The Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties (MBAKS) registered in 2022 and 2023 with the city of Seattle regarding Lobbying on updating Seattle’s Tree Protection Ordinance – from Public Records on Seattle
| Subjects of Lobbying During Period | |
| Subjects | Lobbying regarding potential revisions to Seattle tree ordinance and related matters. Amounts listed both to lobbyist and to lobbying entity include total billings to client for lobbying and legal work. |
| Compensation To Lobbyist | $451.35 |
| Compensation To Lobbying Entity | $2655 |
7/1 -9/31/2022 -amended report
| Subjects of Lobbying During Period | |
| Subjects | Lobbying regarding potential revisions to Seattle tree ordinance and related matters. Lobbyist believes that he did not have more than four lobbying contacts in Q3, but is reporting in an effort to provide maximum transparency and compliance. Amounts listed both to lobbyist and to lobbying entity include billings to client for lobbying and legal work. |
| Expenditures for Period | |
| Compensation To Lobbyist | $413.1 |
| Compensation To Lobbying Entity | $2430 |
| Reporting Period | |
| Start | 4/1/2023 |
| End | 6/30/2023 |
| Expenditures for Period | |
| Compensation To Lobbyist | $23000 |
| Compensation To Lobbying Entity | 0 |
| Subjects of Lobbying During Period | |
| Naomi Lewis 4/17/23 CB# 120534 Nathan Torgelson 4/17/23 TRAO delays Nathan Torgelson, Marco Lowe, Kye Lee 4/17/23 TRAO delays Liz VanBemmel 4/19/23 Water meter delay Liz VanBemmel 4/20/23 SPU delays Kye Lee, Marco Lowe, Liz VanBemmel, Caia Caldwell 4/24/23 Ops meeting Evelyn Chow, Devin Silvernail 4/25/23 CB# 120534 Steven Ellis, Councilmember Nelson 4/25/23 CB# 120534 Erin House, Councilmember Mosqueda 4/25/23 CB# 120534 Liz VanBemmel 4/26/23 Meeting agenda Steven Ellis, Councilmember Nelson, Councilmember Mosqueda, Eric House, Devin Silvernail, Councilmember Morales 4/26/23 CB# 120534 Nathan Torgelson 4/26/23 CB# 120534 Marco Lowe, Liz Van Bemmell 4/26/23 Meeting agenda Nathan Torgelson 5/1/23 TRAO delays Kye Lee 5/2/23 CB# 120534 Kye Lee 5/3/23 CB# 120534 Councilmember Nelson, Steven Ellis, Councilmember Mosqueda, Erin House 5/3/23 CB# 120534 Solana Granados, Devin Silvernail, Councilmember Morales 5/4/23 CB# 120534 Kye Lee, Marco Lowe, Liz VanBemmel 5/10/23 Building code Marco Lowe 5/11/23 Impact Fees Wayne Barnett 5/11/23 Annual Builders Event Kye Lee 5/18/23 Energy Code Nathan Torgelson 5/18/23 Building material issue BrynDel Swift 5/19/23 CB# 120534 Councilmember Strauss 5/22/23 CB# 120534 Councilmember Lewis 5/22/23 CB# 120534 Liz VanBemmel 5/23/23 Meeting agenda Councilmember Nelson 5/23/23 CB# 120534 Councilmember Strauss 5/23/23 CB# 120534 Liz VanBemmel 5/24/23 SDCI tech fee Marco Lowe, Kye Lee 5/24/23 City Parks Dept Kye Lee 5/26/23 Energy Code Sent to various city employess, then forwarded to others 5/30/23 Annual Builders Event Faride Cuevas 5/31/23 CB# 120534 Andrew Lewis, Naomi Lewis, Faride Cuevas, Bradley Wilburn 6/1/23 Annual Builders Event All Councilmembers, Mayor’s office, SDCI, Bradley Wilburn, Andy Higgens, 6/2/23 Annual Builders Mixer Nathan Torgelson 6/26/23 TRAO follow-up Elizabeth Sheldon 7/5/23 SIP Lite review Alex Chen 7/6/23 SPU water connections Debra Sutey 7/17/23 Seattle Fire Department Marco Lowe, Ops Team, Department Directors 1/17/23, 2/24/23, 3/24/23, 4/27/23, 5/25/23 Monthly Homebuilder working group City Staff from various departments 1/18/23, 2/15/23, 3/15/23, 4/19/23, 5/17/23, 7/19/23 Monthly permitting meeting with builders Kye Lee, Marco Lowe, Liz VanBemmel, Caia Caldwell 1/23/23, 2/23/23, 3/27/23, 4/24/23, 5/22/23, Monthly Ops Meeting Marco Lowe, Nathan Torgelson, Kye Lee, Jessyn Ferrell, Naomi Lewis, Eric House, Devin Silvernail, ALL City Councilmembers 4/21/23, 5/4/23, 5/23/23 B.O.T.H. Coalition | |
| Reporting Period | |
| Start | 1/1/2023 |
| End | 3/31/2023 |
| Expenditures for Period | |
| Compensation To Lobbyist | $23000 |
| Compensation To Lobbying Entity | 0 |
Name Date Subject Kye Lee 1/5/23 SDCI issue Kye Lee 1/11/23 SIP lite Kye Lee 1/13/23 SDCI issue Marco Lowe 1/13/23 Permit dashboard Kye Lee 1/18/23 TRAO delays Marco Lowe 1/18/23 Design Review Liz VanBemmel 2/1/23 Permit dashboard Marco Lowe, Caia Caldwell 2/2/23 SCL thresholds Marco Lowe 2/2/23 SPU Connection Times Marco Lowe 2/3/23 SPU Connection Times Marco Lowe 2/7/23 Watermain extensions Marco Lowe 2/15/23 Tech fees Caia Caldwell 2/16/23 SCL vacancy rates Kye Lee 2/21/23 Tree ordinance Kye Lee 2/24/23 Accela edits Marco Lowe 2/27/23 SBC Presentation Marco Lowe, Kye Lee 2/28/23 Seattle4everyone tree talk Greg Spotts, Shana Larson 2/28/23 Site walk-through Kye Lee 2/28/23 Lidar study Marco Lowe 2/28/23 Permit decline Marco Lowe, Kye Lee 3/2/23 SBC Presentation Marco Lowe, Kye Lee 3/9/23 Tree policy discussion All Councilmembers, Mayor’s office, SDCI, OSE 3/9/23 BOTH Coalition letter Kye Lee 3/9/23 SBC Presentation Caia Caldwell 3/10/23 Micro-housing tour Kye Lee 3/10/23 Capacity test Marco Lowe 3/10/23 SCL rumors Kye Lee 3/13/23 environmental policy Kye Lee 3/15/23 SDCI permitting delays Kye Lee 3/17/23 Current tree codes Liz VanBemmel 3/20/23 SPU Connection Times Kye Lee 3/20/23 CB# 120534 Kye Lee 3/21/23 Accela updates Liz VanBemmel 3/22/23 Agenda for HB working group Kye Lee 3/22/23 CB# 120534 Marco Lowe 3/22/23 CB# 120534 Councilmember Nelson 3/28/23 CB# 120534 Councilmember Nelson 3/28/23 CB# 120534 Kye Lee 3/29/23 CB# 120534 Councilmember Strauss 3/30/23 CB# 120534 Marco Lowe, Ops Team, Department Directors 1/17/23, 2/24/23, 3/24/23 Monthly Homebuilder working group City Staff from various departments 1/18/23, 2/15/23, 3/15/23 Monthly permitting meeting with builders Kye Lee, Marco Lowe, Liz VanBemmel, Caia Caldwell 1/23/23, 2/23/23, 3/27/23 Monthly Ops Meeting
| Reporting Period | |
| Start | 10/1/2022 |
| End | 12/31/2022 |
| Expenditures for Period | |
| Compensation To Lobbyist | $5458 |
| subjects of Lobbying During Period | |
| Subjects | Townhome reform legislation CB120394, DRAFT of new tree ordinance Affordable housing exemption from design review CB120464 Need for more missing middle housing |
| Reporting Period | |
| Start | 7/1/2022 |
| End | 9/30/2022 |
| Expenditures for Period | |
| Compensation To Lobbyist | $5458 |
| Subjects of Lobbying During Period | |
| Subjects | townhome reform legislation #120394, DRAFT of new tree ordinance Need for more missing middle housing |
| Reporting Period | |
| Start | 4/1/2022 |
| End | 6/30/2022 |
| Expenditures for Period | |
| Compensation To Lobbyist | $5458 |
| Subjects of Lobbying During Period | |
| Subjects | upcoming tree ordinance legislation, missing middle housing, MHA reform |
| Reporting Period | |
| Start | 1/1/2022 |
| End | 3/31/2022 |
| Expenditures for Period | |
| Compensation To Lobbyist | $5458 |
| Subjects of Lobbying During Period | |
| Subjects | Tree Ordinance, Tree provider registration legislation, SDCI Omnibus. |
| Reporting Period | |
| Start | 1/1/2021 |
| End | 12/31/2021 |
| Expenditures for Period | |
| Compensation To Lobbyist | $105,228.00 |
| Subjects of Lobbying During Period | |
| Subjects | MHA, tree ordinance, townhome reform, density rounding. |