Fund the Sunnyvale Urban Forest Management Plan
I urge the City of Sunnyvale to implement the Sunnyvale Urban Forest Management Plan by funding the staff and equipment needed. This plan was approved in 2014, but has not been funded.
Trees are an essential part of our community! Sunnyvale's urban
forest cools the city, helps manage stormwater runoff, improves the walkability
of neighborhoods, removes pollutants, and sequesters carbon.
Signers must be at least 18 years old. Voter registration is not required.
Background:
SUFA: The Sunnyvale Urban Forest Advocates (SUFA), an organization
founded in 2014 to protect and increase Sunnyvale’s urban forest, is
spearheading the petition to plant more trees in the City of Sunnyvale.
Purpose
of Petition: The
petition’s purpose is for the City of Sunnyvale to fully implement the
Sunnyvale Urban Forest Management Plan (SUFMP), by funding the staff and
equipment needed. The SUFMP was unanimously approved by the City Council
back in 2014. The full text of the SUFMP can
be found at https://www.sunnyvaletrees.org/urban-forest-management-plan/
Goal: The goal is to plant 29,000 new trees - 14,000 in commercial areas and 15,000 in
residential areas (of those, 5,000 are to be planted as street trees). Because
the trees are not being planted, we are not receiving the benefits, and at this
rate, neither will the next generation - trees take time to grow.
Call
to Action: We urge you to sign the petition to express your desire for
these trees to be planted and to put pressure on the
city to provide the necessary funding to plant them. You
can also contact the City Council to request that they prioritize
the funding of the Sunnyvale Urban Forest Management
Plan (SUFMP) at council@sunnyvale.ca.gov
