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Author Archives: steve zemke
Explaining why key provisions are in the 2019 Seattle Urban Forestry Commission draft Tree and Urban Forest Protection Ordinance
In June 2019, The Seattle Urban Forestry Commission submitted, at the request of Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw and Lisa Herbold, a draft Tree and Urban Forest Protection Ordinance to the Seattle City Council … Continue reading
Posted in Coalition for a Stronger Tree Ordinance, private land, Seattle Tree Protection Ordinance, tree canopy, tree planting, tree preservation, urban forest, urban trees
Tagged draft Seattle Urban Forestry Commission Tree and Urban Forest Protection Ordinance, Seattle Urban Forestry Commission
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Questionnaires returned to TreePAC show Strong Support for Updating Seattle’s Tree Protection Ordinance
Questionnaires returned to TreePAC show Strong Support for Updating Seattle’s Tree Protection Ordinance Thirteen of the fourteen candidates running for the Seattle City Council District elections in the 2019 General Election have returned questionnaires to Tree PAC. Overwhelmingly, the responses … Continue reading
Shoreline, WA Clearcut of Large Mature Trees for Development Near Light Rail Station
TreePAC and Neighborhood Treekeepers Protest Clearcut of 14 lots for Townhouse Development. Tuesday, October 15, 2019 N 145th St and 1st Ave NE, Shoreline (just north of Lakeside School) Tree PAC and Neighborhood Treekeepers held a protest and press conference … Continue reading
Posted in private land, tree canopy, TreePAC, urban forest, urban trees
Tagged Shoreline, Shoreline WA Clearcut
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Seattle City Council Passes Legislation to Remove SEPA Appeals
The Seattle City Council just passed legislation to limit SEPA appeals by Seattle citizens on upzones for housing. It took them only 3 months to pass this legislation giving more authority to the Departmental of Construction and Inspections to fast … Continue reading
Posted in Seattle Tree Protection Ordinance, tree canopy, tree planting, tree preservation, urban forest, urban forest management, urban trees
Tagged Seattle City Council, SEPA Regulations Seattle, Tree Regulations Research Project, UFC draft Tree and Urban Forest Protection Ordinance, www.DontClearcutSeattle.org
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Tree PAC Question sent to Seattle City Council Primary Candidates 2019
Dear Candidate for Seattle City Council, In 2009 the Seattle City Council passed a resolution to update SMC 25.11 the Tree Protection Ordinance. Ten years later this has not happened. But progress is being made. When the MHA Ordinance was … Continue reading
Seattle Tree and Urban Forest Ordinance Update – Handout July 2019
Action Needed Now to Protect Seattle’s Trees and Urban Forest Urge Mayor Jenny Durkan and Seattle City Council members to provide strong leadership now to pass legislation this year to significantly strengthen Seattle’s current Tree Protection Ordinance. Seattle’s urban forest … Continue reading
Good News – Tree Protection Ordinance Update this Year is a GO!
Coalition for a Stronger Tree Ordinance Dear Tree Protection Advocates, We have passed a big hurdle. On Wednesday Councilmember Sally Bagshaw came to the Seattle Urban Forestry Commission. She told the Commission that she met with Mayor Jenny Durkan on Monday. Mayor … Continue reading
Posted in Coalition for a Stronger Tree Ordinance, Seattle Tree Protection Ordinance, tree canopy, tree planting, tree preservation, urban forest, urban trees
Tagged Councilmember Sally Bagshaw, Mayor Jenny Durkan, Seattle Tree Ordinance Update, SMC 25.11 Seattle Ttree Protection Ordinance
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Time to Step Up the Game if We Want to Update the Tree Ordinance!
Coalition for a Stronger Tree Ordinance Dear Tree Protection Advocates, Time is drawing short to update Seattle’s Tree Protection Ordinance this year. Seattle continues to lose tree canopy and the Seattle City Council stops considering legislation in October and November to … Continue reading
Posted in TreePAC
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Seattle City Council Passes Resolution to Update Seattle’s Tree Protection Ordinance
On March 18, 2019 the Seattle City Council passed CB 119444 – Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) legislation. As part of that legislation they passed a Companion RESOLUTION 31870 calling for additional measures by the City and its partners that complement mandatory housing affordability … Continue reading
Urgent – Contact Seattle City Council to Add Tree Mitigation Amendment to MHA Ordinance
Tree PAC Action Message from Steve Zemke – Chair – Coalition for a Stronger Tree OrdinanceDear Tree PAC Supporters, The Seattle City Council will be considering amendments to the proposed Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) Ordinance this Friday May 8, 2019. … Continue reading
Posted in Seattle Tree Protection Ordinance, tree preservation, TreePAC, urban forest
Tagged fee-in-lieu, MHA, MHA EIS, Tree Mitigation
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