Mayor Agran’s Tree-Planting Project
The Irvine Sustainability Commission has recommended adoption of Mayor Larry Agran’s Urban Forest Master Plan, which will result in tens of thousands of new trees being planted throughout the City to help decrease Irvine’s carbon footprint, reduce storm water runoff, increase biodiversity, address the urban heat island effect, cool the City, and clean the air.
Mayor Agran also wants to convert some blacktop and lawns at our schools into small forested areas, add even more trees to our parks to provide shade, plant trees in medians and alongside major roadways to create beautiful streetscapes, and establish a program for Homeowner Associations to request trees for pocket parks and other areas under their control.
The Sustainability Commission estimated that the environmental impact of planting the proposed 67,500 trees would be equivalent to taking 84,000 vehicles off the road for a year, and the rainwater captured and runoff avoided by planting the trees would be equivalent to filling 39,700 swimming pools.
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