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A
There,
it
is
all
right,
it
is
501,
let's
call
the
february
16th
quality
of
life
committee
meeting
to
order.
If
I
could
please
get
a
roll
call.
Yes,.
B
Ma'am
chair
counselor
cassette
here,
council
virio
president
councillor,
michael
garcia,
president
councillor
lee
garcia.
A
You
have
a
quorum,
madam
chair.
Thank
you
very
much.
Moving
on
to
approval
of
the
agenda
are
there
any
changes
from
staff.
A
B
A
A
Luke
2
proof.
Second,
motion
from
councilwoman
vitorial,
a
second
from
councillor
chavez,
roll
call,
please
cheer
cassette.
Yes,
council.
A
Yes,
motion
passes.
Thank
you
so
much
moving
on
to
approval
of
the
minutes
from
the
january
19th
quality
of
life
committee
meeting.
Are
there
any
changes
from
staff?
A
A
B
C
A
Our
first
presentation
we
have
the
tree:
canopy
inventory,
update
a
project
of
the
city
of
santa
fe,
municipal
tree
board
and
the
new
mexico
cooperative
extension
service.
We
have
melissa
mcdonald,
the
parks
division
director
presenting
as
well
as
athena
basher.
Please
pronounce
correct
me
on
your
last
name
pronunciation
and
I
believe
there
might
be
some
other
individuals
here,
but
I
will
pass
it
over
to
director
mcdonald.
C
Thank
you
very
much
chairwoman
counselors
we're
here
tonight
to
update
you
on
our
tree
inventory.
I
know
that
there
are
some
new
counselors
here,
so
this
is
a
great
opportunity
for
us
to
kind
of
share
some
great
news
that
the
missile
tree
board
has
been
working
on
for
several
years.
As
I,
as
the
chairwoman
has
mentioned,
we
have
athena
bashore,
who
is
been
on
the
tree
board
and
also
a
representative
of
the
cooperative
extension
service,
as
well
as
ryan
brenson,
which
is
a
representative
of
the
municipal
tree
board.
C
So
I'd
like
to
turn
this
over
to
ryan
so
that
he
can
update
you
on
on
the
project
and
then
athena
will
give
a
quick
presentation.
Thank
you.
So
much.
G
We
started
the
inventory
in
2016
and
so
far
we
have
just
over
2600
trees
in
the
database.
We
primarily
collaborate
with
the
santa
fe
master
gardeners,
public
citizen
scientists
and
local
arborists.
We
also
work
with
clubs
such
as
the
rotary
club.
It's
volunteer
ran
and
we
meet
twice
a
month
through
the
spring
and
fall.
G
G
H
Well,
thank
you
all
again
for
allowing
me
to
speak
today
about
the
tree
inventory
project
and
the
value
of
trees
in
our
community.
So,
as
you
know,
trees
offer
great
benefits
to
our
community
and
they
cool
the
air.
Their
shade
protects
the
longevity
of
roads
and
buildings
by
reducing
potholes
and
cracked
surfaces
as
green
infrastructure.
They
cool
asphalt,
reducing
the
heat
caused
by
urban
concentrations
of
the
build
environment,
otherwise
known
as
the
urban
heat
island
effect,
trees,
act
as
air
purifiers
and
humidifiers,
and
provide
more
of
these
services
as
they
grow.
H
They
help
control,
storm
water
and
actually
help
regulate
rainfall,
reducing
drought,
the
moisture
released
from
trees
helps
improve
humidity
levels
and
cools
the
air
further
reducing
that
heat
island
effect.
They
provide
immense
values
to
physical
and
mental
health.
They
reduce
cardiovascular
disease
risk
by
reducing
air
pollution.
H
Biometrics
such
as
blood
blood
pressure,
lipid
levels,
obesity,
diabetes,
are
all
improved
when
people
live
around
trees,
clean
air
reduces
complications
associated
with
respiratory
illness,
clean
water
reduces
gastrointestinal
illness,
thyroid
dysfunction
and
certain
cancers
being
around
nature,
reduces
post-traumatic
stress.
Disorder,
improves
immunity
and
essentially
makes
people
happier,
so
they
they
also
reduce
asthma
rates
in
young
children
by
up
to
25
percent
and
in
a
10-year
study
completed
in
2021.
H
Over
5
million
people
were
surveyed
by
the
kaiser
permanente
healthcare
system,
and
there
is
definitely
a
robust
connection
between
trees
and
health
at
the
rate
of
about
four
hundred
dollars
per
person
per
year,
which,
in
for
our
city,
is
equivalent
to
about
28
million
dollars
a
year,
also
better
trees,
more
trees,
create
faster
rates
of
healing,
lower
stress
levels
and
anxiety
levels
and,
in
general,
help
a
lot
to
make
ourselves
a
more
livable
city.
And
it's
for
this
reason
that
the
city
of
santa
fe,
in
conjunction
with
the
parks
division,
has
created
the
tree.
H
Smart
santa
fe
initiative-
and
this
is
a
website
that
provides
a
direct
link
to
the
tree
inventory
project
in
conjunction
with
resources
about
trees
and
their
value,
and
just
as
one
example
of
the
initiative
dying,
cottonwood
was
had
to
be
removed
from
cornell
park
and
25
trees
were
have
been
planted
to
replace
the
removal
of
this
dying
cottonwood
based
on
the
ecosystem
services
that
that
one
large
tree
provided
trees
also
are
place
makers.
They
tighten
community
bonds
and
they
provide
shade,
which
encourages,
gathering
and
relaxing
and
exercising
they're
pillars
in
our
community.
H
Here's
a
just
a
picture
of
the
that
gathering
around
that
cornell
cottonwood
tree,
so
inventory
trees
receive
care,
and
that
is
done
because
they,
the
information
about
what
trees
are
doing,
well,
allows
the
parks
division
to
quickly
make
decisions
about
hazardous
limb,
failures,
remediating
situations
quickly
and
efficiently,
and
sending
the
right
tools
with
the
right
crews
to
perform
a
task
it.
It
also
teaches
community
volunteers
how
to
care
for
trees
by
showing
them
tree
by
tree,
which
ones
are
doing
well
and
in
which
conditions
they
succeed.
H
Overall,
our
trees
are
doing
really
really
well
in
terms
of
the
diversity
that
we
see
in
the
park
system,
and
this
little
pie
chart
just
shows
an
example
of
where
which
trees
are
doing
where
trees
are
and
what
they
which
species
they
are.
So
here's
another
example
from
los
angeles
park
and
it's
a
beautiful
park.
If
you
haven't
been
there,
it's
constantly
in
use
by
its
surrounding
residents,
and
this
shows
the
trees
and
based
on
color
and
also
their
size
distribution
based
on
their
diameter,
which
was
measured.
H
We
use
tree
plotter
software,
which
is
wonderful.
We
originally
started
this
project
in
2016
with
paper
and
pencil,
and
it
was
a
horrible
laborious
way
of
doing
it,
and
thanks
to
the
parks,
division
and
the
municipal
tree
board,
we
now
have
tree
plotter
software,
which
allows
us
to
instantly
be
able
to
provide
that
the
data
to
the
parks,
division
and
through
simple
queries
by
toggling
in
the
legend
crew
supervisors
at
the
parks
division
can
quickly
display
what
needs
to
be
done
at
the
city-wide
level.
H
H
We
also
have
brought
this
information
into
I
tree
echo,
which
is
a
software
that
was
developed
by
the
usda
for
forest
service.
Northern
research
center
and
the
this
allows
us
to
analyze
the
data
and
provide
these
in-depth
assessments.
Here
we
see
condition
classes
based
on
not
only
just
trees,
but
also
the
parks
that
they're
in
so
crews
can
see
where
the
trees
are
doing
fair
or
poor,
and
essentially
this
is
going
to
allow
us
and
allow
the
parks
division
to
be
able
to
see
where
which
parks
need
a
lot
of
care.
H
Because,
essentially,
we
want
these
trees
to
grow
into
these
big
pillars
of
the
community
that
will
help
provide
the
services
over
a
long
period
of
time,
and
that
requires
care
and
knowing
which
ones
need
that
care.
So,
just
by
looking
at
this
one
chart
we
can
see
which
ones
are
in
fair
condition
and
poor
and
critical
and
dying.
H
Essentially,
though,
what
it
comes
down
to
is
not
a
pretty
picture
in
terms
of
the
health
and
based
on
our
current
conditions
of
our
trees.
Unfortunately,
if
we
do
not
improve
the
care
of
our
trees
over
half
the
trees,
we
have
now
that
we've
inventoried
will
have
died
within
30
years,
and
this
graph
just
shows
that
unpleasant
picture
of
with
that.
What
is
forecasted?
H
The
data
also
can
show
us
where
the
size,
distribution
and
that
size
gives
us
some
hints
about
age,
because
it,
you
can't
plan
a
really
large
tree
without
an
incredible
amount
of
expense
and
vulnerability
to
the
root
systems,
and
this
distribution
is.
It
shows
us
here
that
we
have
a
lot
of
younger
trees,
but
that
the
older
trees
tend
to
die
off
in
our
communities.
H
So
what
we
want
to
see
is
that
these
6
to
12-inch
trees
become
the
subsequent
larger
trees
and
heritage
trees
of
our
future,
and
by
supporting
them
we
can
help
them
grow
and
we
can
also
see
from
graphs
what
the
carbon
storage,
the
carbon
accumulation
or
sequestration
and
other
values
as
well
and
such
as
air
pollutants,
carbon
monoxide,
nitrogen
dioxide,
ozone,
sulfur
dioxide
and
particulate
matter.
So
those
are
just
some
of
the
the
variability
of
services
that
we
can
now
quantify.
H
We
can
grow
our
trees,
where
they're
not
in
small
spaces,
but
have
room
for
their
root
systems
to
grow,
and
so
far
we've
done
27
trees
and
this
the
more
we
do,
the
more
the
data
becomes
more
useful
to
you
all
and
to
the
park
system
as
well,
and
this
just
shows
which
parks
we've
done
so
far
and
we're
going
to
be
keeping
on
going,
especially
with
the
rail
yard
park
and
with
districts.
Three
and
four
we'd
like
to
complete
districts.
Three
and
four
this
year.
H
This
this.
This
three
trees
concept
relates
directly
to
the
individual
person
and
the
value
of
urban
nature
having
trees
around
our
home
impacts,
not
only
our
energy
efficiency
of
the
home,
the
cooling
of
the
sidewalks
and
streets,
but
also
our
health
and
our
sense
of
this
well-being
so
seeing
trees
outside
our
window.
Increases
rates
of
healing,
for
example,
after
surgery,
helps
children,
focus
in
schools
and
reduces
cortisol
levels,
so
reducing
anxiety
as
we're
all
some
of
us
is
at
home
or
working
from
our
homes
or
working
in
offices.
H
This
distribution
at
the
individual
level,
the
30
percent
canopy
cover
has
been
linked
to
optimal
health,
and
this
has
been
researched
for
a
while
now
and
some
people
say
20,
but
we
now.
The
conclusion
is
that
really
optimal
benefit
is
at
that
30
level,
and
by
looking
at
the
neighborhood
we
can
begin
to
recognize
where
canopy
reaches
optimal
for
each
neighborhood,
but
it's
quite
a
bit
different
between
neighborhoods
and
that's
just
that's
not
only
because
of
equity,
but
it's
also
because
of
what
how
santa
fe
is.
H
We
here
we
see
a
map
and
looking
at
the
map
here,
the
parks
that
we,
the
park
systems
each
of
these,
as
well
as
the
park
inventories
that
that
we
have
inventory.
So
here
we
see
that
this
this
park
right
here
is
at
17
canopy
cover
and
this
particular
dot
is
for
a
douglas
fir.
H
So
we
can
see
that
and
we,
this
is
the
through
national
land
cover
data,
this
little
green
area,
so
where
the
hub
is
that's
where
we're
going
to
see
over
here
in
the
districts
three
and
four
we're
starting
to
see
a
lot
less
canopy
cover
and
several
of
the
points
from
doing
a
collection
of
20
points
per
district
and
then
averaging
those
I
I
came
up
with
quite
a
despairing
disparaging
look
at
the
equity
of
tree
cover
in
our
each
district,
but
the
reality
is
is
that's
just
based
on
very
random
point,
pointing
and
and
selecting
so-
and
this
is
also
based
on
just
20
points.
H
Another
way
to
assess
canopy
cover
is
looking
at
the
I-tree
canopy
system
and
that's
using
actual
points.
So
in
these,
the
the
the
software
analyze
used
random
sampling
and
I
selected
100
100
definitions
of
what
those
samplings
were,
and
we
came
up
with
a
quite
a
bit
different
as
an
overall
general
overview
for
santa
fe.
H
But
one
thing:
that's
really
significant
about
this-
that
we
can
see
in
this
lower
in
this
graph
right
here
in
land
cover
is
this
34
is
for
grassland
and
herbaceous
coverage
and
that
just
points
to
the
value
of
that
lower
quadrant,
where
we
have
that
major
wildlife
hub
of
grasslands
in
our
southern
region,
and
this
provides
immense
stormwater
benefits
in
our
southern
region,
as
well
as
habitat
for
grassland
birds
and
acts
as
a
stepping
stone
between
the
two
other.
H
H
But
looking
at
the
neighborhood
level,
I
think
that's
really
where
we're
at
in
terms
of
this
30
percent
canopy
cover
at
the
neighborhood
level
is
using
this
tree
equity
score,
which
is
a
web-based
software
program
through
through
american
forest,
and
here
this
highlighted
area
here
we
can
see
that
the
tree
equity
score
is
55
and
it's
utilizing
you
not
only
canopy
cover,
but
also
the
various
priority,
end
indices.
H
That
can
help
us,
and
so
this
can't
be
covers
four
percent
and
with
a
canopy
goal
hoping
to
reach
18,
whereas
the
tree
equity
score
for
this
northeast
region,
which
is
in
within
the
the
nestled
in
the
northeastern
hills,
is
at
23
percent
and
it
has
an
equity
score
of
a
hundred.
So
that
just
starts
to
show
where
the
disparity
exists
in
our
communities
and
being
able
to
analyze
that
at
a
more
neighborhood
level.
H
So
you
can
also
see
these
online
as
you
choose
and
pick
out
whichever
neighborhood
you'd
like
so
the.
Finally,
the
300
rule
rep
relates
to
that
300
yards
from
any
public
space
and
that's
equivalent
to
about
a
10-minute
walk
or
a
0.2
miles,
and
this
is
just
using
a
buffering
tool
using
arcgis
and
we
can
visualize
which
neighborhoods
are
outside
of
that
benchmark
of
300
of
300
yards
from
a
public
space.
H
So
we
can
use
these
tools
to
help
us
reach
these
benchmarks
of
the
three
thirty
three
hundred
rule
and
and
by
keeping
track
of
this
and
figuring
it
out
and
looking
at
all
of
it
in
conjunction
with
one
another.
We
can
start
to
understand
a
little
bit
better
about
why
these
areas
are
influencing
the
hotter
parts
of
town
and
how
the
urban
for
urban
heat
island
effect
can
be
reduced.
H
Hopefully
that
these
these.
This
will
help.
You
all
make
decisions
about
about
where
the
value
of
trees
needs
to
be
higher
and
how
we
can
plan
smart
in
order
to
do
that.
Trees
in
these
zones
like
this
is
swan
park,
of
course,
you're
getting
selected
for
being
in
this
hotter
area
and
and
and
utilizing
storm
water
resources
as
a
way
of
helping
them
grow
by
keeping
track
of
our
trees.
We
can,
of
course,
help
them
grow
and
it's
when
they
get
really
large
and
hold
those
pillars
that
they
can
begin
to
care
for
us.
H
After
all,
these
years
of
us,
caring
for
them
national
arbor
day
is
the
last
friday
in
april,
and
I
want
to
encourage
you
all
to
celebrate
with
the
parks
division
on
april
29th
and
and
here's
just
a
picture
of
last
year's
tree
tree
city,
usa,
arbor
day
celebration
with
the
mayor
and
melissa
as
well.
So
please
join
us
join
the
parks
next
year
this
year
in
a
month
for
the
arbor
day.
Thank
you
so
much.
A
I
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
wanted
to
just
get
in
my
questions
before
I
have
to
excuse
myself
here
in
a
bit,
so
I
just
wanted
to
send
appreciation
to
athena
and
also
ryan
athena.
I
really
appreciate
your
passion
on
the
topic.
I
know
you've
worked
really
hard
on
this
and
with
little
recognition.
So
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you
for
all
that
you've
been
doing,
and
this
presentation
was
extremely
thorough.
So
thank
you.
I
I
think
it's
it's
an
important
topic,
and
also
just
the
tedious
debt
data
gathering
is
very
obvious.
How
you've
taken
the
time
to
to
you
know
make
make
an
effort
to
to
make
that
make
sure
the
tree
inventory
is.
Is
accurate.
Remind
me
if
this
is
the
inventory
is
just
on
city,
property
and
rights
of
way,
or
are
you
all
doing
an
inventory
yeah?
I
guess
I
was
assuming
it
was
just
all
on
city
rights
of
way
in
property.
H
That's
right,
councilwoman,
it's
our
the
official
title
of
the
project
is
the
santa
fe
public
spaces
tree
inventory
project
and
we
began
and
we're
still
continuing
in
the
park
system.
So
hopefully
we
can
wrap
the
park
system
up
in
in
seven
years,
so
in
the
next
few
years
is
what
our
goal
is.
Is
that
every
seven
years
you'd
be
able
to
to
assess
the
trees,
great
and
they'll.
I
I
I
I'm
also
concerned
about
the
tree
health
that
you've
been
talking
about,
particularly
in
district
1
in
downtown
and
in
the
plaza
area,
a
lot
of
those
older
trees.
People
want
to
preserve
them,
yet
many
of
them
are
diseased
and
people
don't
realize
that.
So
I'm
curious,
if
you
all,
had
thought
about
with
this
awareness
to
let
people
know
about
what
disease
has
done
to
older
trees
and
what
we're
gonna
have
to
possibly
do
to
mitigate
that
which
may
end
up
being
taking
down
our
lovely
trees
that
we've
seen
growing
up.
I
I
But
people
don't
recognize
it
because
they
don't
see
it,
they
just
see
the
green
up
and
the
beautiful
canopies,
but
they
have
serious
problems.
So
what
what
are
we
doing
to
to
mitigate
that?
I
know
there's
some
things
that
we
can
do
to
prevent
the
dying
off
of
those
disease
trees,
but
just
curious.
Your
thoughts
on
that.
C
Councilwoman
counselors,
that's
an
excellent
question
and
I
I
really
want
to
recognize
the
athena
bashore
and
the
municipal
tree
board
for
the
recent
educational
experience
we
had
at
cornell
park,
because
that
tree
was
a
beautiful
tree
and
it
was
very
hard
to
take
down
because
people
saw
the
big
green
canopy,
as
you
say,
but
the
tree
was
very
unhealthy
and
athena
did
an
excellent
job
of
really
educating
the
community.
C
We
had
30
people
living
in
the
neighborhood
council,
garcia
was
there
participating,
and
you
know
people
came
very
upset
about
this
tree
coming
down,
but
by
the
time
they
understood
what
was
going
on
and
how
it
was
diseased
and
and
athena,
and
the
other
municipal
tree
board
folks
kind
of
explain
what
was
going
on.
We
got
very
good
response
for
what
we
needed
to
do.
C
So
I
think
that
this
is
a
change
in
how
we're
approaching
this
type
of
thing
in
the
parks
division
we
want
to
educate
people
about
diseases
and
trees,
show
them
ways
that
they
can
maintain
their
own
homes
and
how
we're
doing
it
in
our
parks-
and
this
is
very
important
to
understanding
tree
health,
because
when
you
have
these
types
of
situations,
you
can
prune
things
out,
but
not
always.
C
Sometimes
you
have
to
take
them
out
and
we
of
course,
do
not
use
chemicals
very
much
in
the
city,
so
we're
very
limited
in
what
we
can
do.
So
it's
very
very
important
that
people
understand
what
the
what
how
to
identify
problems
and
how
we
might
have
to
solve
them.
I
I
think
I've
turned
it
quickly
over
to
the
committee
to
see,
if
there's
anything
else,
that
you
want
to
touch
on,
maybe
ryan.
G
Yeah,
I
think
you
covered
that
really.
Well,
basically,
drought
and
compacted
soils
are
probably
our
biggest
issues.
I
know
one
time
I
believe
the
plaza
was
aerated,
but
that's
something
that
probably
could
help
with
all
trees.
G
When
soils
are
compacted,
you
don't
get
air
moisture
or
organic
material,
getting
down
to
the
root
hairs
that
actually
absorb
everything,
and
so
just
bettering
soils-
water,
water,
water,
which
is
hard
to
say
when
we
are
in
a
drought
and
don't
have
lots
of
water,
but
that's
what
our
trees
need
and
when
we
do
water,
it's
going
deeper,
it's
putting
getting
water
18
inches
under
the
soil
drip
and
sprinklers,
don't
really
do
much
for
trees,
and
so
it's
using
the
water
that
we
have
wisely
and
doing
that.
G
C
And
and
counselors
I
want
to
let
you
know
that
the
municipal
tree
board
has
been
instrumental
in
terms
of
letting
us
training
our
crews,
so
they
are
volunteering
to
train
our
crews
and
how
to
do
better
health-
and
this
is
like
just
a
very
important
committee
to
our
to
our
parks
division,
because
you
know
we
have
professionals
on
this
committee.
C
All
this
research
is
being
utilized
in
a
way
so
that
when
they
go
out
and
have
a
tree,
that's
ill,
we
can
actually
have
our
crews
get
around
the
tree
and
really
understand
how
to
improve
it.
So
I
just
really
wanted
to
bring
this
group
to
you.
So
you
could,
you
know,
understand
the
great
work
that
they're
doing
for
us.
I
Yes,
we
appreciate
it
greatly.
I
think
the
knowledge
sharing
is
important,
especially
because
you
know
a
lot
of
us
really
see
the
importance
of
ipm
the
ipm
ordinance,
and
why
that
community
members
value
that
it's
just
that
this
last
resort
possibility
is
something
that
I've
heard
from
tree
experts
that
we
may
need
to
consider
for
downtown
trees.
I
And
so
that's
why
I'm
trying
to
be
ahead
of
the
conversation
so
that
we
can
be
proactive
and
communicate
it
ahead
of
time
so
that
it
doesn't
explode
into
some
kind
of
miss
communicated
effort
that
the
city
is
wanting
to
spray
pesticides
all
over
all
over
town.
So
I
just
want
to
like
nip
that
in
the
bud
before
that
actually
happens,
and
that
we
can
work
on
something
in
a
communication
plan
about
how
we're
going
to
move
forward
and
prioritize
too.
I
So
I
don't
know
if
you
all
have
a
plan
for
prioritizing
some
of
those
sick
and
diseased
trees
on
city
property
if,
if
there's
a
plan
to
start
moving
forward,
if
maybe
you
could
share
that
a
little
bit
melissa
about
like
what
what
staff
is
planning
on
doing
given
this
information
that
you've
that
the
volunteer
board
has
provided.
C
Yes
councilwoman,
so
at
this
point
we
have
not
necessarily
moved
toward
the
absolute
application
of
pesticides
or
herbicides
right
now,
we're
really
focusing
on
identifying
the
trees
that
need
help
doing
particular
type
of
pruning,
removing
situations
that
would
make
the
situation
worse.
But,
yes,
that
is
a
very
much
of
a
foresight
when
it
really
explodes.
We
may
have
to
resort
to
that.
So
we
are
working
toward
education
just
as
much
as
as
we
have
these
events,
and
we
explain
why
things
are
going
on.
C
It
is
absolutely
the
last
resort
and
victor
lucero,
who
is
our
ipm
person
at
the
city,
is
really
I'm
an
excellent
person
to
like
educate
our
community
on
this.
So
as
we
move
forward
we'll
we'll
keep
doing
that.
I
C
And
and
counselors
I
do
want
to
let
you
know
we
will
be
having
a
event
on
arbor
day,
which
is
going
to
be
friday
april.
29Th
and
you'll
be
hearing
all
about
it,
but
we
do
hope.
You'll
come
and
join
us.
A
Wonderful,
thank
you
and
thank
you,
councilwoman.
Any
other
questions
from
other
members
of
the
committee.
A
If
not,
I
just
had,
I
believe,
only
a
couple
questions.
I
think
you
mentioned
that
all
those
gis
maps
are
on
the
website
so
that
we
can
go
in
and
dig
in
a
little
deeper.
Is
that
correct.
H
So
the
the
website
has
the
tree
platter,
information
and
then
the
this
is
through
the
city
of
santa
fe's
gis
hub.
So
if
you
have
a
permissions,
then
then,
if
you
log
into
your
arcgis
system,
I
there
are
a
few
layers
on
on
these
maps
that
are
require
a
subscription.
So
if
you
don't
have
an
arcgis
subscription
with
the
city
then
or
on
your
own,
then
they
may
not
be
available,
especially
that
national
land
cover
data
set.
H
A
Makes
sense,
yes,
it
does
yeah.
I
I
believe
that
as
counselors
we
do
have
ability
to
access
that,
but
I
understand
for
the
public.
It
would
be
nice
to
see
what
they
can
also
be
seeing
just
on
on
their
own
and
be
digging
into
that
data
a
bit.
A
C
Thank
you,
chairwoman.
Yes,
we
are
beginning
to
plant
trees,
so
we're
not
waiting
to
get
all
the
data.
Eventually,
we
do
want
all
the
data,
but
we
are
proceeding
with
planting
trees
where
appropriate
and
that's
going
to
continue
so
in
our
budget.
You'll
start
to
see
more
requests
for
that
type
of
thing.
But
yes,
and-
and
I
really
like
the
the
the
fact
that
we
have
the
ability
to
see
these
three
things.
So
I
know
that
athena
says
that
you
need
subscriptions
for
certain
things.
C
But
if
you
go
to
that
tree,
smart,
santa
fe,
you
can
pull
it
up
and
see
quite
a
bit
of
information.
So
I
just
want
to
encourage
the
public
to
look
at
that
tree.
Smart,
santa
fe
and
click
on
that
link.
The
other
thing
I
wanted
to
mention
was
that
we
are
participating
in
a
google
on
a
tree
inventory,
canopy
cover
which
will
be
coming
forward
through
our
sustainability
task
force,
and
that's
gonna.
C
Take
all
this
data
that
we're
collecting
we're,
giving
it
to
google
and
they're
going
to
be
coming
up
with
a
canopy
look
at
our
city,
which
will
start
to
show
that
city-wide
canopy
cover,
and
I
think
we'll
start
seeing
some
of
those
inequities
there.
So
there's
a
whole
bunch
of
really
exciting
things.
Moving
forward
around
this
issue.
A
Wonderful,
thank
you,
and
I
really,
I
really
love
the
utilization
of
data
and
mapping
for
this.
I
think
it's
not
something
that
somebody
would
initially
think
of
as
a
natural
use
of
data,
but
it
really
does
work
so
incredibly
well
and
really
gives
us
that
that
very
important
picture
of
how
this
looks
throughout
the
city
and
helps
us
address
it
because,
as
athena
mentioned
at
the
beginning,
all
those
really
important
aspects
of
trees
and
what
they
do
for
the
climate
for
our
health.
A
And
so
I'm
really
grateful
for
this
project
and
thank
you
all
so
much
for
this
work.
It's
really
really
thorough,
really
impressive
and
really
quite
important.
So
thank
you
all
if
there
weren't
any
other
questions
from
the
committee,
then
thank
you
all
so
much
and
we
will
move
on
to
our
next
presentation.
A
Thank
you
getting
my
agenda
up.
Okay,
so
we
do
have
a
early
child
care.
Update.
Rachel,
kutcher
and
julie
sanchez
are
here
to
present.
E
Hi
good
evening,
chairwoman,
casa
and
members
of
the
quality
of
life
committee,
I'm
julie
sanchez
with
the
youth
and
family
services
division
and
I'm
really
excited
to
rachel.
Kutcher
who's
been
doing
a
lot
of
work
around
the
early
child
care
arena
for
the
city
of
santa
fe,
and
so
she's
got
some
great
updates
to
share
tonight
with
you
all
and-
and
I
am
actually
having
some
pretty
severe
internet
stabilization
issues.
So
I'm
gonna
have
my
screen
turned
off,
and
rachel
may
also
have
to
do
that
as
well.
J
Okay,
so
I've
been
working
on
a
landscape
analysis
and
strategy,
research
for
the
city
on
early
childhood,
education
and
care,
and
this
what
I'm
presenting
this
evening
is
really
just
the
first
phase
of
this
work.
I
was
asked
to
look
at
some
of
the
areas
initially
that
may
relate
to
arpa
funding,
but
there'll
be
some
additional
analysis
and
strategy
work
coming
in
the
next
few
months
and
I'll
just
also
note
that
there,
in
addition
to
this,
powerpoint
is
also
a
report.
J
J
So
there
was
a
september
2020
cost
study
that
estimated
increases
in
cost
of
care
due
to
the
state-based
emergency
child
care
regulations.
So
in
a
lot
of
states
at
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic,
they
implemented
these
regulations,
in
addition
to
normal
state
regulations
for
child
care
things
around
additional
sanitation
requirements,
reduced
capacity
below
their
normal
license
capacity,
reduced
classroom
sizes
and
really
trying
to
isolate
classrooms,
to
limit
the
spread
of
covet
19
so
not
being
able
to
share
staffing
or
supplies
or
spaces,
and
so
for
new
mexico.
J
This
was
the
fifth
highest
nationally,
and
that
was
about
a
77
increase
for
infants
and
toddlers
and
103
for
three
and
four-year-olds
infant
and
toddler
care
was
still
more
expensive
than
care
for
three
and
four-year-olds.
But
the
fact
that
three
and
four-year-old
care
increased
so
much
is
also
really
significant
because
normally
without
those
restrictions,
there
are
much
higher
staffing
child
to
staff
ratios
for
three
and
four-year-olds,
and
this
typically
helps
to
sort
of
subsidize
the
much
higher
cost
for
infants
and
toddlers
for
home-based
providers.
J
There
was
also
an
average
cost
increase
of
67
percent
and
these
costs
were
costs
to
the
provider,
so
they,
you
know,
couldn't
double
the
cost
of
tuition
for
families,
child
care,
assistance,
reimbursement
rates
are
set,
and
so
this
is
a
cost
that
providers
were
taking
on.
The
state
did
try
to
help
mitigate
some
of
those
costs.
There
was
a
250
differential
per
child
care
assistance,
contract
for
providers
that
was
paid
for
a
little
over
a
year.
J
More
recently,
there's
been
some
stabilization
grants
for
providers
that
have
hopefully
sort
of
in
retrospect
help
to
stabilize
some
of
those
costs
as
well.
J
There
was
also
a
survey
conducted
june
to
july
of
2021
that
found
that
new
mexico,
centers
and
home-based
providers
are
operating
in
about
27
or
sorry
72
percent
of
pre-pandemic
capacity
on
average
and
you're
going
to
hear
me
say
in
a
couple
of
minutes
that
we
have
an
issue
of
lack
of
supply,
of
early
childhood
education
and
care
in
santa
fe,
and
so
I
know
that
the
fact
that
providers
are
operating
under
capacity
may
seem
contradictory.
J
It
really
isn't
because
the
enrollment
for
centers
and
home-based
providers
has
been
really
volatile
during
the
pandemic
initially
because
there
were
all
of
these
restrictions
to
help
mitigate
the
spread
of
covet
19.
And
then
you
know
there
was
also
family
income
losses
that
caused
families
to
pull
children
out
of
care.
There
have
been
staffing
shortages
which
I'll
talk
more
about,
and
then
the
staffing
shortages
have
also
caused
many
programs
to
have
to
reduce
their
hours,
which
doesn't
always
fit.
J
J
So
there
was
a
huge
impact
on
employment
in
the
sector
as
well.
At
the
beginning
of
pandemic,
there
was
a
33
percent
decline
in
child
care
sector
employment
nationally
a
lot
of
centers
closed
temporarily
some
permanently
regis
capacity
sometimes
meant
having
to
lay
off
some
of
the
workforce,
and
we
haven't
really
recovered
that
well
from
that
so
june
to
july
2021,
61
of
new
mexico,
child
care
centers
were
experiencing
staffing
shortages,
which
caused
them
to
serve
fewer
children.
J
J
there's
a
few
different
ways
to
think
about
the
economic
contribution
of
early
childhood
education
and
care
in
new
mexico.
So,
first
of
all,
there
is
the
direct
economic
contributions
of
the
industry.
It's
about
244
million
in
direct
revenue,
123
million
in
employee
compensation
and
nearly
8
000
jobs,
and
this
is
just
directly
generated
by
the
industry,
not
counting
the
spillover
effects
that
the
industry
has
on
other
industries,
but
because
we
have
shortages
of
care.
J
There's
also
economic
losses
and
so
and
a
2019-2020
survey,
so
partly
before
the
pandemic,
over
10
percent
of
new
mexico
parents
or
their
family
members
with
a
child
age,
zero
to
five
had
to
leave
a
job,
didn't
take
a
job
change
jobs
due
to
child
care
challenges
and
as
of
october
2020,
nationally,
42
percent
of
women
with
children
under
two
had
left
the
workforce
during
the
pandemic.
J
There's
a
great
cost
estimation
model
done
by
the
bipartisan
policy
center
that
looks
at
the
gaps
in
care
and
then
their
economic
losses
that
results
in
them
and
so
santa
fe
county.
They
estimate
has
a
gap
of
about
2080
needed
child
care
slots
just
for
children,
age,
5
and
under
and
based
on
household
income
losses,
business
productivity
losses
and
turnover
and
lost
tax
revenues.
J
J
Families
report
struggling
with
access
to
care
in
july
2021
growing
up
new
mexico
surveyed
families
with
young
children
and
57
percent
said
that
they
need
more
a
lot
more
care
than
what
they're
currently
accessing
35
are
struggling
with.
Affordability,
43
didn't
know
whether
or
not
they
were
eligible
for
child
care
assistance
subsidies,
which
are
the
primary
way
that
the
state
helps
to
low-income
families,
to
to
access
child
care.
Affordably
and
there's
a
real
disparity
by
language
for
this.
J
So
we
really
want
to
look
at
increasing
awareness
and
access
to
that
program
across
the
community,
but
especially
looking
at
supporting
spanish
speakers
and
that
statewide
survey
results
show
very
similar
feedback.
74
of
families
in
a
statewide
survey
said
they
are
someone
they
know
has
struggled
to
find
convenient,
affordable
care
38,
don't
feel
that
early
childhood
programs
are
affordable
and
accessible,
and
in
that
statewide
analysis
there
was
also
a
lot
of
qualitative
data
collection.
J
One
other
thing
I
want
to
mention
here
is
that
I've
heard
quite
a
bit
from
folks
in
the
early
childhood
sector
that
currently
it
seems
that
the
wait
times
for
review
and
approval
of
child
care
assistance
applications
have
gotten
longer,
maybe
due
to
some
of
the
same
staffing
shortages,
we're
seeing
everywhere
else
and
so
for
lower
income
families.
J
What
will
happen
is
that
they'll
get
offered
a
slot.
Their
child
will
get
offered
a
seat
in
an
early
childhood
program
and
they'll
apply
for
child
care
assistance,
but
they'll
often
be
nervous
to
go
ahead
and
accept
that
seat
before
they
find
out
whether
or
not
their
child
care
assistance
has
been
approved.
J
Technically,
it
can
be
put
into
effect
retroactively,
but
if
they
don't
know,
if
they're
going
to
get
approved
or
for
how
much
they're,
fearful
of
owing
the
program
money
after
the
fact
that
they
can't
afford
and
so
they're,
sometimes
not
taking
those
seats,
early
childhood
programs
will
often
try
to
work
with
families
to
hold
that
seat
for
a
little
while,
but
they're
losing
revenue
when
they're
holding
open
seats
like
that,
and
so
they
can
only
hold
that
for
so
long,
and
so
it's
disproportionately
impacting
lower
income
families
who
are
less
secure
and
being
able
to
accept
that
seat
and
know
they
have
the
assistance
that
they
need
to
pay
for
it.
J
So
a
few
recommendations
to
support
families.
The
connect
navigation
network
is
a
really
great
broad
network
already,
but
because
it's
so
broad,
not
all
of
the
navigators
working
in
different
organizations
necessarily
have
a
deep
knowledge
of
early
childhood
systems.
So
thinking
about
how
the
city
can
include
in
navigation,
some
more
intensive
and
specific
support,
navigating
early
childhood,
whether
that's
directly
employing
navigators
or
early
childhood
specific
contracts
with
community
partners.
J
Thinking
about
support
for
families,
and
especially
spanish
speakers,
and
learning
about
their
different
options,
applying
for
programs
and
getting
support
applying
to
child
care
assistance,
and
then
flexible
funding
can
also
be
really
helpful
here.
So
direct
cash
assistance
enables
families
to
decide
how
they
want
to
use
that
funding,
including
for
early
childhood
education
and
care.
Flexible
funds
could
also
be
administered
by
navigators
which
can
help
families
fill
in
gaps,
whether
that's
a
family
who's
waiting
for
a
spot
to
open
up
for
them
in
a
registered
or
licensed
program.
J
Whether
that's
somebody
who
needs
care
during
hours
that
licensed
and
registered
programs
are
not
open
or
families
who
would
just
prefer
to
have
family
members
and
friends,
take
care
of
their
children,
and
then
that
could
also
be
connected
to
navigation,
to
help
those
families
learn
about
how
their
family,
members
or
friends
could
become
a
registered
provider
to
care
for
their
children
and
receive
child
care
assistance,
reimbursements
and
then
flexible
funds
administered
by
navigators
or
early
childhood
education
and
care
programs
could
also
enable
a
family
who's
waiting
to
hear
about
their
child
care
assistance.
J
Approval
to
take
an
open
care
seat.
That's
offered
to
them,
knowing
that
if
they
don't
get
full
full
contract
or
there's
issues
with
the
approval
that
they
won't
be
in
debt
to
that
program,
I
just
want
to
touch
briefly
on
early
childhood
workforce
as
well.
J
So
even
pre-pandemic,
nearly
70
percent
of
directors
and
managers
of
early
childhood
programs
said
they
were
having
a
hard
time
hiring
teachers
nearly
half
said
teachers
applying
for
positions
in
their
programs
were
often
not
qualified,
and
some
research
around
certificates
and
degrees
in
new
mexico
institutions
of
higher
education
showed
that
while
there
has
been
an
increase
in
certificates
in
early
childhood
education
granted
in
the
last
few
years
that
the
number
of
associate's
degrees
awarded
between
2014-15
and
the
2017-18
academic
years
has
really
stagnated
around
200
annually
and
that
education
trajectory
is
really
important.
J
Both
for
ensuring
we've
got
qualified
teachers
in
the
classrooms
and
also,
as
we
look
at
low
wage
issues
in
trying
to
build
a
wage
scale.
That's
really
livable
for
the
early
childhood
workforce,
the
really
low
wage
profession,
50
of
early
childhood
professionals,
make
less
than
30
000
a
year
that
includes
81
of
early
childhood
professionals
with
an
associate's
degree.
80
with
a
bachelor's
degree,
are
making
less
than
45
000
a
year
and
the
lowest
paid
in
the
work
first
really
are
licensed
and
registered
home-based
providers.
J
58
of
them
are
making
less
than
15
000
a
year.
So
it's
no
surprise
that
63
of
early
childhood
professionals
are
reporting
having
trouble
paying
their
bills,
and
many
of
them
also
don't
receive
benefits
from
their
employers,
and
so
many
also
are
relying
on
different
public
assistance
programs
to
make
ends
meet
home
base
providers
because
they've
got
those
very
limited.
Revenues
are
sometimes
struggling
to
afford
basic
fees
and
physical
improvements
that
would
enable
unregistered
providers
to
become
registered,
registered,
to
become
licensed
or
licensed
providers
to
expand
their
capacity.
J
So
these
are
simple
things:
fees
for
local
permits,
that
they
need
for
licensing,
background
checks,
home
visit
fees
and
or
I
guess
it's
really-
a
home
inspection
fee
and
the
costs
of
fencing
and
outdoor
play,
spaces
or
outdoor
equipment
for
outdoor
play
spaces
which
are
required
for
licensure,
as
well
as
other
small
upgrades
to
their
indoor
and
outdoor
spaces.
J
J
Plans
for
this
are
still
tentative,
but
they
told
me
that
they're
thinking
that
an
april
2022
launch
may
be
possible
initially
with
six
to
twelve
providers
with
room
for
growth
and
it'll,
build
on
that
statewide
accelerator
curriculum,
but
also
include
additional
longer-term
supports
and
coaching
it'll
also
include
those
provider
stipends
and
that
piece
they
have
partial
funding
for,
but
really
do
need
additional
funding.
J
And
then
the
early
childhood
steering
committee
has
been
discussing
quite
a
bit
that
there
are
a
lot
of
challenges
for
the
workforce
in
going
from
sort
of
the
initial
credentials
to
an
associate's
degree,
they're,
often
working
full-time
while
in
school,
and
often
have
other
family
responsibilities
and
so
degree
completion
has
taken
a
long
time.
So
santa
fe
community
college
is
working
to
develop
a
an
early
childhood
teacher
apprenticeship
program.
J
The
first
cohort
would
launch
in
january
of
2023
with
about
20
apprentices
and
it
would
accelerate
associate's
degree
completion
to
two
to
three
years.
It
would
be
registered
as
a
state
apprenticeship
and
would
also
train
experienced
teachers
who
are
already
in
early
childhood
classrooms
as
mentors.
So
it's
really
helping
to
build
our
leadership
network
in
our
education
network
for
providers
through
a
partnership
with
the
early
childhood
mentor
network.
J
So
just
a
couple
of
recommendations
for
supporting
early
childhood
education
and
care
for
workforce.
First
of
all
is
the
potential
for
wage
supplements.
There's
a
small
wage
supplement
program
that
occurs
through
the
state
on
a
regular
basis.
There's
more
information
on
that.
In
the
report
there
were
just
a
couple
of
pandemic
related
wage
supplements.
There
was
a
three
months
of
payment
between
april
and
june
of
2020
for
professionals
and
centers
that
were
open.
J
During
that
time
there
was
a
fifteen
hundred
dollar
one-time
incentive
payment
in
november
of
2021,
but
what
we're
really
hearing
is
that
wages
are
a
big
issue
in
terms
of
these
workforce
shortages,
and
so,
while
that
needs
a
longer-term
solution,
some
wage
supplements
in
the
shorter
term
could
help
stabilize
the
industry
during
the
pandemic.
J
So
that's
all
for
my
presentation,
a
councilwoman
or
a
chairwoman
and
counselors
I'd
be
happy
to
stand
for
questions
now.
If
you
have
any
for
me.
A
A
If
not,
I
do,
I
do
have
one
that
actually
was
more
mentioned
in
the
report
and
it
had
to
do
with
the
the
new
mexico
pre-k
grants
and
if
I
am
understanding
them
correctly,
my
guess
is
that
these
are
the
grants
that,
for
example,
allow
like
the
connie
school,
the
santa
fe
community
college,
early
learning
center.
A
J
A
And
I
guess
what
I'm
curious
about
is.
There
was
recently
conversation
at
my
son's
school.
Some
of
the
parents
were
asking
about.
Well,
how
do
we
become
one
of
these?
I
think
there's
there's
actually
four
schools,
so
it's
I
think
the
children's
garden
in
el
dorado
is
another
one
in
the
santa
fe
area.
A
That
has
some
of
these
grants
and
they
were
curious
and
you
might
not
have
the
answer
to
this
now,
but
as
we're
doing
further
exploration,
how
the
different
community
provider
schools
would
be
able
to
apply,
and
actually
when
they
spoke
with
the
director
of
our
school,
which
is
a
well-established
preschool
that
has
been
in
operation.
I
mean
like,
since
I
was
three
that
she
was
unaware
of
of
this
program
and
of
this
grant.
A
So
I
was
curious
about
the
awareness
among
the
providers
in
the
community,
as
well
as
what
that
process
looks
like
and
how
we
also
might
be
able
to
help
local
providers
apply
for
those
grants
to
bring
more
of
that
money
into
santa
fe.
If
it's
available
at
the
state
level,
do
you
happen
to
have
any
information
on
what
that
grant
process
is
looking
like
if
we've
tapped.
J
It
out
that's
a
great
question
chairwoman.
I
don't
know
some
of
the
answers
to
that.
I
can
say
that
there
isn't.
There
is
an
annual,
I
believe,
it's
annual,
but
there
is
a
grant
process.
That's
regularly
occurring
through
early
childhood
education
and
care
department,
in
terms
of
you
know,
aware
increasing
awareness
of
that.
J
That's
a
really
interesting
point
that
if
there
are
providers
that
aren't
even
aware
that
that's
available
thinking
about
a
role
for
the
city
and
that-
and
I
don't
know
all
of
the
details
of
that
rfp
and
grant
making
process,
but
that's
certainly
something
that
I
can
research
more
in
the
next
phase
of
this
work.
A
Yeah
that'd
be
wonderful
and
I'd
also
be
really
curious,
with
the
infusion
of
dollars
that
the
state
is
putting
into
early
childhood
education
and
care
if
there
might
be
more
opportunities
for
those
spots-
and
I
know
that
you-
and
I
have
had
this
conversation
of
both-
how
might
the
city
support,
but
also,
how
do
we
really
strategize
to
pull
down
those
state
dollars
at
the
time
we
were
talking
federal
dollars,
we'll
see,
but
at
least
those
state
dollars
and
really
bring
them
into
our
community
and
what
those
mechanisms
might
look
like
and
how
the
city
might
be
a
support
and
in
whether
it's
communications
or
processes
or
partnering,
with
with
community
actors
who
are
already
really
acting
in
this
space
to
maximize
the
finances
that
would
be
available
at
the
state
is
going
to
be
really
crucial.
A
I
don't
believe
I
had
any
other
questions
than
anybody
else
at
this
time.
Nope.
Well,
thank
you
again.
So
much
rachel.
Thank
you
for
the
report.
I
look
forward
to
the
next
iterations
of
it
and
the
next
editions-
and
we
really
appreciate
you
being
here
and
thank
you
julie
with
your
camera
yeah.
A
Okay,
well,
we
are
passed
everything
on
consent.
We
do
not
have
any
discussion
items
no
executive
session
matters
from
steph.
D
Oops,
madam
chair
members
of
the
council,
there's
no
matters
from
the
economic
development
side
of
staff.
I
don't
know
if
director
cho
has
anything.
A
Wonderful,
thank
you
so
much
any
matters
for
members
of
the
committee.