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Strategy n5-1. Increase and optimize carbon landscape design through sheet mulching will reduce water use, sequestration and improve ecosystem resilience support native habitats, and preserve the aesthetic benefits of well- designed outdoor spaces. Existing Ongoing Actions Emissions reduction Co -benefits The City will continue to implement the Pesticide Posting Program and follow their Integrated Pest Management Program, using notices and signage to inform the public of ongoing pest management operations. Emissions reduction 1\1, City Cost N/A Co -benefits O 1016 Community Cost N/A The City will continue to manage the amount, source, placement, and timing of plant nutrients and soil amendments in City parks, green spaces, and natural areas through actions such as applying recycled wood mulch from tree trimmings into planters, medians, and tree wells and leaving green waste on-site to the extent feasible. Emissions reduction City Cost I I --- I Co -benefits O 1� ® Community Cost N/A The City will build upon existing land management education such as continuing the City's Environmental Services Water Conservation efforts. For example, encouraging lawn conversion and improving Primary Actions Emissions reduction 366,2001 Co -benefits th 4 City Cost $486k Community Cost $470k The City will develop and implement an Urban Forest Master Plan that includes best practices for tree health and maintenance and reevaluates community tree regulations. The plan should aim to protect and increase tree canopy and native habitat, and to ensure trees are replanted with a "right -sized tree" sufficient minimum soil volume to thrive. The significant carbon storage potential of the plan makes it essential to reaching CAP 2.0 targets. As part of this effort, the following should be considered: Consider a community planting program that incentivizes the community to increase the quantity of trees planted throughout the city on private property. • Create a community guide with information on the benefits of canopy cover, appropriate species (e.g., climate -adapted, drought -tolerant, and carbon sequestering species), and proper planting practices. For example, trees adjacent to channels should be properly sized and sited as to not impair the function or maintenance of channels. • Modify the municipal code as needed to require climate adapted plantings for projects of a certain size, facilitate tree planting throughout the city, and discourage tree removal. I Represents carbon sequestration Pleasanton Climate Action Plan 2.0 Natural Systems 152