a report from Councillor Quinton Zondervan and Councillor Dennis J. Carlone, Co-Chairs of the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebration Committee, for a public hearing held on March 26, 2019 to discuss Cambridge’s Memorial Tree Program and ways to revitalize the program in order to increase participation citywide

Atlachment A Lopez, Donna From: Catherine LeBlanc <[email removed]> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 12:30 PM To: City Council; Lopez, Donna Cc: Totten, Daniel Subject: Tree Memorial program hearing testimony (i'm disabled can't attend in person today) Dear Honorable City Council & Clerk, Thank you for the opportunity to send testimony for today's Tree Memorial Program hearing. I planned to attend however disability is keeping me in. I believe the proposed components will greatly improve quality of life for many levels of Cambridge & beyond. Increasing the tree canopy is a significant climate change moderator which I don't need to explain. Hospice & other bereavement experts document that acknowledging and honoring one's loss via memorials significantly facilitates the grieving process. The power of having a tangible, living, breathing, thriving memorial to a loved one is eloquent alchemy for mourning. The tree can be a place of solace to visit. It can mark the passage of time in a visible healing way of how nature transforms from the soil in life cycles that we are all a part of. The tree is part of our community giving to the city, planet and the residents will have a profoundly personal connection to Cambridge. For loved ones away from the tree, knowing it is there is a comforting legacy marker. Removing the fee will remove economic barriers, grief touches all. Having a record will allow more engagement/access with the memorials locations. Having a marker will be significantly more visibility naming the honored beloved than the website listing. Permitting council members to honor is an expansive, healthy way to commemorate, much more dynamic than signpost. When I learned of the program, I immediately called my son. His cousin died last summer. After having already lost an uncle, grandfather and grandmother in the recent past, his cousin was 30years old. The price of $200 is cost prohibitive for no/low income folks but a memorial tree is priceless & constantly giving. Dana's mother cried when she heard of our plan. The tree will be planted this spring, nearby at the Morse school so | can walk there. Thank you. Catz Catherine LeBlanc 14 Tufts Street #3 1

3/26/2019 Committee Program Memorial Tree Neighborhood and Long Term Planning City ot Cambridge Attachment B OF PUBL ORKS

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tery. location: 6" × 12" plaque. Alta Hams Park Ann Morrison Park Esther Simplot Park Boise Depot and Platt Gardens Bernadine Quinn Riverside Park Idaho Fallen Firefighters Memorial Adopt-a-Tree Premier Parks Premier Parks Neighborhood Parks 10 to 20-inch diameter = $500 Up to 10-inch diameter = $250 Up to 10-inch diameter = $500 Shoreline Park Molenaar Park Julia Davis Park Over 20-inch diameter = $2,000 10 to 20-inch diameter = $1,000 Over 20-inch diameter = $1,000 Warm Springs Park Marianne Williams Park Please note that not all premier parks may have tree or bench adoptions avallable. Complexes, Veterans Memorial Park or within any city-owned ceme- Kristin Armstrong Municipal Park Park, Molenaar Park, Morris Hill Park, Rhodes Park, Simplot Sports Tree adoptions are not available in Bethine Church Trail, C.W. a special way to observe important people, dates, and events in your Greenbelt, Hillside Park, Kathryn Albertson Park, Marianne Williams Youth Sports Complex, Esther Simplot Park, Fairmont Park/Pool, This popular program, established by our Community Forestry Unit, is life. Trees that have been established for at least two years are eligible for adoption, which includes the tree and the installation of a Moore Park, Cecil D. Andrus Capitol Park, Charles F. McDevitt The cost to adopt a tree is based upon the size of the tree and Area. Trees. keeping. Possible Revisions: "Witness" Tree Program. web site (Cartegraph) record • -Similar to the Vancouver (Wa) Dedication Program • (2) Associated with existing Park • (3) Dedication Wall or Dedication • (1) Associated with new Park Trees. • (4) City Council Proclamation - with City of cambridge Tree BRIDGE ORKS