I appreciate all the residents from across Seattle who took the time out of their day to attend our briefing on making Seattle’s tree protection ordinance stronger and enforceable — with the goal of expanding the health and environmental benefits of larger trees in our Emerald City. It was informative to hear from a wide array of tree experts. Thanks also to Councilmember-Elect Dan Strauss for joining me at the table and for all his work already on this important environmental and social justice issue. I look forward to working with him, my other City Council colleagues, our executive departments, and other stakeholders to enact a tree ordinance in 2020.
Here is a link to the KUOW news story.
https://kuow.org/stories/two-new-seattle-council-members-pledge-stronger-tree-protections-in-2020
And here is a link to the full video of the committee meeting at City Hall:
https://www.seattlechannel.org/mayor-and-council/city-council/city-council-all-videos-index/?videoid=x109108