Urban Greening Grant Application - Greening the Yellow Brick Road

PROJECT EVALUATION QUESTIONS 1. Explain how project meets criteria of 1) creating green spaces, and 2) mimic natural systems.

Creating Green Spaces: By planting 614 trees and installing 277 stormwater planters/bioswales filled with native plants, our Project will transform the streets along 24 barren and treeless city blocks in one of this State’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods into a lush, green, vibrant, and healthy public space.

Mimic Natural Systems: We will install 277 bioswale stormwater planters filled with amended soil and plant material along the 1.7 mile Project site that will use biofiltration to mimic nature. Like in the natural world, biofiltration uses living materials in stormwater planters to capture, absorb, and filter water from the streets. Biofiltration removes pollutants and slows the flow of water into the storm drain.

2. Describe which project activities are proposed and explain how proposed strategy will result in a net GHG benefit.

To realize the maximum net GHG benefit, our Project employs all three project activities: • Planting trees to sequester carbon: We will plant

614 trees that capture and sequester carbon.

• Planting trees to provide shade and reduce consumption of energy: We will plant 583 trees within 60 feet of air-conditioned buildings to lower the heat index and reduce energy consumption.

• Reducing VMTs to reduce energy use: We will reduce VMTs by transforming 1.7 miles of a barren urban streetscape into a safe and beautiful green street that encourages and enables residents to make a mode shift from automobile travel to walking and bicycling. All three activities will reduce 1,918 tons of CO2 annually and result in a net GHG benefit.

3. How does your project result in a GHG benefit with data contributing to GHG emissions and anticipated outcomes.

Our Project will plant 614 new trees that provide GHG benefits through direct CO2 uptake and storage and indirect reductions in energy consumption for air conditioning of adjacent buildings. Approximately 95% of new trees will provide shade to adjacent buildings and will reduce consumption of energy. The Project will also enhance a 1.7 miles of bike and walking routes through on-street bike lanes and curb bulb-outs. These improvements will provide indirect GHG benefits by contributing to shifts in travel mode and reducing VMTs.

Data for Anticipated Outcomes: • 614 trees planted - reduce CO2 by 1,030 tons/year • 583 trees shading buildings - reduce CO2 by 789

tons/year • Adding green infrastructure to 1.7 mile bike/walk path - reduce GHG 189 tons/year • Anticipated Outcomes - reduce CO2 by 1,918 tons/ year 4. How does the project provide multiple benefits?

Healthy Tree Canopy Will Reduce Air Pollution: This Project will add 614 trees. Healthy trees are proven to absorb and filter odors and pollutant gases such as nitrogen oxides, ammonia, sulfur dioxide and ozone by trapping them on their leaves and bark. A vibrant, healthy tree canopy is critically important to Richmond’s Iron Triangle neighborhood which consistently records some of the worst releases of airborne particulate matter in California.

Non-Motorized Urban Trail Encourages Walking and Biking: Creating a lush, green, multi-modal bike and pedestrian path with bulb-outs that shorten distances between sidewalks improves pedestrian safety options and encourages residents to walk or bike for transport rather than traveling by vehicle. Passenger vehicles are a major pollution contributor, producing significant amounts of nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and other pollution.

Greening of Public Lands Reduces Water Pollution: Installing 277 stormwater planters, bioswales, and bulb-outs filled with native plants creates a biofiltration system to capture and clean 24 acres of stormwater annually.

Urban Heat Island Mitigation Reduces Consumption of Natural Resources: The Project reduces consumption of non-renewable natural resources by: selecting drought tolerant plants and water-efficient irrigation systems that include water-conserving automatic sensors to reduce consumption of water; creating a dedicated bike and walking route to reduce VMTs; reducing consumption of petroleum products through the reduction of trips taken by car; using trees to shade and cool buildings with trees to decrease the need for air conditioning. Reducing consumption of natural resources saves energy and reduces GHG emissions.

5. D. Tree Canopy 1. Are green space or vegetation (tree) assessments available? If yes, please describe.

The City of Richmond compiled a comprehensive inventory of city trees in 2013. The data mapped 22,051 city trees and identified 13,000 potential sites to plant additional trees–especially in the Iron Triangle neighborhood. Additionally, the City completed a tree canopy study as part of the Health & Wellness element of our general plan that showed that the City is in critical need of trees: only 9.14% of Richmond’s urban neighborhoods have a tree canopy.

2. What species of trees and plants will be used? If planting non-native species, explain rationale

from 3 to 14 feet wide – all will be 4 feet deep. Trees will be planted in structural soil to allow the roots to grow down, beneath the pavement, and prevent the sidewalk from heaving. Our overarching goal is to provide every new tree with the maximum possible soil volume to ensure mature canopy spread.

5. What consideration, if any, was given to pollen production in the project plant palette?

The Project’s plant palette includes 22 species of trees and plants that produce flowers that provide pollen for pollinators (birds, bees, moths, beetles and butterflies) to move from flower to flower. Our plant palette includes plants and trees that flower in different seasons, ensuring that the Project site becomes a “pollinator pathway” in different seasons.

Trees: The trees in our planting plan include: Bur Oak, Urban Pinnacle Oak, Exclamation Sycamore, Hungarian Oak, Red Horse-Chestnut, Chinese Pistache, Crape Myrtle, Goldenraintree, Marina Strawberry, Small-Leaf Tristania, and Royal Paulownia. Expert arborists selected non-native trees because these species represent the best possible trees for this project site and offer a predictable performance in this particular urban setting. All of these trees are from the White Oak family meaning that they are not susceptible to sudden oak death (SOD); can thrive in Richmond’s higher water table, and can grow in Richmond’s clay soil. Additionally these non-native trees provide amenities such as fall color, spring bloom, and a deciduous habitat.

6. What are the environmental benefits of the species selected?

Plants: We will plant mostly native shrubs, groundcover, and ornamental grasses in 277 stormwater planters/bioswales along the Yellow Brick Road (YBR) route. We include a few non-native plants because they are ideally suited for use in bioswales and for biofiltration in Richmond’s soil.

7. Are selected trees and plants environmentally tolerant to drought, smog, soil frost, wind?

3. Are there any local tree canopy ordinances at the project site? Will project meet ordinances?

The City’s General Plan identifies green infrastructure as key components of the City’s policy to develop “complete streets.” The Project furthers key greening goals in the City’s Urban Greening Master Plan and Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan.

4. How many trees will be planted in how much space? What is the size of the trees proposed?

We will plant 614, 15-gallon trees spaced 25 feet apart along both sides of the 1.7 mile YBR route. The Project design attempts to transform every possible inch of space into a tree planting area. Tree wells range in size

The Project’s tree palette includes deciduous trees that provide the benefit of being climate adaptive by providing shade in the summer to lessen the need for air-conditioning while providing sunlight in the winter to reduce the need for heat. The selected trees provide an excellent habitat and shelter for local and migrating birds to perch, feed, nest, and sing. The Project’s trees produce nuts and acorns that provide high-energy nutrition for wildlife. The expected longevity of the Project’s trees also increases the probability of natural cavities that numerous wildlife such as squirrels, raccoons or birds can use for shelter.

Arborists specifically selected the trees and plants on the plant palette because they are able to grow, thrive and tolerate Richmond’s unique environmental conditions that include drought, smog, clay soil, high winds and a cool climate.

8. Will initial size selected for planting have the best chance for survival and growth?

The City’s team of arborists recommend providing every 15 gallon tree with maximum soil volume to improve that tree’s chance of survival and growth. We will follow the arborists’ recommendation of creating a planting area that ranges from 3 to 14 wide and 4 feet deep–and planting in structural soil. Adequate soil volume allows tree roots to spread out below ground and enables trees to grow and achieve the maximum tree canopy. In short, root size equals canopy size.

9. Explain how your project activity preserves, promotes species diversity in the urban forest.

We will plant a diverse tree palette that utilizes a variety of species appropriate for the urban landscape in Richmond and that complement the existing species in Richmond’s urban forest.

Arborists recommend a diversity of trees in urban forests, not only to guard against diseases like Sudden Oak Death (SOD), but also to thoughtfully “put the right tree in the right place” as cities like Richmond evolve and create new settings for tree planting.

10. Will the species selected reduce the effects of insects and diseases?

The Project’s planting palette includes broad, diverse trees species that have the best possible chance of survival in Richmond’s unique environmental conditions. An urban forest made up of diverse tree species, planted correctly with maximum soil volume, will ensure that the trees we plant will become healthy trees – and protect against the possibility of largescale devastation from disease, insects, and pests.

11. How will the trees be protected from vandalism?

The Project includes a three step process that has been tested and proven in Richmond to protect trees from vandalism: 1. Frame - Surround each tree with a wooden frame to protect and identify that tree as a special community asset.

2. Informational Signs - Mount a small informational sign on the frame of every tree that includes details about that particular species, when it was planted, and why that tree is special.

3. Community Involvement - Involve local residents to plant and establish the trees over three years to foster community ownership.

12. Has an impermeable surface assessment been conducted? If not, will one be conducted?

As part of the $6.2 million Active Transportation Program grant to reconfigure and rebuild the YBR route, the City will conduct an impermeable surface assessment; the results will be shared between both the ATP and Urban Greening Program projects.

5. J. Economic, Social, and Health Benefits 1. Using examples below, indicate which apply and explain how benefits will be achieved: Improves mental health: Transforming a 1.7 mile network of barren city streets into a cohesive and vibrant green street will create an iconic and real public space for the community to gather, socialize, breathe clean air, walk, bike, and improve overall mental health and well-being.

Increases opportunities for physical activity: Creating a safe, beautiful, and shaded bike and walking route through the heart of this neighborhood links community assets and connects two Statewide Park Program (SPP)-funded parks (Elm Playlot and Unity Park) together.

Reduces skin cancers: Shading the 1.7 mile project site with 614 trees protects people from the harmful effects of sunlight that are proven to increase the risk of skin cancer.

Increases access to locally grown/sustainable food sources: Providing a recognizable safe passage through the Iron Triangle allows local residents to access locally grown food at the weekly farmers’ market and at the community gardens – both located on or adjacent to the Project site.

Increases access to natural environments and parks: Building a tree-lined bike and walking route bordered by 277 lush green stormwater planters that runs through the very heart of the Iron Triangle neighborhood provides people living in a densely populated neighborhood (with virtually no usable green space) access to a natural environment right outside their door. The YBR route will connect two SPP-funded parks (Elm Playlot and Unity Park) together.

Provides co-benefits to public health by reducing urban heat island effect: Planting trees within 60 feet of air conditioned buildings provides shade to cool the entire Project site. Trees also shade the sidewalk (making it more comfortable for pedestrians) and asphalt pavement (keeping temperatures down for cyclists and lengthening the lifespan of roadway surface material).

2. Identify specific efforts to ensure that DAC and/or neighborhoods will realize these benefits.

Our partner Pogo Park (PP) is a local nonprofit working exclusively in the Iron Triangle (IT) neighborhood for the past 11 years. Their efforts to engage local residents to transform once blighted city parks and streets into vibrant, green, and healthy public spaces

has been recognized by the State Parks and Recreation Department as an outstanding model for community engagement. PP approaches the rebuilding of public spaces in a radically new way: instead of hiring professional experts from outside to design and build assets “for” local people, PP hires and trains a core team of IT residents—those who know their neighborhood best—to design and build public spaces themselves. In order to ensure DAC realize these benefits, PP’s team of local residents will reach out to every resident along the YBR to encourage local participation and engagement. The Project benefits will be realized by 13,000 Iron Triangle residents.

maximize efforts to contract with businesses located in DAC to perform the work needed on the Urban Greening Program grant.

3. How will the project maximize access to workforce education, training, and jobs to DAC residents of DAC and those with barriers to employment?

7. If project provides other benefits that contribute to sustainable communities, please describe.

Partner PP has a proven model of providing jobs and job training to local IT residents. PP will provide workforce education, training and jobs to support local residents with high barriers to employment in the local DAC. Their job: to conduct the extensive community outreach planned, plant 614 trees, and work in small teams over three years to establish, grow, and protect the plantings.

4. How will project use youth employment programs and how will element be integrated?

PP has established long-term relationships with virtually every agency in Richmond with a mission to serve young people residing in the DAC through jobs and workforce development training. These agencies include (but are not limited to) RichmondBUILD, YMCA, YES, RYSE Center, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Richmond and Kennedy High Schools and the Contra Costa College Workforce Development Board. The Project will allow Pogo Park to work with its partner agencies to provide local youth with additional opportunities for job training, internships, and jobs.

5. How to maximize contracting with businesses in DAC, minority, or women owned businesses?

The City has a strong track record of contracting with local agencies/businesses/DBEs as a vehicle to catalyze economic development in DAC. For example, the City has contracted Pogo Park for years to design and build city parks in Richmond – using a workforce comprised of local residents with high barriers to employment.

To date, PP directed over $1.5 million in contracts, grants, and donations into the IT to hire local people and contract with local businesses. The Project offers an unparalleled opportunity to expand our efforts to

6. How to ensure supplier diversity and procure goods w/ businesses in DAC, minority, women owned businesses?

To ensure supplier diversity, the City partners with PP whose model and established relationships within the community ensures that all suppliers and goods procured are sourced, wherever possible, from local businesses, or those located within the DAC, including minority or women-owned businesses.

This project goes further than addressing sustainability on an environmental level alone: it addresses sustainability on three levels–ecological, economic and social. For a community to truly become sustainable, all three levels must be addressed.

Ecological sustainability: The Project transforms the YBR into a vibrant green street with hundreds of trees that sequester carbon, stormwater planters that filter water, and a pollinator pathway for birds, bees and insects to travel. The Project connects to the Richmond Greenway, a three-mile bike and walking path that is becoming a major transportation hub in Richmond, connecting to the Richmond BART, San Francisco Bay Trail, and Ohlone Greenway – providing opportunities for walking and biking rather than traveling by car.

Economic sustainability: The Project provides jobs, job training, and hope to this DAC that has a 12.5% unemployment rate; sparks additional investment; and contributes to sustainability.

Social sustainability: The Project builds social capital and cohesion that is proven to be the #1 indicator of community health. A safe, green, and clean YBR provides the perception of safety which is one of the hardest possible barriers to cross.

8. How will project maximize workforce education and training in project planning and implementation?

The City will work with Pogo Park to maximize opportunities to provide jobs and job training to local people during the Project’s planning and construction phases. PP is guided by the operating principle that meaningful change in a DAC only occurs when the community is built from the “inside-out.”

This means that local residents (the experts in their

own neighborhoods) are deeply engaged at every level and every step of the process from design to implementation. In this way, neighborhood transformation is not done “for” the community, but “by” local people for local people.

Reduces Violence: In a neighborhood that was once ranked the 7th most dangerous in the country, the Project will provide a safe public space that brings people out of their homes and fosters social interaction and cohesion–elements that are proven strategies to reduce violent crime.

STATUTORY AND PROGRAM PRIORITIES

Improves Public Health: 51% of children living in the DAC are considered overweight or obese; Richmond was ranked #5 of all CA cities for obesity. The Project will reduce crosswalk distances by 40% to allow children and seniors to feel safe as they cross the street. Car travel lanes will be reduced along Pennsylvania and on 8th St, reducing traffic speed and encouraging the community to become more physically active by walking and biking.

B. Proposed by a Critically Underserved or Disadvantaged Community 1. Identify whether project is proposed by a critically underserved or DAC. Explain your method.

Proposed by DAC: Local youth from the DAC proposed the YBR concept in 2009. Their idea: stencil yellow bricks across roads and sidewalks to designate a safe route through the neighborhood that would connect community assets together. The City and PP have worked together for 8 years to turn these youths’ dream into reality.

Located within DAC: 100% of the Project is in a publicly accessible area within this DAC. Method of determination: We used the CalEnviroScreen 2.0 to confirm that 100% of the Project site is located in a DAC. Additionally, we used the Community Fact Finder to confirm that the neighborhood surrounding the Project site qualifies as a critically underserved community.

2. How will the project benefit said proposed community?

The Project will benefit the DAC by addressing critical needs: Creates Jobs, Training, and Opportunity: In a neighborhood where 29% of residents live below the poverty line and 12.5% of residents are unemployed (nearly three times the national average of 4.5%), the Project will provide well-paying jobs and training to local residents and youth.

Creates Green Space: The Project will create green space in a DAC that suffers from a critical lack of healthy, green, public spaces.

Cleans the Air: Planting 614 trees will help to clean the air in this DAC located adjacent to the Port of Richmond, Chevron Refinery, BNSF railroad, I-580 Freeway and Richmond Parkway and that consistently ranks in the top 20% of state census tracks as unfairly burdened by environmental conditions.

3. Describe the importance of the project to community. Is there any opposition to the project?

The Project is critically important to the community and faces no opposition. The Project is important to the community because: a) the Project belongs to the people (youth from this community originally envisioned the Project as a solution to their community’s problems); and b) it builds directly on 8 years of dedicated effort by community residents to actualize the YBR vision. The hard work, innovation, and diligence of community resident team was one of the deciding factors in the City of Richmond securing the $6.2 million ATP grant. This proposed Urban Greening Program grant can add the necessary and critical component of greening the route–and will become the deciding factor to bring the YBR Project to life.

D. Uses Interagency Cooperation and Integration 1. Partnerships w/ entities, including state, local land use, public health authorities, and corresponding roles.

The City enjoys a strong long-term partnership with Contra Costa Health Services Department (CCHSD).

For the past 10 years, the City worked with CCHSD to: develop its “safe routes to school program” (with a focus on the IT neighborhood); develop a Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan that includes the YBR; and develop and promote a “Health in All” policy that became a landmark policy for the country.

Additionally, the City is strong partners with Contra Costa Transit Authority (CCTA) and West Contra Costa County Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC).

Richmond’s Mayor Tom Butt is chair of CCTA (which manages the county’s transportation planning) and is 1 of only 3 members on the WCCTAC. Mayor Butt

is a strong supporter of the YBR and uses his role in the agencies listed above to ensure that the YBR plan is widely supported by all key local transportation agencies.

2. Describe community partnerships with watershed groups, local businesses, urban forestry orgs, landowners, public, local government, schools, environmental groups, technical experts, neighborhood associations.

Partners include: PP; MIG (urban planning business renowned for their award-winning designs of green streets); Urban Forest Advisory Committee (committee of Richmond residents working with top urban forestry experts to transform treeless streets in Richmond); Kaiser Hospital (supporting our efforts to green the YBR to promote walking/biking on a route that runs in front of Kaiser hospital); IT Neighborhood Council (advising on how Project can become a powerful vehicle to promote the health and economic development of IT); West Contra Costa School District (partnering together and leveraging resources to create safe, green multi-modal safe routes to local schools); Chevron (providing $1 million in support to leverage this potential grant to create jobs and training to local residents).

3. How will the project increase community interaction and cooperation?

This project is a force multiplier that will increase community interaction and cooperation. Today the YBR has become a key organizing project for the City.

Key partners (listed above) have worked cooperatively for the past eight years to take the YBR concept from vision to reality. In doing so, they have built a strong foundation of working together– across silos–to actualize a complex community project. Support for this Project will allow the City to work with every key YBR partner to build on existing partnerships and to take YBR project to a more impactful level.

4. Are there local land use or general plans that have jurisdiction? How is project consistent? Has project been identified as statewide priority in plans, policies, or pronouncements?

Yes. In 2015, the Richmond city council adopted the YBR walkable neighborhood plan as part of its Bicycle and Pedestrian plan which emphasized seven main routes. In 2016, the Council adopted the Climate Action Plan which underscored tree planting and green infrastructure. In 2017, The Urban Greening Master plan was adopted and prioritized planting trees and installing green infrastructure. The City’s General

Plan 2030 also calls for complete streets which includes denser green infrastructure. This Project identifies two of the seven routes identified in the YBR plan and is consistent with the plan. In addition the City’s walkable APT, CAP, UGMP and General Plan (outlined above) all call for green infrastructure in city streets. This plan therefore supports all key policies and strategies of Richmond and the State of California to plant trees as a vehicle to sequester carbon and reduce GHGs.

Disadvantaged Communities 1. How is a disadvantaged community applicable to this project? Describe the applicant’s relationship to the disadvantaged community.

The DAC is applicable because 100% of the Project is located within the boundaries of the DAC and will provide multiple benefits to its residents. The City partners with agencies that serve and improve the DAC, including Pogo Park, who has been the driving force to bring the City and residents of the community together to actualize this Project.

2. Identify where the project will be located in relationship to the DAC census tract.

Location: The Project is a 1.7 mile bike and walking path located in the very heart of Iron Triangle neighborhood, census tracts 3760 & 3770, and identified by CalEnviroScreen 2.0 as a DAC. 3. Does the project address important community need? How was the need determined? What is the link between the needs of the community and the proposed project?

Community Need–Clean Air: The Project addresses an urgent need identified by community residents: to breathe clean air. According to the CalEnviroScreen, because of poor air quality, both census tracts that make up the Iron Triangle receive a 98th percentile rating for asthma. Local residents–especially children– suffer disproportionately from the devastating health effects of asthma.

How Need Determined: The need was determined through the City’s and Pogo Park’s extensive and ongoing outreach with local residents over multiple years who identified asthma as one of the community’s top concerns.

Link: The Project will address the community’s need by planting 614 trees in the heart of the IT neighborhood to filter and clean the air to reduce instances of asthma.

4. Does the project reduce flood risk to the DAC?

Statewide Park Development Act of 2008

Yes, the Project includes multiple stormwater planters to help reduce flooding. The Bioretention facilities will mitigate flooding by reducing the peak flow of water after a storm. By capturing water and treating it onsite, these facilities prevent storm water from running into other low-lying areas of the city to prevent flooding.

1. Was project eligible to receive funding from Statewide Revitalization Act of 2008?

5. Explain how project reduces air pollution in community? Does the project provide greater mobility and increased access to clean transport for community residents?

Reduces air pollution: As outlined on Page 1, the Project reduces air pollution in two ways: Greater mobility: The IT is a community with no green or safe streets to walk or bike. By adding trees and shade, our Project will encourage and enable DAC residents to use alternative modes of travel, leaving their cars at home. Additionally, the YBR route through the center of the neighborhood will connect residents to trails, parks, greenways, and streets that connect to other cities and that provide more regional mobility.

6. Does the project site allow public access? Is the majority of the project accessible?

Yes, the Project site runs through the center of the Iron Triangle neighborhood, allows public access to all 13,000 residents, and is 100% accessible.

7. Will project result in at least 10% of project work hours by residents of a DAC? Yes, the City has established a 10-year partnership with PP who has established a system to hire and train local residents to tranform public spaces in their own community. The main focus is to use the Urban Greening Program grant to create local jobs, training, and opportunities for local residents.

8. Will project result in at least 25% of project work hours performed by DAC? Yes, one of the City’s core values and intentions is to direct public works dollars into Richmond’s DACs to make investments in people at the same time we make investments in the place. Our aim is to dedicate 25% of project hours to residents from DAC in Richmond.

The proposed Project will connect two park projects funded by $6.94 million in Statewide Park Program (SPP) grants: $1.94 Elm Playlot in 2010 and $5 million Unity Park in 2012. Both parks are located in the same DAC as the Project site–and connected by the Project.

2. Did project previously receive funding from Statewide Rev Act of 2008? Was project completed?

The City secured two SPP grants to build two city parks in Richmond’s Iron Triangle neighborhood: Elm Playlot and Unity Park. The City worked in partnership with Pogo Park to rebuild Elm Playlot, a .5 acre park in the heart of the IT neighborhood, that Pogo Park designed and built, by hand, with community residents. The Elm Playlot project is complete and is being heralded as a statewide model for “community residents’ engagement.” Construction of the Unity Park project is underway and will be completed in 2017.

3. If the project received funding, how will funds enhance the Statewide funded project?

Our proposed Urban Greening Program grant will powerfully enhance the two SPP-funded park projects (Elm Playlot and Unity Park). Our Project will create a safe, green, and vibrant bike and pedestrian route that cuts through the heart of the DAC and connects two SPP-funded parks together. If awarded, the Urban Greening Project will become a force multiplier in terms of benefits, impacts, and value – and can catalyze real change in this neighborhood.

Additional Project Characteristics 1. How does project address environmental, social, economic, public health issues or provide other benefits not previously discussed?

City streets are ecosystems; transforming them in positive ways can transform and repair the world around them. Greening the YBR provides a rare opportunity to do just this: it addresses and solves multiple issues together in one project. The biggest issue in this community is lack of hope. Residents of DACs have seen the same failed results of so many urban renewal projects. Now they are actively engaged in the process of bringing two neighborhood parks to life and connecting them via the Yellow Brick Road Project to the wider community. This Project will become one of the most visible and impactful projects in the IT neighborhood – and will provide the

community a reason to believe and hope that change is possible.

2. Describe how project might be used as model or transferred to other communities.

CA Parks and Recreation Dept. named Pogo Park’s Elm Playlot park project in Richmond as a model of community engagement in the State–to be replicated in cities throughout CA for how to design, build and operate parks in inner-city neighborhoods in a way that actually works. Pogo Park’s work is pioneering new thinking for how to reimagine and rebuild urban public spaces in ways that more deeply and authentically engage local residents. Pogo Park is partnering with the State of CA Parks and Recreation Department and researchers from UC Berkeley to collect data to measure the multiple impacts of Elm Playlot on community health and well-being. The results of the “Elm Playlot Research Study” will be disseminated to cities throughout the State.

3. What type irrigation system installed? permanent or temporary/use recycled reclaimed H2O? The Project’s irrigation system will be a modern system with smart controller(s), subsurface drip, and other equipment meeting California water conservation requirements. The system will be permanent, designed to minimize water use and maintenance costs, while also maintaining the function and efficiency of the tree canopy, landscape, and stormwater planters.

4. How will appropriate security and safety be provided?

The City finds that an effective method to ensure the security and safety of the Project is to engage the community so that they take ownership in the Project and protect it. Our partner, Pogo Park, will lead the community engagement efforts, assembling a team of local residents to go door-to-door and engage every house, agency, and business along the YBR. PP will create a communication network to keep all neighbors and stakeholders informed of developments in real time. Additionally, PP will recruit a team of seniors to volunteer to patrol the Project site to check on and report conditions and protect it from harm.

5. Describe how the project uses anti-displacement strategies, as applicable.

Pogo Park partnered with The Conservation Fund (TCF), a national nonprofit dedicated to preserving land for the public good, to acquire land along the Project site specifically to place the land in trust to find

ways to benefit the community and prevent against displacement. To date, TCF has purchased 17,500 square feet of land along the YBR route.

Project Readiness 1. Identify and describe the steps to be taken immediately following the grant award.

The City will: 1) Execute the grant agreement with the grantor; 2) Go through a procurement process to secure contracts with project partners and design professionals, including creating plan, specifications and engineering specs for the actual urban greening; 3) Begin a bidding process and select a contractor to implement the Project; 4) Start construction.

2. Have performance measure standards been established to quantify success? If yes, what measures? If not, what steps are being taken to develop standards prior to the completion?

The City is quantifying success based on the Project’s ability to reduce GHG emissions by 1,918 tons of CO2 annually. Our Project is designed to sequester carbon by planting 614 trees, reduce GHG emissions by shading buildings, clean 24 acres of stormwater, and reduce VMTs by providing a safe, green route for people to bike and walk. The Project will adhere to: water quality performance standards set by Contra Costa County’s Stormwater C3 Guide; accessibility performance standards set by ADA guidelines; PROWAG; and bike facilities performance standards set

by Caltrans, NACTO, FHWA, and MUTCD. 3. Provide the status of the following, as applicable: Preliminary Design plans/plant palettes: The plant palette and preliminary design is included in this Project application.

CEQA compliance: Per Section 15301(c) of the CEQA Guidelines, the Project is exempt from CEQA. Permits: The City received a $6.2 million ATP grant to implement multi-modal improvements along the Project site. The City is in the process of selecting a design firm to produce construction documents. The City completed NEPA clearance and has determined that no additional permits will be required from other regulatory agencies. If it is determined that a permit is required, then the ATP grant awarded for the sidewalk

and traffic calming improvements can transfer and apply for the Urban Greening Program grant Project.

8. Indicate grants where funding is requested, requested amount, and expected notification date.

Commitments from project partners: The proposed Project is located within the City’s right-of way (ROW).

The City and partner Pogo Park will enter into an operation and maintenance agreement to establish the plantings over three years.

Pending: ArtPlace grant to incorporate art and culture into the Yellow Brick Road Project; request: $485,000.

Notification date: December 2017.

4. What other factors may affect timeline and completion? How will factors be addressed?

The key factor that may affect the timeline is how to coordinate the $6.2 ATP project to design and build the grayscape of the YBR along with the potential Urban Greening Program grant to design and build the green infrastructure along the same route. The City understands that both projects must be done together, holistically, to coordinate efforts and reduce costs.

5. Is there toxic contamination resulting from prior mine-related or other industrial activity?

No. The proposed improvements are located within the City’s ROW. There are no known occurrences of toxic releases along the extent of the Project site.

6. Describe due diligence to determine whether there are any abandoned mines?

The project is within the existing City ROW; there are no abandoned mines adjacent to or on the Project site.

7. List other funding and amounts already committed to project and timing. Cite dollar amounts for cash, in-kind services, volunteer effort, GGRF funding, donated labor, materials, technical expertise.

If funding is not received, is the requested grant amount sufficient to complete project?

Yes, the requested amount is sufficient to complete the Project. The requested funding from ArtPlace will enhance the cultural, historic, and artistic aspect of the Project.

9. What options are available to meet the project objectives if grant request is not successful?

If the City’s grant request is not successful, the grayscape of the YBR will be constructed. Because greening is one of the most essential elements that will make the route work, we will continue our efforts to work with our Project partners to secure funding for green infrastructure.

10. What is the contingency plan for implementation if the project exceeds the budget?

We are confident in the cost estimate we prepared for this Project and do not anticipate the Project will exceed the budget. However, if it does, the City will opt to use in-house staff and equipment to perform the work to reduce costs. Depending on the nature of cost overrun, the City may contribute–or work with our partners to secure additional sources of funding–in an effort to complete the Project.

See Funding Source Table below FUNDING SOURCE | TIMING

PROJECT

Active Transportation Program (ATP) - 2015 California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Environmental Justice Planning Grant - 2013 Statewide Park Program (SPP) - 2010 Statewide Park Program (SPP) - 2012 Chevron

Yellow Brick Road - gray infrasturcture

The California Endowment - 2010-2016 MIG - 2017 Fehr & Peers - 2016-17 Local Government Commission - 2016-17 Scientific Art Studio - 2013-17 Consulting Arborists - 2017 TOTAL

Yellow Brick Road Walkable Neighborhoods Project (YBR) - planning Elm Playlot Unity Park To Pogo Park for Workforce Development To Pogo Park for Community Engagement SPP projects and YBR Urban Greening Program Yellow Brick Road - ATP and Urban Greening Yellow Brick Road - ATP and Urban Greening Yellow Brick Road - graphic renderings Yellow Brick Road - Urban Greening Program

$

IN-KIND

TECHNICAL SERVICES

$6,209,000 $267,711 $1,944,700 $5,000,000 $1,000,000 $300,000 $50,000 $30,000 $15,000

$13,721,411

$15,000 $10,000 $25,000

$95,000

GRAND TOTAL $14,841,411

Organization Capacity 1. What is your organization’s experience in completing project? Is the expertise needed for this project readily available within your organization? If not, how do you plan to procure it?

The City of Richmond is currently working on several greening projects and has extensive experience in the planning, design, construction and maintenance of park, pathway, revegetation and hydrology projects.

With urban greening as an important strategy for addressing health and environmental inequities, the City has intentionally built staffing capacity and partnerships with local nonprofits to implement projects. Our partner PP has significant experience and success implementing the Design/Build model and mechanisms through which community residents can benefit directly from City projects.

2. Explain how you plan to keep the community informed and involved in the project.

The City of Richmond views community involvement as essential. The community will be kept informed through community meetings, onsite events, neighborhood design charrettes, email and text message campaigns, and other activites run by PP. 3. Who will perform long-term maintenance?

Describe their experience in maintaining this type of project. How will ongoing maintenance be funded beyond the grant timeline?

Long-term maintenance will be conducted in partnership with City’s Parks and Landscaping Department and PP. Both the City and PP have extensive experience with maintaining landscapes and in organizing volunteer programs to complement the City’s activities.

4. How will proposed project will be sustained. Who or what institutions will take responsibility?

The City of Richmond will be responsible for conducting regular plant maintenance. In addition, under the City’s supervision, PP will plant and maintain many of the Project’s trees and vegetation through their well-established community efforts. PP will work with the City to develop a long-term maintenance plan to ensure the Project’s plantings will grow and thrive.

5. How will the project be protected from vandalism and deterioration?

We find that an effective way to reduce a project’s vandalism and deterioration is to train and employ

community residents who live around the project site to participate in the development and establishment of the project from Day 1. Being involved in the project from start to finish promotes local ownership, a sense of pride, and provides “eyes on the street”that protects valued community assets and discourages vandalism.

6. Explain methods for estimating costs and in what way the project is cost effective.

Costs have been estimated using quantity take-offs from the Project concept plan, and expected construction materials. Unit prices were extracted from similar recently bid local projects, so that they reflect current construction rates and materials pricing. The Project will incorporate local and recycled materials as much as is feasible. We will reduce costs by building on the existing ATP project and look to absorb some of the initial planning and construction costs, such as surveying, gray infrastructure for construction of roads, sidewalks, bulb-outs, stormwater planters and bioswales.

8. Has applicant received prior grant from the CNRA? If so, include project name and year.

Yes, the City’s prior CNRA grants include: The Miraflores Greenbelt (2010); The Richmond-Ohlone Greenway Gap Closure (2011); the Mathieu Alley Greening Project (2011); Miraflores–Baxter Creek (2012); Greening the Last Mile of the Richmond Greenway (2013); and Harbour-8 Park Strategic Growth Council (2016). This Greening the Yellow Brick Road Project holistically ties all the projects listed above together. The result: a Project that meets the ultimate Program goal of reducing GHGs while also providing mulitple benefits and greater impact to one of this State’s most disadvantaged and underserved communities.

EN W AY

PROJECT AREA

RE G

MAIN STREET

GREENWAY

Hwy 580

Hwy 580 Greening the Yellow Brick Road Blocks

Project Area

Highway

Project Area - 1/2 mile radius

Main Street

Project Area - 1/4 mile radius

Water Bodies Parks Greenway

0 Government Service

Places Hospital

Restaurant/Market

Religious/Cultural

School

Transit Station

Park

250

500

1000 feet

N

Lincoln Ave

Raised Intersection with Special Pavement

8th St

8th St

Stormwater Planters

Stormwater Planters

Legend Improvements as per Caltrans Grant Crosswalks Special Paving Bike Lanes Traffic Circles Improvements as per Urban Greening Grant Stormwater Planters Planters with Mulch Median Green Sidewalks Large Trees Entryway Trees Small Trees

Lucas Ave

Crosswalk with Special Paving as per ATP Plan

Level One Child Care

h St

7th Street & 8th Street - Yellow Brick Road - Part 01 of 10

N 0 10 20 30

50 ft

Lucas Ave

Crosswalk with Special Paving as per ATP Plan 8th St

Level One Child Care

Regular Planters with Trees

8th St

Bulbouts with Stormwater Planters

7th St

Raised Intersection with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

Stormwater Planters Legend Improvements as per Caltrans Grant Crosswalks Special Paving Bike Lanes Traffic Circles

Pennsylvania Ave

Improvements as per Urban Greening Grant Stormwater Planters Planters with Mulch Median Green Sidewalks Large Trees Entryway Trees Small Trees

S

Pitre Market

7th Street & 8th Street - Yellow Brick Road - Part 02 of 10

Regular Plan N with Trees

0 10 20 30

50 ft

Stormwater Planters

7th St

Raised Intersection with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

Pennsylvania Ave S

Pitre Market

Regular Plan with Trees

7th St

8th St

Family M Market

Regular Planters with Trees

Greater Faith Church of God BLVDD

Acacia Ave

Acacia Ave

Greater Abundant Life Ministries

8th St

Crosswalks with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

Crosswalks with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan Elm Ave

Bulbouts with Stormwater Planters Legend

Elm Ave

Improvements as per Caltrans Grant Crosswalks Special Paving Bike Lanes Traffic Circles Improvements as per Urban Greening Grant Stormwater Planters Planters with Mulch Median Green Sidewalks Large Trees Entryway Trees Small Trees

7th St

Pogo Park

7th Street & 8th Street - Yellow Brick Road - Part 03 of 10 BLVD

N 0 10 20 30

50 ft

Crosswalks with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

Bulbouts with Stormwater Planters

Elm Ave

Elm Ave

7th St

Pogo Park

BLVD

Crosswalks with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

Ripley Ave

8th St

Ripley Ave

Bulbouts with Stormwater Planters

Regular Planters with Trees

Crosswalks with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

Bulbouts with Stormwater Planters

Maple Ave

Legend

BLVD BLVDD

Improvements as per Caltrans Grant Crosswalks Special Paving Bike Lanes Traffic Circles

Crosswalks with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

Improvements as per Urban Greening Grant Stormwater Planters Planters with Mulch Median Green Sidewalks Large Trees Entryway Trees Small Trees

Hawthorne Ave

7th Street & 8th Street - Yellow Brick Road - Part 04 of 10

N 0 10 20 30

50 ft

Crosswalks with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

8th St

Hawthorne Ave

Regular Planters with Trees

Bulbouts with Stormwater Planters

Raised Crosswalks with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

Barrett Ave

Raised Crosswalks with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

8th St

Stormwater Planters

Kaiser Permanente Richmond Medical Center

YMCA of the East Bay Regular Planters with Trees

Stormwater Planters

Legend Improvements as per Caltrans Grant Crosswalks Special Paving Bike Lanes Traffic Circles

Stormwater Planters

7th Street & 8th Street - Yellow Brick Road - Part 05 of 10

Improvements as per Urban Greening Grant Stormwater Planters Planters with Mulch Median Green Sidewalks Large Trees Entryway Trees Small Trees N

0 10 20 30

50 ft

Bulbouts with Stormwater Planters

Raised Crosswalks with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

Barrett Ave

Raised Crosswalks with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

8th St

Stormwater Planters

Kaiser Permanente Richmond Medical Center

YMCA of the East Bay Regular Planters with Trees

Stormwater Planters

Stormwater Planters

Legend Improvements as per Caltrans Grant Crosswalks Special Paving Bike Lanes Traffic Circles

Nevin Ave

Improvements as per Urban Greening Grant Stormwater Planters Planters with Mulch Median Green Sidewalks Large Trees Entryway Trees Small Trees

Raised Intersection with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

7th Street & 8th Street - Yellow Brick Road - Part 06 of 10

N 0 10 20 30

50 ft

Nevin Ave

Raised Intersection with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

Regular Planters with Trees 8th St

Stormwater Planters

Macdonald Ave S

Smyrna Church of God in Christ

Crosswalk with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

Regular Planters with Trees Legend Improvements as per Caltrans Grant Crosswalks Special Paving Bike Lanes Traffic Circles

8th St

Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal Improvements as per

7th Street & 8th Street - Yellow Brick Road - Part 07 of 10

Stormwater Planters

Urban Greening Grant Stormwater Planters Planters with Mulch Median Green Sidewalks Large Trees Entryway Trees Small Trees N

0 10 20 30

50 ft

Macdonald Ave S

Smyrna Church of God in Christ

Crosswalk with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

Regular Planters with Trees

Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal

8th St

Stormwater Planters

Bissell Ct

Stormwater Planters

Legend Improvements as per Caltrans Grant Crosswalks Special Paving Bike Lanes Traffic Circles

Bissell Ave

Improvements as per Urban Greening Grant Stormwater Planters Planters with Mulch Median Green Sidewalks Large Trees Entryway Trees Small Trees

Raised Intersection with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

7th Street & 8th Street - Yellow Brick Road - Part 08 of 10

N 0 10 20 30

50 ft

Bissell Ave

Raised Intersection with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

Leadership Public Schools

8th St

Regular Planters

Stormwater Planters Legend Improvements as per Caltrans Grant Crosswalks Special Paving Bike Lanes Traffic Circles

Chanslor Ave

Improvements as per Urban Greening Grant Stormwater Planters Planters with Mulch Median Green Sidewalks Large Trees Entryway Trees Small Trees

Raised Intersection with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

7th Street & 8th Street - Yellow Brick Road - Part 09 of 10

N 0 10 20 30

50 ft

Stormwater Planters

Chanslor Ave

8th St

Raised Intersection with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

Richmond Greenway

Stormwater Planters

Richmond Greenway

Raised Crosswalk with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan Pentecostal Faith Assembly Church

Legend Improvements as per Caltrans Grant Crosswalks Special Paving Bike Lanes Traffic Circles

Ohio Ave

Improved Crosswalk as per ATP Plan

Ferrous Studios Inc.

J & S Market

7th Street & 8th Street - Yellow Brick Road - Part 10 of 10

Improvements as per Urban Greening Grant Stormwater Planters Planters with Mulch Median Green Sidewalks Large Trees Entryway Trees Small Trees N

0 10 20 30

50 ft

Peres Elementary School

Stormwater Planters

Intersection with Roundabout as per ATP Plan

5th St

Stormwater Planters

Turpin Ct

Stormwater Planters

4th St

S

Legend Improvements as per Caltrans Grant Crosswalks Special Paving Bike Lanes Traffic Circles Improvements as per Urban Greening Grant Stormwater Planters Planters with Mulch Median Green Sidewalks Large Trees Entryway Trees Small Trees

Pennsylvania Avenue - Yellow Brick Road - Part 01 of 03

N 0 10 20 30

50 ft

8th St

Stormwater Planters

Raised Intersection with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

7th St

6th St

5th St

Raised Intersection with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

Pennsylvania Ave S

S

Pitre Market Legend Improvements as per Caltrans Grant Crosswalks Special Paving Bike Lanes Traffic Circles

7th St

Family M Market

Pennsylvania Avenue - Yellow Brick Road - Part 02 of 03

8th St

Regular Planters with Trees

Improvements as per Urban Greening Grant Stormwater Planters Planters with Mulch Median Green Sidewalks Large Trees Entryway Trees Small Trees N 0 10 20 30

50 ft

BLVDD

8th St

Raised Crosswalk with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

Harbour Way

9th St

Stormwater Planters

Raised Intersection with Special Pavement as per ATP Plan

Lucas Park

Pennsylvania Ave

Regular Planters with Trees

8th St

Family M Market

Stormwater Planters

Legend Improvements as per Caltrans Grant Crosswalks Special Paving Bike Lanes Traffic Circles

Regular Planters with Trees

Improvements as per Urban Greening Grant Stormwater Planters Planters with Mulch Median Green Sidewalks Large Trees Entryway Trees Small Trees

Greater Faith Church of God

N

BLVDD

Pennsylvania Avenue - Yellow Brick Road - Part 03 of 03

0 10 20 30

50 ft

1

Poor sidewalk conditions on 7th Street near Acacia Avenue; this broken, treeless, and barren sidewalk is the main route for hundreds of children who walk each day from Peres Elementary to Elm Playlot (Pogo Park #1), a much-used city park four short blocks away

2  

View looking west down Pennsylvania Avenue with the Chevron Refinery in the distance. Pennsylvania is the widest street in the Iron Triangle neighborhood and serves as the main route for families to walk to Peres Elementary, a public school serving 534 children. Cars and motorcycles frequently use Pennsylvania as a place to race, terrorizing children and families.

3  

A common sight at many intersections along 8th street: skid marks from cars doing doughnuts. The street grading at many intersections like this one of the corner of 8th Street and Lucas Avenue is too high; water flows to the low-lying areas and floods the sidewalks.

4  

Looking south down 7th Street at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue. This intersection is where hundreds of children cross to reach Elm Playlot, city park that was completely rebuilt with funding from a $1.94 million Statewide Park Program grant – and a key destination for children to go after school. The sidewalk on the west side of the street is either too narrow, broken, or non-existence; lack of trees or green space make 7th Street one of the most barren and uninspired streets in all of Richmond.

5

Looking north to the intersection of 8th Street and Ohio Avenue, the entryway to the Yellow Brick Road. The $6.2 million ATP grant will support the cost of extending the sidewalk on the eastern side of the street significantly to narrow the street and slow traffic speeds; planting trees, plants, shrubs, and grasses will transform this intersection into a lush, green gateway entrance to the YBR – and encourage and enable residents of this community to walk and bike through the neighborhood rather than driving by car.

GREENING THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Plant Palette Scientific Name

Common Name

Stock Size

LARGE TREES Aesculus x carnea 'Briotii'

Red Horse-Chestnut Oak

15 gallon

Platanus x acerifolia 'Exclamation'

Exclamation London Plane

15 gallon

Quercus fraineto 'Schmidt'

Hungarian Oak

15 gallon

Quercus macrocarpa

Burr Oak

15 gallon

Quercus macrocarpa 'Urban Pinnacle'

Urban Pinnacle Oak

15 gallon

Arbutus 'Marina'

Marina Strawberry Tree

15 gallon

Koelreuteria paniculata

Golden Raintree

15 gallon

Lagerstroemia indica

Crape Myrtle

15 gallon

Pistacia chinensis

Chinese Pistache

15 gallon

Prunus cerasifera

Purpleleaf Plum

15 gallon

Tristaniopsis laurina

Small-leaf Tristania

15 gallon

Royal Paulownia

15 gallon

Arctostaphylos 'Pacific Mist'

Pacific Mist Manzanita

1 gallon

Baccharis pillularis 'Pigeon Point'

Pigeon Point Coyote Bush

1 gallon

Ceanothus gloriosus 'Heart's Desire'

Heart's Desire Wild Lilac

1 gallon

Eriogonum fasciculatum

California Buckwheat

1 gallon

Eriogonum giganteum

St. Catherine's Lace

1 gallon

Eriogonum grande rubescens

Red Buckwheat

1 gallon

Eriogonum latifolium

Coast Buckwheat

1 gallon

Myoporum parvifolium

Myoporum

1 gallon

Punica granatum 'nana'

Dwarf Pomegranite

1 gallon

Rosa californica

California Wild Rose

1 gallon

Westringia fruticosa 'Mundi'

Mundi Coast Rosemary

1 gallon

SMALL TREES

ENTRYWAY TREE Paulownia tomentosa SHRUBS & GROUNDCOVER

GREENING THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Plant Palette Common Name

Stock Size

Achillea millefolium

Common Yarrow

1 gallon

Asclepias speciosa

California Showy Milkweed

1 gallon

Asclepias fascicularis

California Narrow-leaf Milkweed

1 gallon

Carex divulsa

Berkeley Sedge

1 gallon

Carex flacca

Blue Sedge

1 gallon

Carex pansa

Dune Sedge

1 gallon

Carex praegracilis

California Field Sedge

1 gallon

Carex testacea

Orange Sedge

1 gallon

Chondropetalum tectorum 'El Campo'

El Campo Rush

1 gallon

Deschampsia cespitosa

Tufted Hair Grass

1 gallon

Epilobium canum

California Fuschia

1 gallon

Eschscholzia californica

California Poppy

1 gallon

Festuca Idahoensis 'Siskiyou Blue'

Siskiyou Blue' Blue Grass

1 gallon

Helictotrichon sempervirens

Blue Oat Grass

1 gallon

Iris douglasiana

Douglas Iris

1 gallon

Juncus effusus

Soft Rush

1 gallon

Juncus patens

California Gray Rush

1 gallon

Lantana camara 'Citrus Blend'

Citrus Blend Lantana

1 gallon

Mimulus aurantiacus

Monkey Flower

1 gallon

Nasella pulchra

Purple Needlegrass

1 gallon

Penstemon 'Margarita BOP'

Margarita BOP Sage

1 gallon

Salvia gregii

Evergreen Sage

1 gallon

Salvia spathacea

Hummingbird Sage

1 gallon

Sisyrinchium bellum

Western Blue-eyed Grass

1 gallon

Stipa arundinacea

New Zealand Wind Grass

1 gallon

Symphyotrichum chilense

California Aster

1 gallon

Scientific Name PERENNIALS & ORNAMENTAL GRASSES

April 25, 2017

Urban Greening Program California Natural Resources Agency 1416 Ninth St. Suite # 311 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: LETTER FROM LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FOR URBAN GREENING GRANT To Whom It May Concern: I am a licensed landscape architect–California State License #5852 This letter verifies that the plant and tree selection contained in the City of Richmond’s Urban Greening Program Application, “Greening the Yellow Brick Road” is appropriate for the site conditions and local climate.

The plant palette selection includes both native and non–native species. Our team of landscape architects and certified arborists worked closely together to select trees and plants that provided the best possible chance to grow, thrive, and survive in Richmond’s unique environmental conditions that include: a high water table, clay soil, winds, smog, and cool climate.

The Project complies with MWELO; the selected plantings are drought tolerant.

Sincerely,

Amelia Mitchell, Landscape Architect, CA5852

URBAN GREENING GRANT, YELLOW BRICK ROAD Richmond, California

Timeline and Work Plan April 28, 2017

Alternate Dates

Weeks Project Phase

Oct‐2017

2

Project Kick-off

Nov‐2017 to Dec‐2018

60

Community Engagement (continues through Bid Award)

Dec‐2017 to Jan‐2018

6

Schematic Design*

Feb‐2018 to Mar‐2018

7

35% Construction Documents*

Mar‐2018 to May‐2018

7

65% Construction Documents*

May‐2018 to July‐2018

8

95% Construction Documents*

Aug‐2018 to Sept‐2018

5

100% Construction Documents/Final Design Certification*

Nov‐2018 Dec‐2018 Jan‐2019 to Oct‐2019 Nov‐2019 Dec‐2019 Dec. 31, 2019 Jan‐2020

4 4 40 3 2

Bidding Bid Award & Council Approval Construction Final Inspection and Punch List Warranty Walk-through Substantial Completion Project Close-out and Record Drawings TOTAL

3 96

*Client/City's expected review time for Schematic & CD phases is 2 weeks

GREENING THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD IN RICHMOND'S IRON TRIANGLE Cost Estimate `

DESCRIPTION

1. PROJECT MANAGEMENT Design and Construction Documentation Community Engagement Direct Project Administration Permits/CEQA Subtotal Task 1 2. CONSTRUCTION CONTROLS, DEMOLITION & TREE PROTECTION Traffic Control During Construction Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program Sawcut Existing Sidewalk for Planters Asphalt & Concrete Removal (incl. excavation for planting & offhaul) Curb & Gutter Removal Tree Protection Fencing Assessment & removal of existing hazardous/failing trees Subtotal Task 2 3. UTILITIES Storm Drain Connections Underdrain system for stormwater planters (trenching, pipe, area drains and cleanouts) Subtotal Task 3 4. CURBS & WALKS Concrete sidewalk improvements at bulbouts & walks Concrete curb & gutter Subtotal Task 4

QUANTITY

UNIT

UNIT COST

1 1 2 1

allow allow allow allow

$618,632 $160,000 $33,750 $5,000

TOTAL

$618,632 $160,000 $67,500 $5,000 $851,132

CITY ATP POGO PARK CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION

$25,000 33,750 5,000 $38,750

$0

$25,000

$618,632 $135,000 $33,750 $0 $787,382

1 1 11,352

ls allow lf

$50,000 $150,000 $10

$50,000 $150,000 $113,520

51,062

sf

$4

$204,248

$204,248

19,856 800

lf lf

$6 $10

$119,136 $8,000

$119,136 $8,000

20

ea

$900

$18,000

$18,000

$662,904

$50,000

TOTAL PROJECT COST AFTER CONTRIBUTIONS

$0

$50,000

$0 $150,000 $113,520

$0

$612,904

1

allow

$150,000

$150,000

$150,000

10555

lf

$50

$527,750

$527,750

$677,750

45,022 19856

sf lf

$15 $40

$675,330 $794,240 $1,469,570

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$677,750

$0

$675,330 $794,240 $1,469,570

DESCRIPTION

5. IRRIGATION Water Meter (assume 2", EBMUD) Backflow Prevention Device with Enclosure Automatic Irrigation Controller (2-Wire Central Control) Booster Pump Irrigation System (Lines, Valves, Subsurface Drip) Trenching and Sleeving (Mainline, wires, etc.)

Subtotal Task 5 6. PLANTING Structural & Planting Soil (8'x8'x4' deep at planters 4' wide or less) Soil Preparation and Amendments (+/- 4' deep at medians & circles) Stormwater Planter Soil Preparation and Amendments Shrubs & Groundcover Stormwater Planting Sheet Mulch 15-Gallon Trees (including staking) Establishment of Plantings - 3 years Subtotal Task 6 7. SIGNAGE & INTERPRETIVE ELEMENTS Funding Acknowledgement Sign Community Acknowledgement Sign Community Identity Art New Signs and Posts (wayfinding) Subtotal Task 7

QUANTITY

UNIT

UNIT COST

3 3 3 2 116,479 18142

ea ea ea ea sf lf

$7,500 $5,500 $15,000 $17,000 $6 $10

TOTAL

$22,500 $16,500 $45,000 $34,000 $698,874 $181,420 $998,294

1,432

cy

$70

$100,240

14,124

sf

$10

$141,240

79,350 sf 14,124 sf 79,350 sf 116,479 sf 614 ea 3 years

1 1 1 1

allow allow allow allow

$10 $793,500 $5 $70,620 $5 $396,750 1.25 $145,599 $325 $199,550 $220,000 $660,000 3 $2,507,499

$5,000 $7,500 $50,000 $42,600

CITY ATP POGO PARK CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION

$78,000 $0

$78,000

$0

TOTAL PROJECT COST AFTER CONTRIBUTIONS

$22,500 $16,500 $45,000 $34,000 $620,874 $181,420 $920,294

$100,240 $39,000

$102,240

$0

$793,500 $31,620 $396,750 $145,599 $213,350 $660,000 $2,443,299

$39,000

$13,800 $0

$91,800

$5,000 $7,500 $50,000 $42,600 $105,100

$0

42600 $42,600

$0

$5,000 $7,500 $50,000 $0 $62,500

Subtotal $7,272,248

$38,750

$262,400

$25,000

$6,973,698

$642,112

$0

$26,240

$0

$618,632

GRAND TOTAL $7,914,360

$38,750

$288,640

$25,000

$7,592,330

TOTAL GRANT REQUEST

$7,592,330

Construction Contingency, 10% (Items 2 through 7)

John Gioia (say “Joy-a”) District One Board of Supervisors

Contra Costa County

11780 San Pablo Avenue, Suite D El Cerrito, CA 94530 Phone: (510) 231-8686 Fax: (510) 374-3429

April 24, 2017 Urban Greening Program California Natural Resources Agency 1416 Ninth St. Suite 1311 Sacramento, CA 95814 Dear Urban Greening Program: I’m a proponent of urban policies and plans that promote environmental programs that counter one of the biggest threats to our communities and planet –climate change. I write in support for the City of Richmond’s grant application for the California Natural Resources Agency’s Urban Greening Program.

An Urban Greening Program grant will be a life-changing investment for one of the most disadvantaged communities in the Bay Area: Richmond’s Iron Triangle. Its long-term, strategic greening plan comes from a community groundswell of hundreds of residents working with city planners, community designers, and dedicated neighborhood activists over many years.

As in many post World War II communities, Richmond neighborhoods were built to accommodate vehicle traffic and often neglected the environmental needs of its residents. The Iron Triangle is typical. Trees are sparse, concrete and vacant lots abundant, and wastewater mitigation infrastructure is minimal.

Due to the nearby Chevron oil refinery, Richmond Parkway, Port of Richmond, and BNSF railroad – in addition to the large number of industrial manufacturing locations, the Iron Triangle neighborhood census tracts (3760 and 3770) record some of the highest density of cleanup sites (97th percentile), hazardous waste sites (95th percentile) and toxic releases (80th percentile) of communities in California according to an August, 2014 CalEnviroScreen summary.

The City of Richmond, with the support of Pogo Park, a community nonprofit that works with local residents to transform underutilized city parks into safe and green public spaces, was awarded a $6.2 million CalTrans Active Transportation Program grant in 2016 to build the Yellow Brick Road, a network of clearly-defined bike and walking paths that connect key community assets (i.e. churches, schools, transit centers and parks) together. The goal of the Yellow Brick Road is to slow automobile traffic in the Iron Triangle by narrowing streets and installing roundabouts. The Yellow Brick Road route will provide residents with a clear alternative to car travel and linkage to public transit. Securing an Urban Greening grant to install "green" infrastructure on top of the $6.2 Yellow Brick Road will have an exponential impact on this community.

Email: John_Gioia@bos.cccounty.us ● Website: www.cocobos.org/gioia EAST RICHMOND HEIGHTS ◊ EL CERRITO ◊ EL SOBRANTE ◊ KENSINGTON ◊ MONTALVIN MANOR NORTH RICHMOND ◊ PINOLE ◊ RICHMOND ◊ ROLLINGWOOD ◊ SAN PABLO ◊ TARA HILLS

By greening the YBR route with native trees and plants, the project will not only make this route attractive, it will sequester carbon, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lower air pollution. An expanded YBR with enhanced green spaces will increase physical activity reducing the risk of obesity, asthma and other chronic diseases prevalent in the Iron Triangle neighborhood. In short, this will provide local people with a neighborhood that is safer, more livable, walk-able, bikeable, equitable and beautiful.

As a member of both the Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board and the California Air Resources Board, I understand the effectiveness of this project and how it can both make our air healthier and help the State of California meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals.

I firmly believe that this creative and critically needed greening program will transition the community from an isolated car-centric neighborhood into a neighborhood with opportunities to move on foot or on bike. The result is a lower carbon footprint and improved community health.

An Urban Greening Program grant is a once-in-a-generation project that will significantly impact thousands of the most vulnerable people living in California. I urge you to support this far-seeing and transformative proposal.

Very Truly Yours,

John Gioia Supervisor, District One

Email: John_Gioia@bos.cccounty.us ● Website: www.cocobos.org/gioia EAST RICHMOND HEIGHTS ◊ EL CERRITO ◊ EL SOBRANTE ◊ KENSINGTON ◊ MONTALVIN MANOR NORTH RICHMOND ◊ PINOLE ◊ RICHMOND ◊ ROLLINGWOOD ◊ SAN PABLO ◊ TARA HILLS

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April 25, 2017 Urban Greening Program California Natural Resources Agency 1416 Ninth St. Suite# 1311 Sacramento, CA 95814 Re: Urban Greening Program To Whom lt May Concern: We write to express our strong support for the City of Richmond's Urban Greening Program grant application.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is tasked with regulating stationary sources of air pollution in the nine counties that surround San Francisco Bay Area. Our mission is to protect and improve public health, air quality, and the global climate. The goals of the Urban Greening Program closely align with our newly adopted 2017 Clean Air Plan, Spare the Air, Cool the Climate. The Plan lays out steps the Air District will take over the next 3-5 years to help our region achieve an 80% reduction in greenhouse gases from 1990 levels by the year 2050.

We are pleased to see that this project takes place in the City of Richmond, one of our CARE Communities (Community Air Risk Evaluation Program), areas with high concentrations of air pollution and related public health effects. We are interested in doing all we can to decrease the risk in these communities, and supporting this grant is one way we can help.

Residents in a central Richmond neighborhood known as the Iron Triangle are an especially disadvantaged community of color with disproportionately high rates of asthma, unemployment, poverty, violence and lack of education. Iron Triangle residents are especially at risk from poor air quality due to adjacent industries like the Chevron refinery, the BNSF railroad, the Port of Richmond, and thoroughfares like the 1-580 Freeway and the Richmond Parkway.

The two census tracts (3760 and 3770) of the Iron Triangle consist of 13,000 residents with some of the highest environmental burdens in California. The tracts rank in the 81st percentile for diesel particulate matter that consists of a mixture of sulfates, nitrates, metals, carbon 375 Beale Street• San Francisco, California 94105 • 415.771.6000 • www.BAAQMD.gov Connect with the .:I Bay Area Air District: a•

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particles that include many known carcinogens that cause lung disease, cancer, cardiovascular and pulmonary disease, asthma and premature death. The neighborhood also ranks in the 97th percentile in the number of cleanup sites undergoing environmental mitigation due to the density of hazardous substances. These numbers are outlined in the state's CalEnviroScreen 2.0 summary report in 2014 and reflect the deep, systemic problems with widespread environmental impacts that affect some of the most at-risk residents in the Bay Area.

We have worked for years with the City of Richmond to reduce air pollution in the region. We were heartened by the City's recent multi-million dollar Caltrans grant to build the Yellow Brick Road - a two-mile network of bike and walking routes that will course through the Iron Triangle neighborhood to reduce vehicular use and corresponding air pollution. With the possibility of an Urban Greening Grant, this community has a chance to significantly expand the environmental benefits of the Yellow Brick Road by building a lush green infrastructure around it. This will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, lower the area's carbon footprint, and provide a buffer from air pollution in one of the Bay Area's most under-served and disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Greening the Yellow Brick Road calls for planting almost 600 trees, seeding routes with dense vegetation, native shrubs and plants to provide shade and lower temperatures in a treeless neighborhood known for cement, asphalt, and widespread blight. The beautification of the network of paths will encourage residents to bike or walk the Yellow Brick Road - rather than traveling by car. The advantages are multi-layered and reinforcing: a more socially tight-knit community, a more livable neighborhood, and a cleaner environment that will increase overall community health and well-being.

We believe the City of Richmond's Urban Greening Program grant application can and will make a significant difference in a community disproportionately impacted by adverse environmental conditions. If funding is granted, we intend to be an active consultant and enthusiastic partner in the implementation of this project going forward. This multi-level venture will uplift many lives and we hope you'll favorably consider this wide-ranging and transformative community plan.

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Urban Greening Program California Natural Resources Agency 1416 Ninth St. #1311 Sacramento, CA 95814

Dear Urban Greening Program:

WCCTAC, West Contra Costa County's sub-regional transportation planning agency, is pleased to support the City of Richmond's application for an Urban Greening Program grant sponsored by the California Natural Resources Agency.

This plan calls for an investment in Richmond's one-square mile Iron Triangle neighborhood - one of the most neglected and disadvantaged communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. The “Greening the Yellow Brick Road” project builds on a bottoms-up, grassroots, planning effort that has involved thousands of local residents over the past eight years.

This community-driven effort paved the way for the City to secure $6.2 million in state funding in 2016 to design and build the "grayscape" (e.g. reconfiguring the sidewalks and streets) of the Yellow Brick Road, but does not provide funding for green infrastructure. An urban greening grant would add the key ingredient to make the Yellow Brick Road come to life and serve members of the Iron Triangle community.

The Iron Triangle is a historic neighborhood defined by three railroad lines around its border with roughly 13,000 low-income residents; about 35% of its children live belowthe poverty line according to the American Community Survey 2013. The area's industrial uses include the Port of Richmond, the Chevron Richmond Refinery, busy freeways, railroad lines, and large manufacturing sites that all contribute to poor air quality. This neighborhood suffers from blight, boarded-up and abandoned houses, chronic unemployment, underfunded schools, high levels of violent crime, deserted parks, and poor health. Children suffer from the effects of a poor environment where they have few safe, green, and clean public spaces to recreate. As noted in a 2010 study – “Overweight and Obesity Among Children by California Cities” by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 51% of Iron Triangle children are overweight or obese.

The Urban Greening Program grant will build on the foundation of the Yellow Brick Road by providing desperately needed greenery to the bones of the Yellow Brick 6333 Potrero Avenue, Suite 100, El Cerrito CA 94530 Phone: 510.210.5930 ~ www.wcctac.org

Road’s bicycling and street paths that will crisscross the community. By greening the route with trees, plants and dense vegetation, this project will improve air quality, filter pollutants, and lower carbon emissions. It will also beautify a residential area that suffers from the effects of industry. The end result will encourage and enable residents to bike and walk to their destinations rather than using a car, thereby lowering the area’s carbon footprint and increasing public health.

This community-conceived and implemented project will demonstrate a highly public commitment to innovative and critically needed transportation and environmental assistance in one of the most disadvantaged communities in the Bay Area. It will connect our green spaces, create jobs and knit the neighborhood closer together. We urge your support for what could be one of the most positively transformative neighborhood projects in recent memory.

Sincerely,

John Nemeth Executive Director West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC)

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April 25, 2017 Urban Greening Program California Natural Resources Agency 1416 Ninth St. Suite # 1311 Sacramento, CA 95814 Re: Support for the City of Richmond’s Urban Greening Program Proposal To Whom It May Concern: Kaiser Permanente East Bay Public Affairs is pleased to support the City of Richmond’s application for an Urban Greening Program grant from California’s Natural Resource Agency.

Kaiser Permanente is a 75 year old nonprofit, integrated health care delivery system whose mission is to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. As part of this mission, Kaiser Permanente has invested millions of dollars and organizational resources toward community improvements and programs in the areas of Healthy Eating Active Living, Community and Family Safety, Mental Health and Wellness, and Economic Security. Our approach is to consider the Total Health of the individual, recognizing that the places where people live and their access to social nonmedical needs is a strong influence on their health.

The City of Richmond received a multi-million dollar grant award from CalTrans in 2016 to build the Yellow Brick Road, a two-mile network of bike and walking paths that is located in the heart of the Iron Triangle community of Richmond. While the Yellow Brick Road is a significant and welcome development, an Urban Greening Program grant will enhance the network of paths with a lush green infrastructure including a tree canopy of over 500 trees to provide shade along with native plants, shrubs, and grasses planted in bioswales along the route to help filter water before it enters storm drains and the San Francisco Bay. The green beautification of the route will entice people to get out of their homes and cars to either walk or bike to their destinations. The potential benefits to individual health are significant, especially important with disproportionally high rates of obesity and illnesses, such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and cancer. As well, the green beautification of the route will provide significant benefits to this economically disadvantaged community, including improved social cohesion and potential opportunities for economic development.

Thank you for the opportunity to share with you our support for this important project.

Sincerely,

Angela Jenkins East Bay Public Affairs Director

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April 26, 2017

Urban Greening Program California Natural Resources Agency 1416 Ninth St. #311 Sacramento, CA 95814

Dear Urban Greening Program:

On behalf of two local bike and pedestrian organizations, Bike East Bay, and the Richmond Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC), we are writing to enthusiastically support the City of Richmond’s Urban Greening grant application, "Greening the Yellow Brick Road in Richmond's Iron Triangle Neighborhood."

Bike East Bay, formerly the East Bay Bicycle Coalition, is a 501c3 non-profit organization with more than 4,000 members in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Our mission is to promote healthy and sustainable communities by working to make bicycling safe, fun and accessible through advocacy, education and community engagement.

The Richmond BPAC is a volunteer-led organization that works in partnership with the city of Richmond and others to implement the City’s bicycle and pedestrian master plan, help guide staff decisions, and promote plans that encourage bicycling and walking in Richmond.

Both our organizations wish to express our enthusiastic support for the City of Richmond’s "Greening the Yellow Brick Road" project. This project will greatly reinforce the impact of The Yellow Brick Road - a planned network of safe bike and walking routes through one of California’s toughest, most violent, low-income neighborhoods - Richmond’s Iron Triangle.

Multiple studies all over the world have revealed that building a pedestrian and bike-centric community leads to significant and impactful health gains among its population and drastically decreases air pollution. Instead of sitting passively in a car or bus, walking and cycling promote life-changing physical activity that reduces chronic disease, obesity, and a variety of illnesses.

Biking and walking enable social interactions to increase, brings more eyes on the street, and contributes to a decrease in a neighborhood’s carbon footprint. Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, is the most bike-friendly city in the world; more than 50% of all trips outside the home are made by bicycle. Its people’s “happy and healthy” index is one of the globe’s highest for a large city.

Last year, we were enthusiastic backers of the Yellow Brick Road (YBR) project- a highly impactful project that will transform the Iron Triangle’s car-centric community into a network

May 26, 2017 Urban Greening Program California Natural Resources Agency 1416 Ninth St. #1311 Sacramento, CA 95814 Re: Letter of Support - Urban Greening Program Grant Application To Whom It May Concern: I write to express my enthusiastic support for the City of Richmond’s application for an Urban Greening Program grant to “Green the Yellow Brick Road.”

The Conservation Fund (TCF) is a national, environmental non-profit organization with a dual charter to pursue environmental preservation and economic development. For more than 30 years we have worked in all 50 states to preserve and protect more than 7.8 million acres of land.

Our focus is on conservation and communities - creating as many pathways as possible for people and organizations to protect their natural resources and save the places that matter most properties with ecological, historic and/or cultural significance. We deliver conservation and economic vitality through strong partnerships with government, business and allied organizations.

Today, roughly 85% of Americans live in an urban environment, and TCF is concentrating efforts to reclaim public green spaces serving residents in inner-city, disadvantaged communities – often their only contact with nature.

Over the last decade, the City of Richmond and Pogo Park, a local non-profit, have pushed to transform abandoned parks into thriving, green children's play spaces in the city’s Iron Triangle neighborhood, a neglected community of color with roughly 13,000 residents.

The Iron Triangle suffers from high rates of unemployment and poverty, underfunded schools, violence and urban decay. The area is surrounded by large manufacturing plants including the Chevron Refinery, Port of Richmond, BNSF Railroad, I-580 Freeway and Richmond Parkway that contribute to the neighborhood’s high levels of ground, water, and air pollution.

Since 2009, the City of Richmond, through its work with Pogo Park, has received $1.94 million to renovate the Elm Playlot, and $5 million to rebuild Unity Park from Statewide Park Program grants – both located in the Iron Triangle neighborhood.

In 2016, Richmond partnered with Pogo Park to win a $6.2 million California Transportation Commission grant to build the Yellow Brick Road (YBR) a community-driven project to build a network of bright, clearly marked biking and walking paths connecting renovated parks with other key hubs throughout the Iron Triangle neighborhood.

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Today an Urban Greening Program grant from California’s Natural Resources Agency will build on the critical bones of the YBR by greening its pathways with hundreds of trees, bioswales, native shrubs and plants. By lining the YBR route with trees and plants, the project will clean and filter the air and water, lower carbon emissions and motivate local residents to get out of their cars and walk and bike through the neighborhood.

All these rebuilding efforts have transformed the Iron Triangle neighborhood improving the social cohesion, public health and economic opportunities of its residents. But with success, there is the insidious, underlying power of economic displacement. Homes around Pogo Parks’ renovated playgrounds have increased in value – instilling fears from local residents that they may eventually get priced out of their own neighborhood.

The Conservation Fund has partnered with Richmond and Pogo Park to buy and control adjacent land to their renovated parks and the YBR to capture part of the increasing equity and value generated by these construction projects as the key weapon in fighting residential displacement.

Last year, TCF, with a loan from the Packard Foundation, purchased a 17,500 square-foot parcel for $230,000 next to Pogo’s rebuilt Harbour 8 Park which we are land-banking for mixed-use development that will eventually throw-off income to sustain the ongoing maintenance of Pogo’s parks and the YBR, and support local entrepreneurial ventures.

The “Greening of the Yellow Brick Road” project is part of an innovative, holistic strategy that threads together all our community redevelopment efforts. It will provide work-skill training and badly- needed jobs, beautify the neighborhood with lush green spaces, and flip a car-centric neighborhood into pedestrian and bicycle-friendly terrain. It will extend the power of parks into nearby streets thereby increasing safety, eco-awareness and hope. And through the purchase of adjoining land we will capture the growing equity of our multi-layered, eco-build-out that can sustain the ongoing management of the community’s expanding green spaces.

In all my years working at TCF, I’ve never been as excited as I am with this project. It is the result of more than 11 years of neighborhood efforts ignited from the ground up. It will empower residents to heal themselves, drastically change the trajectory of thousands of lives, and inject a strong measure of environmental and social justice into a severely disadvantaged community.

I strongly urge you to consider this far-reaching, creative, entrepreneurial project that will create a green template for transforming inner-city parks and streets that can be replicated throughout the country.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Chris Kelly California Program Director

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United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Rosie the Riveter / WWII Home Front National Historical Park 440 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 300 Richmond, CA 94804 IN REPLY REFER TO:

April 28, 2017 Urban Greening Program California Natural Resources Agency 1416 Ninth St. Suite # 311 Sacramento, CA 95814 To Whom It May Concern: On behalf of the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park (RORI), I write to you today to express our strong support for the city of Richmond’s Urban Greening Program grant application, "Greening the Yellow Brick Road in Richmond's Iron Triangle Neighborhood."

The city of Richmond and Pogo Park, a community-based nonprofit, have worked together for the past eight years to plan and design the Yellow Brick Road (YBR), a dedicated bike and walking route through Richmond's Iron Triangle neighborhood that connects key community assets together. In 2015, the City secured a $6.2 million Active Transportation Program grant to actually build the YBR. The YBR project is in the design phase now and construction will begin in 2018-19.

Over the past two years, NPS partnered with Pogo Park and the city of Richmond to connect their YBR project to NPS's innovative "Richmond Wellness Trail Vision Plan" (RWT) project that will transform over a mile of barren city streets into a multi-modal green infrastructure corridor with a dedicated bicycle trail, pedestrian safety improvements, urban greening elements, activity and rest areas, community art, and other interactive elements that promote community health and wellbeing.

Connecting the RWT with the Yellow Brick Road trail – and then installing green infrastructure on both – will become a force multiplier of impact into one of California's most disadvantaged communities. It will create a six mile multi-modal pathway that connects to Richmond BART, the Ohlone Greenway, San Francisco Bay Trail, and to the new ferry service next to the RORI Visitor Center at the end of Harbour Way. We look forward to continuing our partnership with the City and Pogo Park to plan, design, and implement the "greening" of the Yellow Brick Road. The project will provide multiple benefits to a critically underserved neighborhood in California. We urge you to support this project.

Sincerely, Kieron Slaughter, Urban Fellow: Richmond, CA National Park Service

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Project ID: 1462 Coordinates: 37.9364, -122.3619 Date: 04/28/2017

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April 21, 2017 Urban Greening Program California Natural Resources Agency 1416 Ninth St. # 1311 Sacramento, CA 95814 Dear Urban Greening Program: I am writing to express our strong support for the City of Richmond's grant application for California’s Urban Greening Program, “Greening the Yellow Brick Road.”

I represent a local community nonprofit called Pogo Park. We are a grassroots nonprofit organization based in Richmond that works to reclaim and transform abandoned city parks into safe, green public spaces for children to play and for the community to gather.

Nowhere are these efforts more urgent and necessary than in Richmond’s Iron Triangle neighborhood, a community of roughly 13,000 people that CalEPA defines as a disadvantaged community. One-third of local residents live below the poverty line. Richmond was ranked the 7th most dangerous city (of populations under 200,000) in the country according to the F.B.I.'s 2012 Uniform Crime Report Statistics . The air that local residents breathe contains some of the worst recorded releases of particulate matter in California.

Aside from some of the typical conditions that plague many inner-city neighborhoods (e.g. high levels of unemployment, low levels of education, high levels of violent crime etc.), Iron Triangle residents suffer from a critical lack of functional, vibrant, public green space. The Iron Triangle is park-poor, with less than two-thirds of state-recommended park space per resident. Except for Elm Playlot (Pogo Park #1, a renovated city park funded by a $1.94 million Statewide Park Program grant), there are literally no safe, green, and clean public spaces in this entire neighborhood that serve the social, physical, mental, spiritual, and ecological needs of this community.

During a summer project in 2009, youth from the Iron Triangle were challenged to think of a project that could address the multiple problems that plagued their neighborhood. And they did: the Yellow Brick Road. Their idea was brilliant and simple: paint yellow bricks on the roads and sidewalks of the Iron Triangle that would designate safe bike and walking routes–and then use the “Yellow Brick Road” as a network to connect our parks and other key assets of the neighborhood together.

We at Pogo Park recognized the brilliance of the Yellow Brick Road vision. In fact, we hired two youth from the original Yellow Brick Road team to join Pogo Park’s Community Resident Team (CRT). For the past eight years, Pogo Park and the CRT have worked in partnership with the City of Richmond to turn the brilliant idea of community youth into reality.

Pogo Park worked with multiple partners including the City of Richmond, transportation engineers Fehr and Peers, and legendary walkability expert Dan Burden, and the Iron Triangle Neighborhood Council, to secure a 2013 Caltrans Environmental Justice grant to complete the YBR planning phase. In 2015, we partnered with this same team to write a successful $6.2 million Active Transportation Program grant from Caltrans to actually build the Yellow Brick Road.

The $6.2 million ATP grant will support the cost of building the YBR’s “grayscape”; a grant from the Urban Greening Program would install green infrastructure along the route to bring the Yellow Brick Road to life.

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The Yellow Brick Road will provide residents with a safe bike and walking route that runs through the heart of the Iron Triangle neighborhood and connects four schools, Kaiser hospital, and two Statewide Park Program funded parks (Elm Playlot and Unity Park shown above in green) together.

Greening the Yellow Brick Road will plant 614 trees and install 271 stormwater planters and bioswales that will create a healthy and vibrant green corridor through the very heart of this neighborhood. Supporting this project will provide multiple benefits to this community and will satisfy this grant program’s ultimate goal: to reduce GHG emissions.

Pogo Park has worked for more than a decade with the City of Richmond to direct grant funds down, into the community, to hire, train, and empower local residents to participate in the transformation of parks and public spaces in their own neighborhood. We feel strongly that public works projects coming into disadvantaged neighborhoods must, in our words, “lift up the people at the same time they lift up the place.”

Over the years, we have established a well-oiled system to do exactly this: we hire and train local residents with high barriers to employment to plan, design and build city parks. To date, Pogo Park’s Community Resident Team has rebuilt two parks (Elm Playlot and Harbour-8 Park on the Richmond Greenway) and transformed them into go-to, public green spaces that serve the needs of the entire community including access to creative play for thousands of children.

If this Urban Greening Program grant is awarded, we pledge to work with the City of Richmond to continue our efforts to direct investment into the Iron Triangle neighborhood to create jobs and training opportunities for local residents to plant trees and to establish and manage the extensive plantings over three years.

Greening the Yellow Brick Road in Richmond’s Iron Triangle is a force-multiplier project that impacts multiple systems (see graphic below) and will ultimately transform the Iron Triangle into a more livable, walkable, just, and healthy neighborhood that serves the needs of the community.

If you have any questions about the Project or the community's involvement in its planning and development, please contact me directly at 510-215-5500 or toody@pogopark.org. Meanwhile, we urge the Urban Greening Program to support the City of Richmond’s request.

Sincerely,

Toody Maher Executive Director POGO PARK

April 26, 2017 Urban Greening Program California Natural Resources Agency 1416 Ninth St. Suite # 1311 Sacramento, CA 95814 Re: Urban Greening Program – Yellow Brick Road Project To Whom It May Concern: We are strong supporters of the City of Richmond’s application for the California Natural Resources Agency’s Urban Greening Program grant in partnership with Pogo Park.

The Urban Forest Advisory Committee (UFAC) is Richmond’s volunteer committee charged with expanding the city’s urban forest and educating the community about the benefits of a thriving urban forest. Since their founding in 2007, Pogo Park has worked tirelessly to create safe playgrounds and parks throughout Richmond, particularly in Richmond’s disadvantaged Iron Triangle neighborhood. Access to green space has a profound positive impact on the physical and mental health of a city’s residents. It is particularly important for children to have a safe and verdant space to play and grow.

Because of all of these things, UFAC is grateful for the work that Pogo Park does and we enthusiastically support their new projects.

The Iron Triangle community in inner Richmond has an especially stark environment with little greenery. The grey-looking neighborhood has a decrepit public infrastructure with crumbling streets and sidewalks. They have high rates of unemployment, crime, lack of access to healthcare, underfunded schools and significant environmental pollution caused by their proximity to Chevron’s oil refineries, the BNSF Railroad network, the Port of Richmond, the I-580 Freeway, Richmond Parkway and a welter of manufacturing plants.

The community’s two census tracts (3760 and 3770) consist of 13,000 residents and ranks in the state’s 80th percentile of toxic releases according to a CalEnviroScreen 2.0 summary report in 2014. On August 6, 2012, an estimated 15,000 residents in the area flooded medical centers and clinics after the Chevron Refinery explosion and subsequent fire pumped tons of dangerous carcinogens into the air. Local residents have had little protection against chemical releases that can cause increased cardiovascular disease, cancer, asthma and overall mortality.

We believe that trees are the earth’s lungs – they filter out toxins, lower greenhouse emissions, and sequester carbon. Various nonprofits have worked for years with the City of Richmond to populate their communities with increased foliage and tree plantings. For example, in 2016 the city was awarded a multi-million dollar Caltrans grant to build the Yellow Brick Road – a two-mile network of bike and walking routes that will run through the Iron Triangle neighborhood as a means to lesson car use and increase walking and biking activities.

With an Urban Greening Grant, Richmond has a chance to significantly expand the environmental impact of the Yellow Brick Road by constructing a potent green infrastructure alongside of it. This will reduce environmental pollution, clear the air and produce some badly needed shade in one of the Bay Area's most under-served neighborhoods.

Greening the Yellow Brick Road will involve planting almost 600 trees, sowing routes with native leafage, vegetation and shrubs to foliate a treeless neighborhood known for concrete, asphalt, and widespread decay. The meridian of beautified, green paths will encourage residents to bike or walk the Yellow Brick Road – rather than using their vehicles. The advantages are multi-layered and exponentially powerful: a more socially cohesive community, a more alluring neighborhood, and a cleaner environment resulting in increased community health and well-being.

Richmond is a currently experiencing an environmental transformation. The City Council recently passed the city’s Urban Greening Master Plan (UGMP). The California Natural Resources Agency’s goals and priorities are aligned with the goals set out in Richmond’s UGMP. Several non-profits are working to put that plan in action, by planting trees and creating more green space throughout the city. This is an exciting time for those interested in greening our city, and the current grant applications complement each other, all combining to build on that momentum and move our city forward as a greener, healthier city for all residents.

An Urban Greening Program grant for the Pogo Park project will transform a region suffering significant environmental burdens. We intend to be an active partner and enthusiastic supporter in implementing this program in the future with the City of Richmond and Pogo Park. This five-dimensional green build-out will affect thousands of lives and will be a metamorphosis for the community. We hope you’ll give this plan careful attention and consideration.

Sincerely,

Lee Micheaux Chair Urban Forest Advisory Committee City of Richmond, 450 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA 94804 Phone: 510-620-6530

Andrea Bailey Community Engagement Manager

Richmond Refinery Chevron Products Company (a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc.) 841 Chevron Way, TC-344 Richmond, CA 94801 Tel 510 242 5403 Fax 510 242 3535 andreabailey@chevron.com

April 24, 2017 Urban Greening Program California Natural Resources Agency 1416 Ninth St. Suite # 1311 Sacramento, CA 95814 Re: Urban Greening Program To Whom It May Concern: We write to express our enthusiastic support for the City of Richmond’s Urban Greening Program grant application, "Greening the Yellow Brick Road in Richmond's Iron Triangle Neighborhood."

Chevron is Richmond’s oldest (114 years) and largest company, providing jobs for more than 3,800 employees and contractors. We provide high-skill jobs that pay competitive wages, support local businesses and non-profit organizations, and contribute a significant amount of taxes that fund essential public services in Richmond.

The Iron Triangle neighborhood in the central core of Richmond lies adjacent to our refinery. This neighborhood has long struggled with poverty, urban blight, high levels of unemployment, underresourced, poor performing schools, high levels of violent crime, and poor street conditions.

To help to "move the dial" to change neighborhood conditions in Richmond's disadvantaged neighborhoods, Chevron recently launched "eQuip Richmond", a $10 million economic revitalization initiative to leverage the resources of other businesses, foundations, institutions and individuals to counter the systemic challenges in the community. Our goals are to fund innovative, targeted strategies to prepare and train local residents for skilled, high-paying jobs, encourage small-business development and careers in green-growth industries.

Chevron is contributing $2 million to the City of Richmond over 10 years to plant trees in neighborhoods like the Iron Triangle that are tree-deficient. We view our tree initiative as a win-win for the community: a green and vibrant tree canopy will increase the social, physical, and mental health of local residents – and provide desperately needed opportunities for jobs and job training for local residents.

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Last year, the California Transportation Commission awarded the City of Richmond $6.2 million to build the Yellow Brick Road – a web of bike and walking paths throughout the Iron Triangle neighborhood. We are working closely with the City of Richmond and a local non-profit organization, Pogo Park, to inject one million dollars into a public/private partnership to provide jobs and workforce development training for local residents to participate in the installation of green infrastructure along the Yellow Brick Road route.

An Urban Green Program grant will leverage our economic revitalization plans by expanding our local training and hiring efforts to build out the Yellow Brick Road by planting hundreds of trees, shrubs, and native plants. Incorporating green infrastructure along the Yellow Brick Road will increase the number of sustainable, living-wage jobs in this community, sequester carbon to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and encourage local residents to walk and bike through their neighborhood rather than driving their cars The urban greening of the Yellow Brick Road perfectly intersects with our ambitious efforts to improve the quality of life for residents of the Iron Triangle neighborhood. It is a far-reaching, multi-layered plan that will have a significant and positive impact on this one community for years. We cannot emphasize enough our deep enthusiasm for this innovative and impactful project. We urge you to consider the City's grant request.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

April 21, 2017

Urban Greening Program California Natural Resources Agency 1416 Ninth St. #1311 Sacramento, CA 95814

Dear Urban Greening Program:

I wish to add my voice, experience and enthusiastic support for the City of Richmond’s application for an Urban Greening Program grant to “green” the Yellow Brick Road (YBR) project. In my position as a town transportation walkability and livability specialist in more than 3,800 neighborhoods, towns and cities, I find this grant request, the organizational talent, and the Iron Triangle Neighborhood in the City of Richmond one of the best places of investment to see measurable results. After working in more than 600 California neighborhoods, the Iron Triangle has become my first choice. Let me explain why.

Over the last few years, I have had the pleasure of working with the City of Richmond and Toody Maher at Pogo Park and her fellow applicants at three significant community engagements to conceptualize and design the Yellow Brick Road – a far-seeing community project linking renovated urban parks with schools, churches, youth centers and other neighborhood hubs with a bright yellow path reserved for pedestrians and bicyclists. The project has been well vetted, has serious backers, and secured a $6.2 million Cal Trans grant last year to actually build the route. I have also traveled with the Pogo Park team to national conferences, co-presenting their dream to inspire other cities to place investments where the greatest lift to a community is found. The Yellow Brick Road (YBR) project will improve this neighborhood, and these actions will inspire other diverse neighborhoods throughout our nation to build better places.

Now, with a potential Urban Greening Program grant, we have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to build out the Yellow Brick Road with an innovative, sustainable, comprehensive green infrastructure of trees, plants, amended soils, bulb-outs, chicanes and bio-swales to capture carbon emissions and filter the air and water.

This project is worthy in many ways, especially in its relevance to the future of California. Caltrans, other transportation agencies, environmental organizations and the communities and agencies they support, seek a future where per capita Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) is reduced. This quest for lowering car dependency and speeds, especially in low socio-economic places, is an essential step to achieve modal diversity, shorter trips, healthier places to live, and a sustainable future. This calls for building communities through transportation, not transportation through communities. Green model projects are needed, especially in our most overlooked, disadvantaged communities. The built environment, good or bad, is a high determinate of how people grow, develop aspirations that matter, age well, and stay out of care facilities. From a community health perspective this multi-layered, holistic project - the greening of the Yellow Brick Road - is a model not just for California but also for troubled cities throughout our nation. Please give me a call if I can provide additional details in support of this bold, innovative and impactful endeavor.

Sincerely,

Dan Burden Director of Innovation and Inspiration Blue Zones, LLC

(614) 595-0976

dan.burden@bluezones.com

April 25, 2017 Urban Greening Program California Natural Resources Agency 1416 Ninth St. Suite #1311 Sacramento, CA 95814 To Whom It May Concern: We write to you to express our strong support of the City of Richmond’s Urban Greening Program grant application, "Greening the Yellow Brick Road."

MIG is an urban planning and design firm in Berkeley founded in 1982. We plan and design sustainable community environments that support human development. We have broad experience in the design of civic, community, and outdoor environments that contribute to community livability, promote healthy, active lifestyles and create a sense of place. Recently, one of this country's leading designers and engineers of urban green infrastructure streets, SvR of Seattle, Washington joined MIG in 2015.

Over the past 10 years, we have worked closely with the City of Richmond and community-based nonprofit, Pogo Park, to prepare two winning Statewide Parks Program grants to support the cost of redesigning and rebuilding two under-utilized city parks in Richmond's Iron Triangle neighborhood into safe, green and beautiful public spaces for children to play: $1.94 million for the renovation of Elm Playlot and $5 million for the creation of Unity Park.

At the same time these two state-funded park's projects began to go through a transformation, the City was backing a visionary project that was being championed by Pogo Park: the Yellow Brick Road (YBR).

The original idea for YBR came from a group of local teenagers who, as part of a 2009 summer job and training program, were charged with thinking of a project that could address the challenges of violence in their community. Their idea was simple and brilliant: to stencil yellow bricks across roads and on sidewalks that could designate safe bike and walking routes through the Iron Triangle neighborhood – and then use the YBR route to connect key community and cultural assets together.

Eight years later, the City and Pogo Park worked together to submit a winning $6.2 million Active Transportation Program grant to build the Yellow Brick Road. The YBR project is slated to begin design development shortly; construction is scheduled to begin in fall 2018.

When the Urban Greening Program grant was announced, MIG joined forces with the City of Richmond, Pogo Park, and Pogo Park's local resident team to develop a plan to install green infrastructure along the YBR. MIG brought a top-tiered team together – experts in green infrastructure and green streets, and experts in livable, walkable streets and urban development – to help the City, Pogo Park, and Pogo Pogo's dedicated community resident team, to develop a forward-thinking, innovative plan to "green" the Yellow Brick Road.

If awarded, the Urban Greening Program grant will leverage $14.4 million in investment that includes a $6.2 million grant from the Active Transportation Program; $6.94 million grant from State Parks Program; and roughly $1 million in grants from The California Endowment, Kaiser Permanente and others to support Pogo Park's efforts to hire and train community residents to plan, design, and build

city parks in their neighborhood. Pogo Park's process for community engagement and empowerment is being heralded by State Parks and others as a state-wide model for how to truly and deeply engage local community members.

The result of bringing a forward-thinking City of Richmond together with Pogo Park's dedicated community resident team and some of the top experts and practitioners of green streets and infrastructure will result in a project that can truly impact, transform, and benefit one of this State's most disadvantaged communities.

Greening the Yellow Brick Road project will transform 1.6 miles of barren Iron Triangle land into a beautiful and inspiring multi-modal green infrastructure corridor. Treeless streets will come alive by planting over 600 trees to clean the air and by installing stormwater planters, bioswales, and rain gardens to filter the storm water.

Greening the YBR project addresses some of the Iron Triangle's most pressing needs. It will create a visible and iconic bike and walking route that is designed to prioritize the needs of bicyclists and pedestrians over the needs of vehicles – and enable thousands of local people to walk or bike to their destination rather than travel by car. Planting over 600 trees will reduce greenhouse (GHG) emissions, absorb carbon, and reduce the heat island effect. Installing stormwater planters will beautify the neighborhood, clean the water, and create a pollinator pathway to support local birds and insects.

Greening the Yellow Brick Road project will create jobs and workforce development opportunities that are urgently needed in a neighborhood suffering from disproportionately high levels of unemployment.

MIG is involved in this effort because Greening the Yellow Brick Road is the right project, at the right time, in the right place, with the right people. We urge you to consider the City's grant request to support what will undoubtedly become one of the most impactful public work projects in the Iron Triangle neighborhood in decades – and a best practice model for the entire State of California.

Sincerely, MIG, Inc.

Daniel S. Iacofano, Ph.D., FAICP, FASLA Principal DSI:jl

MIG, Inc.

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April 21, 2017 Urban Greening Program California Natural Resources Agency 1416 Ninth St. Suite # 311 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: LETTER TO CONFIRM INTENT TO ENTER INTO OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT To Whom it May Concern: This letter confirms Pogo Park’s intent to enter into an Operations and Maintenance Agreement with the City of Richmond to perform the necessary tasks associated with the establishment of plantings detailed in the City’s “Greening the Yellow Brick Road” Urban Greening Program grant application.

The Agreement will enable Pogo Park to provide jobs and training opportunities to local residents who live in the disadvantaged community where the Project site is located.

Sincerely,

Toody Maher Executive Director

pogopark.org

California Air Resources Board Calculator for the California Natural Resources Agency Urban Greening Grant Program Greenhouse Gas Reduction Quantification Methodology Fiscal Year 2016-2017

Project Name: Grant ID, if applicable:

Greening the Yellow Brick Road

GHG Benefit of Tree Planting Enter data below after using the i-Tree Streets to estimate tree carbon storage and electricity and natural gas savings of the population of project trees.

Carbon Stored in Population of Trees 40 Years After Project Start (lb CO2e)

2,341,000

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Stored CO2 Benefits of Public Trees 4/28/2017 Total Stored CO2 (lbs) Species Broadleaf Deciduous Medium 1,081,543 Broadleaf Deciduous Large 960,841 Flamegold 87,196 Chinese pistache 15,275 Common crapemyrtle 175,493 Broadleaf Evergreen Small 10,995 Strawberry tree 9,773 Citywide total 2,341,117

Total ($) 8,112 7,206 654 115 1,316 82 73 17,558

Standard Error (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)

% of Total Trees 43.3 32.1 7.5 7.3 7.0 1.5 1.3 100.0

% of Total $ 46.2 41.0 3.7 0.7 7.5 0.5 0.4 100.0

Avg. $/tree 30.49 36.58 14.22 2.55 30.61 9.16 9.16 28.60

The value of stored carbon dioxide is calculated as the total amount of carbon dioxide sequestered annually over the life of each tree, summed for the population. This value should not be added to the Replacement Value or double-counting of the carbon dioxide storage benefit will occur.

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Annual Energy Benefits of Public Trees 4/28/2017 Total Electricity Electricity Total Natural (MWh) ($) Gas (Therms) Species Broadleaf Deciduous Medium 51.9 6,868 1,128.7 Broadleaf Deciduous Large 35.0 4,636 636.9 Flamegold 7.0 925 163.5 Chinese pistache 4.1 537 88.2 Common crapemyrtle 3.9 520 80.5 Broadleaf Evergreen Small 1.1 141 19.7 Strawberry tree 0.9 125 17.5 Total 103.9 13,752 2,135.1

Natural Gas ($) 1,473 831 213 115 105 26 23 2,786

Total Standard ($) Error 8,341 (N/A) 5,467 (N/A) 1,138 (N/A) 652 (N/A) 625 (N/A) 166 (N/A) 148 (N/A) 16,538 (N/A)

% of Total Trees 43.3 32.1 7.5 7.3 7.0 1.5 1.3 100.0

% of Total $ 50.4 33.1 6.9 3.9 3.8 1.0 0.9 100.0

Avg. $/tree 31.36 27.75 24.75 14.48 14.53 18.50 18.50 26.93

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Complete Population of Public Trees 4/28/2017 DBH Class (in) Species

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Stored CO2 Benefits of Public Trees 4/28/2017 Total Stored CO2 (lbs) Species Broadleaf Deciduous Medium 1,081,543 Broadleaf Deciduous Large 960,841 Flamegold 87,196 Chinese pistache 15,275 Common crapemyrtle 175,493 Broadleaf Evergreen Small 10,995 Strawberry tree 9,773 Citywide total 2,341,117

Total ($) 8,112 7,206 654 115 1,316 82 73 17,558

Standard Error (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)

% of Total Trees 43.3 32.1 7.5 7.3 7.0 1.5 1.3 100.0

% of Total $ 46.2 41.0 3.7 0.7 7.5 0.5 0.4 100.0

Avg. $/tree 30.49 36.58 14.22 2.55 30.61 9.16 9.16 28.60

The value of stored carbon dioxide is calculated as the total amount of carbon dioxide sequestered annually over the life of each tree, summed for the population. This value should not be added to the Replacement Value or double-counting of the carbon dioxide storage benefit will occur.

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Annual Energy Benefits of Public Trees 4/28/2017 Total Electricity Electricity Total Natural (MWh) ($) Gas (Therms) Species Broadleaf Deciduous Medium 51.9 6,868 1,128.7 Broadleaf Deciduous Large 35.0 4,636 636.9 Flamegold 7.0 925 163.5 Chinese pistache 4.1 537 88.2 Common crapemyrtle 3.9 520 80.5 Broadleaf Evergreen Small 1.1 141 19.7 Strawberry tree 0.9 125 17.5 Total 103.9 13,752 2,135.1

Natural Gas ($) 1,473 831 213 115 105 26 23 2,786

Total Standard ($) Error 8,341 (N/A) 5,467 (N/A) 1,138 (N/A) 652 (N/A) 625 (N/A) 166 (N/A) 148 (N/A) 16,538 (N/A)

% of Total Trees 43.3 32.1 7.5 7.3 7.0 1.5 1.3 100.0

% of Total $ 50.4 33.1 6.9 3.9 3.8 1.0 0.9 100.0

Avg. $/tree 31.36 27.75 24.75 14.48 14.53 18.50 18.50 26.93

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Complete Population of Public Trees 4/28/2017 DBH Class (in) Species

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Broadleaf Deciduous Large (BDL) Broadleaf Deciduous Large Total

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Broadleaf Deciduous Medium (BDM) Broadleaf Deciduous Medium Flamegold Chinese pistache Total

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Broadleaf Deciduous Small (BDS) Common crapemyrtle Total

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