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Victoria Coutaz, vice chair of the Tree Board, and others coordinated volunteer shifts: Victoria and Chair Phillips volunteered for the Picnic in the Park schedule (two volunteers for the afternoon and two for the morning shifts were proposed) and board members agreed to split shifts so the table is staffed. Victoria said she would prepare coloring pages and kid-friendly materials already stored in the outreach materials box and offered to pick up and hold the materials if needed. The group agreed to make tabling materials family-friendly and interactive, suggesting activities such as coloring pages, tree-facts quizzes (two truths and a lie) and a flip chart question to gauge whether visitors think canopy cover in the city is increasing, decreasing or staying the same.

Elizabeth, the assistant planner, said she would circulate the online map links (Planet Geo/TreePlotter examples) and help with logistics; Victoria agreed to fill out the booth application and coordinate the materials box for the event. The board asked members to confirm exact availability at the September meeting (scheduled before Picnic in the Park) so print or new materials can be prepared if needed. No funding commitments were made for new printed materials; members said existing coloring sheets and handouts in the materials box could be used.

Assignments recorded at the meeting included: Victoria to file the booth application and collect outreach materials; two board members to staff the picnic table for morning and two for the afternoon; coordination with the parks board and volunteers for picnic activities; and to confirm October farmers market coverage nearer the date. There were no formal votes on outreach topics; scheduling and materials production are operational tasks for the board and staff to finalize.

Public-facing activities were positioned as a way to publicize the Blue Heron Park volunteer effort and the Tree Board’s longer-term projects, and to invite community members to upcoming work parties and to comment on climate and canopy topics.
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Victoria Coutaz, vice chair of the Tree Board, and Drew (a staff/consultant presenter) described the SFI grant as a program that supports a third-party benchmarking assessment of community forestry across topics such as climate and community engagement and provides optional funds to support follow-up work. “SFI is the sustainable forestry initiative, and they have their own benchmarking standard for sustainable urban forests,” Drew said, describing the assessment and optional implementation funds. Participants recited the approximate grant cap discussed in the meeting at about $68,000–$70,000.

Board members pressed for clarity on timing and approval steps. Elizabeth, assistant planner for the city, said the grant agreement officially could be signed by year-end but that SFI and the U.S. Forest Service are urging quicker progress; SFI staff were described as eager to move earlier than the official deadline. The board agreed the next action is a small working meeting with Mark (Mark Hoffman, city staff, who was not present at this meeting), SFI staff and Tree Board representatives to confirm scope and cost items before presenting recommended scope to the City Council for acceptance.

Separately, the board reviewed canopy-analysis options offered through Planet Geo/TreePlotter and discussed which map filters they want included if KCD funds a canopy assessment: individual parcel boundaries, city-owned property filter, riparian/critical-area overlays, zoning/land-use subareas and a change-over-time layer using 2017 as the baseline and 2022/23 image data for comparison. The board generally prioritized parcel-level data and a city-owned filter as top priorities and asked staff to confirm whether the city can provide the requisite maps for those filters. The KCD-funded work would use KCD-held funds already allocated; the KCD board must approve a contract (KCD’s next meeting was identified as August 12) before funds can be released.

Drew and other members demonstrated sample TreePlotter/Planet Geo interfaces and noted available features: color-coded current canopy cover; plantable-area calculations that exclude hard surfaces to show planting opportunities; scenario modeling to estimate canopy change from hypothetical planting programs; and a change layer showing canopy loss or gain between baseline and recent imagery. Board members asked for the data export option so the city would retain mapping data after any contractor-hosted portal contract ends.

No formal acceptance of the SFI grant or canopy contract occurred at the meeting. Planned next steps were: schedule a working meeting among city staff, SFI representatives and Tree Board members to refine scope and costs; confirm what city parcel and city-owned-property maps are available to include as filters; ask KCD to finalize its contract language for its board review on Aug. 12; and seek a City Council date to present the recommended scope and acceptance of the SFI grant. Board members discussed internal staff capacity at the city to accept grant reporting and whether that capacity might delay acceptance.

The meeting record did not show final decisions or votes; the board will follow up with targeted staff meetings and then seek council and KCD approvals as appropriate.","Tree Board reviewed options for an SFI Sustainable Forestry Initiative grant assessment and a canopy analysis funded by KCD, discussed timelines and data filters (parcel, city-owned, riparian), and agreed to coordinate with city staff to finalize requests before council or KCD approvals.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6141185,"Lake Forest Park volunteers plan phased cleanup, native-planting at Blue Heron Park",829,486000,1315000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5576101-7460c7940016ab3615fa93dd1874ad6b&start=486&end=1315","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5576101-7460c7940016ab3615fa93dd1874ad6b/thumbnail_486000.jpg","/articles/6141185/Lake-Forest-Park/King-County/Washington/Lake-Forest-Park-volunteers-plan-phased-cleanup-native-planting-at-Blue-Heron-Park","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6141185-202c8c9875fc8995dd7de5a92396e808/orig.mp4?Expires=1771068524&Signature=VS3c0W6kthCJIZaxUs7EJ9C6ls3yQa0aboNuzDLQYO-ozTsTylYfrxFMLtESbl0iC2wsr~kYd8GYADTJbbNABaUHjDg9dUBiwDYLABWumkI-Sb5TlAh2jreSWCAdL-MidTqq6rc4PEnCK28LsE8nOyNJOyhXUZy4FaVxOmvaEesiOEaPxCdEbdHdL2qaOuLG1iONY9IoQd0B5RAU7-4jmIIe0wWhC68HfFmLyXa5icDbh5sAYhIJWaOwrw~Ni8uju~DVagw7WjLBePXO87e~NR4uHvI1dtRdNlgxTZy17WOOhTA2jN2zWykGJW3gPKOHulGfGF3MGl-otZxaOEp6-w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Linda Holman, chair of the Lake Forest Park Park Board, told the Tree Board that she and community partners plan a phased cleanup and native-planting program for Blue Heron Park and asked the Tree Board to assist with a site walk and tree recommendations. The project will begin with volunteer cleanups and small work parties in September, then move to planting and longer-term stewardship.

Holman said the park’s plantings from prior efforts are overgrown, that invasive blackberry and dense volunteer stems now block sight lines and pathways, and that police have expressed concern about visibility in parts of the park. “This is primarily has turned into nothing but sword first,” she said, describing dense undergrowth, and later said, “we did find out that there actually is water there,” noting a watering hookup that could support planting efforts.

The Tree Board and city staff discussed limits and sequencing. Elizabeth (assistant planner for the city) and other board members said the board can contribute outreach, education, tours and planting events. Board members emphasized a cautious approach around the creek to avoid disturbing the riparian ecosystem and asked for participation from members with tree expertise to identify which small trees should be removed and which larger trees to keep. Holman requested at least one Tree Board member to do an on-site walk-through with park volunteers and city staff; board members said they would coordinate that walk.

The plan described by Holman includes: starting with cleanups on the upland planting beds to open inviting, visible areas; retaining larger evergreen trees while removing small, crowded volunteer stems (Holman identified many small stems she was told were quaking aspen); working with master gardeners and stewardship partners to improve irrigation and native-plantings; engaging Lake Forest Park School third-graders who already adopted two tiny planting areas near the creek; and recruiting Eagle Scout projects and other volunteers for larger tasks. Holman said the work will be staged so grass areas that currently help hold soil are not removed prematurely.

Board members and staff noted implementation details the group should confirm before removal or planting, including permitting rules and what sizes of trees can be removed without a city permit (the board discussed a 6-inch diameter threshold as the standard referenced in the meeting), and whether work near the creek will require stream/critical-area coordination. Several participants offered to help organize outreach and to include the project at fall tabling events to recruit volunteers.

No formal motions or funding decisions were made at the meeting; members agreed to follow up with a site walk, to coordinate volunteers, and to begin small community work parties in September if logistical details are confirmed.

Linda Holman said she hopes the project will involve a broad partnership: “I’m bringing together people with a wide variety of interest and knowledge base and commitment to do this and make it really a community project.”

Board members closed the discussion by offering to help publicize the work and to schedule the requested walk-through with the member who knows local tree species.

The Tree Board made no formal decision on removals or plantings at this meeting; next steps are an on-site assessment and a volunteer schedule to begin in September if city coordination and permitting allow it.","Volunteers and city staff discussed a multi-phase cleanup and native-planting plan for Blue Heron Park, emphasizing initial clearing, water access, volunteer work parties and a careful approach near the stream.","actionData","errors"]

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