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Friends of Seattle’s Urban Forest Response to Seattle City Council’s Passage of Tree Ordinance Update –

Posted on June 6, 2023 by Steve ZemkeJune 6, 2023

  Friends of Seattle’s Urban Forest Response to Seattle City Council’s Passage of Tree Ordinance Update  ARE WE REALLY PROTECTING OUR EXISTING TREES WITH THIS LEGISLATION? The passage by the Seattle City Council of CB 120534 on May 24, 2023 … Continue reading →

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2023 Seattle Tree Protection Poll Briefing by NPI

Posted on April 17, 2023 by Steve ZemkeApril 19, 2023

Click on bottom of slide above to see results NW Progressive Institute – January 2023 See also:: Second set of Seattle tree protection poll findings affirms voters value urban forests –  NW Progressive Institute – Dec 20, 2021 Seattle voters … Continue reading →

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2023 Tree Protection Ordinance Update Documents

Posted on April 15, 2023 by Steve ZemkeApril 15, 2023

  Council Bill 120584 AN ORDINANCE relating to tree protection; balancing the need for housing production and 6 increasing tree protections; and amending Sections 23.44.020, 23.47A.016, 23.48.055, 7 23.76.004, 23.76.006, and Chapter 25.11 of the Seattle Municipal Code. – Summary and … Continue reading →

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Comments on 2023 Addendum to 2022 SEPA Determination of Non-Significance Tree Legislation March 2023

Posted on April 7, 2023 by Steve ZemkeJune 14, 2023

Dear Gordon Clowers and  Nathan Torgelson, Description: item 2 does not list other zones that can remove 3 tree  per year. Just saying all other zones is not something people can readily understand? Is it 1 zone or 5 zones. … Continue reading →

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2023 – Seattle City Council Members and Land Use Staff

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Steve ZemkeApril 19, 2023
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City 2022 Council Initial Balancing Package – Seattle City Budget – items relating to trees and urban forest

Posted on November 15, 2022 by Steve ZemkeNovember 30, 2022

Budget balancing amendments proposed on Monday Nov. 14, 2022 – add Urban Forester position to OSE, request for OSE report on tree planting funds needed, added $250,000 for SDOT tree planting,  $500 thousand cut in 2024 for Green Seattle Partnership … Continue reading →

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Please Amend draft SDCI Tree Protection Ordinance to Strengthen Protection for Trees

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Steve ZemkeAugust 4, 2022

Send Letter to Mayor Bruce Harrell and Seattle City Council: bruce.harrell@seattle.gov   council@seattle.gov Dear Mayor Harrell and the Seattle City Council, Please act to update Seattle’s Tree Protection Ordinance. It’s been 13 years since the Seattle City Council first urged the … Continue reading →

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Three Positions open on Seattle Urban Forestry Commission Apply by 2/24/22

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Steve ZemkeFebruary 21, 2022

Following Post is copied from Seattle Greenspace Blog – Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment to help make information available to the public Three Positions Available: Apply by 2/24/22 to Join the Urban Forestry Commission February 8, 2022 by Kristin Brown         … Continue reading →

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Seattle Urban Forestry Commission submits Draft Tree Protection Ordinance Update to Council

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Steve ZemkeJuly 1, 2019

Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw to Champion Tree Protection Ordinance Update Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw, who Chairs the Finance and Neighborhoods Committee, has agreed to pick up the effort to update Seattle’s Tree Protection Ordinance. The legislation was being … Continue reading →

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Seattle’s Tree Ordinance on the Move Again

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Steve ZemkeJune 11, 2019

Coalition for a Stronger Tree Ordinance Seattle’s Tree Protection Ordinance Update is on the move again. Councilmember Sally Bagshaw has agreed to move this legislation forward, after Councilmember Rob Johnson resigned from the Seattle City Council earlier this year. Councilmember … Continue reading →

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