Maintenance Committee (WebEx only)
City of Cleveland Urban Forestry CommissionThe Urban Forestry Commission (UFC)’s purpose is to advise the mayor and City Council on policies and regulations that will increase the tree canopy and vibrancy of our neighborhoods. Its Maintenance Committee discusses and advises on the city’s tree maintenance plans.
Commissioner Dan Leamon chairs this committee. We’re not sure who else from the full commission serves on this committee, but this is the list of current commissioners:
Commission members:
- Xavier Bay (City Planning, Cleveland)
- Jose Hernandez (Public Utilities, Cleveland)
- Jennifer Kipp (Urban Forestry, City of Cleveland)
- Dan Leamon (resident, health specialist)
- Anna Zaremba (Sustainability, City of Cleveland)
- Tom Schreiber (Western Reserve Land Conservancy)
- Jenny Spencer, interim chair (Ward 15 City Council Member)
- Rick Switalski (Capital Projects, City of Cleveland)
- Jinan Berard (youth resident, a student at Hathaway Brown School)
- Beck Swab (Holden Forests and Gardens)
- Ammon Danielson (Cleveland Public Power representative)
- Whitnye Long-Jones (Organic Connects, Inc.)
- Jennifer Chandler (CHN Housing Partners)
- Laura Marks (resident)
- Sara Tillie (Cleveland Tree Coalition)
Note: You can attend this meeting only on WebEx. There may be a recording available later, but we are not sure if or when that will be available. So to document this meeting, please attend via WebEx at the time of the meeting. It may be helpful for you to record audio of the meeting, but it’s not a requirement of the assignment.
Watching remotely? Join this WebEx link: https://cityclevelandoh.webex.com/cityclevelandoh/j.php?MTID=m82267e1c9529976c7d0ed3c25840b01d
Additional WebEx info:
Meeting number (access code): 2300 050 1613
Meeting password: Cleveland
Keep an eye out for an agenda and other meeting materials in this Google Drive folder.
Catch up on recent discussions about tree maintenance with this meeting brief from Signal’s Frank Lewis, which is based on notes from Documenter Collin Cunningham on the full commission’s April 2025 meeting.
Find past Documenters coverage of this meeting here: https://cleveland.documenters.org/reporting/?agency=689
Check the source website for additional information
Agency Information
City of Cleveland Urban Forestry Commission
The commission formerly known as the “Tree Commission” was established in the early 1990’s and went dormant in the early 2000’s. New legislation was introduced in 2021 by Cleveland City Council members to amend and revive the Tree Commission in the Codified Ordinances (Chapter 163, Sections 163.01 to 163.04).
Now known as the Urban Forestry Commission (UFC), its purpose is to advise the mayor and City Council on policies and regulations that will increase our tree canopy and vibrancy of our neighborhoods. Under this scope, the UFC will provide advice and strategic planning on how the city can implement best practices to maintain and grow Cleveland’s tree canopy. The work of the UFC will play an integral part in improving citywide tree canopy revitalization plans. Their duties include assisting with the adoption of an urban forest management plan, developing and updating a comprehensive inventory of trees, providing recommendations on policy and plans, monitoring the implementation of city plans, soliciting grants or funding contributions, and much more.
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Maintenance Committee (WebEx only)
City of Cleveland Urban Forestry Commission
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025
2:00 p.m. EDT