Austin Tree Planting Prioritization 2016 Dustin Posey Max

Austin Tree Planting Prioritization 2016 Dustin Posey, Max Piotrzkowski, Benjamin Griffith, Alyssa Carvajal 1

Background • Past Projects Urban Heat Island • Neighborwoods Introduction • City of Austin has a goal of planting 1, 000 trees each year. • Where should they be planted? Why these locations? • 2014 Tree Prioritization Plan • Create criteria to prioritize areas along streets. • Identify and rank ideal locations based on this criteria. • • Alan Halter’s Report 2

Scope Full purpose Austin City Limits 3

Methodology Aggregating Data • City of Austin Determine Criteria • Major roads • City council district • City boundaries • • Alan Halter’s Data • • • Priority data Manipulate data Client Request • Medians Arterial roads Residential area 50+ trees Overhead Utilities Halter’s Priority Zones Full Purpose 4

Methodology Choosing Planting Locations • Exam aerial imagery • • 20 Possible locations Compare Areas to Criteria • Overhead Utilities • 10 locations had utility interference Convert Google Earth points to shapefiles 5

Methodology Analyze & Manipulate Data • Buffer surrounding medians • 200 ft • Attribute data • • • Raster Polygon for tree canopy cover • • • Merge buffer and tree canopy cover • • Existing tree canopy percentage Priority zone District number Land use Median length Percentage 6

Methodology Creating Mapbook • Enabling data driven pages • • Creates several pages in a format that we design from the data in our map document Offers a visual our client can share with others. 7

Discussion • Issues • Mapbook • Council member needs • • • Texas 811 Mapbook District 1 -Ora Houston District 2 -Delia Garza District 3 -Sabino Renteria District 4 -Gergorio Casar District 5 -Ann Kitchen District 6 -Don Zimmerman District 7 -Leslie Pool District 8 -Ellen Troxclair District 9 -Kathie Tovo District 10 -Sheri Gallo 8

Results Possible Planting Locations 1. Wells Branch Pkwy 2. Samsung Blvd 3. Howard Ln 4. Slaughter Ln 5. Koenig 6. Metric Blvd 7. Braker Ln 8. Dean Keeton 9. Stassney Ln 10. Westgate Blvd 9

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Conclusion The City of Austin will be able to implement the criteria that has been determined in the future as they continue to strive towards the goal of planting 1, 000 trees each year. The ten locations that have been chosen are a good starting point and we hope that our criteria we created will aid in finding more locations in the years to come. 12

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