
would
be
sixty
six
thousand
dollars.
That
would
be
saved
in
the
phase
one
work
that
could
be
used
allocated
somewhere
else
that
could
be
allocated
somewhere
else
within
the
same
one.
It's
a
savings
and
then,
for
example,
in
phase
two.
J
I
think
what
we
were
understanding
my
understanding
was,
it
was:
what
would
it
cost
to
put
trees
and
different
options,
putting
a
tree
in
the
road
which
is
the
bump
out
version
putting
a
tree
in
the
existing
sidewalk,
and
what
would
it
cost
to
do
all
that
and
try
to
cover
you
know
as
quickly
as
we
we
were
able
to
do
this?
What
would
be
the
improvements
to
do
all
of
that?
A
H
To
the
letter,
because
I
understand
about
the
better
tree
and
the
bigger
tree
and
the
in
the
project
that
we're
doing
what
I'm,
not
understanding
is
the
commitment
for
another
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
in
the
future.
That's
what
I'm
not
understanding,
what?
What
is
that
for
I
mean?
Yes,
we
love
trees.
Well,.
A
D
A
That
commitment,
I
think
sometimes
my
preference
would
be
that
the
board
all
see
what
we're
going
to
sign
on
to
because,
yes,
some
of
us
may
or
may
not
be
here
in
the
future,
and
it's
always
good
to
have
everybody.
Look
at
the
document.
That's
true!
When
there's
a
future,
you
know
commitment
made
for
future
I.
E
H
No,
my
concern
is
specifically
the
monies
committed
to
trees
and
not
to
walkability
I
understand
that
trees
enhance
the
walkability
of
an
area.
I
understand
that,
but
have
you
seen
the
sidewalks
on
the
south
side
of
Santa
Rosa
Street?
That's
where
we
need
Monies
to
go.
This
church
was
created
to
improve
that
and
I
love
the
trees
idea,
I
love
trees.
But
where
is
the
commitment
from
the
city,
the
county?
Who
else
is
participating
in
this?
Why
is
it
on
the
back
of
the
tourist
taxpayer
to
support
these
trees?
H
I
haven't
heard
the
answer
to
that.
Yet
are
we
committing
to
that
I
understand
about
the
better
trees
and
all
that
and
our
and
that's
what
I
thought
I
was
here
to
vote
for?
Yes,
you
know,
let's
go
and
then
now
I
see
phase
two
phase,
three
for
a
tree
study
that
you
all
did
that
you
know
I
know:
I,
can't
know
everything
right,
but
I
didn't
know.
H
We
were
going
into
the
tree
study,
business
and
and
I'm
concerned
about
monies
being
rerouted
from
improving
the
walkability
between
the
cathedral
and
the
mall
on
the
south
side
of
Santa
Rosa.
And
if
you
walk
out
there
any
time
you'll
see
the
amount
of
pedestrian
traffic.
That's
there,
that's
where
I
think
tours
monies
need
to
go
and
as
much
as
I
adore
the
idea
of
these
trees.
H
J
We
we
understood
that
our
task
was
to
look
at
costs.
Yes,
come
up
with
kind
of
a
metric.
What
would
it
take
to
put
a
tree
in
the
asphalt
and
make
a
bump
up?
There's
a
cost
to
that?
What
would
it
cost
to
put
a
tree
another
option
putting
the
tree
in
the
sidewalk
having
to
cut
out
the
sidewalk
put
irrigation,
there's
a
cost
to
that?
J
What
is
the
cost
to
put
a
tree
in
an
area
where
you
already
have
grass,
you
can
just
literally
just
plant
the
tree
and
and
send
up
the
irrigation
there's
a
cost
to
that
that
was
kind
of
what
we
put
together
there
I
I,
the
phase
three
is
not
set
in
stone
a
phase
three.
It
was
simply
just
something
that
wasn't
in
Phase
One
and
phase
two.
So
looking.
K
K
Phase
three:
as
being
a
there's,
no,
there
hasn't
been
any
discussion
or
further
discussion
on
what
face.
This
is
like
an
example
which
is
like
okay.
If
this
happened
and
the
idea
is
to
just
find
out
okay,
so
if
there's
some
monies
that
are
going
to
be
deferred
or
some
monies
that
were
going
to
be
attached
to
this
grant,
where
would
these
be?
There
was
a
sonagosa
street
I'm,
assuming
you're
talking
about
Saragosa
Street
on
the
south
of
between
Convent.
K
H
A
A
That's
what
I
verbalized
in
the
motion
and
any
other
commitment,
no
I
mean
I,
asked
that
question
on
email
right.
So
the
the
grand
funding
source
said
The
more
commitment,
you
get
the
better
it'll!
Look.
You
know
from
this.
This
question
you
all
can
can
sense
it.
There
needs
to
be
a
little
bit
more
study
and
deliberation
over
where
what
spaces
they
go
in
right.
A
C
D
G
D
Know
execute
those
plans
we're
coming
in
with
we
understand
without
a
you
know,
a
master
plan,
but
regardless
we
don't
have
there's
so
much
to
relax
and
this
grant
can
help
kick-start
all
of
that
work
and,
lastly,
to
provide
further
Clarity,
and
this
is
changing
topics
back
to
the
monitor
support.
The
USDA
also
does
not
require
a
dollar
amount
in
the
in
the
letters
either.
It's
just
a
simple
letter
of
commitment
with
the
most
important
part,
which
is
at
the
bottom,
the
roles
and
responsibilities
defined
to
the
you
know:
clearest
possible
extents.
C
A
C
And
just
that
all
of
the
area
of
downtown
and
and
many
sections
of
Laredo
you
can,
we
will
qualify
to
waive
the
match.
The
typical
dollar
for
dollar
match
to
try
to
access
funds
like
this,
make
it
very
hard
in
our
experience,
trying
to
go
after
grants
like
this,
and
so
we've
got
an
opportunity
where
they're
going
to
waive
the
dollar
for
dollar
match
to
to
to
bring
down
funds
like
that.