SR 06-13-2023 16C
City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: June 13, 2023
Agenda Item: 16.C
1 of 1
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Denise Anderson Warren, City Clerk, Records and Election Services
Department
Subject: Councilmembers Brock and de la Torre request that the City Manager
evaluate various commercial development impact fees and best practices in
American cities for tree replacement that can be implemented. In addition, a
timeline for further discussion of the private tree ordinance will be established,
and best efforts will be made to increase the public tree canopy in Santa
Monica.
Prepared By: Denise Anderson Warren, City Clerk
Approved
Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Tree Canopy, Private Tree Ordinance and development impact fees_06132023
16.C
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16 Item - Tree Canopy, Private Tree Ordinance, and Development Impact Fees
Councilmembers Brock & de la Torre request that the City Manager evaluate various
commercial development impact fees and best practices in American cities for tree
replacement that can be implemented. In addition, a timeline for further discussion of
the private tree ordinance will be established, and best efforts will be made to increase
the public tree canopy in Santa Monica.
Background
Maintaining a sustainable community is one of our City Council's top five priorities. It
is widely acknowledged that planting more trees is a perfect active response to that
priority, mandating real action that will benefit the city for decades and decades to
come. Our shrinking tree canopy is an economic and environmental justice issue and a
matter of equity in our city. Santa Monica has accepted climate change and global
warming as facts; our resilience to climate change is crucial. The percentage of tree
canopy in certain areas of Santa Monica may also be a vestige of our community’s
racist past. As a city, Santa Monica must focus on eliminating potential heat islands
and expanding the pollution-shrinking effects of additional forestation.
16.C.a
Packet Pg. 631 Attachment: Tree Canopy, Private Tree Ordinance and development impact fees_06132023 (5816 : Tree Canopy, Private Tree Ordinance, and