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 Note – bolding of parts of … Continue reading
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https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2021/09/seattle-voters-overwhelmingly-favor-policies-to-protect-and-expand-the-citys-tree-canopy.html Seattle voters overwhelmingly favor policies to protect and expand the city’s tree canopy – NPI’s Cascadia Advocate In July of 2021, we teamed up with TreePAC to investigate support for a a range of sensible ideas for creating policy … Continue reading
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
Tree protection polling insights Prepared for the Seattle City Council by the Northwest Progressive Institute team May 3rd, 2023 Introduction Councilmembers, NPI thanks you for your work with Mayor Bruce Harrell to improve climate resilience and strengthen protections for Seattle’s … Continue reading
e-mail sent to Seattle City Council Dear Councilmember Dan Strauss, Concerns regarding amendments are based on Wednesday, April 26 amendment sheet, which is the latest the public has seen. We have not seen any updates on amendments on the Land Use Committee … Continue reading
The Seattle City Council is in the processing of updating Seattle’s Tree Protection Ordinance. Wording for specific amendments is happening now. Final discussion and adoption of amendments will take place at two Special Land Use Committee meeting on Thursday May … Continue reading
[pdf-embedder url=”https://friends.urbanforests.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/January-2023-Seattle-Tree-Protection-Findings-Briefing-Packet.pdf” title=”January 2023 Seattle Tree Protection Findings Briefing Packet”] 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 … Continue reading
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
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
Friends of Seattle’s Urban Forest Talking Points for Seattle Tree Protection Ordinance Update testimony before the Land Use Committee Remove the guaranteed “development area of 85%.” for lowrise, midrise, commercial and mixed zones. If middle housing legislation passes in Olympia, all … Continue reading