#1 Presentation by Janesville Shade Tree Advisory Committee
Community Development Department Memorandum
October 12, 2009
TO: Janesville City Council
FROM: Al Hulick, Management Analyst
SUBJECT: Presentation by Janesville Shade Tree Advisory Committee
In 2007, the Janesville Shade Tree Advisory Committee (JSTAC) voluntarily
started the process of conducting a street tree inventory for the City of Janesville.
This process was important to understand the current composition and health of
the City’s urban forest, and to help prepare and plan for future threats. In the Fall
of 2008, the JSTAC completed their field work, which involved creating an
inventory of trees and planting spaces along randomly selected segments of
Janesville’s streets. The species, size, and condition of existing terrace trees, as
well as spaces where trees could be planted were collected. This information
has been complied and tabulated into the attached report.
At this time, the JSTAC would like to present this information to the City Council.
The JSTAC hopes the attached document will be used as a starting point for
comprehensive planning for the future of Janesville’s Urban Forest, and can be
used to improve existing ordinances regarding trees and prepare a plan to deal
with emerald ash borer and other potential catastrophic events that may befall
the City’s Urban Forest.
The Janesville Shade Tree Advisory Committee has recently submitted for a
grant and the City was requested to support the Janesville Shade Tree Advisory
Committee in kind. The City Manager was supportive of this.
cc: Eric Levitt
Jacob Winzenz