Questions regarding One Seattle Comprehensive Plan draft EIS – May 6, 2024 What is your estimation of planting needs and time frame to replace canopy lost during development (over 5 year periods as tracked by the city’s canopy study)? The Tree Protection Ordinance refers to “tree replacement … Continue reading
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Sent: Monday, May 6, 2024 4:44 PMTo: PCD_CompPlan_EIS@seattle.gov <PCD_CompPlan_EIS@seattle.gov>Subject: Comments on Draft EIS for One Seattle Comprehensive Plan Seattle Office of Planning and Community Development, 600 4th Ave, Floor 5 Seattle, WA 98104 Response to Analysis of Plants and Animals in Section 3.3 of the One Seattle Comprehensive Plan draft EIS – lot coverage issue and building will be different than … Continue reading
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
[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
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
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
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