CC 08-17-2021 Item No. 1 Presentation from Santa Clara Valley Urban Forestry Alliance_Staff PresentationSanta Clara Valley
Urban Forestry Alliance
City of Cupertino | City Council
August 17, 2021
CC 08-17-2021 Item No. 1
Urban Heat Island Effect
Image Credit : Urban Heat Island Effect by Alexandre Affonso
Urban Heat Island Effect in SCC
This chart shows number of days in a year when daily maximum temperature is above the extreme heat threshold of 95 °F in Santa Clara County.
Source: cal-adapt
Working Vision
Through region-wide collaboration in urban forestry management,
monitoring, advocacy, and policy, with a primary focus on economically
and ecologically challenged neighborhoods, urban canopy within the
county will be expanded and preserved, mitigating the effects of climate
change and development.
Santa Clara
Valley Urban
Forestry
Alliance
Committed Stakeholders
Stanford Future Bay Initiative
Your Role Within SCVUFA
Collaborate with SCVUFA to leverage resources that will positively impact huma
health countywide.
Help identify areas within your community that have disproportionately low
canopy coverage.
Facilitate communication and education of the Alliance’s work within your
municipality and throughout the County.
Initial Municipal
Stakeholder Outreach
Draft Alliance
Governance Structure
Urban Forestry High-
Needs Areas Study
MARCH
2021
California Climate Action
Corps Fellows Join
JANUARY
2021
SUMMER
2020
State and Federal Urban
Forestry Legisation Analysis
FEB. 2021
Stakeholder Webinar
SEP. 2021JAN.
2022
Expand Outreach and
Engagment
MAY
2021
Complete Municipal
Resource Gap Analysis
APRIL
2021
Timeline of SCVUFA