a report from Councillor Quinton Zondervan, Co-Chair and Councillor Dennis J. Carlone, Co-Chair of the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebration Committee, for a public hearing held on September 17, 2019 to discuss the preserved Inman Square tree trunks and receive input from the public on possible future uses of the wood, which is a public resource

OF PUBLIC January 2019: KS #4 12" diameter x 110" long #2 15" diameter x 110" long #1 16" diameter × 101" long #3 15" diameter × 122" long Replanted river birches at Danehy Park. Have 4 logs from 4 removed honey locusts. Inman Square Tree Removals Completed in (Atlachment A)

* CAMBRIDGE OF PUBLIC DEPARTMENT playgrounds western Massachusetts. driftwood but retain a raw, rustic look." https://www.wbur.org/artery/2014/04/07/mitch-ryerson- "He likes to work in black locust wood that he sources from chainsaws, power planes, electric grinders, chisels, mallets, extremely durable." He and his crew transform the logs with it's good for sculptural arrangements," Ryerson says. "And it's did not find honey locust to be a good wood for this purpose. "It grows in really interesting shapes, so trees in the plaza renovations. He typically uses black locust and Reached out to Mitch Ryerson, Artist, to see about usability of the drawknives, adzes, axes and hatchets. The logs become smooth like Young Girl Grasps a Railing at Alberico Park | image via RyersonDesign.com Fulmore Park last summer. (Greg Cook)

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#Shopinman INMAN SQUARE plan includes: the square March 2019 Supporting Small Businesses accommodate new spaces about critical operations issues • Installation of banners, planters, tree lights • Individual meetings with business owners on construction questions • Wayfinding and promotional signage and distribution of promotional materials • Small business coaching offering on financial planning, insurance, and legal services • Temporary changes to area parking regulations, including re-striping of the Springfield lot to • A "Preparing Your Business for Construction" workshop which was held on January 14, 2019 with the East Cambridge Business Association (ECBA), Inman Square Neighborhood Association (ISNA), Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, and Cambridge Local First on a business impact mitigation plan. The • DPW and the Community Development Department's Economic Development Division are collaborating • Co-hosting (with ECBA) a "Second Thursdays in Inman Square" monthly event to attract customers to • "Coffee-talk" drop-in sessions with City and Contactor staff and attendance at regular ECBA meetings • Ongoing electronic and printed communications and periodic surveys of individual businesses to learn • A "Shop Local" customer loyalty program with 26 participating business and over 300 participants since

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(Atachment B) To: Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebration Committee Re: September 17, 2019, Hearing On Disposition of wood from Inman Square The Friends of Inman Square would like to express our strong opposition to the proposal to take wood from the trees that were removed from our neighborhood park earlier this year in order to make cutting boards that say "I love Inman Square." As you know, the Inman Square re-design has been an extremely divisive project. It is a project that has pitted neighbors against neighbors and has caused harm to a number of local businesses. The felling of the four fifty year old healthy shade trees in the middle of one of the city's worst heat islands has been very upsetting to countless neighborhood residents. To re-purpose the wood as proposed by City Engineer Watkins is an affront. It is an offensive and insensitive act. We are in the midst of a severe climate crisis. The consultants to the City's Urban Forestry Task Force have documented an unprecedented loss of tree canopy over the past decade. They have concluded that to keep up with our current tree canopy coverage will require planting literally thousands of new trees per year. The City needs to be in the business of aggressively adding rather than taking away from our rapidly dwindling canopy. Rather than 'pour salt in the wound' - a wound that was created by removing four of the Square's mature trees, we propose that the wood be repurposed in a location outside of the Inman Square neighborhood. We suggest that it go to the high school where it could be used in a wood-working or art class. It is also worth noting at this time, that more trees, in addition to the four honey locusts that were cut down in January, will be removed and/or severely compromised as a result of the proposed re-design. These include the two very large trees in front of the marijuana dispensary and the two golden rain trees in front of Urgent Care. We would like to know when the City proposes to hold a tree hearing for these remaining trees. Sincerely, Sara Mae Berman, 23 Fayette Street, Agnes Criss, 76 Antrim St., Jonathan Harris, 9 Marie Ave., Deb Mandel, 242 Hampshire St., John Pitkin, 18 Fayette St., Marie-Elena Saccoccio, 55 Otis St., Elena Saporta, 102 Ellery St., Florrie Wescoat, 33 Market St., for the Friends of Inman Square