Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager, or Designee, to Apply for Funding from the Watershed Protection Plan Implementation Grant Program from the Texas A&M Forest Service through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Forest Service to Plant Trees at Various City-Owned Sites and Accept Funding if Awarded
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
MEETING DATE: November 18, 2025
DEPARTMENT: Planning
Public Works’ Office of Environmental Sustainability
CONTACT: Lucas Raley, Director of Planning
Hunter Worthy, Urban Forester
Ian Erickson, Urban Forester
Sujata Gautam, Sustainability Manager
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Approval of Resolution
ITEM SUMMARY:
• If funded, this grant would fund tree plantings over five years at various city-owned sites around or near waterways with the purpose of improving water quality.
• City staff plan to engage volunteers to assist with the labor of planting the trees.
• The sites for the tree plantings are still being finalized. Sites being considered are in parks or near trails.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• The Watershed Protection Plan (WPP) Implementation Grant provides funding to promote, support, and enhance the use of trees in approved WPPs.
• McKinney partnered with the North Texas Municipal Water District on the development of the Lavon Lake WPP and remains a supporter today. The Lavon Lake WPP is an approved WPP, and it encourages the use of trees within the watershed for the purpose of benefiting water quality.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• Requesting the maximum allowed amount of $50,000. There is no local match required.
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A