revised 4/9/2013
Current Cupertino Tree Ordinance
There is no mention of tree tags in the Tree Ordinance at www.cupertino.org/treeordinance
The only reference to these tags is listed below under “Cupertino City Council Review”.
Cupertino City Council Review
- March 6, 2012: First Reading of Tree Ordinance - Staff Report under “Community Education” it mentions “City asset tag identification of all street trees”
- A budget line item
Important Information for Residents about the Tree Tags
- The City is tagging all trees in the public right-of-way and calling them “Street Trees”.
- The installation of tree tags is planned in phases, over a period of 4 years (2012-2016). Refer to the Reforestation Program Map (see contacts below) to see when your area will be hit. After your area is tagged, it will be reforested.
- The tagging of city street trees has been very inconsistent. Some trees get tagged while others do not.
- If a tree is not tagged, it does not mean it is not a city street tree. You must check their online database at http://www.cupertino.org/treeordinance and enter your address. Smaller trees, palm trees, redwood trees seem to be the ones usually missing tags but that is not consistent either!
- Even if your tree was tagged, people have been removing tags in protest. So, you may not have seen the tag before someone removed it.
- If they have tagged a tree on private property, contact them! See phone number below.
Who to Contact
To report tags on private trees:Call Cupertino Tree Department at (408) 777-3410
To see if you have any City Street Trees:
Go to www.cupertino.org/trees, enter your address in the Location box and click Search.
To see when your neighborhood will be tagged or reforested (Reforestation Program Map):
On the right-hand side, click on “Reforestation Program Map”
Call to Action
Call or contact our City Council members and the Director of Public Works demanding that they stop tagging our trees and that they immediately implement an alternative form of “Community Education”!
| Timm Borden, Director of Public Works | TimmB@cupertino.org | (408) 777-3354 |
| All Council members: | citycouncil@cupertino.org | |
| Orrin Mahoney | OMahoney@cupertino.org | (408) 777-3195 |
| Gilbert Wong | GWong@cupertino.org | (408) 777-3191 |
| Mark Santoro | MSantoro@cupertino.org | (408) 777-3193 |
| Barry Chang | BChang@cupertino.org | (408) 777-3192 |
| Rod Sinks | RSinks@cupertino.org | (408) 777-3194 |