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Power to the Partnership! 2013 Welcome Shareholders Mary DeJong Urban Forest Sustainability Model The Forest Resource How is the forest doing? Management Infrastructure What does it take to manage the forest? Framework of Community

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Power to the Partnership! 2013

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Welcome Shareholders

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Mary DeJong

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Urban Forest Sustainability Model

The Forest Resource

– How is the forest doing?

Management Infrastructure

– What does it take to manage the forest?

Framework of Community Support

– How do we keep the community engaged?

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More than $9.8 million of value every year by

cleaning our air and

water

saving energy,
intercepting rain
sequestering carbon
Seattle Forest’s Ecosystem Values

(iTree)

Forest Benefits

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Community Support 2012

Forest Stewards:

120 at 50 different Parks

Volunteer Hours:

78,775

Volunteer Events:

950

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Program to Date

Over 865 acres

enrolled in restoration

575,000+ volunteer

hours

135,000 Trees planted
Over $17.6 million of

direct funding

Community leveraging

3:1

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Expanding the Partnership

New 2013 GSP Executive Council Members

– Steve Dubiel, EarthCorps – Thatcher Bailey, Seattle Parks Foundation – Ken Colling, Seattle Goodwill

Friends of Cedar River Watershed, Mountains

to Sound Greenway Trust, Plant for the Planet

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Capital Budget

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CIP

2005 Planned Capital Budget

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$0 $500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $3,500 $4,000 2005 2015 2025

Parks CIP Planned Parks Levy Parks CIP Forterra SPU SPU Planned Goal

Proposed vs. Actual Capital Budget

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Where do the $’s go?

Community Consultant Services $142,774 Education $4,000 Volunteer Coordination $151,510 Field Establishment $261,627 Maintenance $244,768 New Acres $523,524 Planting $259,135 Plants $243,659 Tools, Materials $76,357 Trail $7,972 Youth Green Corps $75,000 Management Inventory & Mapping $86,600 Monitoring $52,200 Staff $419,306 Training $25,000 Total $2,573,433

2013 Parks Capital Budget

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Getting to the goal - $52M

$13,228 $3,226 $1,130 $800 $9,006 $8,135 $17,195

Parks Forterra SPU Planned SPU Planned Parks Gap to date To be funded Gap 2014 – 2018 Planned Funded to date

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Operations and Maintenance Budget

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Long Term Maintenance

$0 $400,000 $800,000 $1,200,000 $1,600,000

2006 2011 2016 2021 2026

Maintenance Level Mainteance Need

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Community Leverage

City of Seattle, $13.9 Non Profits, $10.1 Volunteer Hours Value, $11.6 Grants and

ther, $4.5

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What's Next for GSP?

Using our data!
Publish new map and

analysis

Add new Park’s staff

– Plant Ecologists (2) – P & D Supervisor (1) – Natural Area Crew (4) – Trails Crew (6)

Seek full funding

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Participate!

PLP Citizen Advisory Meeting

Thursday, September 19 www.seattle.gov/parks/legacy

Duwamish Alive!

Saturday, October 19 duwamishalive.org

Green Seattle Day

Saturday, November 2 greenseattle.org

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T

wn Hall Session

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Breakout Sessions

Breakout Session I (Fidalgo) Funding our Park System Breakout Session II (Shaw) Regular Volunteers Session Breakout Session III (Lopez) Science & Information Session

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