Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Submit a Cal Fire Urban and Community Forestry Management Plan Grant Application for the City of Culver City Urban Forest Management and Tree Succession Plan. City of Culver City California Agenda Item Report Item Number: C 3 Meeting Date: 01/14/2013 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM: Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Submit a Cal Fire Urban and Community Forestry Management Plan Grant Application for the City of Culver City Urban Forest Management and Tree Succession Plan. Contact Person/Dept.: Helen Kerstein/PW Fiscal Impact: Yes X Public Hearing: Action Item: Attachments: X Commission Action Required: Yes No X Public Notification: (E mail) Agenda and Meetings City Council (01/09/13). Phone Number: (310) 253 5618 General Fund: Yes No X Date: ________________ No Department Approval: Charles D. Herbertson (12/31/12) Chief Financial Officer Approval: Jeff Muir (by K. Marsden) (01/09/13) City Attorney Approval: Carol Schwab (by H. Baker) (01/09/13) City Manager Approval: John M. Nachbar (01/09/13) RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the City Council adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit a grant application through the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection s (Cal Fire s) Urban and Community Forestry Management Plan Grant Program for the City of Culver City Urban Forest Management and Tree Succession Plan. BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION: In 2002 the City Council adopted the Culver City Street Tree Master Plan (STMP). The Public Works Department (the Department) identified the need to review and update the decade old STMP in its Work Program for Fiscal Year 2012/2013. Upon reviewing the STMP the Department determined that it could benefit from a major update that would transform the STMP from a document focused narrowly on specifying a tree species for each street into a comprehensive planning document for managing the City s urban forest developed with significant community i...
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