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Repeal of Authorization for Urban Forest Plan Implementation Working Group
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FileID
File ID: 2026-01698
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Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution rescinding Section 4 of Resolution No. 2025-0194 and thereby rescinding authorization for the creation of the Sacramento Urban Forest Plan Implementation Working Group.
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Contact
Contact: Ariana Hernandez, Sustainability Analyst, (916) 808-1419, ahernandez3@cityofsacramento.org; Rachel Patten, Sustainability Program Manager, (916) 808-5016, rpatten@cityofsacramento.org; Jennifer Donlon Wyant, Mobility and Sustainability Division Manager, jdonlonwyant@cityofsacramento.org; Department of Public Works
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Presenter
Presenter: None
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Community Letter requesting working group
3-Resolution 2025-0194
4-Resolution
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: On June 24, 2025, City Council unanimously voted to adopt the Sacramento Urban Forest Plan. The Sacramento Urban Forest Plan (Plan) is the City’s 20-year plan for trees and provides policy and program guidance to support increasing city-wide tree canopy cover to 25% by 2030 and 35% by 2045.
To support plan implementation, City Council directed staff to establish an Urban Forest Plan Implementation Working Group of City staff and key tree care-holders, to review and jointly develop ways to effectively implement the Sacramento Urban Forest Plan strategies, policies, and actions, subject to City approval. This direction to staff was included in the resolution adopting the Plan. The approved motion, combined with the formal adoption of the working group by resolution, unintentionally created a Brown Act body (a Tree Commission).
Staff believe a Brown Act-compliant Tree Commission deviates from the community request for a collective forum for joint City and community implementation. The establishment and management of a Tr...
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