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File Number: 22-473 Interact Club and Key Club, and their adult community counterparts at Rotary and Kiwanis Club for the tree plantings and canvassing. The project will include the planting of 5000 15 -gallon street trees over two years and another 10,000 one-year old saplings will be distributed freely in disadvantaged and low-income communities and schools, as identified by census tracts in CalEnviroScreen. The team will hold Arbor Day and Earth Day tree plantings in 2022 as well as September community organization rally in preparation for winter rainy season plantings in October and November 2022. At each of these community events, there will be a tree distribution plan for 5,000 trees to go to disadvantaged community members in undertreed neighborhoods. The project will also include weekly tree plantings of 55 trees that will include watering, maintenance, community canvassing, and ongoing community stewardship training. The implementation strategy is the best path to meet program objectives of addressing undertreed tree canopy, poor environmental air quality, and public health equity in vulnerable communities. The project meets CALFIRE’s grant guidelines to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, authentically engage the local community, and to provide multiple environmental, social, and economic benefits to the community as identified from extensive community engagement meetings from the 2019-2021 climate action planning (CAP) process and with environmental partners. The CAP identifies the need for greater tree canopy to meet its carbon sequestration goal and to meet public health co-benefits of increased shade, reduced urban temperatures, and better air quality. This project will provide jobs for local residents through a workforce development program that will hire community members and youth primarily from frontline communities. Common Vision staff will work and receive training for jobs in arboriculture, horticulture, hydrology, climate science, permaculture, agronomy, electrical and solar energy industry through on-the-job training and workforce development pathways to careers programs provided by the California Community Colleges Bay Area, pre-apprenticeship training through labor union partners. Common Vision will also hire California CivicCorps conservation workers. Previous Actions The CALFIRE grant was approved by council and grant funds appropriated on May 2, 2022 with Resolution 2022-065. Fiscal Impacts and Budget Authority Sufficient funds are included in the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 General Fund budget for the CALFIRE grant work of tree planting services: ·General Fund-Administration, Account 150-12-35-5120:$1,499,400 ·Total: $1,499,400 This Council action will not impact fund balance because there are funds available in the FY2022-2023 adopted budget. ATTACHMENTS Attachment A: Resolution Attachment B: NPSA between City of San Leandro and Common Vision PREPARED BY: Hoi-Fei Mok, Sustainability Manager Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/13/2022