...Title
Urban Greening Implementation Plan. (Davis)
...Recommendations
1. Building on the Green Stormwater Infrastructure Plan, identify equity-focused urban greening projects to promote the rapid incorporation of green streets, and other nature-based strategies (extensive urban tree canopy, California native plantings, re-wilding, rain gardens, etc.) throughout the city.
2. Direct staff to work across departments to prioritize these multi-benefit climate adaptation strategies into major street rehabilitation and redesign projects as well as major development projects.
3. Direct staff to align implementation strategies with other priorities such as Better Bike Plan 2025, Vision Zero, and the urban village plans.
4. Direct staff to advocate for a greater alignment of regional, state, and federal funding to support the construction of these projects and pursue said funding sources.
5. Direct the City Manager to take a coordinated approach - including with the City Manager’s Office, Intergovernmental Relations Team, Department of Transportation, Public Works, and Environmental Services Division - to advocate for flexibility in grant requirements and timelines when used for projects with multiple objectives (e.g., repaving combined with urban greening).
6. Consistent with the current 2021-22 Annual Legislative Priorities, advocate for new and more flexible infrastructure funding at the federal level to support urban greening elements.