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November 8, 2013
I was walking past the old substation on my way home and realized those trees have been there longer than most of the new apartments being built nearby. It feels like every time I blink another vacant lot is gone so I keep trying to get a straight answer from the city folks who probably think I am just a nuisance by now.
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We have enough condos already. Please keep these areas green for the neighborhood before they turn into more concrete boxes.
so tired of all the construction. stop tearing everything down.
Howdy Kshama, Thanks for your service on the Seattle City Council. I would like to request a meeting to brief you on urban forestry policy. Here’s how the urban forestry implications of surplus property disposition by City Light are an example of how a Seattle City Councilmember can help accomplish broad environmental goals: 1) The DPD planning department study shows only 13% of the trees remain (87% are bulldozed) following multifamily development. Developers lobby incessantly, and have undue influence, but citizens who love trees have no voice. http://actrees.org/news/media-center/actrees-news/local_debate_keeps_growing_over_how_to_protec/ 2) Comprehensive Plan goals ask for a 7% increase in the amount of tree canopy cover over 25 years. Yet hundreds of trees are removed daily without tracking. 3) 2009 Seattle City Auditor report found the 8 departments with authority to condemn trees do not communicate effectively, either with each other, or with the public. 4) Committee structure of City Council separates these 8 departments from a unified oversight of urban forestry policy. 5) 25 employees are separated by 8 departments from awareness of the function of their counterparts working as urban foresters. 6) 25 city urban foresters are no match for the growth rate of an estimated 1.3 million trees. Our budget needs to ‘get real’ to match the scope of the problem. 7) Satellite photos showing tree locations are not suitable for tree inventory purposes because information is absent about species, condition, future work needs, and adjacent site features and utilities. Monitoring is best done with a tree database. 8) Incompatible format of canopy cover goal statements conflict with work order reports expressed in the number of tree stems planted, pruned, removed, etc. No tracking of progress towards goals can occur until the dripline width measurement is recorded by staff at the time tree work is performed. 9) Counc
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
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November 8, 2013
I was walking past the old substation on my way home and realized those trees have been there longer than most of the new apartments being built nearby. It feels like every time I blink another vacant lot is gone so I keep trying to get a straight answer from the city folks who probably think I am just a nuisance by now.
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Ridiculous that the city just wants to dump these. Those trees are the only decent shade on that block. Save them!
We have enough condos already. Please keep these areas green for the neighborhood before they turn into more concrete boxes.
so tired of all the construction. stop tearing everything down.
Howdy Kshama, Thanks for your service on the Seattle City Council. I would like to request a meeting to brief you on urban forestry policy. Here’s how the urban forestry implications of surplus property disposition by City Light are an example of how a Seattle City Councilmember can help accomplish broad environmental goals: 1) The DPD planning department study shows only 13% of the trees remain (87% are bulldozed) following multifamily development. Developers lobby incessantly, and have undue influence, but citizens who love trees have no voice. http://actrees.org/news/media-center/actrees-news/local_debate_keeps_growing_over_how_to_protec/ 2) Comprehensive Plan goals ask for a 7% increase in the amount of tree canopy cover over 25 years. Yet hundreds of trees are removed daily without tracking. 3) 2009 Seattle City Auditor report found the 8 departments with authority to condemn trees do not communicate effectively, either with each other, or with the public. 4) Committee structure of City Council separates these 8 departments from a unified oversight of urban forestry policy. 5) 25 employees are separated by 8 departments from awareness of the function of their counterparts working as urban foresters. 6) 25 city urban foresters are no match for the growth rate of an estimated 1.3 million trees. Our budget needs to ‘get real’ to match the scope of the problem. 7) Satellite photos showing tree locations are not suitable for tree inventory purposes because information is absent about species, condition, future work needs, and adjacent site features and utilities. Monitoring is best done with a tree database. 8) Incompatible format of canopy cover goal statements conflict with work order reports expressed in the number of tree stems planted, pruned, removed, etc. No tracking of progress towards goals can occur until the dripline width measurement is recorded by staff at the time tree work is performed. 9) Counc
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Ridiculous that the city just wants to dump these. Those trees are the only decent shade on that block. Save them!