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Consulting Services Agreement between City of San Leandro and Last revised 03/16/2022 PlanIT Geo for Trees Master Plan Exhibit A – Page 6 of 17 1. Consultant will work with City staff to identify up to six environmental, demographic, and socioeconomic criteria and associated data sets to rank potential planting spaces. 2. Consultant will create priority tree planting indices for each criterion at the census block group scale. These indices will describe the best areas to plant for specific community or environmental benefits/outcomes. 3. GIS table fields will be added to the assessment boundary representing priority index values for each area. 4. PlanIT Geo's TreePlotter CANOPY application allows City staff and other stakeholders to visualize existing land cover and create custom weighted priority planting maps incorporating these ranked areas of planting opportunities. 5. NatureQuant data can be added to show a heat map of nature in the City. Data would include: a. NatureScore™ - measures the quality and quantity of beneficial nature for any location. For each location, NatureQuant analyzes and blends various data sets and processed information, including satellite infrared measurements, GIS and land classifications, park data and features, tree canopies, human modifications, air, noise, and light pollutions, and computer vision elements (aerial and street images). The NatureScore™ provides a numerical score between 0-100 where 0 represents a largely built environment and 100 represents a largely natural environment. b. NatureScore Priority Index (NPI) - combines NatureScore with Area Deprivation Index (ADI) data comprised of 17 socioeconomic factors to show areas that are nature deficient and also deprived (low income, low education, low employment, poor housing, etc.). 6. PG will develop maps and supporting spreadsheets of key findings that will be used to prepare education and outreach messaging for the public and to develop the Trees Master Plan and supporting canopy goals (Task 1.4). 7. All data can be delivered in Esri vector-based shapefile and raster-based Geotiffs. The data will also be displayed and interactive within PlanIT Geo's TreePlotter CANOPY decision support software application for one year. The City can receive updated data every two to three years by subscribing. Task 1.4 Goals for Tree Canopy The Consulting Team has extensive experience in utilizing tree canopy data and information gathered from planning sessions to develop realistic large-scale and localized tree canopy goals and planting targets. To establish recommended tree canopy goals for San Leandro, the Consulting Team will gather an understanding of the needs and opportunities for the urban forest, the viewpoints and perceptions of the community, and the capacity of programs that manage public trees. These ambitious goals for a sustainable, equitable, and resilient urban forest will align with other community priorities such as tree equity, climate action, human health, water quality, surface temperature and energy use mitigation, and thriving ecosystems. Ultimately, the strategic Trees Master Plan will integrate these goals and priorities for long-lasting impacts that benefit the community and its natural environment. To achieve these objectives, the Consulting Team proposes the following approach: 1. Concurrent with the urban heat and planting priority analysis, PlanIT Geo's team will conduct the necessary research to gauge the City’s readiness for increased canopy. We’ll examine existing resources, plans, programs, partners, and initiatives relating to or impacting tree planting, maintenance, and protection in San Leandro.