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Adopt a Resolution to Accept a Non-Professional Services Agreement with Common Vision for $1,499,400 to Implement the CALFire Funded Street Tree Planting and Outreach from June 2022 to June 2026
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COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Infrastructure
* Sustainability & Resiliency
SUMMARY
Common Vision is the community partner who will be assisting in the implementation of the CALFIRE grant-funded project for tree planting and outreach from June 2022 to June 2026.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council accept the non-professional service agreement of $1,499,400 for Common Vision to implement the CALFire grant work for street tree planting and maintenance, anticipated to take place from June 2022 to June 2026.
BACKGROUND
Expansion of San Leandro's tree canopy was identified as an action item in the City's 2021 Climate Action Plan as an adaption strategy for improving community-wide public health, safety, and wellbeing and increasing resilience of vulnerable populations against the hazards of extreme heat and flooding. In its greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, the CAP also identifies street trees as an important resource for carbon sequestration. The proposed scope of work below under the CALFIRE grant outlines how this project will meet City of San Leandro's goals.
ANALYSIS
The City will be partnering with Common Vision to implement three key components: organizing, planning, planting. The team will work with local community-based organizations such as Sierra Club, San Leandro 2050, Friends of San Leandro Creek, Unity in the Community, and Climate Reality Project to do outreach and volunteer recruitment. The outreach work will particularly focus on getting neighborhood buy-in on trees through 1:1 conversations during community canvassing. Common Vision staff will also work with youth volunteers from the San Leandro High School Interact Club and Key Club, and their adult community counterparts at Rotary and Kiwanis Club for the tree plantings and canvassin...
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