>>> MARCH 22nd, 2023 MEETING
WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS 2:01
P.M.. I'M DAN STROUSE. WILL THE
CLERK SAY THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER IS EXCUSED
TODAY, IF YOUED COULD.
>> NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> PRESENT.
>> VICE CHAIR MORALES? CHAIR
STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> WE HAVE THREE PRESENT, ONE
EXCUSED AND ONE IS ON THE WAY.
WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS ON THE WAY,
BRIEFING DISCUSSION ON A
CONTRACT REZONE OF 2501 OF NORT
MARKET STREET, COUNCILMEMBER
105P # 3, THE CONTRACT REZONE I
FILE 314470, BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION ON ITEM 2250, THE
2021 TREE CANOPY ASSESSMENT
REPORT, AND DISCUSSION ON BILL
12054, TREE PROTECTIONS BILL,
AND A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION O
120155, FUNDING FOR THE TREE
PROTECTIONS BILL.
>> BEFORE WE BEGIN, IF THERE IS
NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL B
ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION,
THE HEARING IS ADOPTED
>> WE WILL OPEN THE HYBRID
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE
ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. PLEASE
BE AWARE -- CLERK, DO WE HAVE A
PUBLIC HEARING TODAY?
>> NO PUBLIC HEARING.
>> WE HAVE TWO ITEMS FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT ONE FOR EXPARTY AND ONE
FOR GENERAL COMMENT. IF YOU ARE
HERE TO TALK ABOUT -- EVERYONE
IS TALKING ABOUT TREE CANOPY
ASSESSMET OR PROTECTION. SO WE
HAVE JUST A FEW PEOPLE IN THE
ROOM, SO WE WILL GO WITH IN
PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTERS FIRST
AND THEN WE WILL MOVE TO ONLINE
CLERK, PLEASE, PLAY THE VIDEO.
>> HELLO, SEATTLE. WE ARE THE
EMERALD CITY, THE CITY OF
FLOWERS AND THE CITY OF GOOD
WILL, BUILT ON INDIGENOUS LAND,
THE TRADITIONAL TERRITORY OF TH
COSAILISH PEOPLE. THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL WELCOMES REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT AND IS EAGER TO
HEAR FROM RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A
SPEAKER, YOU MAY REGISTER TWO
HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING VIA
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
WEBSITE. HERE ARE SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC
COMMENT. PEOPLE ARE CALLED UPON
IN THE ORDER THEY REGISTERED ON
THE WEBSITE. EACH SPEAKER MUST
CALL IN FROM THE PHONE NUMBER
PROVIDED WHEN THEY REGISTERED
ONLINE AND USE THE MEETING ID
AND PASS CODE THAT WAS EMAILED
UPON CONFIRMATION. IF YOU DID
NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL
CONFIRMATION, CHECK YOUR SPAM O
JUNK MAIL FOLDERS. THE SPEAKER
MEETING ID IS DIFFERENT THAN TH
GENERAL LISTEN LINE ID PROVIDED
ON THE AGENDA. ONCE A SPEAKER'S
NAME IS CALLED, THE SPEAKER'S
MICROPHONE WILL BE UNMUTED AND
AN AUTOMATIC PROMPT WILL SAY,
THE HOST WOULD LIKE YOU TO
UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE. THAT IS
YOUR CUE THAT IT IS YOUR TURN T
SPEAK. AT THAT TIME, YOU MUST
PRESS STAR 6. YOU WILL THEN HEA
A PROMPT OF YOU ARE UNMUTED. BE
SURE YOUR PHONE IS UNMUTED ON
YOUR END SO WE WILL BE HEARD.
YOU SHOULD BEGIN BY STATING YOU
NAME AND THE ITEM YOU ARE
ADDRESSING. A CHIME WILL SOUND
WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT IN YOU
ALLOTTED TIME. AS A GENTLE
REMINDER TO WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENTS. AT THE END OF THE
TIME, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED. THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE
CALLED. ONCE YOU HAVE FINISHED,
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE
COMMENT LINE AND JOIN US THROUG
THE BROADCAST OR THE LISTENING
LINE ON THE AGENDA. THE COUNCIL
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ELIMINATE
PUBLIC COMMENT IF THE SYSTEM IS
BEING ABUSED OR IF THE PROCESS
IMPEDES THE COUNCIL'S ABILITY T
CONDUCT BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF
THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. ANY
OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE THAT IS
DISRUPTIVE TO THESE PROCEEDINGS
OR THAT IS NOT FOCUSED ON AN
APPROPRIATE TOPIC AS SPECIFIED
IN COUNCIL RULES MAY LEAD TO TH
SPEAKER BEING MUTED BY THE
PRESIDING OFFICER. OUR HOPE IS
TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS THAT WIL
ASSIST RECORDERLY DISCUSSIONS O
THE ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NO
OPEN. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6
AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT OF,
YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED. THANK YO
SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU. CLERK, WE ARE
GOING TO DO ONE MINUTE FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. WE HAVE 3
PEOPLE SIGNED UP. AND IF
EVERYONE HAD TWO MINUTES, THAT
WOULD BE AN HOUR OF A QUARTER
AND THAT IS ABOUT HALF OF THE
TIME RESERVED FOR THIS
COMMITTEE. WITH A COUPLE OF BIG
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, THIS WILL
BE ONE OF SIX OR SEVEN TIMES
THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE ABILITY T
SHARE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING
TREE POLICY. THIS IS A GOOD
FIRST BLUSH. THERE IS A PUBLIC
HEARING FOR APRIL 24th WHICH
WILL BE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WIT
NO FURTHER ADO, IN PERSON, WE
ARE DANA HARPER. DANA?
EXCELLENT. MAGGIE ROGERS, AND
STEVE STELLAR, OUR BEN EVLNT
DICTATOR OF GREEN LAKE. THEN WE
MOVE TO SUSAN, JOSHUA, AND SIN
THEA, THE FIRST THREE. SO JUST
UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE.
DANA? YOU ARE UP FIRST. PLEASE
JOIN US. COME ON UP TO THE
MICROPHONE. YEAH, YOU'RE FIRST.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU.
WHICHEVER ONE IS COMFORTABLE FO
YOU.
>> MY NAME IS DANA HARPER, I'M
BUSINESS OWNER IN SEATTLE. I
HAVE BEEN AN ARBRIST IN THE CIT
FOR 20 CAREERS.
>> HOLD ON. ARE THE MICS MUTED?
>> IT'S ON.
>> MAYBE TURN IT UP A LITTLE.
>> I MADE COPIES OF THE 50 PAGE
DRAFT OF THE PROPOSED NEW TREE
ORDINANCE AND A MINUTE AND A
HALF IS HARD TO CONDENSE 50
PAGES. MY ISSUE WITH IT IS I
FIND THAT BASICALLY, IT HAS
TAKEN EVERYTHING THAT ALL
ARBORISTS, OUR COMMUNICATION
WITH OUR CLIENTS, THE WAY WE
COMMUNICATE AND TURNED IT 180
DEGREES IN A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION. WE HAVE TO USE A
DIFFERENT LANGUAGE. IT IS BASED
PRIMARILY IT SEEMS LIKE ON WHAT
IS EASY FOR PEOPLE TO CLEAR OFF
LAND WITH BULL DOZERS AND NOT
FOR ACTUAL ARBORISTS CLIMBING
TREES TO DO THE WORK. THE FOUR
TIERED SYSTEM MAKES IT TO WEAR
TREES 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER COUL
BE REMOVED OFF THE PROPERTY AND
NOW NEED A TREE RISK ASSESSMENT
DONE. THAT ADDS COSTS TO THE
CLIENT, COST OF PERMITTING AND
COST IN TIME. AND PERHAPS LOTS
OF DISAPPROVED PERMITS FOR THES
BECAUSE MOST OF THE TREES WILL
BE HEALTHY. PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE
SQUARE LITTLE LOTS THAT ARE THE
SAME. THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT,
LAYERED DIFFERENT, WITH
DIFFERENT AGES OF LANDSCAPES
THAT NEED DIFFERENT MAINTENANCE
AT TIME.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE RUN
THROUGH TIME. WE ARE HAPPY TO
MEET WITH YOU SEPARATELY.
>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSING WITH SOME OF THE
FOLKS WRITING WITH THIS AND
HOPING TO MAKE SOME HEADWAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DANA. UP NEXT IS
MAGGIE, FOLLOWED BY STEVE. I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU TURNED UP ALL
OF THE MICROPHONES BUT IT SOUND
A LITTLE LOUD.
>> HELLO. THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE. MY NAME IS MAGGIE ROGERS
AND I'M HERE NOT ONLY AS A
CONCERNED CONSTITUENT BUT ALSO
AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
PLANT AMNESTY WHICH IS A
NONPROFIT THAT EDUCATES THE
PUBLIC ABOUT PROPER PRUNINGAND
THE IMPORTANT WORK IT TAKES TO
PROTECT THE CITY'S TREES. I HAV
A LOT OF OPINIONS ABOUT THE
PROPOSAL. I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE
FOR SLOWING THE PROCESS DOWN. I
IS BEING INCREDIBLY RUSHED. THE
URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION HAS
NOT BEEN MET WITH. THE
ACCELERATED TIMELINE IS MAKING
IT DIFFICULT FOR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO VOICE CONCERNS. THAT
INCLUDES ARBORISTS LIKE DANA WH
COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY BUT WHO
HAVE HOPEFULLY CALLED IN. IT
FEELS LIKE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT
OF A VIRTUE SIGNALLING CODE THA
IS DESIGNED TO PRIORITIZE
BUILDING HOUSING AND DEVELOPMEN
AND IT IS NOT SPECIFIED AS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE CARE OF
THE CITY'S TREES IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT AND WE NEED TO LISTEN
TO THE ARBORISTS WHO MAKE THIS
HAPPEN. AND I DON'T NEED TO TEL
YOU WHY TREES ARE IMPORTANT. YO
KNOW WHY TREES ARE IMPORTANT.
THIS IS ABOUT MAKING COMMUNITIE
HAVE ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE. IT
IS MORE ABOUT THE DEVELOPERS AN
PEOPLE'S EARS AND I THINK WE
NEED TO STOP HIDING BEHIND
DEVELOPER MONEY AND LISTEN TO
SPECIALISTS IN THE FIELD WHO CA
HELP MAKE THIS CODE POSSIBLE.
>> THANK YOU. STEVE? WELCOME,
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> I AM FORMERLY THE BENEVOLENT
DICTATOR OF GREEN LAKE BUT TODA
I'M TALKING ABOUT TREES. I DO
REMEMBER UPON THE ELECTION OF
THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PERSON FRO
THE FOURTH DISTRICT THAT WE HAV
BEEN TALKING ABOUT AMENDING THI
ORDINANCE AND POSSIBLY MAKING I
EVEN EFFECTIVE FOR SEVERAL
YEARS. AT SOME POINT WE OUGHT T
DO SOMETHING. I HOPE WE DON'T
PLAY THREE CARD MONTY. THE TREE
HAVE TO BE IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO
SUPERSEDE PRODUCTION IN SOME
CASES. LIKE YOU HAVE DONE REAL
GOOD FOR HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO
MAKE SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND A
YEAR. PEOPLE WHO MAKE LESS THAN
A HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR, NOT
SO GOOD AT ALL. AND PEOPLE WHO
MAKE FAR LESS THAN THAT ARE IN
REAL TROUBLE IN SEATTLE. YOU MA
CONSIDER RAISING THE FEES FOR
MORE MONEY.
>> THANK YOU, STEVE. UP NEXT WE
HAVE SUSAN SUE, JOSHUA MORRIS.
JOSHUA, YOU SEEMED TO BE SIGNED
FOR COMMENTING ON EXPARTY BUT I
THINK YOU ARE WANT TO TALK ABOU
TREES. AND I WILL CALL ON
FURTHER MEMBERS WITH WHEN WE GE
THERE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SUSAN
SUE. I SEE YOU AS WE EXPECTED,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES JOINED A
NUMBER OF MINUTES AGO. SUSAN?
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS SUSAN AND
I'M A TECHNOLOGY INVESTOR IN
SEATTLE RESIDENTS. I'M
NAVIGATING FOR AN EXTEPGZ OF TH
ORDINANCE TO COVER ALL LAND USE
ZONES INCLUDING INDUSTRIAL
HIGH-RISES DOWNTOWN. MOST OF US
UNDERSTAND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
BENEFITS OF TREES WITH
ACCELERATING CLIMATE CHANGE BUT
STUDIES CONDUCTED BY THE UW AND
THE U.S. FORESTSERVICE AND MANY
OTHERS HAVE ALSO DEMONSTRATED
QUANTITATIVELY THAT TREES OFFER
MAJOR ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO
COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE. SALES GO
UP BY DOUBLE DIGIT PERCENTAGES,
JOB DRESS GOES DOWN. AND TRAFFI
INCREASES. THESE ARE NOT JUST
COMMON SENSE BUT RESULTS ARE
PROVEN IN STUDY AFTER STUDY. TH
COMMERCIAL AREA HAS STRUGGLED T
REVITALIZE AS YOU KNOW. A RECEN
STUDY FOUND TREES IN A
COMMERCIAL AREA REDUCED FAILS B
12%. I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF
THE COMPLETE DEFORESTATION IN
LAKE CITY IS HAVING AN IMPACT O
THE ABILITY TO THRIVE AS
INDIVIDUALS.
>> THANK YOU. PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO SEND IN ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
NEXT UP WE HAVE JOSHUA. PLEASE
REMEMBER, WE HAVE ONE MINUTE
COMMENT TODAY. JOSHUA, PLEASE
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> HAPPY BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAY.
I'M HERE TO PROVIDE COMMENT ON
BEHALF OF SEATTLE AUDUBON. WE
ADVOCATE FOR CITIES AND BIRDS T
THRIVE. THE FOREST IS IN
DECLINE. A CHANGE IN THE WAY WE
GOVERN AND FUND OUR FOREST IS
WELL PAST DUE. THE INTRODUCTION
OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS AN
INDICATION TO ALL OF US WHO
ADVOCATE FOR TREES AND HOUSING
TO COLLABORATE AND COCREATE COD
THAT PREVENTS INDISCRIMINANT
TREE REMOVAL AND PROVIDE
PREDICTABILITY TO BUILDERS AND
FLEXIBILITY FOR PROPERTY OWNERS
WHAT WE IMPLEMENT WILL REQUIRE
MONITORING, A MECHANISM FOR
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF THE
POLICY IS NEEDED IN THE
LEGISLATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL AND
OTHER ISSUES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JOSHUA. UP NEXT I
JESSE SIMPSON, FOLLOWED BY
NATASHA AND THEN BEN.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNIT
TO TESTIFY. JESSE SIMPSON,
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM. WE
REPRESENT NONPROFIT MOUSING
DEVELOPMENT WORKING TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOMES NEEDED. HERE
TODAY TO SPEAK AND QUALIFIED
SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED TREE
ORDINANCE. I UNDERSTAND A LOT O
EFFORT WENT INTO STRIKE BALANCE
BETWEEN HOUSING PRODUCTION AND
ENSURING THE CITY IS GREEN AND
LIVABLE. THE PROPOSED APPROACH
IS PRACTICAL. WE SUPPORT THE
SIMPLIFYING THREE FEAR RRED
CLASSIFICATION AND APPRECIATE
THE PROGRAM BUILT AROUND SITES.
I URGE TO MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS
TO EXPAND FLEXIBILITY FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS
GIVEN THE LEGISLATION, FOR
INSTANCE, THE CURRENT
LEGISLATION PREVENTS HOUSING
PROJECTS FROM NEEDING TO PROVID
REPLACEMENT TREES. WE REQUEST T
EXTEND THIS MONETARY EXEMPTION
FROM ALL MONETARY HOUSING
PROJECTS. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE
IF IT IS SCARCE TO PAY FDCI.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS
NATASHA, PAOLOED BY BEN AND
JAMES.
>> I'M ADDRESSING ITEM NUMBER 4
AS A YOUNG RENTER IN SEATTLE, I
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
PRESERVING THE CITY'S NATURAL
BEAUTY BUT WE NEED TO STRIKE A
BALANCE BETWEEN BUILDING MORE
HOMES AND PRESERVING TREES. THE
BILL INTRODUCED IS A GOOD START
BUT IT NEEDS MORE CLARIFICATION
TO MAKE SURE IT IS EQUITABLE FO
ALL STAKE HOLDERS. IT IS
ESSENTIAL THAT PREDICTABILITY I
PROVIDED FOR HOME OWNERS ALIKE
SO THEY CAN PLAN AND EXECUTE
PROJECTS WITH CLARITY AND
UNCERTAINTY. THIS WILL HELP.
WASHINGTON WILL NEED MORE THAN
MILLION ADDITIONAL UNITS AND
SEATTLE NEEDS TO ACT PROACTIVEL
TO HELP REACH THE GOALS. BECAUS
THE U.S. ALSO PRIORITIZES THE
GREEN SFASS AND TREES, IT IS
CRUCIAL TO STRIKE A BALANCE . I
URGE YOU TO SUPPORT A WHOLISTIC
APPROACH THAT SUPPORTS BOTH
HOUSES AND TREES.
>> THANK YOU. PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO SEND IN ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS.
BEN TAYLOR? PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNIT
TO TESTIFY. I'M A RENTER IN
SEATTLE, I LIVE IN NORTH QUEEN
ANNE. I HAVE WANTED TO BUY A
HOUSE HERE EVER SINCE I DPAUT T
THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UNFORTUNATELY
THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE JUST BY HAVING A GOOD
JOB AND LOW EXPENSES, HOUSING I
ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH IN SEATTLE.
THAT'S WHY WHEN I FIRST HEARD
ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION A COUPLE
OF YEARS AGO, MOVING THROUGH TH
PROCESS, I WAS A LITTLE
APPREHENSIVE. WE WANT MORE
HOUSING HERE. I WANT TO BE ABLE
TO AFFORD A HOME HERE ONE DAY.
IF THIS GOES TOO FAR IN
PROTECTING TREES AT THE EXPENSE
OF PRODUCTION OF HOUSING, IT
JUST ENDS UP PULL DOZING TREES
OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AND I STILL
DON'T HAVE A HOUSE. THAT KIND O
STUFF. THIS IS A GOOD START.
KEEP FLEXIBILITY FOR BUILDERS.
MAKE SURE THE CODE ISN'T OVERLY
COMPLEX.
>> THANK YOU, BEN. PLEASE FEEL
FREE TO SEND IN ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS. WE HAVE JAMES DAVIS U
NEXT. AS JAMES IS COMING ON, TH
NEXT FOUR ARE CLIFFORD, DAVID,
WOODY, CHRIS.
>> HIGH MY NAME IS JIM DAVIS.
I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH THE LAB
6,000 CAMPAIGN. I'M ADDRESSNG
THE TREE ORDINANCE UNDER
CONSIDERATION. I'M CONCERNED
THAT AS WE CONSIDER THIS, THERE
IS REALLY NO INFORMATION ON THE
SIZES OF OUR TREES BEING
PROVIDED. EITHER TO THE PUBLIC
OR TO THE COUNCIL AS FAR AS I
CAN TELL. SIZES OF TREES MATTER
A TREE WITH A TRUNK DIAMETER OF
20 INCHES HAS EXPONENTIALLY MOR
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS THAN A
SIX INCH TREE OF THE SAME
SPECIES. THAT INCLUDES STORM
WATER RETENTION AND CO2
ABSORPTION. HOW MANY ARE 24 OR
LONGER IN TRUNK DIAMETER AND
WHERE ARE THEY ALLICATED? HAVIN
INFORMATION ON THE SIZES OF THE
TREES AND LOCATION WILL HELP US
TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AS W
GROW HOUSING DURING A CLIMATE
EMERGENCY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JIM. UP NEXT IS
JESSICA DIXON FOLLOWED BY
ALICIA. JESSICA, ARE YOU WITH
US? I SEE YOU ARE THERE,
JESSICA, PRESS STAR 6. BRING UP
ALICIA AND WE WILL SEE IF WE CA
GET GESA BACK.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS ALICI
RUIZ. I'M REPRESENTING THE
MASTER BOULDERS ASSOCIATION. I
WOULD LIKE TO START BY
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS DRAFT I
OFF TO A DECENT START. AND IT I
THE FIRST BILL I HAVE SEEN THAT
HAS TRIED TO FIND A FAIR AND
BALANCED APPROACH TO THE TREE
ORDINANCE. WITH THAT BEING SAID
IT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH. THE
LANGUAGE IS TOO VAGUE WHICH
CAUSES PROBLEMS FOR ALL PARTIES
INVOLVED INCLUDING THE CITY. IT
DOESN'T QUITE GIVE HOME BUILDER
THE FULL PREDICTABILITY THAT
THEY NEED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL
HOUSING. THIS BILL MORE THAN
DOUBLES THE AMOUNT OF TREES IN
OUR CITY THAT ARE UNDER SOME
FORM OF PROTECTION AND
REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENT. TO
BALANCE THIS OUT, WE NEED CLEAR
PATHWAYS TO ADD DENSITY AS WELL
LET'S BE HONEST. THERE ARE SOME
IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ORGANIZE
THESE TREES FOR DEVELOPMENT.
>> THANK YOU. LET'S TRY JESSICA
ONE MORE TIME. ARE YOU WITH US,
PRESS STAR 6? THEN WE WILL HAVE
CLIFF. CLIFF, I SEE YOU THERE.
STAR 6 IF YOU WOULD.
>> HI, I'M CHRIS. AND I'M WITH
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. I'M HERE
TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE TREE
ORDINANCE. THE DRAFT ORDINANCE
FROM COUNCILMEMBER STROUSE
RELATED TO TREE PROTECTION IS A
GOOD ONE. WE AT HABITAT THANK
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WHO IS
WORKING TO ADDRESS THIS AND
STRIVING FOR A BALANCE BETWEEN
PROTECTING THE TREES AND MORE
HOUSING IN THE CITY. WE ARE IN
SUPPORT OF THE ORDINANCE BECAUS
IT BALANCES CONSERVATION FOR TH
NEED FOR MORE HOMES FOR ALL OF
THE NEIGHBORS. TREES ARE A
CRITICAL PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM.
AND TO MEET OUR CLIMATE GOALS,
WE MUST TAKE RESPONSIBLE STEPS
TO CONSERVE THEM. MANY OF OUR
PROJECTS INCORPORATE NATURAL
TREES INTO THE PROJECT. WE DON'
HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE OR THE OTHER
IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WE
STRIKE THE RIGHT BALANCE WHICH
WE FEEL THE ORDINANCE DOES. WE
ARE OPEN TO DOING MORE WORK WIT
YOU ALL GOING FORWARD. THANK YO
AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
>> THANK YOU. JESSICA IS OFF
MUTE. TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU. HELLO, I'M JESSIC
DIXON WITH THE LAST 6,000. I'M
ADDRESSING THE DRAFT BEFORE YOU
TODAY. LEADERS, I WANT YOU TO
TAKE A LOOK AROUND YOUR
NEIGHBORHOODS, DO YOU SEE ANY
BIG TREES OUT YOUR WINDOW, NEXT
DOOR? HOW ABOUT THAT BIG FERN?
DO YOU HEAR BIRDS SINGING? NOW
MAMGEN THERE ARE NO TREES EXCEP
A FEW ON THE STREETS. THEY ARE
SMALLER STREETS BECAUSE OF THE
STREET CLEARANCE AND THEY ARE
PRUNED HEAVILY EVERY FOUR YEARS
IF THEY GET WITHIN # 20 FEET OF
A POWER LINE. THESE ARE THE
TREES LEFT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
IF THIS VERSION OF THE DRAFT IS
PASSED. THE PROPOSED GUARANTEED
80% LOT COVERAGE DOES NOT BELON
IN A TREE ORDINANCE. A
CALCULATION SHOWS THAT 5,000
SQUARE FOOT LOT WILL HAVE IT 2.
STRIPPED OF SOIL. IS THIS
ACCEPTABLE? THERE IS NO ANALYSI
SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC FOR
CONQUENCES OF SUCH A CHANGE.
>> THANK YOU, JESSICA. PLEASE
FEEL FREE TO SEND IN ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS. I WANT TO LET MICHAEL
AND JUNE THAT YOU ARE NOT
PRESENT CURRENTLY. IF YOU ARE
CALLING IN ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE
CALL IN TO THE NUMBER PROVIDED
IN THE EMAIL RECEIPT AND NOT IN
THE LISTEN LINE. DAVID, TAKE OF
AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
>> I'M DAVID NIEMANN AND WE
SPECIALIZE IN URBAN HOUSING. TH
PROPOSED LEGISLATION IS NOT A
WELL BALANCED PROPOSAL. IT WOUL
BE VERY DAMAGING TO OUR ABILITY
TO DEVELOP NEW HOUSING. IF THE
LEGISLATION IS PASSED, EVERY
PERMIT REVIEW WILL REQUIRE A
SHOCKING AMOUNT OF NEW PROCESS.
IT WILL ADD THOUSANDS OF COST T
EVERY HOME AND SIGNIFICANT
DELAYS. A LOT OF SITES WILL NOT
BE DEVELOPABLE. IT WILL RANGE
FROM BACK YARD COTTAGES TO
APARTMENTS. 150,000 HOME OWNERS
WAKE UP TO DISCOVER THEY NO
LONGER HAVE TO RIGHT TO BASIC
QUIET ENJOYMENT IN THEIR BACK
YARD THAT THEY HAD YESTERDAY.
THERE ARE SIMPLE WAYS TO ACHIEV
THE GOAL OF THIS LEGISLATION
THAT DON'T INVOLVE OWNER
RESTRICTIONS AND WORSENING OF
THE HOUSING RESTRICTIONS AND I
URGE YOU TO LOOK FOR THAT WAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS WOODY
WHEELER FOLLOWED BY CHRIS AND
TREVOR. WELCOME. I SEE YOU
THERE, STAR 6. MAYBE PULL UP
CHRIS AS WE WAIT FOR WOODY.
WOODY IS OFF MUTE. TAKE IT AWAY
>> YES, I'M A NATURE AND BIRD
TOUR GUIDE. I HAVE MY OWN
BUSINESS. I AM HEARTENED BY THE
MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO ADVANCE A
TREE ORDINANCE BUT I'M
DISHEARTENED BY THE WEAKNESS OF
THE PROPOSAL. SEATTLE COULD
REACH THE MODEST 30% CANAEP OPY
GOAL. THE OLDEST ARE THE MOST
VALUBLE TO PROTECT. INCENTIVES
THAT ALLOW DEVELOPMENTERS TO CU
GOWN BIG TREES TO PLANT NEW
LITTLE ONES IS A MISTAKE. LET'S
INCLUDE THE FORESTRY
RECOMMENDATIONS. WE ARE AT A
CROSS ROADS. DO WE WANT AN
EMERALD CITY WITH 30% CANOPY OR
DO WE WANT TO BE THE BIGGEST
URBAN HEAT ISLAND IN THE PACIFI
NORTHWEST WITH A PHENOMENAL
BIRTH RATE. AND OLD GROWTH
FOREST IN TOWN. SEATTLE IS
WATCHING.
>> THANK YOU. CHRIS, YOU ARE OF
MUTE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS AND
CITY OF SEATTLE AND THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT STRONG
TREE PROTECTIONS. I SUGGEST THE
FOLLOWING REVISIONS TO THE
ORDINANCE. REMOVE THE
CLASSIFICATION OF TREES AS TIER
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. ARBORIST
ARE WELL VERSED IN THE CLEAR
NOMENCLATURE. THE RENAMING IS A
UNNECESSARY BURDEN OF WHOM WE
ARE ASKING A LOT. TWO, RETAIN
THE CURRENT FLOOR AREA RATIO
CALCULATION IN MULTIFAMILY
ZONES. REMOVE THE 85% LOT
COVERAGE REVISION. THREE, CREAT
AN URBAN FORESTRY DIVISION
WITHIN CIRCUMSTANCE DCI WITH
ADDITIONAL STAFF OR EXPAND THE
FORESTRY OVER SIGHT IN THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT. PROVIDE INDEPENDEN
OVERSIGHT OF TREES. FOUR, I
WOULD LIKE TO PORO FROM
PORTLAND, OREGON'S CODE AND
SUGGEST WE --.
>> THANK YOU, PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO SEND IN ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
OR CALL IN NEXT WEEK AS WELL. U
NEXT IS TREVOR, FOLLOWED BY
STEVE, AND THEN SANDY. STEVE? O
TREVOR? GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF.
PRESS STAR 6. LET'S BRING STEVE
UP WHILE WE WAIT FOR TREVOR. I
KNOW YOU KNOW THE DRILL. PRESS
STAR 6. TAKE IT AWAY.
>> YES, STEVE WITH FRIENDS OF
SEATTLE SERVICE FORESTRY. I WAN
TO THANK THE MAYOR AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR MOVIN
THIS FORWARD. I URGE YOU TO TAK
MORE TIME FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.
HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING TWO DAY
BEFORE YOU VOTE DOESN'T GIVE A
CHANCE TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS.
WE DO NOT SUPPORT REMOVING THE
DEFINITION OF EXCEPTIONAL TREES
TIER NUMBERS IS A WITO BELITTLE
AND CONFUSE THE PUBLIC. I
REQUIRE LANGUAGE TO MAXIMIZE TH
TREES ON SITE SEEMS TO BE. AND
SURVIVING TREES NEEDED TO KEEP
OUR CITY LIVABLE, IT'S NOT CLEA
CUT. AND THE SEATTLE TREE FUND
NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THIS. I
URGE YOU TO MAKE AMENDMENTS,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, STEVE. UP NEXT IS
TREVOR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. I
LIVE IN GREEN WOOD IN SEATTLE.
I'M ALSO THE FOUNDER OF BLACK
WOOD BUILDERS GROUP. I
APPRECIATE THE WORK AROUND THIS
AND THE EFFORT PUT INTO IT. THI
IS A GREAT START. I BELIEVE IT
NEEDS MORE CLAIREIFICATION. AS
BUILDING, WE WOULD LIKE MORE
PREDICTABILITY WHICH WOULD BE
IMPORTANT FOR US. WE BELIEVE IN
HOUSING AND TREES AND WE WANT A
FAIR AND BALANCED APPROACH THAT
WILL BE HEALTHY TO THE LONGEVIT
OF THE CITY. I APPRECIATE BIG
TREES AND ALL TREES AND LOOK
FORWARD TO MANY MORE AND
BALANCING BOTH. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS SANDY
SHETLER, FOLLOWED BY CASTY.
>> THANK YOU, THIS IS SAND Y
SHETLER WITH THE LAST 6,000.
PLEASE AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO
REQUIRE A TREE INVENTORY AND
LANDSCAPE PLAN AS A FIRST STEP
ON EVERY PROJECT. ANYONE WHO HA
DONE REMODELING KNOWS THAT YOU
WOULD RATHER HAVE THE SCOPE OF
THE PROJECT LAID OUT AHEAD OF
TIME TO SAVE REWORK AND DELAY.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE IT BACKWARDS
ARBORIST REPORTS COME IN LONG
AFTER PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED
DOING A TREE INVENTORY FIRST
WILL STREAM LINE PERMITS AND
SAVE TREES. IT ENSURES EVERYONE
ON THE PROJECT UNDERSTANDS HOW
TREES CAN BE INCORPORATED AND
WHERE TO PLACE PRESSURES TO
ENSURE TREE SURVIVAL. IT IS BES
TO REMOVE TREES AND REPLANT, TH
PLAN WILL GUIDE THE PROJECT TO
ENSURE THE DESIGN SUPPORTS THE
GROWTH OF THE TREE. TREE
INVENTORY ARE LOW COST,
DEVELOPER FRIENDLY TOOL TO
PROTECT AND GROW URBAN FORESTS.
THEY ARE ALREADY REQUIRED IN
PORTLAND. PLEASE ADD THEM TO
THESE ORDINANCES, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS
CASTUBE. FOLLOWED BY TAYLOR,
MICHAEL.
>> THANK YOU. I RAN A TREE
SERVICE AND I EMPLOY 13 SKILLED
TREE WORKERS AND ARBORISTS. WE
TRIM 1,000 PER YEAR. THIS
ORDINANCE HAS LITTLE TO PROTECT
TREES. IT IS GREEN WASHING TO
GIVE BUILDERS THE ABILITY TO
CLEAR. THE HARDER AND MORE
EXPENSIVE YOU MAKE IT FOR HOME
OWNERS TO MANAGE TREE, THE LESS
LIKELY THEY ARE TO PLANT TREES.
IT MAKES TREES A LIABILITY FOR
HOME OWNERS RATHER THAN A
BENEFIT. IT FAILS TO FOLLOW THE
ENFORCEMENT. THE ORDINANCE
FUNGSS COMPANIES WHO ARE SELF
REGULATING. ILLEGAL TREE
COMPANIES WILL TAKE OVER THE
BUSINESS OF TREE REMOVAL IN
SEATTLE. THIS HAS NO BASIS IN
TREE MANAGEMENT AND PRINCIPLES.
THE 24 DIAMETER TREE WILL RAREL
POSE A RISK BUT THERE ARE PLENT
OF REASONS TO REMOVE A TREE SUC
AS DISEASE, INVASIVE OR SIMPLY
REPLACE WITH A TREE BETTER
SUITED FOR THAT. I RECOMMEND TO
TREAT PROTECTION AND HOUSING AN
DELAY THE ORDINANCE.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS TAYLOR
DUKE, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL.
TAYLOR?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON . I'M AN ISA
BOARD CERTIFIED MASTER ARBORIST
WORKING IN SEATTLE. I HAVE BEEN
WORKING IN THE TREE CARE
INDUSTRY FOR 17 YEARS. I APPLAU
THE EFFORTS TO UPDATE THE AGING
TREE CODE, THIS DRAFT FALLS
CATASTROPHICALLY SHORT IN MANY
WAYS. THIS DRAFT DOES NOT
ADDRESS AFFORDABLE OR LOW INCOM
HOUSING. I'M NOT SURE THAT IS
EVEN MENTIONED. NUMBER TWO, THE
DRAFT PLACES THE MAJORITY OF TH
BURDEN OF TREE PRESERVATION ON
THE SMALL TREE CARE BUSINESS AN
THE HOME OWNERS WHOSE TREES THE
CARE FOR IN THE FORM OF
UNREALISTIC RESTRICTIONS AND
SEVERE PENALTIES THAT COULD PUT
SMALL BUSINESSES OUT OF BUSINES
FOR TECHNICALITY. THREE, THE
DRAFT IS NOT BASED ON INDUSTRY
ACCEPTED TREE PRESERVATION OR
FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
THAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE
USING EFFECTIVELY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. NEXT IS MICHAEL
FOLLOWED BY JASON. MICHAEL, I
SEE YOU THERE. STAR 6. IF WE
COULD PULL UP JASON AS WE WAIT
FOR MICHAEL. I SEE YOU THERE --
MICHAEL IS ON.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY
NAME IS MICHAEL POLLARD, VICE
PRESIDENT OF ENTITLEMENTS FOR
SHELTERED HOMES. I HAVE
PERMITTED HUNDREDS OF HOUSING
PROJECTS AND TOWN HOUSES AND
SINGLE FAMILY ZONES. I'M
FAMILIAR WITH THE CODES AND HOW
THEY ARE IMPLEMENTED. RIGHT NOW
OUR CURRENT PROCESS LACKS
PREDICT ABILITY OF DEVELOPMENT
AND IT COMES AS A COST OF
$10,000 AND MANY ADDITIONAL
MONTHS TO GET THROUGH THE
PERMITTING PROCESS. FOR THIS
REASON, WE SEE BUILDERS SKIP
OVER A LOT OF POTENTIALLY
DEVELOPAL LOTS. HOUSING UNITS
ARE NOT COMING ONLINE BECAUSE O
THE PROCESS. WE WOULD LIKE THE
CODE TO BE DEVELOPED. THERE IS
LOT FLASHING AND WE COULD DEE
DOO A LOT BETTER WITH TECHNICAL
EDITS TO MAKE IT PREDICTABLE. W
LIKE TREES AND WOULD LIKE THEM
IN THE RIGHT SPOT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. JASON, I SEE YOU
ARE OFF MUTE. TAKE IT AWAY.
>> I'M A PROJECT MANAGER WITH
SEATTLE TREE CARE. AND I'M
COMMENTING ON THE TREE
ORDINANCE. AS A CERTIFIED
ARBORIST, I'M PROUD TO WORK IN
CITY THAT IS COMMITTED TO
PROJECTING THE REQUIREMENT EVER
DAY AND RECOGNIZES SEATTLE'S
ROLE AS A LEADER IN THE PUGET
SOUND. THIS ORDINANCE WILL GIVE
GUIDANCE TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIE
WHO ARE STARTING FROM ZERO.
GETTING IT RIGHT IS IMPORTANT.
AND I URGE THE SLOWING OF THE
TIMELINE FOR FURTHER
CONSIDERATION OF THE IMPACTS OF
THE CODE. A CONCERN THAT MY
FELLOW ARBORISTS IN THE CITY
HAVE IS THAT THE UPDATED TREE
ORDINANCE DOES NOT ADDRESS
ILLEGAL TREE WORK AND IT COULD
INCENTVISE TREE OWNERS THAT ARE
ADHERING TO THE CHANGES IN FAVO
OF BAD ACTORS. I'M CONCERNED
THAT THIS APPROACH WILL NOT
ACHIEVE THE GOALS IN THE SPEERD
OF THE UPDATE AND WOULD LIKE TO
SUBJECT THERE ARE OTHER
APPROACHES WE CAN TAKE TO END
CLIMATE CHANGE TOGETHER. I URGE
THE COUNCIL TO EXPLORE MORE
PERSPECTIVES. THANK YOU FOR YOU
TIME.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS
CHRISTINA, FOLLOWED BY JOHN, AN
THEN ROCKY.
>> MY NAME IS CHRISTINA CAMERON
I'M ADDRESSING ITEM NUMBER 4.
I'M A CERTIFIED ARBORIST WITH
SEATTLE TREE CARE. FIRST, I WAN
TO URGE YOU TO LISTEN TO THE
URBAN FORESTRY PERMISSION FOR
THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE
CODE. THERE IS MORE TIME AND
FUNDING NEEDED TO BE ALLOCATED
TO THE PROCESS BEFORE THE CODE
GOES INTO EFFECT. THIS HAS
NUMEROUS TO POST THE NECESSARY
TREE WORK. IT IS A DAILY O
CURRENCE IF THE PORTAL STOPS
WORKING DIRECTLY. WITH THE
INCREASE OF HAZARDOUS PERMIT
TREES, THEY WILL NEED MORE STAF
FOR CURRENT REVIEW AND
INSPECTIONS. THERE NEEDS TO BE
PLAN IN PLACE FOR THIS BEFORE
THE CODE GOES INTO EFFECT.
FINALLY, THE PERMITTING PROCESS
ITSELF IS VERY COMPLICATED AND
EXPENSIVE. MORE HAZARDOUS TREES
WILL BE LEFT STANDING OR REMOVE
ILLEGALLY BECAUSE OF THIS.
>> UP NEXT IS JOHN, FOLLOWED BY
ROCKY AND THEN KELSEA. JOHN?
TAKE IT AWAY. I SEE YOU ARE
THERE, STAR 6. IF YOU CAN BRING
UP ROCKY -- TAKE IT AWAY JOHN.
>> THANK YOU, SORRY. THIS IS
JOHN WITH REN SAWN TREE CARE. I
HAVE BEEN DOING TREE CARE FOR 3
YEARS. THE CODE, I APPRECIATE
THE PROTECTION OF SMALLER TREES
I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT IT GIVES
TOO MUCH LEEWAY FOR BUILDINGS
AND SNUFFS OUT HOME OWNER
CHOICES. PLEASE ALLOW FOR FUTUR
REVIEWS. PLEASE REACH OUT TO TH
LEADING COMMERCIAL ARBORISTS TO
CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE CODE.
WORK WITH THE BUILDERS AND THE
ARBORISTS. SOMETIMES TREES ARE
PLANTED THAT IN THE FUTURE, FIV
YEARS, THEY WILL CAUSE ISSUES.
THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS DO NO
RATE A RISK, IT IS HIGH EMINENT
RISK RATING. THERE ARE
SITUATIONS WHERE GRAY AREA
EXISTS IN CONCERNING A TREE'S
PLACEMENT AND HEALTH. AN ALDER
AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE CAN'T BE
TAKEN DOWN BECAUSE IT IS NOT
HIGH RISK BUT IT IS DANGEROUS T
TAKE DOWN IN THE FUTURE. IT
WOULD BE NICE TO WORK WITH YOU.
PLEASE CONSIDER WORKING WITH --
>> THANK YOU, JOHN. NEXT IS
ROCKY DEHERA, FOLLOWED BY KELSE
AND RICHARD. WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ROCKY
HERRERA WITH LEGACY GROUP
CAPITAL, REPRESENTING MORE THAN
50 BUILDERS WHO ARE ALSO SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS. I SUPPORT THE
INTENT OF THIS BILL BUT IT FALL
SHORT. IT IS A COMPLICATED
ISSUE, WITH COMMENTS ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE ISSUE TODAY. WE CA
ACHIEVE CANOPY GOALS AND BUILD
MORE HOUSING BUT THE SPECIFICS
OF THIS BUILD FALL SHORT.
BUILDERS NEED PREDICTABILITY AN
WE ARE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU,
COUNCILMEMBERS, AND ALL OTHER
ADVOCATES TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN
PERSON. JUST ASK US, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS KELSEA
FOLLOWED BY RICHARD AND JUNE.
KELSEA? I SEE YOU THERE? STAR 6
WHEN YOU ARE READY.
>> HELLO , THANK YOU FOR WUSHIN
ON THE DRAFT ORDINANCE. I HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH
YOU RECENTLY IN MY ROLE AS A
FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE
ARBORIST ASSOCIATION. IN
ADDITION TO THE WORK WITH FSA,
AM A CERTIFIED ARBORIST. MY
COMPANY EMPLOYS 40 PEOPLE AND W
CARE FOR TREES. I WOULD LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT THE PROPOSED TREE
PROTECTION ORDINANCE IS IN
CONFLICT WITH RUNNING MY
BUSINESS, TRAINING A DIVERSE
WORK FORCE IN THIS DANGEROUS
WORK, AND PAYING LIVABLE WAGES
IN THE EXPENSIVE CITY. WE NEED
CLEAR POLICIES THAT CAN BE
CAUGHT EASILY BY ARBORISTS.
OBERATING UNDER THREAT OF
REMOVAL OF CST IS AN UNFAIR
BURDEN THAT INTERFERES WITH
FOCUSING ON HOW TO GROW THE NEX
GENERATION OF ARBORISTS, THE
PROFESSIONALS WE WILL NEED AS
THE URBAN FOREST FACES THREAT
FROM THE AGING STATUS, CLIMATE
CHANGE AND DISEASE. PLEASE WORK
WITH THE SEATTLE ARBORIST
ASSOCIATION, A PROFESSIONAL
PERSPECTIVE WILL HELP.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS RICHAR
AND THEN JUNE, AND THEN PATRICK
RICHARD, YOU ARE ON.
>> THANK YOU. THE NEW PROPOSED
ORDINANCE HAS SOME GOOD IDEAS
BUT TOO MANY CLEVERLY WORDED
OPTIONS THAT ALLOW THE REMOVAL
OF TREES TO BE DEVELOPED. THE
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA IS. BUT THE
ARBORISTS FIND IT AT 20 FEET OF
HEIGHT. SO WHAT IS THE PERCENT
MEASURED CANOPY BETWEEN 18 AND
20 FEET THAT IS BEING INCLUDED?
WHAT IS ABOVE 20? WHAT IS THE
VOLUME OF THE CANOPY? LIGHTER
BUT THE CITY CHOSE NOT TO
MEASURE IT. WHY? WHY ARE THEY
CHERRY PICKING THE DATA? A
FAILURE OF THE STUDY AND
TWEAKING OF THE DATA SHOW THAT
LARGE TREE LOSS ARE NOT
EVALUATED. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE DECISION? REQUIRE THE
MAXIMUM RETENTION AND
FLEXIBILITY TO PROTECT ALL
HEALTHY TREES. I SENT IN MY
COMMENTS IN WRITING AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, RICHARD. THANK YO
FOR SENDING IN COMMENTS AS WELL
UP NEXT IS JUNE, FOLLOWED BY
PATRICK AND THEN ANDREA.
>> HI, THERE. I LIVE IN SOUTH O
SEATTLE, THIS IS ONE OF AREAS O
THE CITY THAT HAS THE LEAST TRE
CANOPY AND THE MOST HEAT
ISLANDS. WE NEED MATURE TREES T
STAY IN PLACE AS WELL AS MANY
NEW TREES BEING PLANTED. AND SO
I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO WAI
FOR THE LAND USE -- FOR THE
URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION'S
FEEDBACK ON THIS DAFT. IT WAS
ONLY POSTED YESTERDAY AND NONE
OF US HAVE HAD TIME TO THINK
ABOUT IT. IT HAS BEEN A 12 YEAR
DELAY SO A FEW MORE WEEKS WON'T
HURT. THE ORDINANCES SHOULD
REQUIRE LAND OWNERS AND
DEVELOPERS TO CONSIDER
PRESERVATION OF TREES AND URBAN
FOREST RESOURCES AND BENEFITS
FROM THE VERY START OF THE
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. SANDY
MENTIONED A -- THAT'S ALL.
THAT'S ENOUGH. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JUNE. UP NEXT IS
PATRICK TAYLOR, FOLLOWED BY
ANDREA STARBURG AND ETHAN
CHILDS.
>> HELLO, I'M A DESIGNER WORKIN
AT INHOUSING. I LOVE TREES BUT
ALSO WANT AN AFFORDABLE CITY
WHICH IS WHY I'M OPPOSED TO THE
LEGISLATION AS WRITTEN. WITH TH
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND
HOMELESSNESS, A BIG PART OF THE
SOLUTION IS MORE HOUSING BUILT
FASTER. THE 2024 COMPREHENSIVE
PROCESS NEEDS THE VEEM LINE THE
HOUSING. THIS LEGISLATION IS TH
OPPOSITE DIRECTION, REDUCING
PREDICTABILITY FOR HOME BUILDER
AND INCREASING COMPLEXITY IN TH
TIMELINE FOR PERMIT PROCESSES.
THE LEGISLATION FOCUSES ON
PUNITIVE BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS T
PRESERVE TREES AND NO
OPPORTUNITIES OF USING TO
INCREASE THE QUANTITY OF NEW
TREES. THE RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE
LOVE TREES. THE CITY SHOULD
FOCUS ON ENCOURAGING --.
>> THANK YOU, PATRICK. UP NEXT
IS ANDREA. PATRICK, FEEL FREE T
SEND IN ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN
WRITING. ANDREA, YOU ARE READY
TO GO, TAKE IT AWAY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M AN
ARBORIST AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF
THE SEATTLE ARBORIST
ASSOCIATION. I'M A RENTER AND
CURRENTLY LIVE IN HOMEWOOD CITY
I'M AWARE OF THE COST OF HOUSIN
AND THE CITY'S NEED FOR MORE.
I'M AWARE OF THE INTERSECTION
BETWEEN TREES AND DEVELOPMENT,
OUR CANOPY DISCRIBUTION AND
IMPACTS TO CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS
ORDINANCE IS WELL INTEPGZED BUT
IT IS DEEPLY MRAUED. WE NEED
MORE HOUSING AND DENSITY BUT
WHILE IT REDUCES BARRIER TO
DENSITY, IT DOES NOTHING TO
REQUIRE DENSITY OR AFFORDABLE.
URGE YOU TO LOOK TO NEW YORK WH
HAS INCREASED HOUSING WITHOUT
SLOWING DOWN EVER INCREASING
COST. WE NEED TO PROTECT TREES
BUT THIS ORDINANCE OVERREGULATE
TREES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
NUMBER THREE, WE NEED TO PLANT
TREE BUT THIS ORDINANCE DOES
NOTHING SO WE CAN ACTUALLY GROW
THEM. WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE ABOV
BOARD TREE WORK. IT CRIMINALIZE
PROFESSIONALS THAT FOLLOW RULES
AND BURDENS THE CLIENTS.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS --
PLEASE SEND IN ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS. ETHAN CHILDS, ALAN
TAYLOR, YOU ARE UP NEXT. I'M AN
ARBORIST IN EAST SEATTLE AND
ALSO A RESIDENT. I'M IN
OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED TREE
CODE AND AGREE WITH MANY OF THE
SPEAKERS THAT THIS PROCESS FEEL
EXTREMELY RUSHED. IT TRIES TO
SOLVE PROBLEMS WHILE CREATING
MORE THAN IT COULD HELP TO
SOLVE. I WOULD REALLY STRONGLY
URGE YOU TO SIT DOWN WITH THE
SEATTLE ARBORIST ASSOCIATION AN
THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION T
COME UP WITH SOME REAL
MEANINGFUL LEGISLATION THAT WIL
HELP ADDRESS THE ISSUE. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS ALAN
AND THEN CORY HALLSTER, FOLLOWE
BY PATRICK BOIL AND DIPA VED.
ALAN, STAR 6 WHEN YOU ARE READY
IF YOU COULD PULL UP TERRY? ALA
IS OFF MUTE.
>> THANK YOU. I'M AN ARBORIST
AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND
PART OF THE PLANT AMNESTY
COMMITTEE. I WANT TO THAPG MY
COLLEAGUES FOR SPEAKING TODAY
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
CITY COUNCIL FOR ADDRESSING THE
ISSUE. I'M CONCERNED THAT THE
IMPACTS OF THE URB P FORESTRY
WILL NOT BE REPLACED WITH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE DON'T
NEED MORE MARKET RATE HOUSING.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ADDRESS THE ISSUES WE HAVE BEEN
BRINGING UP WITH THE ORDINANCE.
THE LAST THINGUMENT TO POINT
OUT, TREE PLANTING, WHILE IT IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN
DO, TREE PLANTING DOES NOT
ENSURE A MATURE TREE CANOPY.
THEY TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET BI
AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS SURVIVE.
WE NEED BETTER FOLLOW UP. TREE
PLANTING IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO
PRESERVING THE CANOPY.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS TERRY.
I SEE YOU ARE OFF MUTE. TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME I
TERRY GALLEY, THE DEVELOPER. WE
SERVE SOME OF THE MOST
VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSIN
FOR APPROXIMATELY 38,000
INDIVIDUALS IN 18,000 SEATTLE
HOUSEHOLDS. TODAY I'M SPEAKING
IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER BIL
120504 WITH A COUPLE OF IDEAS O
HOW TO IMPROVE THE PROGRAM FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
GREEN SPACES WITH HEALTHY SPACE
AND WE WANT FAMILIES LIVING IN
OUR BUILDINGS TO ENJOY ALL OF
THE BENEFITS OF A ROBUST TREE
CANOPY. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE
CITY IS IN THE MIDST OF A DIRE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS. TREE
PRODUCTION CAN'T COME AT THE
COST OF ADDRESSING THIS PROCESS
WE THINK THE LEGISLATION DOES A
GOOD JOB OF STRIKING THE
BALANCE. WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU
TO EXPAND THE FLEXIBILITY FOR
CURRENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECTS.
>> THANK YOU. PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO SEND IN ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
LAST THREE SPEAKERS LISTED ARE
CARENE, AND DIPA.
>> HI, MY NAME IS CARENE
HALLSTER, I HAVE LIVED IN
SEATTLE SINCE 1984. AND I HAVE
NEVER BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD A
HOUSE IN THIS TOWN. I THINK IT
IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER
THAT ZONING CODES OFTEN CONFLIC
WITH THE STREET CODES. IN THE
END, ZONING CODE TRUMPS THE
TREES. AND WE MAY WANT TO START
LOOKING AT PLANTING TREES IN
DESIGNATED URBAN FOREST AREAS
BECAUSE THE TREES ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO COME DOWN. AS A
CONSULTING ARBORIST WORKING IN
THIS TOWN, I FIND THE PROPOSED
ORDINANCE HAS CONFUSING CODE. I
WOULD ENCOURAGE MORE
CLARIFICATION AROUND LANGUAGE.
WE GOT THE USAGE LANGUAGE IN TH
REPORTS AND IT IS NOT FAIR TO
CITY STAFF TO LEAVE IT TO THEIR
INTERPRETATION. IT CREATES A BI
MESS FOR EVERYONE. I WOULD
ENCOURAGE YOU TO INVITE ALL
STAKE HOLDERS TO THE TABLE SOON
THE OTHER THING IS YOU ARE
INCREASING DISTURBANCE ALLOWANC
IN THE REZONE. I WILL SEND YOU
THAT. SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOME
MATH.
>> THANK YOU. I SEE PATRICK BOI
IS NOT PRESENT. PATRICK CALL IN
NOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
DIPA VED? YOU ARE OFF MUTE. TAK
IT AWAY AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
>> HI, THIS IS DIPA VED. MY
COMMENT IS ON THE THREE
ORDINANCES. I HAVE LIVED IN
SEATTLE FOR AROUND 20 YOURS AND
I HAVE SEEN TREES DISAPPEARING,
ESPECIALLY IN THE PAST TEN YEAR
AND I HAVE SEEN ROW AFTER ROW O
HOUSES AND NONE OF THEM ARE
AFFORDABLE. A MILLION DOLLAR
HOUSE IS NOT AFFORDABLE BY ANY
STARPD. I WOULD REQUEST THAT TH
LAND USE COMMITTEE CONSIDER
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE URBAN
FORESTRY COMMISSION AND ALSO
SPECIFICALLY REMOVE THE PROGRAM
THAT ALLOWS INSTEAD OF
MAINTAINING THE CURRENT TREES
THAT EXIST. I KNOW AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IS A TERM THAT IS USED
WIDELY BUT AS FAR AS I CAN SEE,
LAKE CITY OR SHORE LINE DOES NO
HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT THE
TREES HAVE BEEN CUT. SO I WOULD
ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT.
>> THANK YOU. IT, CAN YOU
CONFIRM THERE ARE NO MORE PUBLI
COMMENT REGISTRANTS AT THIS
TIME?
>> THERE ARE NO MORE ONLINE
PUBLIC COMMENT REGISTRANTS AT
THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU. SEEING AS WE HAVE
NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS PRESENT
REMOTE LEOR PHYSICAL. WE WILL
MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
THE FIRST AND SECOND ITEMS ARE
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON CLER
FILE 313440 AND COUNCILMEMBER
BILL 120533, A CONTRACT REZONE
OF 2501 NORTHWEST MARKET STREET
SINCE THESE TWO ITEMS ARE
INTERCONNECTED WE WILL READ THE
INTO THE RECORD TO DISCUSS THEM
AT THE SAME TIME. CLERK, WILL
YOU READ THE SHORT TITLES INTO
THE RECORD?
>> CLERK FILE 34410. APPLICATIO
OF 2501 NORTHWEST MARKET FOR
CONTRACT REZONE OF A PORTION OF
A SPLIT ZONE SITE AT 2501
NORTHWEST MARKET STREET FROM
INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL WITH A 65
FOOT HEIGHT AND MANDATORY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY TO
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL 3 WITH
75 FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT. PEDESTRIA
DESIGNATION, NC3P-75.
>> SHORT TITLES, CLERK.
>> ITEM TWO, 120533, ORDINANCE
RELATING TO MANAGEMENT AND
ZONING AMENDING CHAPTER 23.32 O
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE. PARCEL
LOCATED AT 2501 NORTHWEST MARKE
STREET FROM INDUSTRIAL
COMMERCIAL WITH A 65 FOOT LIMIT
AND MANDATORY AFFORDABLE HOUSIN
SUFFIX TO NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMERCIAL FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU. WE ARE JOINED BY
KITTY FREEMAN, THE STAFFING.
BEFORE HE PRESENTS THE DETAILS
OF THE REZONE, I WOULD LIKE TO
EXPOSE AN EXPART COMMUNICATION.
ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA IS
CORRESPONDS SENT TO MY EMAIL
KAEKT AND LETTERS. I DID NOT
READ THEM NOR HAVE I PREJUDGED
THE CONTRACT REZONE. I'M
DISCLOSING THIS COMMUNICATION T
COMPLY WITH THE QUASI-JUDICIAL
RULES WHICH PROIBTS EXPART
COMMUNICATION ABOUT PENDING
MATTERS. BOTH LETTERS WERE
INCORPORATED INTO THE RECORD,
LETTER ONE LISTED ON THE AGENDA
IS PART OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT I
EXHIBIT 10. LETTER TWO AS LISTE
ON THE AGENDA IS PART OF PUBLIC
COMMENT IN EXHIBIT 4. AT THIS
MEETING, I WILL PROVIDE TWO
MINUTES PER COMMENTER FOR ANY
REBUTTAL OR TESTIMONY TO THE
CONTENT OF THE EMAIL AND
LETTERS. THIS TIME IS ONLY FOR
PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO REBUT
THE CONTENT OF THE EMAILS OR
LETTERS. IF THERE IS NO
QUESTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN
THE FLOOR FOR REBUTTAL
COMMENTERS? CLERK , CAN YOU
CONFIRM NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP
PHYSICALLY?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> AND I.T., CAN YOU CONFIRM
THERE ARE NO ONLINE PUBLIC
REGISTRANTS? MAYBE PULL UP
JOSHUA MORRIS IF HE IS STILL
HERE, SINCE HE DID I BELIEVE
INCORRECTLY CLICK THE COMMENT O
EXPART E ECOMMUNICATIONS BOX.
I.T. CAN YOU CONFIRM THERE ARE
NO ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTERS?
>> YES.
>> YES, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC
COMMENT REGSTANTS?
>> YES, CORRECT, THERE IS NONE.
>> THANK YOU. WITH NO ONE HERE,
SEEING AS WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS
SIGNED UP PHYSICALLY OR
REMOTELY, PUBLIC COMMENT IS
CLOSED. WE WILL MOVE ON TO
BRIEFING THIS ITEM. ALSO FOR TH
RECORD, THIS ITEM WILL BE BACK
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE
APRIL 21st SPECIAL LAND USE
COMMITTEE. ANYONE INTERESTED IN
PROVIDING REBUTTAL TO THE
COMMENTS HAS NEARLY ONE MONTH
NOTICE TO DO SO. MR. FREEMAN,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE IT AWAY?
>> YES, KITO FREEMAN, COUNTY
STAFF. WE WILL HAVE A BRIEFING
ON A CONTRACT REZONE AND
IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE. I HAVE
FEW SLIDES TO ORIENT THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO THE
PROPOSAL AND SOME OF THE
CONTENTS OF THE RECORD COMPILED
HERE. LET ME SHOW MY SCREEN
HERE. OKAY. THIS IS A CONTRACT
APPLICATION FOR A SITE LOCATED
2501 NORTHWEST MARKET STREET IN
THE BALLARD URBAN VILLAGE,
APPLICATION BY DIXON REAL
ESTATE. THE APPLICANT OF THE
PROPERTY OWNER IS NORTHWEST
FISHERMAN. THIS IS THE
QUASI-JUDICIAL ACTION BY THE
COUNCIL SO THE COUNCIL IS ACTIN
AS A BANK OF JUDGES MORE OR LES
AS OPPOSED TO LEGISLATORS. IT
PROIBTS EXPART COMMUNICATIONS
AND THE COUNCIL DECISION MUST B
MADE ON THE RECORD ESTABLISHED
BY THE EXAMINER AND THAT RECORD
WAS CREATED BACK IN JANUARY OF
THIS YEAR WHEN THE EXAMINER HEL
AN OPEN RECORDS PUBLIC HEARING
ON THE REZONE APPLICATION. THE
DETAILS OF THE APPLICATION OF
THE PROPOSED REZONE FOR THE
WESTERN PORTION OF A SPLIT ZONE
SITE. I WILL SHOW YOU A PHOTO I
A MINUTE. IT IS ZONED INDUSTRIA
COMMERCIAL WITH A 65 FOOT MIGHT
LIMIT AND AN M NAND FOYER
AFFORDABILITY SUFFIX. AND
PEDESTRIANS DESIGNATION AND
POUSING AFFORDABILITY SUFFIX. I
IS ABOUT HALF AN ACRE. THE
APPLICATION INCLUDES 107 MIX
USED BUILDING AND ALSO THREE
LIVE WORK UNITS AND RETAIL ON
THE MARKET STREET.
PROCEDUREARILY WHERE ARE WE, SD
RECOMMENDED CONDITIONAL APPROVA
IN JANUARY, PUBLIC HEARING. THE
HEARING EXAMINER HELD A PUBLIC
HEARING ON JANUARY 31st AND THE
RECOMMENDED CONDITIONAL APPROVA
AS WELL ON THIS -- IT SHOULD BE
FEBRUARY 8th. LATER THE HEARING
EXAMINER REISSUED A
RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE
CLARIFICATIONS. THAT WAS DONE O
FEBRUARY 16th. SO THE SITE.
WHERE IS IT? IT IS ABOUT HALF A
BLOCK TO THE EAST OF THE NORDIC
HERITAGE MUSEUM. YOU CAN SEE IT
IS SPLIT. MOST OF IT IS ON
RETAIL COMMERCIAL. THE EASTERN
PORTION OF THE SITE IS NOW
COMMERCIAL 3, 75 FOOT HEIGHT
LIMIT. THE REZONE PROPOSAL WOUL
CONSOLIDATE TO NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMERCIAL FOR THIS SITE. WITH
THE PROJECT LOOK LIKE WHEN IT I
BUILT? HERE IS A NICE RENDERING
FROM THE DESIGN VIEW
RECOMMENDATION LOOKING TOWARDS
THE SOUTHEAST, MIXED USE
PROJECT, RETAIL ON THE GROUND
FLOOR HERE, THERE IS A SPECIFIC
CONDITION RELATED TO THE BACK
SIDE. THE OUTSIDE WHERE THEY AR
WORKING, TO ENSURE THEY ARE
WORKING, AND MAINTAIN A
COMMERCIAL CHARACTER FOR THE
LIFE OF THE PROJECT. EXAMINER
RECOMMENDED THE CONDITIONS AS
WITH MOST CONDITIONS, THERE IS
CONTRACT AND PROPERTY USE
DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES ALONG WIT
REZONE APPROVAL. THAT CONTRACT
IS RECORDED AGAINST THE PROPERT
AND CONTAINS CONDITIONS FOR THE
LIFE OF THE PROJECT. THE
CONDITIONS ARE WHAT WE WOULD
NORMALLY HAVE FOR A PROJECT LIK
THIS. THE PROJECT HAS TO LOOK A
WHAT IS ULTIMATELY APPROVED BY
STCI AND THEN FOR THE LIFE OF
THE PROJECT, THE GROUND FLOOR
UNITS WOULD HAVE TO BE
MAINTAINED FOR NONRESIDENTIAL
USES. NEXT UP , BRIEFING TODAY
AND IT WILL BE BACK IN COMMITTE
ON APRIL 21st. AND THAT IS THE
GENERAL ORIENTATION THROUGH THE
PROJECT. I WILL MAYBE DO A
LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT
THE DOCUMENTS THERE. THERE ARE
TWO LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS THAT
THE COMMITTEE WILL NEED TO MAKE
A RECOMMENDATION ON ON APRIL 21
THE FIRST IS A FINDING
CONCLUSION AND DECISION DOCUMEN
THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE CLERK'S
FILE, PROPOSED C AND D THERE. I
HAS THE FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION
AND ADOPTS THE RECOMMENDED
CONDITIONS THAT WOULD RESIDE IN
THE FINAL DECISION. A LOT OF
THOSE ARE CONSTRUCTION
CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY SDCI.
ON THE 21st THSHGS COMMITTEE
WILL MAKE A DECISION ON THE
APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT REZONE
THEN THERE IS AN IMPLEMENTING
DOCUMENT. THAT IS THE ORDINANCE
THE ORDINANCE DOES IS TWO
THINGS. IT AMENDS THE OFFICIAL
LAND USE MAP TO REZONE THE
PROPERTY AND ACCEPTS THE
PROPERTY USE AND DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT. WITH ALL CONTRACT
REZONES, THE PROPERTY USE AND
DEVELOPMENT WOULD NEED TO BE
EXECUTED BY THE APPLICANT PRIOR
TO A FULL COUNCIL VOTE ON THAT
ORDINANCE. SO THAT IS
ININFORMATION ON THE PROJECT.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
>> THANK YOU. FIRST QUESTION IS
JUST ABOUT PROCESS FOR A
CONTRACT REZONE, I THINK THIS I
THE FIRST TIME WITH THIS
COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE HAD A
CONTRACT REZONE. WE HAD MANY IN
THE LAST BIENNIUM. CAN YOU
REMIND THE COMMITTEE AND THE
VIEWING PUBLIC, WHAT IS THE
PROCESS FOR A CONTRACT REZONE T
GET TO US? YOU SPOKE OF THE
HEARING EXAMINER. CANNIA EXPLAI
THAT MORE AND THE PROCESS FOR
THEM MAKING A DETERMINATION
BEFORE SENDING IT TO US AND WHA
THE CITY COUNCIL'S LEGAL
REQUIREMENTS ARE ONCE IT IS
TRANSMITTED TO COUNCIL?
>> YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT
QUESTION. IT IS A CHANCE FOR ME
TO DESCRIBE SOME ELEMENTS OF TH
CODE THAT ARE ARCANE TO MOST.
THERE IS A PROCESS THAT THE CIT
HAS FOR SITE SPECIFIC REZONES
FOR PROPERTY. THEY OFTEN COME U
IN CONTEXT LIKE THIS WHERE THER
IS A SPLIT ZONE SITE AND SOME
WANTS TO DEVELOP A SITE AND HAV
THE SAME STANDARDS ACROSS THE
SITE. AN APPLICANT MAKES AN
APPLICATION TO THE CITY. THERE
IS USUALLY A PROJECT WITH THE
APPLICATION AND GOES THROUGH TH
APPROVAL, DESIGN, VIEW, WHATEVE
IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE IS
ALSO A REVIEW AGAINST SOME
REZONE CRITERIA THAT ARE IN
CHAPTER 2334. THAT RESULTS IN A
RECOMMENDATION THAT COMES FROM
THE STCI DIRECTOR. THAT
RECOMMENDATION GOES NOT TO THE
COUNCIL BUT TO THE HEARING
EXAMINER. THE COUNCIL HAS
DELEGATED RESPONSIBILITY TO HOL
A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROJECT
AND COMPAIL A RECORD FOR THE
COUNCIL TO USE IN THE PROETH.
THE HEARING EXAMINER MAKES A
FURTHER RECOMMENDATION TO THE
COUNCIL. THE RECOMMENDATION CAN
BE APPEALED IF SOMEONE DOESN'T
LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION. THAT
CAN BE AN APPLICANT OR A
NEIGHBOR. THEY CAN APPEAL THE
RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL.
THERE IS A 14 DAY WINDOW FOR
THAT WINDOW TO BE FILED. WE ARE
PAST THAT AND NO APPEALS HAVE
BEEN FILED. THE COUNCIL TAKES U
THE REZONE. THE COUNCIL DOESN'T
DIG DEEPLY INTO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS UNLESS THERE IS
A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TWO O
UNLESS THERE IS AN APPEAL. SO W
HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE
HEARING SIDE, SPECIFIC FINDINGS
AND CONCLUSIONS RELATED TO
REZONE CRITERIA AND THAT HAS
FORMED THE BASIS OF
RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COUNCIL
TO APPROVE THE REZONE. WHEN IT
GETS TO COUNCIL, COUNCIL HAS A
LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME TO TURN
IT AROUND. THERE ARE 90 DAYS IF
THERE IS NOT AN APPEAL TO MAKE
DECISION ON THE RECOMMENDATION
OF THE HEARING EXAMINER. THAT 9
DAY PERIOD WILL BE UP IN EARLY
MAY MORE OR LESS, GIVEN WE HAVE
A RECOMMENDATION THAT DATES BAC
TO MID FEBRUARY. AND IT IS PART
OF THE REVIEW PROCESS, THE
COMMITTEE LOOKS AT THE REMATION
ATTACHED TO THE CLERK'S FILE.
OTHER ASPECTS OF THE RECORD,
SOME ATTACHED TO THE CLERK'S
FILE, OTHERS ARE AVAILABLE
INTERNALLY. WE HAVE THE ENTIRE
EXHIBIT LIST. ALL OF THE
EXHIBITS AND ALL OF THE RECORDS
FROM THE EXAMINER, THAT IS
AVAILABLE FOR YOUR PERUSAL. THE
COMMITTEE MAKES A RECOMMENDATIO
TO THE FULL COUNCIL AND THE FUL
COUNCIL APPROVES THE CONTRACT
REZONE, ASSUMING IT IS AN
AFFIRMATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS AND
THAT APPROVAL CAN'T HAPPEN UNTI
WE HAVE EXECUTED PROPERTY USE
AND DEVELOPMENT USE. A SIGNED
APPLICATION GREEING TO
LIMITATION ON FUTURE
DEVELOPMENTS.
>> VERY HELPFUL, THANK YOU FOR
THAT SUMMARY AND OVER VIEW.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS?
SEEING NO QUESTIONS, I THINK
THAT WILL BE THE END OF THIS
ITEM. THANK YOU KETIL. WE WILL
BRING IT BACK FOR A VOTE ON
APRIL 21st, SPECIAL LAND USE
COMMITTEE. THERE WILL BE ANOTHE
COMMUNITY TO REBUT THE EXPART
COMMUNICATIONS AT THAT TIME. WE
WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEMS.
>> IT IS A BRIEFING ON 2500, TH
2021 TREE CANOPY ASSESSMENT
REPORT. CLERK, WILL YOU READ TH
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> INFORMATIONAL ITEM 25300,
TREE CANOPY ASSESSMENT AND
REPORT FOR DISCUSSION.
>> USING THE TECHNOLOGY AND
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT,
ASSESS CHANGES IN THE TREE
CANOPY. TODAY 'S PRESENTATION
SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY
INTERESTING. AS A TREE ADVOCATE
MYSELF, I CREATED A VIDEOALIST
SUMMER SHOWCASING THE DIFFERENC
OF AREAS WITH TREE COVERAGE
VERSUS WITHOUT IT IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT TO REDUCING CLIMATE
CHANGE AND REDUCING HEAT
ISLANDS. COLLEAGUES, WOULD YOU
MIND IF I PLAY THIS VIDEO?
SEEING NONE, CLERK, WOULD YOU
PLAY THE VIDEO?
>> I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TODA
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TREE
CANOPIES AND TREES IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE. MY NAME IS
COUNCILMEMBER DAN STRAUSS,
REPRESENTING DISTRICT SIX, MANY
MICRONEIGHBORHOODS. TODAY IS A
HOT DAY IN SEATTLE. I'M
BENEFITTING FROM THIS TREE
CANOPY HERE. I'M JOINED HERE
WITH MARK WHO PLANTED THIS TREE
CANOPY IN HIS BACKYARD. HE HAS
BEEN STEWARDING IT FOR 37 YEARS
THIS IS WHY WE ARE EXPERIENCING
COOLER TEMPERATURES WHERE WE AR
STANDING.
>> WELCOME TO MY ARBRIUM, THAT'
WHAT I CALL IT. SEVERAL YEARS
AGO, THERE WERE TWO FUR TREES
THAT I CHOP DOWN BECAUSE I LIKE
DECIDUOUS FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
THEY GIVE A LOT OF SHADE IN THE
SUMMER AND LET THE SUN THROUGH
IN WINTER. THERE ARE DIFFERENT
KINDS OF LEAVES, TEXTURES,
SIZES, COLORS. THIS WAS THIS
TREE 37 YEARS AGO. IT WAS A TIN
SEED. THIS IS ONE OF THE 6,000
-- IS IT CALLED LAST TREES OF
SEATTLE? THEY HAVE TO HAVE A
CERTAIN GIRTH. THAT IS ONLY 37
YEARS GROWTH AND THAT IS
IMPRESSIVE. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT
STEWARDSHIP. AS WE KNOW, TREES
ARE IMPORTANT FOR SO MANY
REASONS.
>> YOU ARE HELPING ADDRESS THE
CLIMATE CRISIS. YOU ARE KEEPING
YOUR LOT COOLER THAN ALL OF YOU
NEIGHBORS AND YOU ARE MAKING A
MORE BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> APPRECIATE TAT.
>> LET'S TAKE A TEMPERATURE
READING BACK HERE. THEN WE WILL
STEP OUT TO THE STREET AND SEE
WHAT IT IS LIKE WITHOUT A TREE
CANOPY. RIGHT HERE WE HAVE 84
DEGREES IN THIS SHADE, UNDER
THIS TREE CANOPY. WE WILL TAKE
WALK THROUGH MARK'S YARD AND
THEN THROUGH HIS ARBORETUM AND
THEN WE WILL SHOW YOU THE
TEMPERATURE ON THE STREET. NOW
WE ARE ON THE STREET IN FRONT O
MARK'S HOUSE. AS YOU CAN SEE,
THE THERMMOMETER IS READING 96
DEGREES. THERE IS A 10 DEGREE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UNDER THE
TREE CANOPY AND OUT HERE ON THE
STREET WITHOUT THE TREE CANOPY.
THIS IS THE REASON THAT I WANT
TO PROTECT SEATTLE'S TREES. SO
WE CAN ADDRESS THE CLIMATE
CRISIS AND KEEP OUR STREETS
COOLER AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITY
MORE BEAUTIFUL. I'M EXCITED TO
BE PASSING THE TREE ORDINANCE A
SOON AS I CAN AND THESE ARE THE
REASONS WHY. IT IS A 10 DEGREE
DIFFERENCE.
>> THANK YOU, CLERK. I WILL
ADMIT, IT WAS SO HOT THAT DAY,
COULDN'T DO MATH. IT WAS A 12
DEGREE DIFFERECE. WITH NO
FURTHER ADOUGH, WE ARE JOINED B
JESSE FERRULE AND PATTY BACKER,
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT. WILL YOU INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES AND TAKE IT AWAY?
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON TO MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC. MY NAME IS JESSEN
FAIRLY, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE
OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT.
>> HI, EVERYONE, OOEM PATTY
BAKKER, THE URBAN FORESTRY
ADVISOR WITH WITH THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
PATTY, WHY DON'T YOU BRING UP
THE POWERPOINT AND SHE AND I
WILL BE TAG TEAMING THROUGH THE
POWER POINT. I WILL WALK US
THROUGH THE HIGH LEVEL FINDINGS
OF OUR TREE CANOPY ASSESSMENT.
PATTY IS GOING TO TAKE A DEEPER
DIVE. THEN WE WILL ANSWERGY
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WITH
THAT, WHY DON'T WE ADVANCE TO
THE NEXT SLIDE?
>> I'M JUST GOING TO START BY
REALLY SETTING OUT WHAT OUR
VISION IS. I THINK THE VALUE AN
VISION WE HOLD WHICH IS A
SEATTLE WHERE EVERYONE HAS
ACCESS TO TREES AND THE BENEFIT
THAT THEY PROVIDE, AND WHERE WE
ARE ABLE TO KEEP OUR TREES AND
URBAN FORESTS HEALTHY AND
THRIVING IN THE CASES OF ALL OF
THE THINGS IMPACTING TREES
INCLUDING COLOTOMY CHANGE BUT
NOT LIMITED TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
PART OF THE VISION IS ACHIEVING
A GOAL OF A 30% CANOPY COVERAGE
EVENLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE
CITY. NOW I WILL JUMP INTO THE
KEY FINDINGS. THE FIRST FINDING
IS THE FINDING OVERALL WHICH IS
TO SAY THAT WE ARE SLOWLY LOSIN
GROUND. WE ARE GOING TO DIVE
INTO ALL OF THE REASONS BUT I
WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT
FROM 2016 TO 2021 WHICH IS THE
PERIOD THAT THIS ASSESSMENT
LOOKS AT, WE SAW A RELATIVE
DECLINE IN CANOPY COVER OF 1.7%
SO TO VISUALIZE THAT FOR
EVERYONE, THAT REPRESENTS 255
ACRES WHICH IS AN AREA THAT IS
ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF GREEN LAKE.
NOW I WILL GO INTO THE SPECIFIC
FINDINGS. ONE OF THE PORPT
THINGS IS LOSS IS HAPPENING
INECQUITABLY. THOSE AREAS
IMPACTED BY RACIAL AND ECONOMIC
INJUSTICE STARTED WITH LESS
CANOPY AND LOST MORE THAN THE
CITY WIDE AVERAGE. ANOTHER
IMPORTANT FINDING AND THIS GETS
TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
VIDEO, IS TO SAY THAT CANOPY IS
ESSENTIAL FOR HEAT MITIGATION.
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT FINDINGS O
THE REPORT IS THAT TREE CANOPY
LOWERS TEMPERATURES AND REDUCES
HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS. WE FOUND
THAT NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A 25%
ADDITIONAL CANOPY WERE 1% COOLE
THAN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH NO
CANOPY. IN TERMS OF WHERE WE
LOST CANOPY, IT WAS IN THE PARK
NATURAL AREAS AND RESIDENTIAL
AREAS THAT SAW THE GREATEST
LOSSES. PATTY WILL BE DIVING
INTO THIS IN MORE DETAIL. THESE
TWO MANAGEMENT UNITS WHICH IS
HOW WE CATEGORIZE OUR LAND USE
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CANOPY
ASSESSMENT COMPRISED OF 78% OF
LOSS DURING THE ASSESSMENT. WIT
THAT, I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVE
TO PATTY FOR SOME ADDITIONAL
DETAILS.
>> THANK YOU. SO FIRST, I WANT
TO COVER OUR EQUITY AREA
ANALYSIS SINCE WHAT IS GOING ON
WITH TREE CANOPY IN THE EQUITY
PRIORITY AREA IS CRITICAL TO TH
CITY'S REVILLIANCE AND EQUITY
GOALS. WE ANALYZED TO THE OCP
COMPOSIT MAPS SINCE THAT IS THE
SOURCE WE USE TO IDENTIFY OUR
EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS. THE
RESULTING DATA TELLS US THAT TH
EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS STARTED
WITH LESS TREE CANOPY IN 2016.
THEY HAD 27% LESS CANOPY THAN
THE AREAS IN THE LOWER
ADVANTAGED OR DISADVANTAGED
CATEGORIES. THE DATA SHOWS THAT
THE AREAS SAW A HIGHER RATE OF
LOSS DURING THE ASSESSMENT
PERIOD SO THAT BY 2021, THE
EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS HAD 31%
LOWER CANOPY THAN THE AREAS OF
LOW ESTDISADVANTAGE. THE AREA
SAW LOSSES ALMOST THREE TIMES
THAN THE RATE SEEN CITY WIDE. S
THE MAPS HERE HAVE THE AMOUNT O
THE RIGHT, THE AMOUNT OF CANOPY
IN 2021 AND THE RELATIVE CHANGE
IN CANOPY, SHOWN TO THE CENSUS
BLOCK GROUP LEVEL. THE BLUE
BOUNDARIES SHOW THE EQUITY AREA
FROM THE RECENT COMPOSIT INDEX.
BY OVER LAYING THE POUNDARY ONT
THE CANOPY MAP TO DETERMINE WHA
IS HAPPENING WITH THE CANOPY IN
THE PRIORITY AREAS, WE WILL BE
DOING A DEEPER ANALYSIS OF THE
DATA FROM EACH CENSUS BLOCK
GROUP AND DPEN USING THE DATA T
REDEFINE THE WORK AND
PRIORITIZING NEIGHBORHOODS. NOW
TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE A LITTLE
BIT, TREES ARE CRITICAL TO THE
COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO COMBAT
AND BE RESILIENT TO CLIMATE
CHANGE AND ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY
IMPACTED BY THE CLIMATE IMPACTS
WE ARE EXPERIENCING. SO THE
CONSULTANTS ANALYZED THE 2020
KING COUNTY DATA IN RELATION TO
THE 2021 CANOPY COVER AND
CONFIRMED THAT TREE CANOPY COOL
NEIGHBORHOODS AS COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS'S VIDEO SHOWS AS WELL.
THE MAP ON THE LEFT SHOWS TREE
CANOPY BROKEN DOWN INTO SMALL
HEX GONES. THE MAP SHOWS THE
HEAT STUDY DATA ALSO BROKEN DOW
IN THE HEXAGONS. THIS SCALE
DETERMINED THAT NEIGHBORHOODS
WITH 25% CANOPY WERE ONE DEGREE
COOLER THAN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH
NO CANOPY. GIVEN THAT WE EXPECT
CLIMATE CHANGE TO BRING MORE
HEAT WAVES AND HOTTER
TEMPERATURES, THIS REINFORCES
THE INCREASING CANOPY IN THE LO
CANOPY NEIGHBORHOODS AS A
CRITICAL ASPECT OF THE HEAT
PREPAREDNESS STRATEGY. ON THE
MAP, THE TWO CIRCLES AT THE TOP
SHOW THE AREA WHERE HIGHER
CANOPY ON THE LEFT CORRELATES T
LOWER TEMPERATURES ON THE RIGHT
ACROSS THE CITY, THERE ARE AREA
THAT CAUSE WARMER TEMPERATURES
LIKE INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND MAJOR
TRANSPORTATION ORDORS AS THE
EXAMPLE NEAR THE BOTTOM. THESE
ARE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE LESS
ABILITY TO AFFECT THE TOTAL
AUMENT OF CANOPY THERE. THERE
ARE TEMPERATURE HOT SPOTS IN
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE CANOPY IS
LOW. INCREASING CANOPY THERE CA
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. AN
EXAMPLE IS THE SMALL CIRCLES AT
THE BOTTOM, NEAR RAINIER BEACH.
THIS IS ANOTHER ETCHERT WE CAN
ADD IN ADDITION TO THE EQUITY
MAPPING THAT WILL HELP US
IDENTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO
PRIORITIZE IN OUR CANOPY
EFFORTS. AGAIN, OUR TREES AND
URBAN FORESTS ARE BEING
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY THE
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS WE ARE
EXPERIENCING. OUR SUMMERS HAVE
BEEN HOTTER AND DRIER. THAT IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. THE
DROUGHT STRESSTHALITY THIS
CAUSES THE TREES COMBINED WITH
THE AGE OF THE SECOND GROWTH
FOREST MAKES THE TREES MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO PEST AND
DISEASES. THIS RESULTS IN THE
NEED TO INCREASE ESTABLISHMENT
PERIODS FOR PLANTED TREES TO
ENSURE THEY ARE WATER LONG
ENOUGH TO STAY ALIVE IN THE
HOTTER, DRIER SUMMERS. NEXT I
WILL COVER ANALYSIS OF CANOPY B
MANAGEMENT UNIT. AGAIN,
MANAGEMENT UNITS ARE A WAY TO
TALK ABOUT URBAN FORESTS BY
CATEGORIES THAT ARE DISTINCT
FROM EACH OTHER. THE URBAN
FOREST IS DIVIDED INTO NINE
MANAGEMENT UNITS IN THE CITY. W
HAVE MULTIFAMILY AND
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, PARKS
NATURAL AREAS AND DEVELOPED
PARKS. COMMERCIAL, MIXED USE,
DOWNTOWN MAJOR INSTITUTIONS AND
DOWNTOWN AND INDUSTRIAL. SO THI
SLIDE SHOWS HOW THE MANAGEMENT
UNITS ARE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS TH
CITY. THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS MAK
UP ALMOST HALF OF THE CITY AT
48%. IN THIS ROUND OF CANOPY
ASSESSMENT, THE CONSULTANT TEAM
WAS ABLE TO PULL THE RIGHT OF
WAY OUT AS A SEPARATE UNIT WHIC
IS DIFFERENT THAN THE 2016
ASSESSMENT WHERE RIGHT OF WAY
WAS ANALYZED. AS A MANAGEMENT
UNIT THAT WAS NOT DISTINCT AND
RAN THROUGH THE OTHER MANAGEMEN
UNITS. THE REPRESENTATION IS A
SMALLER PERCENTAGE, SHOWN IN TH
2016 ASSESSMENT. WE SEE THAT TH
RIGHT OF WAY COVERS MORE THAN
ONE QUARTER OF THE CITY AT 27%.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS HOW THE CANOPY
IS DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE CITY.
YOU CAN SEE BY FAR THE GREATEST
AMOUNT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL WHICH MAKES SENSE
GIVEN HOW MUCH OF THE CITY THAT
COMPRISES. RIGHT OF WAY AND
PARKS HAVE SIGNIFICANT
COMPPRISES AS WELL. THE NET
LOSSES IN CANOPY ACROSS ALL OF
THE MANAGEMENT UNITS, BUT WE CA
SEE THE AREAS WITH THE MOST
IMPACT ON THE OVERALL CANOPY
LOSSES WERE AGAIN IN PARKS
NATURAL AREAS AND NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL. WE SAW A TOTAL OF
198 ACRES OF MET LOSS BETWEEN
THE AREAS WHICH REPRESENTS 78%
OF THOSE 250 ACRES OF NET LOSS
IN THE CITY. ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS WAS THE IMPACT OF
DEVELOPMENT ON CANOPY. THIS
SLIDE LISTS THE KEY TAKE AWAYS.
WE SAW MOST OF THE CANOPY LOSS
IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS WAS NOT
THERE FOR RESIDENTIAL PRODUCTS.
70% WAS UNRELATED TO A DEVELOPE
SITE. SITES THAT WERE
REDEVELOPED REPRESENT A SMALL
PERCENTAGE OF THE CITY'S LAND
AREA. FOR EXAMPLE, ONLY 1.2% OF
LAND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL UNIT WAS REDEVELOPE
DURING THE ASSESSMENT PERIOD,
REPRESENTING ONLY 3% OF THE
CITY'S AREA OVERALL. THERE WAS
7% LOSS CITY WIDE. TO CONDUCT
THE ANALYSIS ON THE IMPACT OF
DEVELOPMENT, THE ANCOPY CHANGES
WERE ANALYZED ON PARCELS
REDEVELOPED BETWEEN 2017 AND
2021 AND COMPARED THEM TO
PARCELS WHERE NO PROJECTS WERE
COMPLETED AT THIS TIME. THEY
WERE DEFINED AS SITES THAT
COMPLETED NEW CONSTRUCTION OF
BUILDINGS, ADDED BUILDINGS OR
RESIDENTIAL UNITS DURING THIS
TIME FRAME. LOOKING AT THE CITY
WIDE DATA, WE SEE PARCELS WHERE
NEW DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED
REPRESENTED JUST 1% OF THE TOTA
AREA OF THE CITY. SO THAT 35
ACRES OF NET CANOPY LOSS
REPRESENTS 14% OF THE TOTAL 255
ACRES NET LOSS IN THE CITY. THE
WHEN WE LOOK AT CANOPY CHANGE
AND REDEVELOPED PARCELS IN
RESIDENTIAL AREAS, WE SEE THAT
SIMILARLY, THE PARCELS THAT SAW
REDEVELOPMENT REPRESENT A SMALL
PORTION OF THE CITY. REDEVELOPE
PARCELS MADE UP JUST 0.7% OF TH
TOTAL NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL
AREA. AND REDEVELOPED MADE UP
2.5% OF THE TOTAL AREA. THE NET
LOSSES SEEN IN THE RESIDENTIAL
AREAS REFLECT DIFFERENT SCALES
OF IMPACT IN NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THERE WAS A
NET LOSS OF 17 ACRES IN
REDEVELOPED PARCELS,
REPRESENTING 20% OF THE 87 TOTA
ACRES LOST IN RESIDENTIAL. IN
MULTIFAMILY, THERE IS A SIMILAR
AMOUNT OF NET LOSS. BECAUSE OF
THE SMALLER AMOUNT OF CANOPY
PRESENT TO BEGIN WITH, THAT LOS
REPRESENTS 78% OF THE 18 TOTAL
ACRES LOST IN MULTIFAMILY AREAS
ULTIMATELY, THE REASONS FOR LOS
IN AREAS ACROSS THE CITY ARE
MULTIFACETTED AND COMPLEX AND
NOT DUE TO ONE SINGLE CAUSE. TH
SOLUTIONS TO CANOPY LOSS NEED T
BE MULTIFACETTED AS WELL. I WIL
TURN IT BACK TO JESSEN TO TOG
ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN TH
REPORT THAT STEM FROM THE
FINDINGS OF THE ASSESSMENT.
>> THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANTED
TO UNDERSCORE THAT THE REASONS
FOR LOSS ARE COMPLEX. WE NEED A
DEEP AND VARIED SET OF TOOLS TO
EARN TRP AROUND WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH THE CANOPY. WE
WILL TALK ABOUT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS. WE VD EXPAND
AND DEEPEN PARTNERSHIPS. WE HAV
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY. WE
NEED EXPAND THOSE. WE SHOULD
FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
PRIORITY AREAS INITIALLY. THAT
IS A KEY PART OF THE SUCCESS OF
THE PROGRAMS. NEXT, WE SHOULD
INCREASE PROTECTION FOR EXISTIN
TREES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO
PRESERVE AND EXPAND THE CANOPY
IS TO PROTECT EXISTING TREES. I
MEANS SUPPORTING ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENTS TO REPAIR AND
MAINTAIN EXISTING TREES. THE
TREES ARE IMPORTANT FOR KEEPING
THE NEIGHBORHOOD COOL. WE NEED
TO INCORPORATE FUTURE CLIMATE
IMPACTS INTO THE MAINTENANCE
PRACTICESTO RESPOND TO HEAT,
LESS WATER, AND NEW AND MORE
PREVALENT DISEASES. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO HAVE A STRONG
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK. WE NEED T
ALIGN GOALS WITH HOUSING
PRODUCTION. THESE TWO THINGS
THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE AND DO BOTH
THEY FULFILL IMPORTANT NEEDS IN
THE GROWING CITY.
>> THAT CONCLUDES THE
PRESENTATION. WE ARE HAPPY TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
QUESTIONS? VICE CHAIR MORALES,
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE O
QUESTIONS, IF WE GO BACK TO
SLIDE 15, 15 AND 16, I JUST WAN
TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND A
COUPLE OF THINGS. THE FIRST
THING HONESTLY THAT JUMPS OUT A
ME WITH THIS CHART IS THAT RIGH
OF WAY IN THE CITY TAKES UP
14,000 ACRES, I'M LOOKING AT TH
PREVIOUS SLIDE. MULTIFAMILY ONL
COMPRISES 4,000 ACRES. SO THAT
IS A PROBLEM, THAT WE HAVE MORE
ROADS THAN PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO
LIVE. I THINK THAT IS
CONTRIBUTING TO OTHER PROBLEMS
WE HAVE. WHAT I'M SEEING ON THE
NEXT SLIDE IS ROADWAY IS THE
SECOND REASON WE HAVE CANOPY
LOSS. I'M WONDERING WHAT THAT
MEANS. DOES THAT MEAN WE ARE
BUILDING MORE ROADS? OR HOW DOE
RIGHT OF WAY AFFECT THE CANOPY?
>> THERE IS ONLY A NET LOSS OF
10 ACRES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. S
THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTORS TO NET
LOSS WERE PARKS NATURAL AREAS.
>> OKAY. BUT I STILL HAVE THE
QUESTION LIKE WHAT DOES IT MEAN
THAT RIGHT OF WAY IS CONTRIBUTE
TO A LOSS OF CANOPY?
>> THAT WOULD TYPICALLY WHERE
TREES ARE BEING REMOVED FOR AN
ADDITIONAL ROADWAY TREATMENT,
LIKE A SIDEWALK UP GRADE OR A
TREE IS COMING DOWN BECAUSE IT
IS DISEASED. TYPICALLY IN THE
CITY, IT IS NOT BECAUSE WE ARE
BUILDING NEW ROADS, IT IS
BECAUSE WE ARE DOING SOMETHING
IN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY.
>> OKAY. AND THEN I HAVE LOST
TRACK OF WHAT SLIDE NUMBER BUT
THE SECOND RECOMMENDATIONS ABOU
PREPARING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPACTS, CLEARLY, WE NEED TO
INCORPORATE THE EXPECTATION OF
CONTINUED CLIMATE CHANGE INTO
THE WORK WE ARE DOING BUT THE
QUESTION IS HOW? WHAT DOES IT
MEAN TO INCORPORATE CLIMATE
IMPACTS INTO OUR PLANNING? I'M
THINKING SPECIFICALLY THE MAP
WITH SOUTH END NEIGHBORHOODS
HAVING LESS CANOPY AND HIGHER
TEMPERATURES, HOW DO WE START T
ADDRESS THAT, CLEAR AND EQUITY,
AND ALSO START TO REBALANCE THE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN
PARTICULAR AREAS OF TOWN?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I
WILL START WITH BROADLY AND THE
GET MORE SPECIFIC. WITH
REPRESENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPACTS, IT MEANS BEING ABLE TO
WITH STAND DROUGHT AND HEAT. IT
MEANS PUTTING MONEY IN THE TREE
THAT I HAVE. SO THEY HAVE MORE
WATER SO THEY ARE PRUNED
APPROPRIATE LE. AND THAT IS A
LOT OF MAINTENANCE BUDGETS. SO
WE ARE GOING TO USE THE DATA IN
THE REPORT TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO
ENSURE EVERY ONE IN THE CITY HA
ACCESS TO THE CANOPY.
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE
HISTORICALLY IMPACTED BY RACIAL
INJUSTICE AND ECONOMIC INJUSTIC
ARE LACKING CANOPY. THAT WILL B
THE THRUST OF CONVERSATION FOR
BUILDING CANOPY IN THOSE PLACES
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VICE CHAIR.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND THEN
PEDERSEN?
>> WHEN I RAISED MY HAND AFTER
THE VIDEO, I WANTED TO KNOW WHA
KIND OF TREE DID MARK PLANT?
THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL. DO YOU
KNOW? I'M SORRY.
>> YOU STUMPED ME.
>> SO WHAT IS STRIKING ME IS TH
LOSS OF TREES ON CITY PROPERTY,
THE PARKS AND NATURAL AREAS, I
THINK IT IS ON SLIDE 15. I'M NO
DISCOUNTING THAT WE NEED TO
FOCUS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY BUT
WHY -- I'M NOTICING THERE IS TH
HIGHEST AMOUNT OF RELATIVE
CHANGE OF NEGATIVE 5.1. THAT IS
HIGHER THAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL. SO ARE WE FOCUSING
ON DOING THIS AS WELL?
>> I WILL START AND THEN IF YOU
WANT TO ADD.
>> WHEN I MENTIONED AT THE
OUTSET OF THE RECOMMENDATION
SECTION, THERE IS NOT ONE SINGL
THING THAT WILL TURN IT AROUND.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT HAVE
TO BE DONE ON PRIVATELY HELD
LANDS AND ON PUBLIC LANDS. WHAT
THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF THE
CITY'S OWN TREES IS WE NEED TO
REALLY DOUBLE DOWN ON PROTECTIN
THE TREES WE HAVE. WE NEED TO
PLANTING MORE. PATTY CAN BE
TALKING MORE SPECIFICALLY IF
THAT IS HELPFUL AROUND WHAT THA
MEANS.
>> I WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY ARE
GOING AWAY. YOU KNOW I HAVE IVY
IS A BET PEEVE FOR ME BUT SORRY
GO ON.
>> THERE IS A LOT GOING ON WITH
THE NATURAL AREAS. THEY HAVE A
HIGH COMPONENT OF DECIDUOUS
TREES THAT ARE REACHING THE END
OF THEIR LIFETIME. AND THIS IS
TIME WHEN THEY ARE DROUGHT
STRESSED AND MORE SUSCEPTIBLE T
PESTS AND DISEASES. BUT IFFIA
LOOK AT THE DETAILS OF YOU CAN
SEE THERE WAS 182 ACRES OF LUSZ
AND 71 ACRES OF GAIN. THAT IS
THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF GAIN
PERCENTAGE WISE ACROSS THE
MANAGEMENT UNITS. ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT MAY BE HAPPENING
HERE IS SOMETIMES A HIGHLY
CANOPIED AREA TO BEGIN WITH, WE
MAY NOT SEE THE GAINS AS THEY G
CALLER. THE PARK NATURAL AREAS
ARE 82% CANOPY COVER. ONE THING
TO MENTION TOO IS THAT THERE IS
ADDITIONAL DATA THAT WE ARE
CONTINUING TO GET AND CONTINUIN
TO ANALYZE AS WE GET PROJECTS
AND HAVE THE EQUITY AND
RESILIENCE PLAN. THAT INCLUDES
TREE VOLUME AND SURFACE AREA. W
WILL GET THAT DATA AND THAT WIL
HELP INFORM AND GIVE DETAIL
ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING FOR THE
PARKS NATURAL AREAS.
>> THANK YOU. AND BACK TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'S
QUESTION, SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT
RIGHT OF WAY AND I WAS THINKING
ABOUT THE PLANTING STRIPS OR
PARKING STRIPS, WHATEVER YOU
CALL THEM, THAT IS INCLOUDED IN
THE -- IS THAT A LIKELY AREA OF
LOSS OF TREES? BECAUSE PEOPLE
PUT -- I DON'T KNOW, RAISED BED
OR SAND BOXES OR SOMETHING IN
THERE. OR THEY WERE REMOVED
BECAUSE THEY ARE THE WRONG KIND
OF TREE?
>> PATTY, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE
THAT ONE?
>> I WOULD SAY ALL OF THESE
CONTRIBUTE TO LOSSES. . THERE
ARE A LOT OF TREES IN THE
PLANNING STRIPS. IT IS
CHALLENGING TO BE A TREE IN AN
URBAN AREA AT ALL, LET ALONE IN
A RIGHT OF WAY OR A PLANTING
STRIP BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED
IMPACT THEY HAVE WITH MORE
IMPACTS WITH CARS AND HUMANS
PASSING BY AND SMALL SPACES THA
THEY ARE IN. OFTEN TIMES THE
ROOTS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE T
SPREAD OUT AND DO WHAT THEY NEE
TO DO TO SUPPORT THE TREE. THEY
ARE RECEIVING RUN OFF FROM
ADJACENT SURFACES AND BRINGING
WITH THEM THE POLLUTANTS THAT
THEY GATHER. THEY ARE RECEIVING
THE POLLUTANTS AS WELL. THERE
ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES TO BEIN
A STREET TREE IN ADDITION TO TH
COMPETING USES.
>> THANKS.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN?
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS
PRESENTATION WHICH WE HAVE SEEN
BEFORE BECAUSE YOU HAD BIP TO
THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION T
PRESENT THIS. AND THE DATA HAS
BEEN OUT THERE FOR A WHILE. IT
HAS REALLY BEEN HELPFUL TO HAVE
TIME TO DIGEST THIS. I KNOW A
LOT OF US HAVE ALREADY MENTIONE
OUR DISAPPOINTMENT IN SEEING TH
TREE CANOPY GOING IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION, DESPITE OUR HOPES OF
INCREASING TREE CANOPY TO 30%
COVERAGE WHICH IS THE CITY'S
OFFICIAL GOAL. SO THANK YOU FOR
NOTING SOME OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS HERE KEEPING ON
THIS SLIDE, JUST TO UNDERSTAND
THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE, WHEN
LOOKING AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL, IF I COMBINE, IN
TERMS OF RESIDENTIAL, PLUS
MULTIFAMILY I'M COUNTING 40% OF
THE TREE LOSS OCCURRED IN THE
TWO RESIDENTIAL AREAS COMBINED.
THE WAY I'M GETTING THE 41% IS
87 ACRES OF NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL WHICH IS ABOUT 34%
OF THE 255 ACRE LOSS AND 18
ACRES OF MULTIFAMILY WHICH IS
ABOUT 7% OF THAT 255 ACRE LOSS,
AS IT COMBINS FOR 41% OF TREE
LOSS THAT OCCURRED. IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU. AND THEN --.
>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION? PATTY,
COULD YOU COMMENT ON HOW THE
GAINS IMPACT THAT AT ALL? I KNO
THE GAINS ARE IN THE LIGHT
GREEN. I KNOW IT IS HARD TO SEE
BUT IF THERE IS ANY IMPACT ON
THAT?
>> THOSE NUMBERS THAT PEDERSEN
IS TALKING ABOUT IS THE NET
CHANGE. RIGHT?
>> YES, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS
THE NET LOSS. SO THEN IN TERMS
OF THE MULTIFAMILY PERCENTAGE
WHICH IS SHOWING A MINUS 2%,
COMPARING THAT TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL WHICH
IS MINUS 1.2%, DOES THAT MEAN
THAT THE RATE AT WHICH THE LOSS
IS OCCURRING TO MULTIFAMILY
PARCELS IS ALMOST TWICE AS MUCH
AS THE RATE AMONG THE
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL?
>> YES, THAT IS CORRECT. THAT I
BECAUSE OF THE RELATIVE
DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF
CANOPY THAT THEY STARTED WITH.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN. COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS? I HAVE A FEW. SO I'M
JUST GOING TO GO. I WAS LETTING
EVERYONE ELSE GO FIRST. IF YOU
COULD SLIDE TO SLIDE 17 . IF YO
COULD CONFIRM, THOSE LOCK LIKE
SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THAT'S NOT
MULTIFAMILY HOMES?
>> YES, IN THE EXAMPLE PHOTOS.
THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE AREA.
YES, I BELIEVE THOSE ARE SINGLE
FAMILY HOMES.
>> AND THIS IS IN SEATTLE?
>> THIS IS IN SEATTLE.
>> I JUST PAUSE HERE BECAUSE
THAT IS AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF
TREE CANOPY THAT IS LOST FOR A
LOW AMOUNT OF HOUSING. SO AS WE
ARE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT HOUSING AND TREE
PROTECTIONS, IT IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE PROTECT THE
CANOPY AND IT IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT THAT WHEN THE -- IF W
HAVE THIS LEVEL OF CANOPY LOSS,
IT CAN'T BE FOR THIS LOW NUMBER
OF UNITS. SORRY PATTY. THERE WA
NO QUESTION THERE, THAT WAS ME
EDITORIALIZING. COULD YOU FLIP
TO SLIDE 23 OR THE ONE BEFORE?
THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE IT IS PEST
INFESTATION. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TH
LINK BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND
PESTS AND HOW THE PESTS HAVE
IMPACTED TREE LOSS?
>> WE ARE SEEING INCREASED
IMPACTS TO TREES FROM PESTS AND
DISEASES DUE IN PART TO THE PAR
THAT THEY ARE MORE STRESSED
BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. SOME
OF THE PESTS AND DISEASES HAVE
BEEN AROUND AND A HEALTHY
THRIVING TREE IS MORE ABLE TO
WITHSTAND THE PRESSURE OF PESTS
AND DISEASES THAT THEY COME INT
CONTACT WITH. WHEN YOU START TO
HAVE TREES THAT ARE DROUGHT
STRESSED OR STRESSED FOR OTHER
REASONS, THEIR IMMUNE DEFENSES,
IT IS SOME OF THE HUMANS. THEIR
IMMUNE DEFENSES ARE NOT AS
HARDY. THEY WILL BE MORE EASILY
IMPACTED BY THE CONTACT WITH TH
BEST DISEASES. THIS PHOTO IS AN
EXAMPLE OF THE CITY DISEASE
WHICH IS IMPACTING A LOT OF THE
TREES.
>> YES, THANK YOU. THAT WAS
HELPFUL. I KNOW THAT VICE CHAIR
MORALES BROUGHT UP THE STREET
TREES, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY LOSS
CAN YOU TELL US HOW THE TWO FOR
ONE PROGRAM HAS IMPACTED THE NE
LOSS WE ARE SEEING?
>> I THINK THE FACT THAT WE HAV
THIS REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENT HA
MEANT THAT WE DIDN'T SEE AS MUC
LOSS AS WE MIGHT HAVE SEEN
OTHERWISE. THE ASSESSMENT IS TH
FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR ASSESSMEN
SINCE WE COMPLETED THIS. SO THE
CITY WAS INVOLVED IN EFFORTS TO
INCREASE CANOPY AND INCREASED
EFFORT ON EQUITY AND MAKING
INVESTMENTS. WITHOUT HAVING THA
KNOWLEDGE OF KNOWING WHAT
DIRECTION THE TREE CANOPY IS
GOING. NOW THAT WE ARE SEEING
THE TREE LOSS, WE CAN START TO
SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE
AREAS. YEAH. IT IS A RESPONSE
FOR THE INVESTMENTS.
>> YES, AND WHAT STANDS OUT TO
ME IS THE RIGHT OF WAYS ARE NOT
ONLY A PLACE , IT IS USUALLY
CONCRETE WHICH XASER BAITS THE
HEAT AND THAT IS WHY I INCLUDED
THE DOLLARS ALLOCATED TO STREET
TREES . COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATIONS?
SEEING NONE, DIRECTOR JESSEN,
PATTY, AMAZING TO SEE YOU AS
ALWAYS. ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE
PROCEED TO THE NEXT ITEM?
>> WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME
TODAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> GREAT WORK AND HERE WE GO ON
REPLACING THE CANOPY, REPLACING
TREES. WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME WIT
MARK IS THE TREE THAT WITH OUN
OF THE LAST 6,000 IS ONLY 37
YEARS OLD AND IT WAS STARTED
ROOM TO GROW IN THE CITY. WITH
AFTER SO MUCH ANTICIPATION, I'M
EXCITED TO HEAR THE FINAL ITEMS
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION BILL ON
01525, THE TREE PRODUCTION BILL
AND BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS,
SIMILAR TO THE FIRST TWO ITEMS
ON THE AGENDA. THEY ARE
CONNECTED AND WE WILL READ THEM
BOTH INTO THE RECORD TO DISCUSS
AT THE SAME TIME. CLERK, WILL
YOU READ THE SHORT TITLES INTO
IS THE REPORT?
>> COUNCIL BILL 120524, AND
120535. BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS
FOR BUDGET AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU. WHEN I FIRST TOOK
OFFICE, ONE OF MY TOP PRIORITIE
WAS TO PATSZ STRONGER TREE
PROTECTION LEGISLATION IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE. WE ALL KNOW TH
IMPORTANCE OF GROWING AND
RETAINING THE TREE ENVIRONMENT.
THEY KEEP THE AIR CLEANER AND
HELP KEEP. ADOPTING A NEW TREE
ORDINANCE HAS TAKEN LONGER THAN
I HOPED. FOR SOME, IT HAS BEEN
SEVERAL YEARS IN THE MAKING.
THANK YOU FOR STAFF'S DUE
DILIGENCE. WE HAVE THE BILL THA
IS BEFORE US. THANK YOU TO
PEDERSEN FOR THE STEADFAST
IMPORTANCE OF TREES. I KNOW FOR
EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN WAITING,
NOTICED THAT PEDERSEN, I URGED
YOU FOR A SECOND. I KNOW FOR
EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN WAITING
FOR A PORTION OR MULTIPLE
DECADES, THAT PASSING
LEGISLATION BETWEEN NOW AND MAY
COULD FEEL FAST. BEFORE WE
DISCUSS THE ORDINANCES, I WILL
DISCUSS THE SCHEDULE THAT IS
AMENDED AND FOCUSED ALMOST SOLE
LEON THESE TWO BILLS. FOR
CONTEXT, THE REGULAR SCHEDULE I
TO MEET TWICE A MONTH WITH
MULTIPLE TOPICS IN EACH MEETING
THE SCHEDULE WE CREATED HAS US
MEETING SIX TIMES OVER SEVEN
WEEKS WITH NO TOPICS SCHEDULED
EXCEPT FOR WHAT WE SAW EARLIER
AND THE TREE ASSESSMENT WE SAW
EARLIER. BEYOND THE COMMITTEE
WORK, THE LEGISLATION WILL HAVE
BEEN IN PUBLIC VIEW FOR OVER
SEVEN WEEKS. WE HAVE BUILT IN
MORE TIME IF NEEDED. CLERK, WE
WERE PLANNING TO SHARE THE
FINALIZED SCHEDULE ON THE SCREE
RIGHT NOW. I'M GOING TO SEND IT
OUT IN MY NEWSLETTER THIS
AFTERNOON. IF YOU HAVE NOT
SIGNED UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER AND
WOULD LIKE A COPY, SIGN UP NOW.
IT WILL ALSO BE POSTED TO NEXT
WEEK'S AGENDA. WE WILL POST THE
AGENDA EARLY SO YOU HAVE ACCESS
AND CAN AMEND IT. SO YOU HAVE
ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION. ALSO
IF YOU WANT A COPY OF THE TREE
SCHEDULE, JUST EMAIL ME OR THE
LAND USE CLERK. AT A HIGH LEVEL
WE ARE MEETING EVERY WEEK FROM
NOW UNTIL MAY WITH A ONE WEEK
BREAK TO ENSURE AMENDMENTS AND
LEGISLATION CAN BE REVIEWED BY
THE PUBLIC AND LAW DEPARTMENT
BEFORE WE VOTE ON AMENDMENTS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED
FOR AFTER AMENDMENTS WILL BE
VOTED ON SO THE PUBLIC CAN
PROVIDE TESTIMONY ON THE BILL A
AMENDED. I AM WORKING AND HAVE
INCLUDED IN THE SCHEDULE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO
SHARE COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK
AHEAD OF AMENDMENTS BEING DUE T
CENTRAL STAFF. I JUST SAID THIS
AT EVERY COMMITTEE MEETING WE
HAVE REGARDING THE TREE
ORDINANCE, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT, REMOTE AND IN PERSON.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS ALSO AVAILABL
AT FULL COUNCIL AND WE HAVE THE
MEETING THAT IS DEDICATED TO A
PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE -- I'M
JUST GOING TO ROLL THROUGH WHAT
THE SCHEDULE IS VERBALLY. THIS
WILL BE SENT OUT IN THE
NEWSLETTER TODAY AND IS
AVAILABLE. TODAY MARCH 22, 2023
WE REVIEW THE BILL. NEXT
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29th, WE WILL
HAVE A DISCUSSION OF THE
DETAILS. WE WILL BE DISCUSSING
PROTECTIONS AND TREE PROTECTION
STANDARDS. THE FOLLOWING WEEK,
APRIL 3rd, WE WILL HAVE A
DISCUSSION ON TIERS OF
PROTECTIONS AND BUDGET
ALLOCATIONS. WE REQUEST THAT
AMENDMENTS ARE DUE TO CENTRAL
STAFF BY APRIL 4th, THE NEXT DA
AFTER THAT. WE WILL TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND. WE WILL
TAKE A BREAK THE WEEK OF APRIL
10, 2023 FOR CENTRAL STAFF TO
REVIEW. WE WILL POST THE
AMENDMENTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
TO ASSIST IN PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION. WE MRN TO HAVE
AMENDMENTS VOTED ON DURING
FRIDAY, APRIL 21st, THE DAY
BEFORE EARTH DAY. FOLLOWED BY A
PUBLIC HEARING ON MONDAY, APRIL
24th, 2023. THIS WILL OCCUR
BEFORE THE FINAL COMMITTEE
MEETING ON APRIL 26, 2022 WITH
FINAL PASSAGE FROM COUNCIL ON
MAY 2nd, 2023. WE HAVE HELD TIM
ON MAY 4 AS A RELEASE VALVE
SHOULD THELAND USE COMMITTEE
NEED MORE TIME. SHOULD WE USE
THIS RELIEF VALVE, FINAL PASSAG
WILL BE ON MARCH 9, 2023.
TALKING ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS
AGAIN, I'M REQUESTING AMENDMENT
ARE DUE TO CENTRAL STAFF BY
APRIL 4th AS A MEANS TO ELEVATE
THE POLICY DISCUSSIONS EARLY. B
DOING SO, THIS ALLOWS US, YOU,
THE VIEWING PUBLIC, CENTRAL
STAFF AND THE LAW DEPARTMENT TO
COMPLETE QUALITY CONTROL AND
ENSURE THERE ARE NO ERRORS OR
TECHNICAL CLEANUPS REQUIRED. TH
IDEA IS TO HAVE THE BIG POLICY
DISCUSSIONS BEFORE THE 4th AND
THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
CROSSED ALL OF OUR TEES AND
DOTTED OUR EYES. WE WILL DIVIDE
IT INTO FOUR SECTIONS,
PROTECTIONS, TREE PROTECTION
STANDARDS, CLEAR GUIDELINES
DURING DEVELOPMENT FOR WHEN A
TREE MUST BE PROTECTED OR IF IT
IS GOING TO BE REMOVED, HOW IT
WILL BE REPLACED OR PAID FOR. W
WILL THEN DISCUSS SEPARATELY
PROTECTION TIERS. SO THE TIERS
OF TREE PROTECTION. THEN WE WIL
DISCUSS BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS.
WE AGAIN PLAN TO ADDRESS
PROTECTIONS AND PROTECTION
STANDARDS ON MARCH 29th NEXT
WEDNESDAY AND TIERS AND BUDGET
APPROPRIATIONS NEXT. IF WE COVE
ALL ON MARCH 29th, WE WILL MAKE
AMENDMENTS BUT THE DURATION OF
THE SCHEDULE WILL NOT CHANGE.
THE EARLIEST A BILL COULD BE
PASSED IS APRIL 26th. WE HAVE
SCHEDULED TIME IF NEEDED TO TAK
THE BILL UP ON MAY 4th THAT'S
THE SCHEDULE. WHILE IT MAY FEEL
FAST FOR THOSE WORKING ON THE
LEGISLATION FOR 20 YEARS OR 5
YEARS, THIS ORDINANCE LANGUAGE
WILL BE IN THE PUBLIC VIEW FOR
LONGER PERIOD OF TIME WITH MORE
OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE
THAN THE MAJORITY OF BILLS
BEFORE COUNCIL. THIS BILL WAS
TRANSMITTED TO COUNCIL ON MARCH
8th. I KNOW FROM MEETING WITH
URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSIONALIST
WEEK. THEY HAD A COPYALIST WEEK
THE SCHEDULE WE CREATED HAS US
MEETING SIX TIMES IN SEVEN WEEK
WITH NO OTHER TOPIC SCHEDULED
EXCEPT FOR THE ONES I MENTIONED
BEYOND THE COMMITTEE WORK, THE
LEGISLATION WILL BE IN VIEW OF
THE PUBLIC FOR AT LEAST SEVEN
WEEKS. AS I HAVE SAID, WE HAVE
BUILT IN MORE TIME AS NEED. ONE
ASPECT THAT MOTIVATES ME TO MOV
WITH URGENCY IS I'M WORRIED THA
HAVING THE BILL BEFORE US WILL
SPUR TREE REMOVALS AHEAD OF THE
LEGISLATION BECOMING LAW. THAT
IS WHY I'M MOVING WITH URGENCY.
THAT WAS MY PREFACE. WE ARE
JOINED BY CHANDA EMERIE FOR THI
REPRESENTATION. YOU ARE A
REGULAR PARTICIPANT AT THE
COMMITTEE BECAUSE OF THE
RESOLUTION I HELPED AUTHOR FIVE
YEARS AGO THAT REQUIRED YOU TO
COME BACK EVERY QUARTER. THANK
YOU FOR COMING BACK AGAIN. WE
ALSO HAVE NATHAN TORALSON
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, DO YOU
WANT TO SAY ANYONE? WE HAVE BEE
WAITING FOR THIS FOR A LONG
TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR LAYING OUT THE
SCHEDULE. THE MAY 2nd OR MAY 9t
FULL CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL SEEM
DOABLE. I'M TRYING TO RECONCILE
WITH THE URBAN FORESTRY
COMMISSION. I WANT TO SAY THEIR
NEXT MEETING IS ON APRIL 4th OR
5th. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE COULD
GET AMENDMENTS. MAYBE THERE WIL
BE A GRACE WITH A COUPLE OF DAY
WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. I CAN
TALK TO CENTRAL STAFF IF THAT I
THE APPROPRIATE ROUTE.
>> YES, AND IF IT MAKES MORE
SENSE TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE
TO HAVE ONE JOIN US AT THE
TABLE, I'M OPEN TO THAT I GAVE
HIGHER OVER VIEW TO DISCUSS THE
BILLS. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING O
IT FOR SO LONG . I WANT THE
SCHEDULE TO BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH
TO GET THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
THAT WE REQUIRE AND ALSO WE NEE
TO MOVE URGENTLY.
>> NO FURTHER ADO, TAKE IT AWAY
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE TH
EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT OF THIS
PROPOSAL AS COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS MENTIONED. THIS HAS BEE
MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING. IN MY
LONG CAREER, I HAVE GOTTEN MORE
EMAILS ABOUT TREES THAN ANY
OTHER TOPIC. REALLY APPRECIATE
THE PUBLIC DIALOGUE ABOUT THIS
TOPIC. IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT
PUBLIC DISCUSSION. I WANT TO
THANK THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
HARRELL ADMINISTRATION AND YOU
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
PEDERSEN AND THE LAND USE
COMMITTEE TO GETTING US TO TODA
TODAY. I WANT TO CALL OUT TWO
COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS IN MARCH OF
2019. THE COUNCIL ADOPTED
RESOLUTION, 31780. IT RECOGNIZE
THE BENEFIT OF SEATTLE'S FOREST
AND THE COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH
THE DEPARTMENT TO UP DATE THE
TREE REGULATIONS. IT WAS
CONCURRENT TO IMPLEMENT THE
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. THEN IN
SEPTEMBER OF 201, THE COUNCIL
ADOPTED RESOLUTION 31902 31902.
THIS LAID OUT TO INCREASE THE
CANOPY. ONE OF THE THINGS I
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. IS IT
CALLED OPUS TO PRIORITIZE LOW
INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU WILL
HEAR ABOUT THAT. THE PROPOSAL
BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A GOOD
GOVERNMENT APPROACH. IT
STRENGTHENS THE REGULATIONS. WE
HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT FROM
DIRECTOR AND THE PREVIOUS
REPRESENTATION. IT REDUCES
BUREAUCRATIC INFORMATION. WE
FEEL IT PROVIDES BETTER
PREDICTABILITY FOR EVERYONE. IT
IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE
CHANDA EMERIE WHO HAS WORKED
TIRELESSLY ON THIS PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HUNDREDS OF
HOURS ON THIS EFFORT. CHANDA IS
GOING TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC
EXTENSIVE OUT REACH SHE HAS DON
IN THIS AND PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATIONS. THE
PARTNERSHIPS BEHIND TREES, THE
SIPA REVIEW, THE ACTUAL PROPOSA
BEFORE YOU TODAY AND ALSO TO
FOCUS ON TREE PLANTING WITH THE
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE LOWES
PLANTING AND POPULATIONS.
CHANDA? TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU. I'M NOT ABLE TO
ADVANCE THE SLIDES FOR SOME
REASON. LET ME TRY, IS THERE
ANOTHER BUTTON I COULD TRY
BESIDES THE DOWN ARROW?
>> CLERK, ARE YOU AVAILABLE TO
SHARE YOUR SCREEN?
>> WE WILL TRY TO HAVE THE CLER
SHARE HER SCREEN IN A SECOND.
>> OKAY.
>> YOU CAN PULL YOURS DOWN.
>> I WILL TRY THIS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, SHOULD I STOP
SHARING?
>> YES, IF YOU COULD.
>> JUST ONE MOMENT. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH THIS. I
KNOW WE ARE TECHNICALLY AT TIME
FOR COMMITTEE BUT HOPEFULLY YOU
HEARD ME DURING COUNCIL BRIEFIN
THIS WEEK SAYING WE WERE
PROBABLY GOING TO RUN LONG BUT
SURE ENOUGH, HERE WE ARE. CHAND
DO YOU WANT TO GIVE IT A TRY ON
MORE TIME?
>> YEAH, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO.
>> I THINK WE ARE GOOD TO SHARE
NOW.
>> FOR SOME REASON, IT IS NOT
ADVANCING. I WILL STOP SHARING
WILL TAKE OVER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'LL EGET STARTED. IT WILL
COVER THE BACKGROUND AND HISTOR
OF THE WORK AND WE WILL LOOK AT
THE STRATEGIES EXPLORED THROUGH
COUNCIL RESOLUTION 902. WE
WILLLIC AT THE KEY UPDATES AND
DETAILS OF THE DIRECTOR'
RECOMMENDATIONS. RECOMMENDATION
IN THIS PRESENTATION WERE
CAREFULLY DEVELOPED AND SHAPED
OVER A FOUR YEAR TIME FRAME
BEGINNING IN THE FALL OF 2019
WITH COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION. THE
TEAM THAT WORKED ON THIS
LEGISLATION TO PULL STEPS
FORWARD TO PRIORITIZE
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, THE
CANOPY ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE
AND USE DATA DRIVEN DECISION
MAKING TO SUPPORT THE OUTCOME O
URBAN FOREST PRODUCTION. NEXT
SLIDE?
>> THIS LEGISLATION PROTECTS
EXISTING TREES AND REGULATES
MORE TREES. THIS SLIDE SHOWS
HIGH LEVEL TREE CANOPY
COMPARISONS. THE TWO IMAGES SHO
24 INCH THRESHOLDS AND 30 INCH
THRESHOLD DIAMETERS WHICH WERE
TWO FEET IN DIAMETER LIKE RED
FURS AND SEQUOYAS. YOU CAN SEE
THERE IS NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENC
BETWEEN THE 24 AND 30 INCH. THA
IS GENERALLY WHAT WE REGULATE I
OUR EXISTING TREE CODE. THOSE
TWO IMAGES ARE NEARLY IDENTICAL
THE IMAGE ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE
SHOWS THE SMALL, MEDIUM TREES.
REGULATING WITH THE THRESHOLD
WOULD PUT US ON PARWITH THE
SPECIFIC FOES. IT WOULD
ELIMINATE THE TREES. THIS IS A
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE TRE
PROTECTION REGULATING TREES AS
SMALL AS 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER
ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. THESE
SLIDES WILL HIGHLIGHT THE
BACKGROUND AND SHAPING OF THE
LEGISLATION BEGINNING WITH THE
PUBLIC OUT REACH PIECE.
>> CHANDA, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO
THAT, JUST TO KEEP IT AS SIMPLE
AS POSSIBLE, WE ARE GOING TO
PROTECT 12 INCHES AND ABOVE WIT
THIS LEGISLATION, CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> AND WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY
PROTECTING ARE 24 INCHES AND
ABOVE, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
>> JUST AS A REAL SIMPLE WAY OF
LOCK LOOKING AT IT, THERE ARE
PICTURES OF CURRENT TREE
PROTECTIONS AND ON THE LEFT HAN
IS THE PROPOSED?
>> UH-HUH.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I'M STILL
WORKING MY WAY THROUGH THE
LEGISLATION BUT JUST WANTED TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS, I KNOW
IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE
ABOUT THE PROPOSED BILL THAT
WOULD PROTECT MORE TREES. IS IT
THAT WE ARE REGULATING MORE
TREES OR PROTECTING THEM? THERE
ARE STILL WAYS THE TREES CAN BE
REMOVED, RIGHT? THEY CAN BE
REMOVED IF THE LAND OWNER WRITE
A CHECK? THE WON'T BE GUARANTEE
THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED? WE ARE
JUST REGULATING THEM UNDER THE
REGULATION?
>> CHANDA, I'M GOING TO ANSWER
THAT ONE. I THINK I'M GOING TO
LET YOU OFF THE HOOK ON THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU ARE
RIGHT. IT IS REGULATIONS. WITHI
THE REGULATIONS ARE PROTECTIONS
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT IF
TREE IS TO BE REMOVED, THERE IS
NO REQUIREMENT TODAY THAT IT IS
REPLACED. IF A TREE IS REMOVED,
IT EITHER HAS TO BE REPLACED OR
FUNDS HAVE TO BE PROVIDED THAT
ALLOW THE CITY TO REPLACE THAT
TREE. CHANDA, IF YOU WANT TO
EXPAND BEYOND THAT, HAPPY TO.
COUNCILMEMBER, I THINK REG
EULATION IS A FAIR TERM AND I
THINK PROTECTIONS IS ADEQUATE A
WELL BECAUSE TODAY, IF YOU
REMOVED ANY OF THOSE TREES ON
THE LEFT AND NOT INCLUDED ON TH
RIGHT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO
ANYTHING TO HELP MOVE FORWARD
OUR TREE CANOPY WITH THE BILL
BEFORE US TODAY, IF YOU ARE TO
REMOVE THOSE TREES, THERE ARE
REGULATIONS IN PLACE THAT SET U
UP TO GROW OUR TREE CANOPY. FEE
FREE TO RESPOND, CHANDA IF YOU
WANT. I JUST WANTED TO FRAME
THAT FOR THE PUBLIC.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
THAT IS CORRECT. THIS BILL IS
REGULATING AND STRENGTHENING
TREE PROTECTIONS AT THE SAME
TIME. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? EARLY
ON TH E TEAM WAS COMMITTED TO
CONDUCTING BROAD AND INCLUSIVE
PUBLIC OUT REACH. THE PUBLIC OU
REACH WAS ANYTHINGIATED OF THIS
WORK TO HELP THE CITY OBTAIN
FEEDBACK ON STRATEGIES EXPLORED
THROUGH RESOLUTION OF 902
THROUGH BIPOC RESIDENTS
INCLUDING ORGANIZATIONS AND
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, BUILDERS
AND HOME OWNERS. SO THERE ARE
COUNTLESS CONVERSATIONS THAT
HELPED THE CITY IDENTIFY AND
UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY AND STAKE
HOLDER INTERESTS THAT
PROACTIVELY SHAPED AND INFORMED
RECOMMENDATIONS. TO DO THIS, WE
HAD A TWO PRONGED APPROACH. THE
FIRST WAS AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL
WITH THE DEPARTMENTS OF
NEIGHBORHOODS TO CONDUCT
CULTURALY APPROPRIATE
ENGAGEMENT, TARGETING THE NEEDS
OF VULNERABILITY COMMUNITIES.
>> THERE WERE IN PERSON MEETING
THAT WERE HELD FOR NONENGLISH
SPEAKING RESIDENTS USING THE TO
TIER LANGUAGE CITY WIDE. THE
OTHER OUT REACH METHOD IN ORDER
TO COLLECT IN PUT AND INFORM
RECOMMENDATIONS AND ALLOW FOR
INCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT. OASE
CONDUCTED THE FACES
CONCURRENTLY. THEY TOOK PLACE I
JULY OF 2021. THERE WILL BE
OTHER WORK SESSIONS THAT MAY BE
IN THE ORDINANCE. SO ALL
COMMENTS WERE READ AND THEY WER
REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED. I'M
PROUD AND INSPIRED BY THE AMOUN
OF THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO
SHAPING THE LEGISLATION. THERE
WERE MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED. THE
STAFF OF SDOT, SDR AND THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE AS WELL AS OTHER
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM
SPCI, CERTIFIED ARB AN
ARBORISTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
COMPLETED A REVIEW ON THE DRAFT
LEGISLATION IN 2021. THE DRAFT
LEGISLATION WAS ALONG WITH TWO
ASSOCIATED ROLES IN FEBRUARY OF
LAST YEAR. THE CITY DETERMINED
AN REGULATION AT THAT TIME
IPMIDFEBRUARY. UNDER THE
STATEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ACT. IT
WAS DETERMINED IN AUGUST 10F OF
2022. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP
FORWARD TO PROCEED WITH UPDATES
TO THE EXISTING REGULATIONS. AN
THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ADVAPS THE TREE ORDINANCE.
GOIDING THIS IS RESOLUTION 3090
WHICH SPOTLIGHTS STRATEGIES FOR
OUTCOMES OF DELIVERY OF
MULTIBENEFITS, CONSISTENT WITH
THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE
2015, 2030 PLAN. IT DIRECTED SD
AND STRATEGIES . THESE INCLUDE
IT ADDS REPLACEMENT
REQUIREMENTS, AND MODIFY TREE
LIMITS, EXPLORE PAYMENT OPTIONS
AND TRACK REMOVAL AND
REPLACEMENT. THIS LEGISLATION
ADDRESSED ITEMS IN THE
LEGISLATION. THE LEGISLATION HA
RECENT DECLINES IN COVERAGE BY
PROVIDING STRONG SOUND
GOVERNANCE THAT. SDI EXPLORED
REMOVAL THAT WILL BE APPLIC ABL
ABLE THEY ARABLE FOR THE TREE
BILLS. THERE IS A NOTICE AND
THERE IS TREE TRACKING AND GIS.
TREES THAT ARE REMOVED,
REPLACED, DOCUMENTED, WHEN THEY
DO COMMERCIAL TREE IN THE CITY.
THE DATA PROVIDED IN THE CITY B
PROVIDERS HELPS THE CITY AND
THEN THE REGISTERED ADVISORS AR
REQUIRED TO REPORT THE
INFORMATION WHEN DOING ANY TREE
ACTIVITIES IN SEATTLE. THIS
HIGHLIGHTS THE KEY PROPOSED
CHANGES IN WHAT ARE THE BUCKETS
IT IS USING A NEW NOECH
NOMENCLATURE FOR CATEGORIES 1
THROUGH 4 IN ADJUSTMENT OF THE
TREE REMOVAL LIMITS.
STRENGTHENING PROTECTION AND
THEN REQUIRING STREET TREES FOR
NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION.
BECAUSE OF THE OTHER UPDATES,
THIS FIRST BUCKET IS TO USE A
HARD SCAPE COVERAGE. ANOTHER
BUCKET IS TO CLARIFY TREE BUCKE
AND TREE ACTIVITIES. THERE IS
ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE, A
COUPLE OF OTHER IMPORTANT PIECE
TO THE LEGISLATION. SOME
PROPOSED KEY UPDATES INCLUDE TH
ALLOWANCE OF A PAYMENT IN LIEU
AUMGZ AND A REQUIREMENT TO
HAZARDOUS TREE REPLACEMENT,
STARTING WITH 12 INCH DIAMETER
OR GREATER. AND THEN A
CLAIREIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT
FOR INSTITUTIONS AND UPDATING
THE TREE COVENANT LANGUAGE.
THERE ARE LIMITED TO NO
REQUIREMENTS COMPIERD TO THIS
LEGISLATION. THE EXISTING
REGULATIONS ARE FOR EXCEPTIONAL
TREE CATEGORY AND THAT'S IT. SO
ONE TREEICATEGORY IS VERY
LIMITED AND DOES NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTIONS WE NEED FOR OUR
CLIMATE FUTURE. THE DRAFT
LEGISLATION EXPANDED TREE
PROTECTIONS BY LOWERING THE
THRESHOLD FROM 30 TO 24 INCHES
AND REQUIRED MITIGATION AT A 12
INCH THRESHOLD AND ADDED A NEW
DEFINITION FOR SIGNIFICANT TREE
AMONG A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.
THE PROPOSED CHANGES IN THIS
LEGISLATION CARRY FOR ALL OF
THESE. IT TAKES IT A STEP
FURTHER TO MAKE USE OF THE
STRAIGHT FORWARD SYSTEM BASED O
THREE TIERS. WE WON'T BE USING
THE NAME IT EXPANDS TREE
PROTECTION FOR SPECIAL
PROTECTION FOR HERITAGE TREES
WITH CATEGORY ONE. THIS CREATES
ANOTHER CATEGORY FOR THE SECOND
MOST IMPORTANT GROUPS. THERE AR
SPECIES REGULATED AS TIER TWO
EXCEPTIONAL TREES THAT ARE
SMALLER LISTED IN AN EXISTING
RULE. THOSE WILL BE INCLUDED IN
THE CATEGORY. THE TIER TWO TREE
NOW INCLUDE TIER TWO IN THE
HIGHER LEVEL PROTECTION. THIS
INCLUDES TREES 12 INCHES OR
GREATER. AND IT ADDS
APPROXIMATELY 48,000 ADDITIONAL
TREES IN THIS CATEGORY. IN THE
LAST CATEGORY, THE FOURTH
CATEGORY, TIER 4 IS FOR THE
TREES MEASURING 6 INCHES BUT
LESS THAN 12 INCHES. SO THE
RESULT HERE IS THAT WE ARE
REGULATING AND PRESERVING MORE
TREES AND HAVE DEVELOPED A
TIERED TREE CATEGORY SYSTEM.
ANOTHER CHANGE IN THE
LEGISLATION IS THE ADJUSTMENT T
THE TREE REMOVAL LIMITS WHEN NO
DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING. UNDER
THE EXISTING REGULATIONS, THE
PROPERTY OWNER OR BUILDER MAY
REMOVE UP TO THREE
NONEXCEPTIONAL TREES IN ALL
ZONES AND HERITAGE TREES ARE
GROUPED TOGETHER. THIS MEANS
THAT REGULATED TREES MAY NOT BE
REMOVED UNLESS THEY ARE DEEMED
HAZARDOUS OR THERE IS A
REACTION. IN THOSE SITUATIONS,
DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED. THE
PROPOSED CHANGE LIMITS WHEN NO
DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSED FOR AN
ALLOWANCE OF TO TWO TIERED TREE
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
RESIDENTIAL, LOW RISE, MID RISE
AND ALL OF THE SEATTLE MIX
ZONES. IT MAINTAINS THE
ALLOWANCE FOR THREE THREE
TEARERS TREES. AND THE DOWNTOWN
INDUSTRIAL. THE PURPOSE OF THIS
IS TO PRESERVE AS MANY TREES AS
POSSIBLE. THIS IS IN RESPONSE T
THE DATA SHARED WITH US WITH
OAC. IT WIP HELD US REACH THE
CANOPY GOALS. UNDER THE EXISTIN
REGULATIONS, THERE IS NO
REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENT. THERE
IS ANOTHER REPLACEMENT FOR
NONEXCEPTIONAL TREES. IF THERE
IS AN EXCEPTIONAL TREE, THEY AR
FOR WHEN TREES ARE REMOVED IN
ALL SITUATIONS. ALL TIER 1, 2,
AND 3 TREES INCLUDING ALL THAT
ARE REMOVED MUST BE REPLACED BY
ONE OR TWO TREES. THE SIZE OF
THE REPLACEMENT TREES WILL BE
DETERMINED BY THE ARBORIST. THE
TREE REPLACEMENT MUST BE THE
COVERAGE PROPROGZ LY LY. ANY
TREE THAT IS PLANTED AS A
REPLACEMENT WILL NEED TO FOR A
SURVIVAL RATE. NEW TREES ARE.
>> THE 100% SURVIVAL REQUIRED,
THIS IS MY SANDY SHETLER RULE.
SANDY HAS BEEN A GREAT ADVOCATE
IN MY DISTRICT FOR MAKING SURE
THAT THESE TREES SURVIVE. SHE
HAS GONE AROUND TO NEW BUILD
NEIGHBORS, LEAVING NOTICES ON
THE DOOR ON HOW TO HELP THESE
TREES SURVIVE. I'M EXCITED WE
GOT TO INCLUDE IT IN THE
LEGISLATION, THANK YOU. SO THIS
LEGISLATION ALLOWS FOR HOME
BUILDER FLEXIBILITY TO
ACCOMMODATE TREE RETENTION. IT
DOES THIS IN TWO WAYS. FIRST,
FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT IS NOT
SUBJECT TO DESIGN REVIEW, IT
DOES FOUR THINGS. ONE,
LEGISLATION STATES THAT SET
BACKS AND SEPARATION MAY BE
REDUCED BY 50%. TWO, AMENITY
AREAS MAY BE REDUCED BY 20%.
LANDSCAPE AND SCREENING WILL BE
REDUCED BY 25%. AND THEN FOUR,
STRUCTURES. THE BUILDING CAN
HELP PRESERVE THE EXISTING TREE
WHERE THERE IS NOT A LOT OF
SPACE. WITHOUT THEM IT CAN BE
CHALLENGING. IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR
REDUCTION. AS WELL AS
MODIFICATION FOR STANDARDS THIS
LEGISLATION UPDATES HOW TREES
ARE REGULATED AND HOW THEY WORK
TOGETHER. THERE ARE MULTIPLE
BENEFITS INCLUDING THE WAY
INCLUDING HEAT ISLAND. BEING
RECEPTIVE TO FEEDBACK, IT IS
CLEAR WITH ADDITIONAL
REGULATIONS THAT WE CAN USE A
STANDARD THAT IS MORE
PREDICTABLE AND MORE FULLY
COMMUNICATES WHAT ZONING ALLOWS
THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL
ZONES WHERE THE CANOPY IS
LOCATED, APPROXIMATELY 92% OF
THE TREES. IT WILL ADD MORE FOR
THE ZONE CAPACITY PURPOSES. THE
PROPOSED CHANGE IS TO USE HARD
SCAPE STANDARDS WHICH IS 85
MERSE WHERE ROW HOUSES ARE
BUILD. IT IS THE CURRENT
REPDATION OF WHAT IT ALLOWS AND
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS ALLOWED
WITH CURRENT ZONING. THE NEXT
SLIDE SHOWS IT IN DETAIL. I
THINK WHAT STANDS OUT TO ME IS
THE WAY WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS
ZONE IS ABOUT FOUR AREA RATIO
WHICH IS SIMPLY THE SPACE THAT
THE BUILDING OCCUPIES. WHAT IS
INTERESTING ABOUT THIS SLIDE,
I'LL LET YOU PRESENT ON IT BUT
THIS IS A REALISTIC VIEW OF WHA
THE CITY REQUIRES FOR A LOT.
THAT'S WHAT THIS HARD SCAPE
ASPECT IS ABOUT. LOOKING AT WHA
THE CITY IS REQUIRING OF A
BUILDER IN TOTAL, RATHER THAN
LOOKING AT WHAT THE FLOOR AREA
RATIO IS. I KNOW THERE IS WORK
TO DO BUT PLEASE, TAKE IT AWAY.
. TO DO THIS, THE HARD SCAPE
MAKES IT EASIER ON THE
ARCHITECTS AND ARBORISTS. IT
USES ESTABLISHED NC300 STANDARD
THAT ARBORISTS ARE FLR FAMILIAR
WITH. THE EXISTING REGULATIONS
USE FLOR AREA RATIO TO MEASURE
DEVELOPMENTAL CAPACITY. THAT IS
THE RATIO OF THE PROPOSED
BUILDING'S FOOT PRINT TO THE LO
IT SITS ON. THIS LEGISLATION
REPLACES FAR WITH A HEART SCAPE
STANDARD WHICH IS A STANDARD
THAT ACCOUNTS FOR PLANNING
DRIVEN BY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
AS WE ARE REGULATING MORE TREES
WITH THIS LEGISLATION, IT IS
USUAL WE USE THE RIGHT TOOL. TH
IMMAGE ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THE
HARD SCAPE STANDARD WHICH AGAIN
IS AN EXISTING SDCI STANDARD
THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE USED TO
REPLACE FAR. FAR RELIES ON THE
BUILT FLOOR AREA ONLY. IT
ACCOUNTS FOR JUST THE BUILDINGS
A BETTER WAY TO DESCRIBE WHAT I
ALLOWED AND WHAT IS REQUIRED IS
THIS STANDARD. BUILDING FOOT
PRINTS, PARKING ACCESS AREAS,
WALKWAYS, BICYCLE PARKING,
STORAGE AREAS, PATIOS, RETENTIO
PLANTERS, STORM WATER FEATURES
AND OTHER FEATURES ARE REQUIRED
FOR TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
BY CURRENT CODES.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON, LET ME
KNOW WHEN YOU ARE DONE. I HAVE
QUESTION FOR YOU.
>> I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
>> FIRST TALKING ABOUT WITHIN
THE ORDINANCE THERE ARE
PROVISIONS THAT ALLOW SOME OF
THE HARD SCAPE CHANGES TO BE
CHANGED FOR PRESERVING TREES,
JUST WANT TO ON THE RECORD
DOUBLE CHECK THAT IS CORRECT.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE
RHETORICAL QUESTION. ALL I'M
SAYING IS SOME OF WHAT IS
REQUIRED IN THIS IMAGE CAN BE
TRADED FOR TREES. I WOULD LOVE
TO IN OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETIN
NEXT WEEK, DIG INTO THIS SLIDE
LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE THERE
ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN PROTECT
TREES. IF THERE WAS A TIER ONE
TREE ON THE LEFT-HAND SETBACK,
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THIS
SITUATION?
>> THE PROPOSED CHANGE IS FOR
TIER ONE TREES. IT CAN'T BE
REMOVED. THAT IS THE HIGHEST
LEVEL OF PROTECTION IN THIS NEW
TREE NOMENCLATURE. SO THAT TREE
COULD NOT BE REMOVED UNLESS IT
WAS DEEMED HAZARDOUS. THERE IS
DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR THAT
>> I'M GOING P TO SAVE MY
HYPOTHETICALS FOR THIS WEEK SO
YOU CAN GET THROUGH ALL OF THIS
PRESENTATION. WHERE I'M LEAVING
YOU WITH THIS FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND, IF THERE
WERE TREES ON THIS LOT, THERE
WOULD BE THE ABILITY TO TO
CHANGE REQUIREMENTS. THEY WOULD
BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE IN LIEU
FEE. I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON HAS A QUESTION.
>> I THINK THERE ARE TEAR ONE
TREES BUT I HAVE SEARCHED ON TH
DIRECTOR'S RULE AND THE CLOSEST
WE GET IS PER TITLE 15. CAN YOU
TELL US WHAT ONE LOOKS LIKE?
>> AMEN, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. SO
IT WAS RUN BY AMNESTY AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE LARGEST
HISTORICAL, CULTURAL TREES YOU
CAN SEE THEM IN THE HISTORICAL
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> SO THEY ARE DESIGNATED AND
SOME ARE ADDED EACH YEAR 15 OR
WHATEVER BUT THEY ARE LARGE.
>> AND THERE ARE IMPORTANT
SIGNIFICANCE TO THE HISTORY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE IMAGE ON THIS SCREEN, IT
IS SHOWING THAT THERE ARE A LOT
OF THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY
CURRENT CODES. . FOR EXAMPLE,
THERE ARE WALKWAYS BY PARKING,
WAY STORAGE AREAS, THINGS LIKE
THAT. FOR THE EXAMPLE ON THIS
SCREEN, UNDER EXISTING IT HAS A
FLOOR AREA OF 1.9 AND PERCENTAG
OF 1%. THERE WAS A REQUIRED NO
PARKING. IT STALLS IN THE
OUTING. THERE IS ALSO CODE
REQUIREMENT. THERE ALSO
LANDSCAPING. IT IS PLACEMENT OF
BUILDING IN THE SITE AND ZONE.
THE HARD SCAPE STANDARD ALLOWS
FOR INCREASED PROTECTION. I WAN
TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE FLOOR ARE
RATIO ONLY ACCOUNTS FOR THE
FLOOR RATIO WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH
TO ACCOMMODATE. THE NEW TOOL
WILL PROVIDE A FLEXIBLE AND
ADAPTABLE.
>> THERE IS AN OPTION FOR PERPI
APPLICANTS CAN DO. THE URBAN
FORESTRY CORE TEAM HAS ENDORSED
PLANTING AND CARE OF TREES TO
HELP LONGTERM TREE SURVIVAL. TH
PAYMENT AMOUNT WILL COVER THE
COST OF REPLACEMENT TREES AS
WELL AS ESTABLISHMENT. SO THOSE
PAYMENT AMOUNTS ARE BASED ON
NC300 TREEVULATION FORMULA THAT
IS USED BY TREE APPRAISERS
TOGETHER WITH CITY COST OF
ESTABLISHMENT OF NEWLY PLANTED
TREES. SOME PERMITTED APPLICANT
HAVE LEFT TO MAKE A PAYMENT WIT
THIS PROGRAM. OTHERS MAY OPT TO
PLANT TREES ON SITE WITH THE
PRIORITY TO ELECT TO MAKE A
PAYMENT IN LIEU OF THE
SECONDARY. BASED ON THE RESEARC
WHICH INCLUDED OTHER PEER CITIE
WHICH HAVE PAYMENT IN LIEU AS A
ESTABLISHED PROGRAM IN PLACE,
SDCI ANTICIPATES THAT THE THEY
WILL CHOOSE TO PLANT A
MITIGATION TREE ON THE PROPERTY
AS THE FIRST CHOICE RATHER THAN
MAKE A PAYMENT TO THE CITY.
>> [ CAPTIONERS TRANSITIONING ]
>> FOR THESE NEWLY PLANTED
TREES.
MAINTENANCE, PRUNING AND WATER
OF THESE TREES FOR THE FIRST
FIVE YEARS OF ESTABLISHMENT TO
ENSURE THEY HAVE A HEALTHY
START IN AN URBANIZED
ENVIRONMENT.
THE PAYMENT AMOUNTS YOU KNOW,
THEY RANGE FROM SEVERAL HUNDRED
TO SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR
A REGULATED TREE.
THE MINIMUM AMOUNT WOULD BE
ROUTINELY REVIEWED AND
ADJUSTED.
THE NEXT SLIDE EXPLAINS WHAT
THE REVENUE RECEIVED WOULD LOOK
LIKE AND WHERE IT WOULD GO.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST TO CLARIFY.
IT SAYS TIER ONE CANNOT BE
REMOVED AND WE HAVE A DOLLAR
PER SQUARE INCH.
CLARIFYING HERE TIER ONE CANNOT
BE REMOVED UNLESS IT IS DEEMED
HAZARDOUS.
IS THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT TIER
ONE CAN BE REMOVED?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
IT IS LISTED HERE IF IT WERE
HAZARDOUS, THAT TIER ONE TREE,
YOU WOULD NEED TO PAY
MITIGATION FOR IT BECAUSE A
TIER TREE IS TOO LARGE.
ONCE YOU REMOVE A TREE THAT
LARGE, YOU COULDN'T PURCHASE A
TREE OF THAT SIZE DIAMETER.
THAT IS WHY IT IS LISTED HERE
IN THIS CHART.
>> AND WITH TODAY'S CODE, THIS
PROTECTION DOES NOT EXIST.
IF A TREE IS DEEMED HAZARDOUS,
IT IS JUST REMOVED.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> NO REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS.
THANK YOU.
>> ISN'T SOMEBODY GOING TO SAY
THAT IF IT IS HAZARDOUS, IT
MIGHT FALL ON YOUR NEIGHBOR'S
HOUSE SO HOW CAN YOU CHARGE US
THAT MUCH?
I'M JUST WONDERING.
OKAY, NEVER MIND.
>> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT
ALLOW FOR REPLACEMENT SO YOU
COULD REPLACE THE TREE INSTEAD
OF PAYING THE FEE.
>> SO YOU CAN REPLACE THESE
ONES?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
>> JUST DOUBLE CHECK.
>> OKAY.
>> YEAH.
YOU COULD.
I'M SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION,
YOU COULD EXTRAPOLATE THE TREE
BENEFITS AND PLANT MANY LITTLE
TREES AS AN OPTION.
>> NOT THAT I'M ADVOCATING FOR
THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU.
>> A GOOD QUESTION.
I ONLY PLACE HER ON TV.
SHE'S THE REAL EXPERT HERE.
>> SO REVENUE ESTIMATES ARE
BASED ON A PARTICULAR NUMBER
AND THE TYPE OF TREES ANNUALLY
AND RESEARCH FROM OTHER CITIES
OF COMPARABLE SIZE AND DENSITY
TO SEATTLE SO USAGE WOULD
LIKELY BE LESS THAN DIRECT
REPLAINTING.
ESTIMATES THAT THE REVENUE
FORECAST WOULD BE 191,000 IN
THE FIRST YEAR IN 2024.
EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH
WOULD BE A KEY PART OF THIS NEW
PROGRAM.
IN THE FIRST YEAR, THE TWO
DEPARTMENTS PLANTING THESE
TREES WOULD BE THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND THE SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION WOULD PLANT 406
TREES AND THEN SEATTLE PARKS
AND RECREATION WOULD PLANT 77
NEW TREES.
BOTH DEPARTMENT HAVES TREE
EXPERTS AND STAFF AVAILABLE TO
DO THIS.
THEY HAVE FIELD CREWS TO PLANT
HUNDREDS OF TREES.
THEY HAVE TRUCKS AND HOSES AND
TANKS TO WATER NEWLY PLANTED
TREES TWICE PER WEEK AND MORE
SO IN THE SUMMER MONTHS.
THEY ARE ALSO SET UP TO STAKE
THE TREES AS THEY GROW.
BOTH DEPARTMENTS HAVE MAPPED
OUT AND DESIGNATED SPACES WHERE
TREES ARE NEEDED SUCH AS SPACES
THAT CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE
TREES.
THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW THIS
LITTLE IN MORE DETAIL.
>> SO RESPONDING FROM THE MOST
RECENT DAY FROM OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT, WE SEEK A CANOPY
30% CITY WIDE.
AND PEOPLE WITH HISTORICAL
RACIAL INJUSTICE HAVE HAD LESS
TREE CANOPY.
IT IS CRUCIAL FOR REDUCING THE
HEAT ISLAND EFFECT.
HUNDREDS OF TREES COULD BE
PLANTED CITY WIDE WITH THIS
LEGISLATION.
THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE
SHOWS EXISTING TREE CANOPY BY
PERCENTAGE.
THE PALE COLORS HAVE THE FEWEST
TREES AND THE DARKER GREENS
HAVE THE MOST TREES.
THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS
THE SOCIO ECONOMIC INDICATERS.
YOU CAN SEE THE OVERLAP BETWEEN
THE TWO IMAGES.
THE AREAS SHOWN IN RED AND PINK
ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE.
AND THE BLUES ARE WEALTHIER AND
MORE WHITE AND MORE TREE.
THIS CLIMATE BENEFIT ADDRESSES
HISTORICAL ENVIRONMENTAL
DISPARITIES BY CENTERING AND
PRIORITIZING BICOC COMMUNITIES.
IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC FEED
BACK, SDCI PREPARED A SERIES OF
GIS MAPS TO SPOTLIGHT
NEIGHBORHOODS WHO WOULD BENEFIT
FROM HAVING HUNDREDS OF TREES
PLANTED TO BECOME GREENER AND
HEALTHIER SO THE INFORMATION IS
AVAILABLE AT THE U.S. TRACK
LEVEL DETAIL.
THIS LEGISLATION INCREASES TREE
PROTECTIONS AND INCLUDES
UPDATES SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
FOR STREET TREES, THIS
LEGISLATION REQUIRES TREES TO
BE PLANTED IN THE STREET RIGHT
AWAY.
FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL
CONSTRUCTION.
IT ALSO STATES THAT IF THERE IS
ALREADY A TREE IN THE PLANTING
STRIP THAT IS GROWING THAT IS
HEALTHY, THEN A NEW TREE SHOULD
BE PLANTED IN A PLACE THAT
NEEDS ONE.
TREE ACTIVITIES, CLIMATE
CHANGE, TREE DISEASES AND
INSECT INFESTATIONS HAVE BEEN
DOCUMENTED.
LEGISLATION DID NOT ACCOUNT FOR
THESE THINGS.
HAZARDOUS TREES RIGHT NOW, NO
REPLACEMENT IS REQUIRED WHEN A
HAZARDOUS TREE IS REMOVED.
NOTHING IS PLANTED IN ITS PLACE
UNDER THE EXISTED REGULATIONS
SO THE PROPOSED CHANGE REQUIRES
REPLACEMENT FOR HAZARDOUS TREES
THAT ARE REMOVED.
AND THIS APPLIES TO TREES 12
INCHES AND GREATER.
THIS ESTABLISHES THAT ALL CITY
COUNCIL ADOPTED MASTER PLANS
WITH TREE PROVISIONS, THAT IS A
CLARIFICATION OF THE EXISTING
CODE.
AND THEN FOR COVENANT, THE
PROPOSED CHANGE HERE IS THAT IT
APPLIES FOR THE LIFE OF THE
DEVELOPMENT MEANING AS LONG AS
THERE IS A BUILDING OR A
STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY, THEN
THE COVENANT IS IN PLACE TO
PROTECT THE TREES FROM REMOVAL
WHEN THE PROPERTY CHANGES
OWNERSHIP.
IT ALSO MAKES IT CLEAR THE
COVENANT MAY BE REMOVED IF THE
TREE HAS LONG SINCED PERISHED
AND THIS CLARIFIES EXISTING
REGULATIONS.
THE LAST ON THE CHART IS THE
ORIGIN UNTIL SDCI POSITION.
IT WILL REGULATE THOUSANDS OF
ADDITION UNTIL TREES BECAUSE
MORE TREES WILL BE PROTECTED
AND REGULATED.
THEY WILL NEED MORE STAFF TO
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE
THIS.
REVIEW, INSPECTION.
STAFF TO ENFORCE THIS CODE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THIS LEGISLATION RESPONDS TO
THE DATA PRESENTED TO US.
USING A GOOD GOVERNANCE
APPROACH.
IT SUPPORTS AND GROWS SEATTLE'S
TREE CANOPY.
IT PLANTS TREES WHERE TREES ARE
MOST NEEDED AND FUNDS TREE
PLANTING PROGRAMS BY REGULATING
70,400 TREES BUT ALSO RAISES AN
ESTIMATE OF 191,000 IN 2024
WITH THE PAYMENT AND THE FEES
TO GET STARTED STRAIGHT AWAY TO
PLANT NEW TREES AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
AND THEN IT CREATES CLEAR
STANDARDS FOR TREE PROTECTIONS
WHILE TAKING STEPS TO EXPEDITE
THE CITY'S PERMIT PROCESS ON
PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THAT CONCLUDES THIS
PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> SORRY.
>> MY HAND IS NOT UP.
WHAT?
>> MISCOMMUNICATION ON THE
DAIS.
NEVER MIND.
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR STRAUSS.
THANKS FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
IT IS VERY HELPFUL.
I'M GOING BACK TO SOME OF THE
OTHER SLIDES.
ONE MOMENT.
SLIGHT 22, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
THE REVENUE AND THERE IS
ANOTHER SLIDE THAT REFERENCES
THIS $191,000, YOU KNOW, THAT
IS WITHIN OUR $1.6 MILLION
BUDGET FOR JUST THE GENERAL
FUND, THAT IS A VERY SMALL
AMOUNT SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE
COULD FIND THE MONEY IN OUR
BUDGET FOR THAT $200,000.
WHY NOT JUST NOT ALLOW THE
REMOVAL OF THOSE PARTICULAR
TREES?
AND JUST PAY FOR THE COST TOLL
HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR
PLANTING OUT OF THE GENERAL
FUND?
>> COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON, I'LL
TAKE THAT QUESTION.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
$190,000 IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY
STRAIGHT AWAY.
IT IS MORE MONEY THAN WE ARE
COLLECTING EVEN FROM PENALTIES
AT THIS POINT IF I RECALL
CORRECTLY.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK
AT THIS AS A PORTION OF THE
PIE.
PER THE LEGISLATION WE WORKED
ON THIS LAST YEAR, WE HAVE A
TREE FUND WITHIN THE BUDGET
THAT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE.
I THINK THE POINT THAT YOU ARE
GETTING AT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT MORE
TREES ARE GOING TO RECEIVE
REGULATION AND PROTECTION UNDER
THIS PROPOSED RULE TODAY THAN
WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
AND FROM THAT, WE HAVE TO
EXTRAPOLATE SOME SORT OF PUBLIC
BENEFIT.
THESE ARE SOME DOLLARS.
A GOOD QUESTION TO FOLLOW UP
WITH IS DID THIS LEVEL OF
FUNDING INCORPORATE THE FACT
THAT MANY PEOPLE WILL BE
REPLANTING TREES RATHER THAN
CHOOSING IN LIEU?
I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT.
BUT THE MAIN POINT IS CURRENTLY
PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO CUT DOWN
TREES WITHOUT HAVING ANY
MITIGATION.
WITH THIS LEGISLATION, WE WILL
ADD PROTECTIONS AND IN ADDITION
TO ABLE TO RAISE ADDITIONAL
REVENUE TO PLANT, PLAN, AND
STEWARD THE CANTY.
DID THAT CLARIFY?
DID YOU ARRIVE AT THIS NUMBER
BY INCLUDING REPLACEMENTS?
>> THAT IS THE ESTIMATE FOR THE
FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION OF
2024.
IT WAS BASED ON A PEER REVIEW
OF OTHER CITIES.
WHAT WE HEARD IS MOST
APPLICANTS WILL CHOOSE TO PLANT
A REPLACEMENT TREE ON SITE AS
THEIR FIRST PRIORITY SO THE
USAGE RATE OF PAYMENT IN LIEU
IS AROUND 1%.
IT IS NOT VERY HIGH.
MOST PEOPLE WOULD CHOOSE TO TRY
TO PLANT THAT TREE ON SITE.
BECAUSE THE COST OF A TREE AT A
PLANT NURSERY IS A COUPLE
HUNDRED DOLLARS VERSUS PAYING
THE CITY TO PLANT A TREE
ELSEWHERE AND INCLUDED THOSE
ESTABLISHMENT COSTS TO CARE FOR
THE TREE AS IT IS GROWING.
THE WATERING IS PROBABLY THE
BIGGEST COST IN ESTABLISHING A
NEW TREE.
>> JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ON THE
CONCEPTS OF REPLACING BECAUSE I
UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE DOING IS
YOU CAN TAKE OUT A 24-INCH
DIAMETER TREE BUT YOU ARE
REPLACING IT WITH SOMETHING
THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE AS
LARGE OR MATURE.
TWO INCH DIAMETER SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
THERE IS LOSS IN THE CANOPY.
SO REPLACEMENT I GUESS IT IS
NOT EQUAL GIRTH SO THERE IS A
LOSS.
AND THAT LOSS IN THE TREES
BENEFITS IN CANOPY WITH A NEW
REPLACEMENT.
WE ARE REPLACING IT WITH A TWO-
INCH.
WHAT WILL THESE REPLACEMENT
TREES LOOK LIKE, TYPICALLY?
>> THIS IS GOOD DISCUSSION.
WHAT STRUCK ME ABOUT THE MARKS
ARBORITUM WE SHOWED EARLIER
TODAY IS HE CLEAR CUT HIS LOT
BEFORE HE PLANTED ALL THOSE
TREES.
IF WE ARE GOING TO BE
STEWARDING THE FUTURE CANOPY OF
OUR CITY THAT IS CLIMATE
RESILIENT AND THAT IS CREATING
THE SPACE FOR THE HOUSING THAT
WE NEED, WE HAVE TO BE THINKING
ABOUT HOW ARE WE SETTING UP OUR
FUTURE GENERATION TO HAVE THIS
CANOPY?
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STUCK
WITHOUT HAVING ADEQUATE
PROTECTIONS OF TREES AND WE ARE
NOT ABLE TO HAVE THE STANDARDS
AND PREDICTABLE TO BUILD THE
HOUSING THAT WE NEED.
AND I KNOW IN MANY CASES IN THE
PAST, THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
PROTECTING TREES HAS BEEN A
PROXY CONVERSATION ABOUT
DEVELOPMENT.
AND THIS BILL BEFORE US TODAY
BOTH PROTECTS TREES AND GIVES
US THE PREDICTABILITY THAT WE
NEED FOR HOUSING.
AND NEITHER SIDE IS VERY HAPPY
WITH THE BILL BEFORE US AND
THAT SEEMS TO ME TO MEAN THAT
WE MIGHT HAVE STRUCK A GOOD WAY
FORWARD.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS
NUMBER ONE WITHIN SHORT ORDER,
THE TREE THAT IS REPLACED THAT
DOESN'T MEET THE CANOPY THAT
WAS REMOVED WILL MEET THAT
CANOPY IN SHORT ORDER.
AND THEN TWO, WHEN WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT PESTS AND
DISEASE, WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF
THE TREES IN SEATTLE ARE NOT
TOLERANT TO THE CHANGES IN OUR
CLIMATE.
AND IF WE ARE GOING TO BE
FUTURE LOOKING TO SAVE THE
CANOPY THAT WE NEED, WE NEED TO
BE PLANTING CLIMATE RESILIENT
TREES.
THAT'S ME EDITORIALIZING A
LITTLE BIT.
MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OFF THE
BILL.
BUT HAPPY TO CONTINUE THE
DISCUSSION OFF OR ON THE
RECORD.
>> AND ONE MORE QUESTION.
WHEN THERE IS NOT DEVELOPMENT.
IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THAT
SLIDE, LET'S SEE WHICH SLIDE IS
THAT.
THERE IS A SLIDE THAT SAID NO
DEVELOPMENT.
>> SLIDE 12.
>> THAT SOUNDS RIGHT.
THERE WE GO.
SO ON THIS, IT SAYS EXISTING
REGULATIONS AND THEN PROPOSED
CHANGES AND SO WHAT I'M SEEING
HERE IS THAT UP IS DUOTIER 4
TREES, UP TO THREE TIER 3 OR 4,
IS THAT MORE TREES THAN IS A
CURRENT REGULATION?
>> THIS IS STRENGTHENING THE
EXISTING REGULATIONS RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE THE TIERED TREE
CATEGORIES ADD NEW PROTECTIONS
WHERE THERE WAS NOT BEFORE.
AND ALSO, ADDS A TIER 4
CATEGORY SIX TO 12 INCHES WHICH
HELPS US WITH TRACKING TREES.
SHOWING THEM ON SITE PLANS AS
SMALL AS SIX INCHES OUTSIDE A
DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE TREE REMOVAL LIMITS ARE
NEW.
THEY ARE ON TOP OF WHAT WE HAVE
BEFORE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> UH-HUH.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR.
I'LL KEEP READING THE BILL.
>> OKAY.
APPRECIATE YOU.
AND CALL IF YOU NEED TO AT ANY
TIME.
ALL RIGHT COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS BEFORE I JUMP INTO
MINE?
>> I'LL TAKE THIS OFFLINE IF
YOU COULD MAYBE DIRECT ME TO
WHERE I MIGHT FIND THIS
INFORMATION.
BUT TREES GROW.
WE WANT THEM TO LAST A LONG
TIME.
ANYWHERE IN HERE, ARE THERE
REQUIREMENTS FOR REPLACEMENT
TREES BEING NATIVE OR BE
FRIENDLY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT
AND YOU CAN JUST ANSWER ME
LATER.
YOU CAN SAY YES OR NO BUT I
DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH
TIME.
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU
MORE INFORMATION.
>> THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN WE GO BACK TO SLIDE 16?
I WILL WAIT UNTIL NEXT
COMMITTEE MEETING TO REALLY GET
INTO THIS.
I WANTED TO USE THIS DIAGRAM
WITH EXAMPLES OF TIER 1 AND
TIER 2 TREES ON DIFFERENT PARTS
OF THE LOT TO DETERMINE WHAT IS
POSSIBLE AND NOT POSSIBLE.
THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE TO SAY.
I WILL SAY SOME THINGS.
TELL ME IF I'M CORRECT AT THE
END OF THIS WHICH IS IF THERE
WAS A TIER, IF THERE WAS A TREE
THAT WAS PROTECTED IN THE
MIDDLE OF THIS LOT, IT COULD BE
EXCHANGED FOR ONE OF THE
PARKING SPACES.
OR THE WALKWAYS ON ONE OF THE
SIDES OR THE REQUIRED SETBACKS.
THIS BILL ADDS.
WE CHANGE THE MECHANISM WE ARE
LOOKING AT THIS DEVELOPMENT.
DID I GET THAT CORRECT?
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER.
THAT'S CORRECT.
IT MAKES THE ABILITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS BEFORE WE DIDN'T HAVE
THAT ALL SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN
ALL AT ONCE.
PUTS ALL THE INFORMATION UP
FRONT AND CENTER TO MAKE THESE
DECISIONS WITH ALL THE
INFORMATION, TREES, BUILDINGS.
BUILDERS CAN USE TO PRESERVE
TREES.
>> YES.
TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS SLIDE AS
AN EXAMPLE A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT WAYS TO SHOW US WHAT
THE OPTIONS ARE AND THE
REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR
REPLACEMENTS.
YOU GO TO SLIDE 18.
I ALREADY ASKED THE QUESTIONS I
HAVE WRITTEN DOWN.
THAT'S GREAT.
CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE 21?
YOU RAISED THE QUESTION I WAS
GOING TO DISCUSS.
IF WE ARE REQUIRING MITIGATION
FOR HAZARDOUS TREE TO BE
REMOVED, SIGNALING TO THE
PUBLIC, TO CREATE A MEANS
TESTED WAY TO PROVIDE A
REPLACEMENT TREE.
ON SLIDE 21, THE SECOND COUNCIL
BILL THAT WAS READ INTO THE
RECORD WAS JUST ABOUT THAT LAST
LINE.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
IT IS FOR THREE PULL TIME
EMPLOYEES.
A PERMIT REVIEWER, AN INSPECTOR
AND A GIS ANALYST TO HELP US
WITH TREE TRACKING AND
INVENTORY.
>> OKAY.
AND SO, THAT I KNOW IS
SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 3rd AT THIS
TIME.
JUST AGAIN FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY'S
MEETING WE WILL FOCUS ON
PROTECTIONS AND THEN PROTECTION
STANDARDS.
SHONDA, DO BE READY TO SPEAK
ABOUT THE TIERS AND THE BUDGET
ITEMS.
IF WE ARE ABLE TO QUICKLY, WE
WILL.
JUST AGAIN FOR THE PUBLIC
VIEWING, SINCE IT IS 4:52 P.M.
RIGHT NOW, I CAN TELL YOU THAT
MY NEWSLETTER IS GOING TO GO
OUT TOMORROW MORNING WHERE I
WILL HAVE THIS AGENDA.
WE ARE AT MARCH 22, 2023.
WE HAD THE TREE CANOPY
ASSESSMENT AND THE HIGH LEVEL
OVERVIEW.
NEXT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, WE
WILL HAVE THE DISCUSSION OF
TREE PROTECTIONS AND TREE
PROTECTION STANDARDS.
THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON APRIL 3,
WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION ON
TE TREE PROTECTION TIERS AND
THE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS
NEEDED.
COUNCILMEMBER WE WILL MAKE THAT
CHANGE TO MEETING SCHEDULE.
THAT IS SO THAT THE LAW AND
CENTRAL STAFF CAN DRAFT AND
REVIEW THE AMENDMENTS.
WE CAN POST THE AMENDMENTS AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE
MEETING.
FRIDAY, APRIL 21.
IT WILL BE DESIGNED TO VOTE ON
AMENDMENTS.
IT WILL BE FOLLOWED UP APRIL
24th.
WITH OUR FINAL SCHEDULED
COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE TREE
ORDINANCE FOR APRIL 26th.
MEETING THAT FINAL PASSAGE FROM
FULL COUNCIL WILL BE ON MAY 2,
2023.
AGAIN, WE HAVE HELD TIME ON MAY
4th AS A RELEASE VALVE.
SHOULD THE COMMITTEE NEED MORE
TIME TO HAVE THIS BILL IN
COMMITTEE.
WHICH WOULD THEN MEAN MARCH 9,
THE FINAL PASSAGE FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC.
THE BILL WON'T BE IN EFFECT FOR
ANOTHER 30 DAYS.
SO WHILE I KNOW FROM THE MOMENT
THAT THIS WAS TRANSMITTED TO
COUNCIL TO FINAL PASSAGE IS
ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS.
ADD ON ANOTHER 30 DAY, ANOTHER
FOUR WEEKS TO IMPLEMENTATION.
JUST YOU KNOW, WHAT CENTERED IN
MY MIND IS I DON'T WANT PEOPLE
TO START CUTTING DOWN TREES
BEFORE THESE PROTECTIONS ARE IN
PLACE.
THIS IS ONE OF SIX SCHEDULED
MEETINGS.
AND THERE IS RELEASE VALVES ON
TOP OF THAT WITHIN SIX WEEKS.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE WRAP UP
FOR THE DAY?
IMPRESSIVE PRESENTATION.
SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I
THINK THIS IS EVERYONE'S
FAVORITE PART.
THIS CONCLUDES THE WEDNESDAY
MARCH 22nd, 2023 MEETING OF THE
LAND USE COMMITTEE.
THE NEXT LAND USE COMMITTEE
MEETING IS A SPECIAL MEETING
MARCH 29, 2023, 9:30 A.M.
IT'S A MORNING MEETING NEXT
WEDNESDAY.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING AND WE
ARE ADJOURNED.
>> THANK YOU.