1 00:00:04,170 --> 00:00:04,237 2 00:00:04,237 --> 00:00:08,141 >>> COUNCILMEMBER CREDIT? 3 00:00:08,141 --> 00:00:10,944 >> PRESENT. 4 00:00:10,944 --> 00:00:14,280 >> VICE CHAIR MORALES? 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,917 >> PRESENT. 6 00:00:17,917 --> 00:00:19,619 >> WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE 7 00:00:19,619 --> 00:00:24,424 AGENDA. A BRIEF DISCUSSION ON 8 00:00:24,424 --> 00:00:26,793 THE THREE PROTECTIONS BUILT. 9 00:00:26,793 --> 00:00:28,795 WE HAVE SET ASIDE SPECIAL 10 00:00:28,795 --> 00:00:32,899 LAND-USE NEEDING COMMITTEE . 11 00:00:32,899 --> 00:00:36,970 TODAY'S FOCUS WILL BE ON HOW 12 00:00:36,970 --> 00:00:44,778 THIS BILL RETRIEVES 13 00:00:44,778 --> 00:00:46,212 RESERVATIONS. AND WHAT THE TREE 14 00:00:46,212 --> 00:00:46,813 PRESERVATION STANDARDS ARE. 15 00:00:46,813 --> 00:00:47,480 THIS IS COMPLICATED WORK. AND 16 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:48,648 WE HAVE SET ASIDE THE MEETING 17 00:00:48,648 --> 00:00:50,784 TO REALLY GET INTO THE DETAILS. 18 00:00:50,784 --> 00:00:52,118 NEXT WEEK WE WILL FOCUS ON THE 19 00:00:52,118 --> 00:00:57,223 TIERS OF PERFECTION AND THE 20 00:00:57,223 --> 00:00:59,259 BILL IN TOTAL. AND THAT WILL 21 00:00:59,259 --> 00:01:04,931 OUTLINE WHAT WE COUNSEL . I 22 00:01:04,931 --> 00:01:11,070 MENTIONED WE WOULD MEET ON 23 00:01:11,070 --> 00:01:12,272 APRIL 3rd. THAT IS NO LONGER 24 00:01:12,272 --> 00:01:13,606 THE CASE. THAT MEETING HAS BEEN 25 00:01:13,606 --> 00:01:14,641 MOVED TO APRIL 7th, A FRIDAY, 26 00:01:14,641 --> 00:01:18,278 TO ALLOW FOR THE COMMISSION. 27 00:01:18,278 --> 00:01:19,712 CLARK, PLEASE DISPLAY THE 28 00:01:19,712 --> 00:01:23,950 SCHEDULE THAT WE CREATED FOR 29 00:01:23,950 --> 00:01:25,752 THE MAJOR DATES. AND I WILL 30 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:29,255 WALK THROUGH THEM. 31 00:01:33,359 --> 00:01:33,426 32 00:01:33,426 --> 00:01:39,499 >> ONE MOMENT. I'M SORRY. 33 00:01:46,573 --> 00:01:46,639 34 00:01:46,639 --> 00:01:48,775 >> AS WE ARE WAITING , I AM 35 00:01:48,775 --> 00:01:50,210 GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF 36 00:01:50,210 --> 00:01:53,379 THESE DATES. TODAY, WE WILL BE 37 00:01:53,379 --> 00:01:54,380 LOOKING INTO THE CREEK 38 00:01:54,380 --> 00:01:58,051 PROTECTIONS ON APRIL 7th, WE 39 00:01:58,051 --> 00:02:02,288 WILL HAVE THE TIERS, AND THE 40 00:02:02,288 --> 00:02:03,456 ESSENTIAL STAFF ANALYSIS, APRIL 41 00:02:03,456 --> 00:02:07,393 11th , WHEN AMENDMENTS ARE DUE 42 00:02:07,393 --> 00:02:10,830 , THERE WILL NOT BE A 43 00:02:10,830 --> 00:02:12,132 COMMITTEE MEETING THAT DAY. IT 44 00:02:12,132 --> 00:02:14,334 ALLOWS US TO TAKE UP MAJOR 45 00:02:14,334 --> 00:02:19,405 POLICY CONVERSATIONS UPFRONT , 46 00:02:19,405 --> 00:02:20,640 ALLOWING US TO MAKE SURE WE 47 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:22,308 HAVE THE TIME TO ADDRESS 48 00:02:22,308 --> 00:02:26,713 CLEANUP AMENDMENTS IN THE 49 00:02:26,713 --> 00:02:28,615 PROCESS. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE 50 00:02:28,615 --> 00:02:31,050 SCREEN, AHEAD OF YOU, CLERK , 51 00:02:31,050 --> 00:02:38,691 DO YOU HAVE THE OTHER SCHEDULE 52 00:02:38,691 --> 00:02:40,727 THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE 53 00:02:40,727 --> 00:02:41,694 AGENDA? THAT WILL BE A LITTLE 54 00:02:41,694 --> 00:02:43,229 BIT EASIER TO READ AT THE 55 00:02:43,229 --> 00:02:44,163 MOMENT. I WILL PAUSE AND WAIT 56 00:02:44,163 --> 00:02:45,465 UNTIL WE HAVE THIS UP. THANK 57 00:02:45,465 --> 00:02:46,733 YOU. HERE WE ARE. AS I 58 00:02:46,733 --> 00:02:47,767 MENTIONED, WE ARE MEETING 59 00:02:47,767 --> 00:02:49,569 TODAY. WE WILL MEET ON FRIDAY 60 00:02:49,569 --> 00:02:50,637 APRIL 7th. APRIL 11th, 61 00:02:50,637 --> 00:02:52,372 AMENDMENTS ARE DUE SO WE CAN 62 00:02:52,372 --> 00:02:52,906 HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS 63 00:02:52,906 --> 00:02:54,674 UPFRONT. APRIL 21st WE WILL 64 00:02:54,674 --> 00:02:55,842 VOTE ON AMENDMENTS. APRIL 24th 65 00:02:55,842 --> 00:02:59,612 IS THE LEGALLY-REQUIRED PUBLIC 66 00:02:59,612 --> 00:03:01,514 HEARING THAT PROVIDES 30 DAYS' 67 00:03:01,514 --> 00:03:05,985 NOTICE IN NEWSPAPERS. THERE IS 68 00:03:05,985 --> 00:03:07,287 PUBLIC COMMENT AVAILABLE AT 69 00:03:07,287 --> 00:03:12,792 EVERY SINGLE MEETING THAT WE 70 00:03:12,792 --> 00:03:13,927 HAVE. WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY 71 00:03:13,927 --> 00:03:14,594 POLICY DISCUSSION ON APRIL 72 00:03:14,594 --> 00:03:16,329 24th. ON APRIL 26th, WE INTEND 73 00:03:16,329 --> 00:03:19,632 TO VOTE THE BILL ON THE LAND 74 00:03:19,632 --> 00:03:21,034 USE COMMITTEE AS AMENDED THAT 75 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:28,741 WILL ALLOW US TO VOTE AT MAY 76 00:03:28,741 --> 00:03:30,043 2nd, FULL COUNCIL. THIS IS 77 00:03:30,043 --> 00:03:30,910 COMPLICATED POLICY. WE WANT TO 78 00:03:30,910 --> 00:03:32,078 GET IT RIGHT. WE HAVE RESERVED 79 00:03:32,078 --> 00:03:33,179 THE DAY ON MAY 4th FOR 80 00:03:33,179 --> 00:03:34,380 COMMITTEE TIME, IN CASE WE NEED 81 00:03:34,380 --> 00:03:35,648 TO SPILL OVER. THAT WOULD PUT 82 00:03:35,648 --> 00:03:40,219 THE FINAL PASSAGE ON MAY 9th , 83 00:03:40,219 --> 00:03:41,120 FULL COUNCIL. TO THE VIEWING 84 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:42,522 PUBLIC, YOU CAN SPEAK DURING 85 00:03:42,522 --> 00:03:43,756 PUBLIC COMMENT DURING ANY OF 86 00:03:43,756 --> 00:03:45,725 THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. IF 87 00:03:45,725 --> 00:03:46,859 YOU HAVE POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS, 88 00:03:46,859 --> 00:03:50,096 PLEASE LET THE CLERK KNOW. YOU 89 00:03:50,096 --> 00:03:53,933 CAN REACH OUT TO ME. WITHOUT 90 00:03:53,933 --> 00:03:55,068 FURTHER ADO, BEFORE WE BEGIN, 91 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:56,669 IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE 92 00:03:56,669 --> 00:04:00,640 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 93 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:01,441 HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE 94 00:04:01,441 --> 00:04:02,442 AGENDA IS ADOPTED. AT THIS 95 00:04:02,442 --> 00:04:04,177 TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE HYBRID 96 00:04:04,177 --> 00:04:06,112 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. CLERK , 97 00:04:06,112 --> 00:04:08,948 PLEASE COMPLETE THE PERIOD. 98 00:04:13,886 --> 00:04:14,153 99 00:04:14,153 --> 00:04:15,021 >> HELLO, SEATTLE. WE ARE THE 100 00:04:15,021 --> 00:04:15,888 EMERALD CITY, THE CITY OF 101 00:04:15,888 --> 00:04:19,559 FLOWERS AND THE CITY OF 102 00:04:19,559 --> 00:04:20,493 GOODWILL, BUILT ON INDIGENOUS 103 00:04:20,493 --> 00:04:21,594 LAND. THE TRADITIONAL 104 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:24,564 TERRITORY . THE SEATTLE CITY 105 00:04:24,564 --> 00:04:29,535 COUNCIL WELCOMES REMOTE PUBLIC 106 00:04:29,535 --> 00:04:30,737 COMMENT AND IS EAGER TO HEAR 107 00:04:30,737 --> 00:04:32,038 FROM RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY. IF 108 00:04:32,038 --> 00:04:34,207 YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A 109 00:04:34,207 --> 00:04:35,341 VERBAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU MAY 110 00:04:35,341 --> 00:04:38,378 REGISTER TWO HOURS PRIOR TO 111 00:04:38,378 --> 00:04:39,545 THE MEETING, VIA THE SEATTLE 112 00:04:39,545 --> 00:04:44,584 CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE, HERE IS 113 00:04:44,584 --> 00:04:45,551 SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE 114 00:04:45,551 --> 00:04:46,185 PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEEDINGS. 115 00:04:46,185 --> 00:04:47,153 SPEAKERS ARE CALLED UPON IN 116 00:04:47,153 --> 00:04:48,921 WHICH THE ORDER THEY REGISTERED 117 00:04:48,921 --> 00:04:52,091 IN. EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL IN 118 00:04:52,091 --> 00:04:52,859 FROM THE PHONE NUMBER PROVIDED 119 00:04:52,859 --> 00:04:54,260 WHEN THEY REGISTERED ONLINE AND 120 00:04:54,260 --> 00:04:59,565 USED THE I.D. AND PASSCODE 121 00:04:59,565 --> 00:05:00,767 THAT WAS EMAILED UPON 122 00:05:00,767 --> 00:05:01,834 CONFIRMATION. IF YOU DO NOT 123 00:05:01,834 --> 00:05:03,603 RECEIVE AN EMAIL CONFIRMATION, 124 00:05:03,603 --> 00:05:04,837 PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM OR JUNK 125 00:05:04,837 --> 00:05:09,342 MAIL FOLDERS. THE SPEAKER I.D. 126 00:05:09,342 --> 00:05:10,543 IS DIFFERENT FROM THE GENERAL 127 00:05:10,543 --> 00:05:13,112 LISTEN LINE MEETING I.D. 128 00:05:13,112 --> 00:05:14,347 PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA. ONCE 129 00:05:14,347 --> 00:05:18,117 THE SPEAKER'S NAME IS CALLED, 130 00:05:18,117 --> 00:05:19,552 THE MICROPHONE WILL BE UNNEEDED 131 00:05:19,552 --> 00:05:20,987 AND AN AUTOMATIC PROMPT WILL 132 00:05:20,987 --> 00:05:28,628 SAY THAT THE HOST WOULD LIKE 133 00:05:28,628 --> 00:05:29,729 YOU TO UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE. 134 00:05:29,729 --> 00:05:31,164 THAT IS YOUR QUEUE THAT IT IS 135 00:05:31,164 --> 00:05:32,331 YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. AT THAT 136 00:05:32,331 --> 00:05:34,634 TIME, YOU MUST PRESS STAR SIX. 137 00:05:34,634 --> 00:05:36,536 YOU WILL HEAR A PROMPT OF, YOU 138 00:05:36,536 --> 00:05:37,670 ARE UNNEEDED. BE SURE YOUR 139 00:05:37,670 --> 00:05:43,042 PHONE IS UNMUTE IT ON YOUR END 140 00:05:43,042 --> 00:05:44,410 SO YOU WILL BE HEARD. YOU 141 00:05:44,410 --> 00:05:45,411 SHOULD BEGIN BY STATING HER 142 00:05:45,411 --> 00:05:47,013 NAME AND THE ITEM THAT YOU ARE 143 00:05:47,013 --> 00:05:48,114 ADDRESSING. A CHIME WILL SOUND 144 00:05:48,114 --> 00:05:49,015 WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT IN 145 00:05:49,015 --> 00:05:51,084 YOUR ALLOTTED TIME. AS A GENTLE 146 00:05:51,084 --> 00:05:52,318 REMINDER TO WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC 147 00:05:52,318 --> 00:05:55,421 COMMENTS. AT THE END OF THE 148 00:05:55,421 --> 00:05:56,122 ALLOTTED TIME, YOUR MICROPHONE 149 00:05:56,122 --> 00:06:00,059 WILL BE MUTED AND THE NEXT 150 00:06:00,059 --> 00:06:00,893 SPEAKER REGISTERED WILL BE 151 00:06:00,893 --> 00:06:02,562 CALLED. ONCE SPEAKERS HAVE 152 00:06:02,562 --> 00:06:06,966 COMPLETED PROVIDED PUBLIC 153 00:06:06,966 --> 00:06:07,700 COMMENT, PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM 154 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:08,701 THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINE AND 155 00:06:08,701 --> 00:06:11,504 JOIN US FOLLOWING THE SEATTLE 156 00:06:11,504 --> 00:06:14,040 BROADCAST OR THE LISTEN LINE 157 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:15,274 MEETING NUMBER LISTED ON THE 158 00:06:15,274 --> 00:06:20,913 AGENDA. THE CONCERT RESERVES 159 00:06:20,913 --> 00:06:22,115 THE RIGHT TO ELIMINATE PUBLIC 160 00:06:22,115 --> 00:06:23,382 COMMENT IF THE SYSTEM IS BEING 161 00:06:23,382 --> 00:06:24,450 ABUSED OR IF THE PROCESS 162 00:06:24,450 --> 00:06:25,718 IMPEDES BUSINESS CONDUCTED ON 163 00:06:25,718 --> 00:06:27,553 BEHALF OF OF THE CITY. ANY 164 00:06:27,553 --> 00:06:29,288 OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE THAT IS 165 00:06:29,288 --> 00:06:34,961 DISRUPTIVE OR THAT IS NOT 166 00:06:34,961 --> 00:06:36,295 FOCUSED ON AN APPROPRIATE TOPIC 167 00:06:36,295 --> 00:06:37,797 AS SPECIFIED IN COUNCIL ROLES 168 00:06:37,797 --> 00:06:40,633 MAY LEAD TO THE SPEAKER BEING 169 00:06:40,633 --> 00:06:42,101 MUTED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER. 170 00:06:42,101 --> 00:06:44,337 OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE 171 00:06:44,337 --> 00:06:50,810 PROACTIVE DISCUSSIONS THAT 172 00:06:50,810 --> 00:06:51,911 WILL ASSIST OUR ORDERLY 173 00:06:51,911 --> 00:06:52,545 CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES BEFORE 174 00:06:52,545 --> 00:06:53,413 THE COUNCIL. THE PUBLIC COMMENT 175 00:06:53,413 --> 00:06:54,847 PERIOD IS NOW OPEN. WE WILL 176 00:06:54,847 --> 00:06:56,082 BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON 177 00:06:56,082 --> 00:06:57,884 THE LIST. PLEASE REMEMBER TO 178 00:06:57,884 --> 00:07:03,356 PRESS STAR SIX AFTER YOU HEAR 179 00:07:03,356 --> 00:07:04,357 THE PROMPT OF, YOU HAVE BEEN 180 00:07:04,357 --> 00:07:05,491 UNMUTE IT. THANK YOU, SEATTLE. 181 00:07:05,491 --> 00:07:05,625 182 00:07:05,625 --> 00:07:09,695 >> THANK YOU. WE WILL GET 183 00:07:09,695 --> 00:07:11,664 ALONG WITH OUR IN-CHAMBER 184 00:07:11,664 --> 00:07:13,533 SPEAKERS FIRST. DAVID GROGAN, 185 00:07:13,533 --> 00:07:18,204 DANA HARPER, AND STEVE STELLA. 186 00:07:18,204 --> 00:07:25,178 WE WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE, 187 00:07:25,178 --> 00:07:25,778 EITHER MICROPHONE, WHICHEVER 188 00:07:25,778 --> 00:07:26,679 ONE IS MORE COMFORTABLE FOR 189 00:07:26,679 --> 00:07:26,979 YOU. 190 00:07:26,979 --> 00:07:29,148 >> I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK THAT 191 00:07:29,148 --> 00:07:35,588 THE TREE AMENDED THE AMENDED. 192 00:07:35,588 --> 00:07:35,721 193 00:07:35,721 --> 00:07:37,056 >> MAKE SURE YOUR MIC IS ON. 194 00:07:37,056 --> 00:07:37,924 WILL RESTART YOUR TIME. 195 00:07:37,924 --> 00:07:42,161 >> I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK THAT 196 00:07:42,161 --> 00:07:43,229 THE PROTECTION ORDINANCE BE 197 00:07:43,229 --> 00:07:44,030 AMENDED TO EMPHASIZE THE 198 00:07:44,030 --> 00:07:45,264 PROTECTION OF TREES. A 199 00:07:45,264 --> 00:07:51,537 DEVELOPER REMOVED 60 TREES IN 200 00:07:51,537 --> 00:07:52,839 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE HELLER 201 00:07:52,839 --> 00:07:53,539 NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS INCLUDED 202 00:07:53,539 --> 00:07:54,540 REMOVING A SPECTACULAR GROWTH 203 00:07:54,540 --> 00:08:00,446 OF NATIVE CEDARS WHOSE TRUNKS 204 00:08:00,446 --> 00:08:01,948 WERE ALL OVER 40" IN DIAMETER. 205 00:08:01,948 --> 00:08:02,815 AFTER THE HOUSES WERE BUILT, 206 00:08:02,815 --> 00:08:03,816 THE DEVELOPMENT PLANTED NEW 207 00:08:03,816 --> 00:08:06,085 CEDARS AS REPLACEMENT. THESE 208 00:08:06,085 --> 00:08:08,788 ALL DIED AS THE OWNER DID NOT 209 00:08:08,788 --> 00:08:15,127 WATER THEM, THEY PLANTED VINE 210 00:08:15,127 --> 00:08:16,095 MAPLES AS REPLACEMENTS FOR THE 211 00:08:16,095 --> 00:08:17,363 REPLACEMENT. THEY WERE CUT DOWN 212 00:08:17,363 --> 00:08:19,098 LAST YEAR AND NOW THERE ARE 213 00:08:19,098 --> 00:08:22,435 ONLY GRASS AND SHRUBS WERE A 214 00:08:22,435 --> 00:08:23,870 FOREST ONCE GREW. THERE IS NO 215 00:08:23,870 --> 00:08:24,737 SHADE AND NOTHING TO PROTECT 216 00:08:24,737 --> 00:08:26,272 THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 217 00:08:26,272 --> 00:08:28,040 IT IS DIFFICULT TO MANAGE. WE 218 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:29,876 NEED TO KEEP OUR TREES AND 219 00:08:29,876 --> 00:08:34,881 BUILD NEW HOUSING AROUND THEM. 220 00:08:34,881 --> 00:08:35,014 221 00:08:35,014 --> 00:08:36,048 >> THANK YOU, DAVID. UP NEXT, 222 00:08:36,048 --> 00:08:37,316 WE HAVE DANA HARPER. FOLLOWED 223 00:08:37,316 --> 00:08:41,187 BY STEVE . 224 00:08:56,569 --> 00:08:56,636 225 00:08:56,636 --> 00:08:59,939 >> I TRIED TO BE MORE PREPARED 226 00:08:59,939 --> 00:09:02,909 THIS TIME. I HAVE NO 227 00:09:02,909 --> 00:09:06,779 PROFESSIONAL ACUMEN, SO , FIRST 228 00:09:06,779 --> 00:09:08,147 OFF, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 229 00:09:08,147 --> 00:09:13,286 FUTURE OF THE CURRENT TREES 230 00:09:13,286 --> 00:09:14,453 BOOK. THIS BOOK WAS INVALUABLE 231 00:09:14,453 --> 00:09:15,988 IN TEACHING ME, IN MY EARLY 232 00:09:15,988 --> 00:09:17,657 DAYS OF BEING AN ARBORIST. ONE, 233 00:09:17,657 --> 00:09:19,592 THE HISTORY OF TREES, AND ALSO 234 00:09:19,592 --> 00:09:20,793 TREE IDENTIFICATION. IT WILL 235 00:09:20,793 --> 00:09:27,867 BE INVALUABLE. BUILDERS 236 00:09:27,867 --> 00:09:29,168 SHOULD KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING 237 00:09:29,168 --> 00:09:30,603 JUST AS WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT 238 00:09:30,603 --> 00:09:32,738 THEY ARE DOING. I WILL TRY TO 239 00:09:32,738 --> 00:09:33,706 READ THROUGH THIS WITHIN THE 240 00:09:33,706 --> 00:09:34,840 MINUTE HERE. 1971, THE 241 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:42,148 DEFINITION OF HORTICULTURE IS 242 00:09:42,148 --> 00:09:43,215 THE CULTIVATION OF TREES, THE 243 00:09:43,215 --> 00:09:44,216 ART OF PLANTING, DRESSING, AND 244 00:09:44,216 --> 00:09:45,718 MANAGING TREES AND SHRUBS. THE 245 00:09:45,718 --> 00:09:51,290 1949 DEFINITION OF ARBORIST, 246 00:09:51,290 --> 00:09:52,858 ONE WHO IS VERSED IN THE 247 00:09:52,858 --> 00:09:53,693 KNOWLEDGE OF TREES. IT STARTS 248 00:09:53,693 --> 00:09:55,227 WITH THE PLANTING OF THE TREE. 249 00:09:55,227 --> 00:09:59,765 AND IT REACHES FOR THE SUN AND 250 00:09:59,765 --> 00:10:03,369 IT IS AVAILABLE, NEVER NOT IN 251 00:10:03,369 --> 00:10:04,937 MOVEMENT, NEVER IN A PREPARED 252 00:10:04,937 --> 00:10:07,139 LINE EVEN. 253 00:10:07,139 --> 00:10:08,307 >> UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS YOUR 254 00:10:08,307 --> 00:10:14,880 TIME. SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS. 255 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:16,315 WE WILL ALSO HAVE PUBLIC 256 00:10:16,315 --> 00:10:21,887 COMMENT NEXT WEEK. AND AS I 257 00:10:21,887 --> 00:10:22,755 OFFERED, WE CAN MEET 258 00:10:22,755 --> 00:10:31,664 SEPARATELY. UP NEXT IS STEVE . 259 00:10:31,664 --> 00:10:32,598 260 00:10:32,598 --> 00:10:34,100 >> THE REAL QUESTION IS, ARE 261 00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:36,268 YOU GOING TO SAVE TREES, OR , 262 00:10:36,268 --> 00:10:42,608 WELL , WITH THE FOOTBALL . WE 263 00:10:42,608 --> 00:10:44,176 ARE SEEING MANY TIMES THE CITY 264 00:10:44,176 --> 00:10:46,245 TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY SAVING 265 00:10:46,245 --> 00:10:51,150 TREES. SO FAR THIS HAS NOT 266 00:10:51,150 --> 00:10:53,185 BEEN DONE. AND I DO THINK THAT 267 00:10:53,185 --> 00:10:57,089 PEOPLE WILL BE JUDGED ON THAT. 268 00:10:57,089 --> 00:10:58,557 I DO THINK THAT PEOPLE DO CARE 269 00:10:58,557 --> 00:11:00,026 IN SEATTLE ABOUT TREES. WE CARE 270 00:11:00,026 --> 00:11:01,193 ABOUT SHADE. WE CARE ABOUT THE 271 00:11:01,193 --> 00:11:02,161 ENVIRONMENT, WE CARE ABOUT A 272 00:11:02,161 --> 00:11:03,696 LOT OF THINGS. I THINK THE 273 00:11:03,696 --> 00:11:06,265 OTHER THING THAT I HAVE NOT 274 00:11:06,265 --> 00:11:09,835 HEARD MUCH SPEAKING ABOUT IS 275 00:11:09,835 --> 00:11:11,904 THE PEOPLE WHO WERE GOING TO BE 276 00:11:11,904 --> 00:11:13,072 ADMINISTERING THIS DO NOT HAVE 277 00:11:13,072 --> 00:11:14,306 A STRONG RECORD OF 278 00:11:14,306 --> 00:11:15,875 ADMINISTERING ENVIRONMENTAL 279 00:11:15,875 --> 00:11:22,214 POLICY. I AM NOT A BIG FAN OF 280 00:11:22,214 --> 00:11:23,682 THE BOUNTY SYSTEM. BUT I HAVE A 281 00:11:23,682 --> 00:11:24,884 FEELING THAT THAT MIGHT 282 00:11:24,884 --> 00:11:31,057 POSSIBLY BE AN APPROPRIATE USE 283 00:11:31,057 --> 00:11:32,224 OF IT. QUITE FRANKLY, THE CITY 284 00:11:32,224 --> 00:11:33,626 IS NOT VOICING A WHOLE LOT OF 285 00:11:33,626 --> 00:11:34,794 THINGS RIGHT NOW AND THAT MIGHT 286 00:11:34,794 --> 00:11:36,162 MAKE IT ECONOMICALLY -- 287 00:11:36,162 --> 00:11:38,264 >> THANK YOU, STEVE. BUT NOW 288 00:11:38,264 --> 00:11:43,869 BEEN DICTATOR . FORMER, FORMER, 289 00:11:43,869 --> 00:11:45,838 SORRY. I WILL READ OUT ALL OF 290 00:11:45,838 --> 00:11:46,839 THE NEWS IN VIRTUAL PUBLIC 291 00:11:46,839 --> 00:11:50,209 HEARING SO THAT YOU KNOW WHERE 292 00:11:50,209 --> 00:11:53,646 YOU ARE ON THE LIST. WE HAVE 293 00:11:53,646 --> 00:11:55,981 17 PEOPLE SIGNED UP. WE HAVE 294 00:11:55,981 --> 00:11:58,784 STEVE, SUSAN SUE, EMMA , SANDY, 295 00:11:58,784 --> 00:12:02,221 DAVE WARREN, LOIS MARTIN, 296 00:12:02,221 --> 00:12:10,463 SUSAN GRANT, AND SOMEONE NOT 297 00:12:10,463 --> 00:12:11,464 PRESENT AT THIS TIME, PLEASE 298 00:12:11,464 --> 00:12:12,765 CALL IN TO THE NUMBER PROVIDED 299 00:12:12,765 --> 00:12:15,534 ON THE EMAIL RECEIPT. NOT THE 300 00:12:15,534 --> 00:12:17,636 CALL-IN LINE. RICHARD ALLISON, 301 00:12:17,636 --> 00:12:19,472 JOSHUA MORRIS, COLLEEN 302 00:12:19,472 --> 00:12:23,676 McALEER, COLIN McDERMOTT. 303 00:12:23,676 --> 00:12:26,145 COLIN, YOU ARE NOT PRESENT. UP 304 00:12:26,145 --> 00:12:29,682 FIRST IS STEVE ZEMKE . GOOD 305 00:12:29,682 --> 00:12:34,019 MORNING, STEVE. I WILL NOTE 306 00:12:34,019 --> 00:12:38,758 THAT VICE CHAIR MORALES HAS 307 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:42,728 NOW JOINED THE COMMITTEE. 308 00:12:47,333 --> 00:12:52,872 IS STEVE ZEMKE AVAILABLE FOR 309 00:12:52,872 --> 00:12:54,406 US? THERE YOU ARE. I SEE YOU 310 00:12:54,406 --> 00:12:54,640 THERE. 311 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:55,908 >> SORRY. I BECAME DISTRACTED. 312 00:12:55,908 --> 00:12:59,712 >> I SEE YOU THERE. STAR SIX 313 00:12:59,712 --> 00:13:00,346 AT YOUR CONVENIENCE. 314 00:13:00,346 --> 00:13:05,217 >> I AM FROM THE SEATTLE 315 00:13:05,217 --> 00:13:10,956 FOREST AND TREE PACK TWO. HOW 316 00:13:10,956 --> 00:13:13,125 MUCH IS A TREE WORTH? IS 317 00:13:13,125 --> 00:13:14,660 REPLACING AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD 318 00:13:14,660 --> 00:13:17,429 DOUGLAS FIR OR A TALL TREE 319 00:13:17,429 --> 00:13:19,899 REPRESENTATIVE OF TIGHTENING 320 00:13:19,899 --> 00:13:22,902 THE VALUE? HOW MANY YEARS DOES 321 00:13:22,902 --> 00:13:24,036 IT TAKE TO REPLACE AN 322 00:13:24,036 --> 00:13:26,405 80-YEAR-OLD TREE? IT TAKES 80 323 00:13:26,405 --> 00:13:34,046 YEARS. WE URGE THAT YOU DO 324 00:13:34,046 --> 00:13:35,214 THE REPLACEMENT VALUE, IT IS 325 00:13:35,214 --> 00:13:44,123 NOT 141 , A TREE TRUNK UP TO 326 00:13:44,123 --> 00:13:45,257 24", THREE TREES, 24-36 ". THAT 327 00:13:45,257 --> 00:13:51,163 IS REQUIRING MORE IN TERMS OF 328 00:13:51,163 --> 00:13:53,365 THE VALUE. AND WE ALSO WILL ADD 329 00:13:53,365 --> 00:13:56,936 THAT YOU REQUIRE THAT MUC BE 330 00:13:56,936 --> 00:14:03,475 INCREASED PER INCH, AND THAT 331 00:14:03,475 --> 00:14:03,709 IS IT. 332 00:14:03,709 --> 00:14:10,316 >> THANK YOU, STEVE. UP NEXT 333 00:14:10,316 --> 00:14:12,251 IS SUSAN. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO 334 00:14:12,251 --> 00:14:14,053 SEND IN WRITTEN COMMENTS. 335 00:14:14,053 --> 00:14:15,588 SUSAN, I SEE YOU THERE. PRESS 336 00:14:15,588 --> 00:14:18,757 STAR SIX AT YOUR CONVENIENCE. 337 00:14:18,757 --> 00:14:18,891 338 00:14:18,891 --> 00:14:23,128 >> I CANNOT REMEMBER. I AM 339 00:14:23,128 --> 00:14:24,897 SUSAN, I AM AN INVESTOR IN 340 00:14:24,897 --> 00:14:28,667 SEATTLE. I WILL COVER 341 00:14:28,667 --> 00:14:30,603 INDUSTRIAL HIGH-RISES , ET 342 00:14:30,603 --> 00:14:33,572 CETERA. IT IS MY JOB TO DO 343 00:14:33,572 --> 00:14:34,773 ABOUT THE FUTURE, GOOD AND BAD. 344 00:14:34,773 --> 00:14:38,944 TODAY, AS MY COMMENT, I WOULD 345 00:14:38,944 --> 00:14:40,479 LIKE TO SHARE A TALE OF TWO 346 00:14:40,479 --> 00:14:42,715 CITIES. MANY OF YOU WILL BE IN 347 00:14:42,715 --> 00:14:49,188 YOUR EARLY 80s . AND PANELS , 348 00:14:49,188 --> 00:14:53,592 SOLAR PANELS GENERATE CLEAN 349 00:14:53,592 --> 00:14:58,030 ENERGY. THERE ARE NO CHILDREN 350 00:14:58,030 --> 00:14:59,465 PLAYING OUTSIDE, NO BIRDS. 351 00:14:59,465 --> 00:15:01,734 WITHOUT THE BEES, FOOD 352 00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:03,435 SCARCITY HAS MADE US MORE 353 00:15:03,435 --> 00:15:06,538 POLARIZED THAN IN 2023. AND 354 00:15:06,538 --> 00:15:10,476 THERE ARE HISTORIES MUCH OLDER 355 00:15:10,476 --> 00:15:16,048 THAN MAN. AND THEY ARE 356 00:15:16,048 --> 00:15:17,283 SEAMLESSLY COVERED IN 357 00:15:17,283 --> 00:15:19,151 INTEGRATED IT AREAS. THEY 358 00:15:19,151 --> 00:15:20,352 CONTINUE TO MEET FOR THE 359 00:15:20,352 --> 00:15:27,359 SECRET TRYST UNDERNEATH. 360 00:15:27,359 --> 00:15:28,627 >> THANK YOU, SUSAN. FEEL FREE 361 00:15:28,627 --> 00:15:30,195 TO SEND IN WRITTEN COMMENTS. 362 00:15:30,195 --> 00:15:33,198 JUNE BLUE SPRUCE . WELCOME. 363 00:15:33,198 --> 00:15:40,339 STAR SIX AT YOUR CONVENIENCE. 364 00:15:40,339 --> 00:15:41,140 THERE YOU ARE. 365 00:15:41,140 --> 00:15:42,107 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ACCORDING 366 00:15:42,107 --> 00:15:44,143 TO THE 2021 TREE REPORT, 367 00:15:44,143 --> 00:15:46,345 RESIDENTIAL AREAS CONTRIBUTED 368 00:15:46,345 --> 00:15:50,950 ALMOST HALF OF SEATTLE'S 369 00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:52,217 KENNEDY COVERAGE. MULTIFAMILY 370 00:15:52,217 --> 00:15:56,855 AREAS AVERAGE ONLY 22% 371 00:15:56,855 --> 00:15:58,090 KENNEDY COVERAGE. INCREASED 372 00:15:58,090 --> 00:16:01,961 TREE PROTECTION, IN THE 373 00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:04,730 PROPOSED PROTECTION ORDINANCE 374 00:16:04,730 --> 00:16:06,098 ARE BASED ON CURRENT SEATTLE 375 00:16:06,098 --> 00:16:11,570 ZONING. IT LOOKS AS IF IT WILL 376 00:16:11,570 --> 00:16:12,604 PASS LEGISLATURE. ALL MAJOR 377 00:16:12,604 --> 00:16:14,106 RESIDENTIAL AREAS WILL BE 378 00:16:14,106 --> 00:16:24,683 MULTIFAMILY. AND 85% IN THOSE 379 00:16:26,151 --> 00:16:28,087 AREAS. THIS WILL ELIMINATE 380 00:16:28,087 --> 00:16:31,523 MANY TREES AND GROVES IN 381 00:16:31,523 --> 00:16:36,028 SEATTLE'S AREAS. HARD SCAPE 382 00:16:36,028 --> 00:16:37,196 WILL BE DECREASED 383 00:16:37,196 --> 00:16:40,833 SIGNIFICANTLY. WE WILL NOT 384 00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:41,233 HAVE TREE CANOPY. 385 00:16:41,233 --> 00:16:44,636 >> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS EMMA 386 00:16:44,636 --> 00:16:48,173 , FOLLOWED BY SANDY. AND THEN 387 00:16:48,173 --> 00:16:53,812 DAVID. EMMA? 388 00:16:54,947 --> 00:16:55,347 389 00:16:55,347 --> 00:16:58,484 >> HELLO. MY NAME IS EMMA. I 390 00:16:58,484 --> 00:17:00,486 AM 24 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE 391 00:17:00,486 --> 00:17:01,954 WORKED IN SEATTLE MY ENTIRE 392 00:17:01,954 --> 00:17:03,088 LIFE. THE TREE REPLACEMENT 393 00:17:03,088 --> 00:17:13,031 WILL LEAD TO A LOSS OF TREES. 394 00:17:13,031 --> 00:17:14,299 IT SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED WITHIN 395 00:17:14,299 --> 00:17:15,134 THE ORDINANCE. HOW WE TALK 396 00:17:15,134 --> 00:17:16,335 ABOUT TREES MATTERS. 397 00:17:16,335 --> 00:17:17,136 EXCEPTIONAL AND SIGNIFICANT 398 00:17:17,136 --> 00:17:20,105 TREES BEING CHANGED TO TIER 399 00:17:20,105 --> 00:17:22,608 ONE AND TIER TWO TREES MAKES 400 00:17:22,608 --> 00:17:30,315 THEM EXCEPTIONAL. FINALLY, 401 00:17:30,315 --> 00:17:33,619 THE 85 MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE 402 00:17:33,619 --> 00:17:35,054 GUARANTEE FOR LOWRISE, MIDRISE, 403 00:17:35,054 --> 00:17:38,557 AND MIXED ZONES DOES NOT LEAVE 404 00:17:38,557 --> 00:17:39,992 ENOUGH ROOM FOR TREES TO GROW. 405 00:17:39,992 --> 00:17:47,699 SEATTLE SHOULD RETURN TO ITS 406 00:17:47,699 --> 00:17:48,267 ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES. 407 00:17:48,267 --> 00:17:49,568 >> UP NEXT IS SANDY, FOLLOWED 408 00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:50,936 BY DAVID AND THEN LOIS. SANDY, 409 00:17:50,936 --> 00:17:53,272 WELCOME. 410 00:17:55,707 --> 00:17:55,774 411 00:17:55,774 --> 00:18:00,779 >> HIGH, YES. THIS IS SANDY, 412 00:18:00,779 --> 00:18:03,015 PLEASE AMEND THIS ACTION 413 00:18:03,015 --> 00:18:05,551 MAXIMIZING THE RETENTION OF 414 00:18:05,551 --> 00:18:09,188 TREES. AS WE MEET TODAY, THEY 415 00:18:09,188 --> 00:18:10,489 ARE FINALIZING, SDCI, THE 416 00:18:10,489 --> 00:18:16,195 CLEAR-CUT GROWTH OF NATIVE 417 00:18:16,195 --> 00:18:17,663 SENIORS, THE GROVE IS OUT OF 418 00:18:17,663 --> 00:18:18,797 THE WAY, ON THE EDGE OF THE 419 00:18:18,797 --> 00:18:22,101 SITE , AND IT IS ONE OF THE 420 00:18:22,101 --> 00:18:23,602 LARGEST GROVES. IT CAN EASILY 421 00:18:23,602 --> 00:18:29,174 ATTACH TO THE MAIN HOME . AND 422 00:18:29,174 --> 00:18:33,779 THAT WILL LAUNCH THE GROVE ON 423 00:18:33,779 --> 00:18:35,747 A CYCLE OF NEW DECLINE WHEN THE 424 00:18:35,747 --> 00:18:38,016 SAME SIZE AND NUMBER OF NEW 425 00:18:38,016 --> 00:18:40,085 HOMES WILL BE BUILT WITHIN THE 426 00:18:40,085 --> 00:18:42,488 GROVE. DEVELOPERS ARE NOT 427 00:18:42,488 --> 00:18:48,327 REQUIRED TO RETAIN TREES 428 00:18:48,327 --> 00:18:52,097 THROUGH DEVELOPMENT. IT ONLY 429 00:18:52,097 --> 00:18:54,199 ASKED FOR AN ALTERNATIVE. IT 430 00:18:54,199 --> 00:18:56,168 CAN MAXIMIZE LOT COVERAGE. 431 00:18:56,168 --> 00:18:57,703 WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT 432 00:18:57,703 --> 00:19:03,542 WILL SAVE THE REMAINING GROVE. 433 00:19:03,542 --> 00:19:04,810 THANKS. 434 00:19:04,810 --> 00:19:06,512 >> OF NEXT IS DAVE, FOLLOWED BY 435 00:19:06,512 --> 00:19:11,350 LOIS, AND THEN CHRIS. 436 00:19:11,350 --> 00:19:12,885 >> HELLO, THIS IS DAVE, MEMBER 437 00:19:12,885 --> 00:19:16,822 OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF 438 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:17,823 ARCHITECTS. HE RECEIVED A 439 00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:18,924 LETTER THAT HAD THREE PROPOSED 440 00:19:18,924 --> 00:19:19,758 AMENDMENTS. ONE OF THE 441 00:19:19,758 --> 00:19:24,229 AMENDMENTS WAS REVISING THE 442 00:19:24,229 --> 00:19:25,664 85% DOWN TO CITY PRESENTED HERE 443 00:19:25,664 --> 00:19:27,232 IS WHY. SEATTLE NEEDS TO ADD 444 00:19:27,232 --> 00:19:28,333 150,000 AFFORDABLE HOMES BY 445 00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:33,438 2044. 85,000 TREES, 1000 446 00:19:33,438 --> 00:19:38,544 ACRES OF COVERAGE, BY 2037 IS 447 00:19:38,544 --> 00:19:39,878 APPROXIMATELY ONE TREE FOR 448 00:19:39,878 --> 00:19:40,946 EVERY 32 AFFORDABLE HOMES. THEY 449 00:19:40,946 --> 00:19:44,016 HAVE ESTABLISHED IN TABLE 1, 450 00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:47,019 PAGE 10, A 20% CANOPY MODEL IN 451 00:19:47,019 --> 00:19:52,124 OTHER AREAS. OUR ORDINANCES 452 00:19:52,124 --> 00:19:55,360 NEED TO PREDICT TREE PLANNING 453 00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:58,897 AND RETENTION WHETHER IT IS 454 00:19:58,897 --> 00:20:09,441 85%. AND THE CODE SETS THE 455 00:20:09,841 --> 00:20:10,642 PLANTS INTO THEIR ORDINANCE. WE 456 00:20:10,642 --> 00:20:12,311 CAN DO THE SAME. THANK YOU VERY 457 00:20:12,311 --> 00:20:12,511 MUCH. 458 00:20:12,511 --> 00:20:14,012 >> THANK YOU, THEY PUT UP NEXT 459 00:20:14,012 --> 00:20:20,552 IS LOIS. 460 00:20:20,552 --> 00:20:24,022 >> GOOD MORNING , I SHOULD SAY. 461 00:20:24,022 --> 00:20:25,724 I AM OF VICE MEMBER OF THE 462 00:20:25,724 --> 00:20:28,627 CENTRAL DISTRICT . WHAT I 463 00:20:28,627 --> 00:20:32,097 WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO DO 464 00:20:32,097 --> 00:20:38,804 IS ADOPT A TREE ORDINANCE AND 465 00:20:38,804 --> 00:20:39,838 ALSO ENSURE THERE IS EQUITABLE 466 00:20:39,838 --> 00:20:42,174 CANOPY DISTRIBUTION IN 467 00:20:42,174 --> 00:20:43,842 HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED 468 00:20:43,842 --> 00:20:50,782 COMMUNITIES WITHIN ZONES. I 469 00:20:50,782 --> 00:20:52,417 WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEY SHOULD 470 00:20:52,417 --> 00:20:53,051 CONSIDER PROTECTING NEIGHBORING 471 00:20:53,051 --> 00:20:55,487 TREES . THEY ARE IN A BAD 472 00:20:55,487 --> 00:20:57,990 SITUATION RIGHT NOW. I WOULD 473 00:20:57,990 --> 00:20:59,758 LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT 474 00:20:59,758 --> 00:21:01,994 TO TALK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORING 475 00:21:01,994 --> 00:21:06,465 TREE ISSUE. THANK YOU. 476 00:21:06,465 --> 00:21:10,936 >> THANK YOU, LOIS. UP NEXT IS 477 00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:12,204 CHRIS, FOLLOWED BY SUSAN . 478 00:21:12,204 --> 00:21:18,143 CHRIS? WELCOME. 479 00:21:23,281 --> 00:21:26,318 I SEE THAT YOU ARE OFF MUTE , 480 00:21:26,318 --> 00:21:28,053 CHRIS, BUT MAYBE YOUR PHONE IS 481 00:21:28,053 --> 00:21:29,655 MUTED. 482 00:21:29,655 --> 00:21:36,795 >> HI, THIS IS CHRIS. CAN YOU 483 00:21:36,795 --> 00:21:37,529 HEAR ME? 484 00:21:37,529 --> 00:21:38,463 >> YES, WE CAN. GOOD MORNING, 485 00:21:38,463 --> 00:21:38,730 CHRIS. 486 00:21:38,730 --> 00:21:39,898 >> THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. 487 00:21:39,898 --> 00:21:41,299 I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT 488 00:21:41,299 --> 00:21:43,435 YOU REMOVE THE 85% COVERAGE 489 00:21:43,435 --> 00:21:44,936 GUARANTEE, WHICH COULD RESULT 490 00:21:44,936 --> 00:21:48,173 IN UNATTRACTIVE DENSITY. I 491 00:21:48,173 --> 00:21:50,142 LOVE IT WHEN AN ARCHITECT 492 00:21:50,142 --> 00:21:53,645 ACCOMMODATES THE ESTABLISHED 493 00:21:53,645 --> 00:21:54,680 TREES. THEY ARE VERY CLEVER AND 494 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:59,117 CREATIVE . I THANK THEM EVERY 495 00:21:59,117 --> 00:22:00,952 TIME I SEE THEIR SUCCESSFUL 496 00:22:00,952 --> 00:22:04,022 EFFORTS. I ALSO NOTICED THAT 497 00:22:04,022 --> 00:22:10,262 THOSE LOTS THAT RETRAIN THE 498 00:22:10,262 --> 00:22:12,297 DENSITY, IT RESULTS IN WHAT 499 00:22:12,297 --> 00:22:14,099 EVERYONE LIKES. A WALK-ABLE 500 00:22:14,099 --> 00:22:21,339 NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CURRENT 501 00:22:21,339 --> 00:22:22,240 NOMENCLATURE HAS BEEN AROUND 502 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:23,809 FOR 20 YEARS AND IT WORKS WELL, 503 00:22:23,809 --> 00:22:24,943 CHANGING THE NAME WILL NOT HELP 504 00:22:24,943 --> 00:22:27,212 TO ADJUST TO THE NEW 505 00:22:27,212 --> 00:22:27,846 ORDINANCE, WITH APPROPRIATE 506 00:22:27,846 --> 00:22:28,947 PLANNING AND FLEXIBILITY, WE 507 00:22:28,947 --> 00:22:34,019 CAN SAVE TREES. I PROPOSE THE 508 00:22:34,019 --> 00:22:41,093 FIRST STEP IS A TREE INVENTORY 509 00:22:41,093 --> 00:22:42,060 AND A LANDSCAPE DESIGN. THANK 510 00:22:42,060 --> 00:22:42,427 YOU. 511 00:22:42,427 --> 00:22:43,595 >> THANK YOU, CHRIS PRATT UP 512 00:22:43,595 --> 00:22:44,796 NEXT IS SUZANNE GRANT, FOLLOWED 513 00:22:44,796 --> 00:22:49,501 BY -- GOOD MORNING. 514 00:22:49,501 --> 00:22:54,673 >> TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE 515 00:22:54,673 --> 00:22:56,308 LIKELIHOOD THAT IT WILL PASS AT 516 00:22:56,308 --> 00:22:58,577 THE STATE LEVEL, ALL SEATTLE 517 00:22:58,577 --> 00:23:01,480 WILL BE, MULTIFAMILY, ANY 518 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:07,119 SPACE FOR TREES TO GROW, WE 519 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:08,253 NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT THE 520 00:23:08,253 --> 00:23:09,421 IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE BEFORE 521 00:23:09,421 --> 00:23:10,288 THE DECISION IS MADE GETTING 522 00:23:10,288 --> 00:23:11,623 THAT ORDER. OVER FIVE YEARS, IT 523 00:23:11,623 --> 00:23:13,191 NEEDS TO BE REQUIRED TO KEEP 524 00:23:13,191 --> 00:23:14,226 TREES ALIVE. AND A REPLACEMENT 525 00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:20,365 TREE REQUIREMENT NEEDS TO BE 526 00:23:20,365 --> 00:23:21,666 IN PLACE FOR ANY TREE THAT 527 00:23:21,666 --> 00:23:22,567 DIES. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO 528 00:23:22,567 --> 00:23:23,301 OVERSIGHT ABOUT REPLACEMENT 529 00:23:23,301 --> 00:23:25,036 TREES THAT HAVE BEEN PLANTED , 530 00:23:25,036 --> 00:23:26,171 A CONDITION THAT OCCURS 531 00:23:26,171 --> 00:23:32,677 FREQUENTLY. AND THERE WILL BE 532 00:23:32,677 --> 00:23:33,845 A LOSS OF BIGGER TREES. THERE 533 00:23:33,845 --> 00:23:35,046 IS NOT ENOUGH ROOM IN PUBLIC 534 00:23:35,046 --> 00:23:36,181 AREAS TO REPLANT THOSE TREES. 535 00:23:36,181 --> 00:23:42,554 WE HAVE AN ONGOING CLIMATE 536 00:23:42,554 --> 00:23:43,555 CRISIS, THE ESTIMATED RETENTION 537 00:23:43,555 --> 00:23:45,190 IS A PRIORITY. FINALLY, WE MUST 538 00:23:45,190 --> 00:23:45,791 CONTINUE OUR TIME-HONORED 539 00:23:45,791 --> 00:23:47,058 TRADITION OF CALLING OUR TREES 540 00:23:47,058 --> 00:23:55,801 EXCEPTIONAL AND SIGNIFICANT 541 00:23:55,801 --> 00:23:56,802 WHICH IS WHAT THEY CERTAINLY 542 00:23:56,802 --> 00:23:58,003 ARE. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO 543 00:23:58,003 --> 00:23:59,070 CALL THEM TIER ONE, TWO, THREE, 544 00:23:59,070 --> 00:24:00,439 AND FOUR THAT IS UP NEXT IS 545 00:24:00,439 --> 00:24:02,040 DANAE SHE, FOLLOWED BY AMANDA 546 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:06,378 AND THEN LOUISE. I SEE YOU 547 00:24:06,378 --> 00:24:07,946 THERE, PRESS STAR SIX, THERE 548 00:24:07,946 --> 00:24:08,213 YOU ARE. 549 00:24:08,213 --> 00:24:11,183 >> HELLO. I AM THE 550 00:24:11,183 --> 00:24:12,050 COMMISSIONER OF URBAN PLANNING 551 00:24:12,050 --> 00:24:22,627 AND WE OVERSEE THIS. AND WE 552 00:24:24,229 --> 00:24:26,565 ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE 553 00:24:26,565 --> 00:24:32,704 MAXIMUM FOOTPRINT . 554 00:24:32,704 --> 00:24:37,476 ENCROACHING IN THE AREAS, 555 00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:39,978 WHILE TRYING TO ADD 556 00:24:39,978 --> 00:24:43,715 PROTECTION , IT SHOULD NOT BE 557 00:24:43,715 --> 00:24:44,716 DONE BY THE PLANNING 558 00:24:44,716 --> 00:24:46,318 COMMISSION. IT IS PROVIDED FOR 559 00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:51,490 THE WELL-BEING OF THE CITY . WE 560 00:24:51,490 --> 00:24:53,258 MUST FIND A BALANCE. THANK YOU. 561 00:24:53,258 --> 00:24:53,391 562 00:24:53,391 --> 00:24:55,293 >> THANK YOU, DENISHI. UP NEXT 563 00:24:55,293 --> 00:24:58,630 IS AMANDA DUKE. AMANDA, 564 00:24:58,630 --> 00:25:01,600 PLEASE. 565 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,737 >> MY NAME IS AMANDA . I AM 566 00:25:05,737 --> 00:25:07,205 HERE TO FOLLOW UP ON A 567 00:25:07,205 --> 00:25:11,276 SITUATION AS WELL AS TOPICS 568 00:25:11,276 --> 00:25:16,381 REGARDING SDCI. TOREY ALSTON 569 00:25:16,381 --> 00:25:20,285 ISSUED A FRIVOLOUS NOTICE AND 570 00:25:20,285 --> 00:25:23,188 HAS FAILED TO TAKE ANY 571 00:25:23,188 --> 00:25:23,755 EFFECTIVE PRIVATE PROPERTY 572 00:25:23,755 --> 00:25:28,693 WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. 573 00:25:28,693 --> 00:25:30,328 >> AMANDA, ARE YOU COMMENTING 574 00:25:30,328 --> 00:25:32,364 REGARDING THE TREE ORDINANCE? 575 00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:36,134 ON ANOTHER TOPIC ? 576 00:25:36,134 --> 00:25:40,705 >> ANOTHER TOPIC THAT IS UNDER 577 00:25:40,705 --> 00:25:41,373 CONSIDERATION BY THIS 578 00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:41,940 COMMITTEE. 579 00:25:41,940 --> 00:25:48,947 >> I AM SORRY. WE HAVE A RULE 580 00:25:48,947 --> 00:25:50,248 THAT THERE ARE ONLY COMMENTS ON 581 00:25:50,248 --> 00:25:51,116 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. WE CAN 582 00:25:51,116 --> 00:25:52,384 FOLLOW UP WITH YOU OFF-LINE. 583 00:25:52,384 --> 00:25:54,519 >> I HAVE REVIEWED THE RULES. 584 00:25:54,519 --> 00:25:55,487 IT SAYS THAT ANYTHING BROUGHT 585 00:25:55,487 --> 00:25:56,988 UP BEFORE YOUR COMMITTEE CAN BE 586 00:25:56,988 --> 00:25:58,390 BROUGHT UP DURING THIS. I HAVE 587 00:25:58,390 --> 00:26:00,158 EMAILED FOR OVER SIX MONTHS AND 588 00:26:00,158 --> 00:26:02,560 HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE, 589 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:03,795 FROM THE OFFICE OF TERESA 590 00:26:03,795 --> 00:26:11,369 MOSQUEDA. THIS INVOLVES MY DUE 591 00:26:11,369 --> 00:26:12,837 PROCESS RIGHTS -- 592 00:26:12,837 --> 00:26:14,306 >> THANK YOU. WE WILL FOLLOW-UP 593 00:26:14,306 --> 00:26:15,840 WITH YOU. AND I DO SEE SARA 594 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:17,275 NELSON NODDING HER HEAD THAT 595 00:26:17,275 --> 00:26:20,312 SHE WILL FOLLOW-UP. 596 00:26:23,915 --> 00:26:26,651 HELLO , ALICIA? 597 00:26:26,651 --> 00:26:32,424 >> GOOD MORNING , MY NAME IS 598 00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:34,025 ALICIA AND I AM REPRESENTING 599 00:26:34,025 --> 00:26:34,459 THE MASTER BUILDERS 600 00:26:34,459 --> 00:26:40,231 REPRESENTATION , I WOULD LIKE 601 00:26:40,231 --> 00:26:41,733 TO THINK THE COUNCIL FOR TAKING 602 00:26:41,733 --> 00:26:42,734 ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF 603 00:26:42,734 --> 00:26:43,802 LEGISLATION. AND I WOULD ALSO 604 00:26:43,802 --> 00:26:44,903 LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, THIS 605 00:26:44,903 --> 00:26:48,173 FAR , THIS IS ABOUT TRYING TO 606 00:26:48,173 --> 00:26:52,877 BALANCE THE NEED FOR TREES AND 607 00:26:52,877 --> 00:26:54,346 HOUSING. THIS QUADRUPLES THE 608 00:26:54,346 --> 00:26:55,213 AMOUNT OF CURRENTLY-REGULATED 609 00:26:55,213 --> 00:26:59,751 TREES. THAT IS 70,400 MORE 610 00:26:59,751 --> 00:27:01,186 TREES THAT HAVE A FORM OF 611 00:27:01,186 --> 00:27:03,221 PROTECTION . THIS IS A BIG STEP 612 00:27:03,221 --> 00:27:06,725 IN ADDING TO THE CITY CANOPY. 613 00:27:06,725 --> 00:27:08,927 IN ORDER TO TAKE AN EQUALLY 614 00:27:08,927 --> 00:27:10,729 BIG STEP FOR HOUSING, THEY NEED 615 00:27:10,729 --> 00:27:12,931 CLEAR LANGUAGE IN THE CODE IN 616 00:27:12,931 --> 00:27:18,870 ORDER TO PREVENT SUBJECTIVITY 617 00:27:18,870 --> 00:27:19,804 FROM A REVIEWER WHICH CAN ADD 618 00:27:19,804 --> 00:27:21,172 TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 619 00:27:21,172 --> 00:27:22,407 AND MONTHS OF WASTED TIME AND 620 00:27:22,407 --> 00:27:27,679 PERMITTING. WE CANNOT TAKE 621 00:27:27,679 --> 00:27:28,847 THIS RISK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 622 00:27:28,847 --> 00:27:29,080 TIME. 623 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:30,615 >> THANK YOU, ALICIA. UP NEXT 624 00:27:30,615 --> 00:27:31,916 IS RICHARD ALLISON FOLLOWED BY 625 00:27:31,916 --> 00:27:33,051 JOSHUA MORRISON. GOOD MORNING, 626 00:27:33,051 --> 00:27:35,754 RICHARD . 627 00:27:35,754 --> 00:27:37,022 >> GOOD MORNING, THIS IS 628 00:27:37,022 --> 00:27:43,128 RICHARD ALLISON. AND, THIS 629 00:27:43,128 --> 00:27:44,162 WAS A SIGNIFICANT AND 630 00:27:44,162 --> 00:27:47,399 EXCEPTIONAL TREE, THEY ARE 631 00:27:47,399 --> 00:27:49,334 SURVIVING RIGHT NOW IN SEATTLE, 632 00:27:49,334 --> 00:27:56,107 THEY ARE THE ONES THAT SURVIVE 633 00:27:56,107 --> 00:27:58,243 ALL OF THE WEATHER THAT WE 634 00:27:58,243 --> 00:27:59,344 HAVE HAD. AS WE PLANT NEW 635 00:27:59,344 --> 00:28:00,845 TREES, WE FIND THAT THERE IS A 636 00:28:00,845 --> 00:28:02,013 VERY HIGH MORTALITY IN 637 00:28:02,013 --> 00:28:02,881 NEWLY-PLANTED TREES. THAT IS 638 00:28:02,881 --> 00:28:03,848 FROM NEGLECT OR WHATEVER 639 00:28:03,848 --> 00:28:05,784 CAUSES. WHETHER ON THE STREET A 640 00:28:05,784 --> 00:28:08,686 PRIVATE PROPERTY, THESE TREES 641 00:28:08,686 --> 00:28:16,461 ARE NOT SURVIVING. WE NEED TO 642 00:28:16,461 --> 00:28:18,163 NOMINATE THE OUTREACH PROGRAM 643 00:28:18,163 --> 00:28:19,564 TO SUPPORT THIS. WHAT ARE THE 644 00:28:19,564 --> 00:28:20,699 IMPACTS TO WILDLIFE AS A RESULT 645 00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:22,167 OF THE PROJECT? IF THIS GOES 646 00:28:22,167 --> 00:28:25,670 THROUGH, AND WE REMOVE THE 647 00:28:25,670 --> 00:28:26,871 CANOPY, WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON 648 00:28:26,871 --> 00:28:33,011 WILDLIFE? AND APPARENTLY, THE 649 00:28:33,011 --> 00:28:33,912 GOALS ARE NOT CURRENTLY 650 00:28:33,912 --> 00:28:34,813 ACHIEVABLE ON THIS PROPOSAL. 651 00:28:34,813 --> 00:28:36,281 BUT IT DOES APPEAR, IT DOES 652 00:28:36,281 --> 00:28:38,717 APPEAR THOUGH THAT THE BILL IS 653 00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:40,018 NOT THE URBAN FOREST 654 00:28:40,018 --> 00:28:41,319 COMMISSION THAT SHOULD BE 655 00:28:41,319 --> 00:28:47,926 WORKING -- 656 00:28:47,926 --> 00:28:49,260 >> THANK YOU, RICHARD. UP NEXT 657 00:28:49,260 --> 00:28:50,261 IS JOSHUA MORRIS FOLLOWED BY 658 00:28:50,261 --> 00:28:51,329 JESSE SIMPSON, FOLLOWED BY 659 00:28:51,329 --> 00:29:01,840 COLLEEN McCLEARY , AND COLIN 660 00:29:02,307 --> 00:29:02,907 McDERMOTT. JOSHUA, GOOD 661 00:29:02,907 --> 00:29:03,174 MORNING. 662 00:29:03,174 --> 00:29:04,342 >> GOOD MORNING. I AM JOSHUA 663 00:29:04,342 --> 00:29:05,376 MORRIS WITH THE CONSERVATION 664 00:29:05,376 --> 00:29:06,010 ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU FOR 665 00:29:06,010 --> 00:29:07,245 YOUR FOCUS AND ATTENTION ON IT 666 00:29:07,245 --> 00:29:09,414 TREE PROTECTION. WE NEED TO 667 00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:11,182 MAKE CHANGES IN THE WAY WE 668 00:29:11,182 --> 00:29:12,617 MANAGE OUR URBAN FORESTS. 669 00:29:12,617 --> 00:29:15,353 TREES ARE IMPORTANT FEATURES 670 00:29:15,353 --> 00:29:17,021 OF COMPLEX SOCIAL, 671 00:29:17,021 --> 00:29:19,691 TECHNOLOGICAL, AND OTHER 672 00:29:19,691 --> 00:29:24,896 ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS. AND WE 673 00:29:24,896 --> 00:29:26,064 NEED TO MONITOR EVALUATION 674 00:29:26,064 --> 00:29:29,033 REQUIREMENTS. IT SHOULD ONLY 675 00:29:29,033 --> 00:29:30,401 REQUIRE STANDARDS FOR PUTTING 676 00:29:30,401 --> 00:29:33,371 UP ANY NEW OR TREE 677 00:29:33,371 --> 00:29:34,339 REPLACEMENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO 678 00:29:34,339 --> 00:29:36,141 UNDERSTAND THAT THE BILL IS 679 00:29:36,141 --> 00:29:41,446 SERVING ITS FULL PURPOSE. IT 680 00:29:41,446 --> 00:29:42,113 CAN ALLOW FLEXIBILITY IN 681 00:29:42,113 --> 00:29:43,114 CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS. WE SHOULD 682 00:29:43,114 --> 00:29:47,318 ALSO TRACK AND REPORT THOSE 683 00:29:47,318 --> 00:29:48,153 WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 684 00:29:48,153 --> 00:29:49,187 FLEXIBILITY FOR PLANTING TREES. 685 00:29:49,187 --> 00:29:50,455 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 686 00:29:50,455 --> 00:29:51,689 YOU . THANK YOU. 687 00:29:51,689 --> 00:29:52,824 >> THANK YOU, JOSHUA. UP NEXT, 688 00:29:52,824 --> 00:29:56,194 JESSE SIMPSON, AND THEN GOOD 689 00:29:56,194 --> 00:29:57,529 MORNING, JESSE. 690 00:29:57,529 --> 00:30:07,272 >> MORNING. I AM JESSE 691 00:30:07,272 --> 00:30:07,906 SIMPSON, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS 692 00:30:07,906 --> 00:30:08,907 AND POLICY MEMBER OF THE 693 00:30:08,907 --> 00:30:11,743 HOUSING CONSORTIUM. WE 694 00:30:11,743 --> 00:30:12,677 REPRESENT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 695 00:30:12,677 --> 00:30:16,214 WORKING TO GET AFFORDABLE 696 00:30:16,214 --> 00:30:17,315 HOMES THAT WE SO DESPERATELY 697 00:30:17,315 --> 00:30:18,483 NEED. WE ARE SEEKING THE 698 00:30:18,483 --> 00:30:22,420 QUALIFIED SUPPORT. A LOT OF 699 00:30:22,420 --> 00:30:23,721 EFFORT WENT INTO BALANCING AND 700 00:30:23,721 --> 00:30:27,725 ALLOWING THE PROTECTION IN 701 00:30:27,725 --> 00:30:28,459 THIS ORDINANCE. I APPRECIATE 702 00:30:28,459 --> 00:30:29,727 THE FOCUS ON EXPANDING 703 00:30:29,727 --> 00:30:30,461 SEATTLE'S TREE CANOPIES AND 704 00:30:30,461 --> 00:30:32,397 GREATLY RESTRICTING 705 00:30:32,397 --> 00:30:35,900 DISCRETIONARY TREE REMOVAL. 706 00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:40,605 AND THERE IS AFFORDABILITY FOR 707 00:30:40,605 --> 00:30:41,806 FLEXIBLE HOUSING. FIRST, 708 00:30:41,806 --> 00:30:43,508 INCREASING THE AREAS FROM THE 709 00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:47,612 CURRENT 10% UP TO 50%. SECOND, 710 00:30:47,612 --> 00:30:51,015 BY EXPANDING THE EXCEPTIONS 711 00:30:51,015 --> 00:30:52,717 FOR PROVIDING REPLACEMENT 712 00:30:52,717 --> 00:30:58,823 TREES FROM THE CURRENTLY 713 00:30:58,823 --> 00:30:59,924 PROPOSED SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, OR 714 00:30:59,924 --> 00:31:00,792 ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT. 715 00:31:00,792 --> 00:31:08,166 DOES NOT MAKE MUCH SENSE FOR 716 00:31:08,166 --> 00:31:08,967 AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOLLARS TO 717 00:31:08,967 --> 00:31:10,501 BE PAID. THANK YOU FOR THE 718 00:31:10,501 --> 00:31:11,002 OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLY. 719 00:31:11,002 --> 00:31:12,103 >> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS 720 00:31:12,103 --> 00:31:13,171 COLLEEN McCLEARY, FOLLOWED BY 721 00:31:13,171 --> 00:31:16,841 COLIN. GOOD MORNING. 722 00:31:16,841 --> 00:31:18,776 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I AM 723 00:31:18,776 --> 00:31:25,283 FROM THE LAW HURST COMMUNITY 724 00:31:25,283 --> 00:31:26,818 AND A SUPPORTER OF ALL OF THE 725 00:31:26,818 --> 00:31:28,686 LEGISLATION THAT YOU PEOPLE 726 00:31:28,686 --> 00:31:30,221 HAVE WORKED SO HARD ON MAKING 727 00:31:30,221 --> 00:31:32,190 COME TO FRUITION. REQUIRING 728 00:31:32,190 --> 00:31:33,458 DEVELOPERS TO MAXIMIZE THE 729 00:31:33,458 --> 00:31:35,827 RETENTION OF EXISTING TREES, 730 00:31:35,827 --> 00:31:41,099 THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. IT 731 00:31:41,099 --> 00:31:42,467 SHOULD GO INTO THE ONE SEATTLE 732 00:31:42,467 --> 00:31:45,169 TREE FUND . IN THAT FUND, 733 00:31:45,169 --> 00:31:46,838 THERE SHOULD BE REPORTING 734 00:31:46,838 --> 00:31:48,539 YEARLY AND ALSO BE ABLE TO 735 00:31:48,539 --> 00:31:51,709 ACCEPT PRIME DONATION GRANTS 736 00:31:51,709 --> 00:31:54,012 TO STRENGTHEN THAT. UP THE 737 00:31:54,012 --> 00:31:56,080 CREEK, THE URBAN FORESTRY 738 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:57,282 DIVISION, THEY HAVE A SEPARATE 739 00:31:57,282 --> 00:32:01,586 BUDGET PROVISION THAT IS NOT 740 00:32:01,586 --> 00:32:02,253 FUNDED BY SEPARATE DEVELOPER'S 741 00:32:02,253 --> 00:32:10,261 FEES. AND, THEY HAVE TWO 742 00:32:10,261 --> 00:32:11,195 ARBORISTS THAT CANNOT COVER ALL 743 00:32:11,195 --> 00:32:12,430 OF THE TREES. A COUPLE OF 744 00:32:12,430 --> 00:32:13,631 THINGS, THE CITY INSPECTORS 745 00:32:13,631 --> 00:32:15,366 NEED PROPERTY FOR MONITORING 746 00:32:15,366 --> 00:32:17,302 ILLEGAL TREE ACTIVITY AND TO 747 00:32:17,302 --> 00:32:18,503 REQUIRE EVERY AVENUE ON THE 748 00:32:18,503 --> 00:32:19,504 BLOCK -- 749 00:32:19,504 --> 00:32:24,042 >> THANK YOU, COLLEEN. UP NEXT 750 00:32:24,042 --> 00:32:25,276 IS CONNOR McDERMOTT. THAT WOULD 751 00:32:25,276 --> 00:32:28,980 BE THE LAST SPEAKER 752 00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:29,580 PHYSICALLY PRESENT. WELCOME. 753 00:32:29,580 --> 00:32:36,187 >> HELLO. MY NAME IS CONNOR 754 00:32:36,187 --> 00:32:39,157 McDERMOTT. MY, AND IS MOSTLY 755 00:32:39,157 --> 00:32:42,360 JUST AROUND THE TREE 756 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,462 PROTECTION AND HOW IT IS 757 00:32:44,462 --> 00:32:47,098 OUTLINED IN THE CODE. IT IS 758 00:32:47,098 --> 00:32:53,871 CURRENTLY DEFINED IN TREES, 759 00:32:53,871 --> 00:32:59,310 25.11, AND AND , THE BASIC 760 00:32:59,310 --> 00:33:02,013 TREE PROTECTION AREA ALLOWS 761 00:33:02,013 --> 00:33:05,583 THE ARBORISTS OR THE ARBORISTS 762 00:33:05,583 --> 00:33:07,752 TO MAKE CHANGES BASED ON AGE, 763 00:33:07,752 --> 00:33:12,924 CONSTRUCTION, ET CETERA AND IT 764 00:33:12,924 --> 00:33:14,325 MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR THE 765 00:33:14,325 --> 00:33:15,560 ARBORISTS TO DEFINE THE TREE 766 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:19,764 PROTECTION AREA. IT DOES NOT 767 00:33:19,764 --> 00:33:20,898 SPECIFY WHERE THESE THINGS COME 768 00:33:20,898 --> 00:33:23,434 FROM. AND IT SHOULD BE BASED 769 00:33:23,434 --> 00:33:25,503 ON ACCEPTING INDUSTRY 770 00:33:25,503 --> 00:33:30,274 STANDARDS . AND BEST 771 00:33:30,274 --> 00:33:32,944 MANAGEMENT PRACTICES , AND 772 00:33:32,944 --> 00:33:39,917 THESE STANDARDS. YEAH? THAT IS 773 00:33:39,917 --> 00:33:40,818 MY TIME, THANK YOU. 774 00:33:40,818 --> 00:33:41,886 >> THANK YOU, CONNOR. WE 775 00:33:41,886 --> 00:33:43,187 APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. 776 00:33:43,187 --> 00:33:49,027 AS SOON AS WE , WE SEE WE HAVE 777 00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:49,727 NO ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL 778 00:33:49,727 --> 00:33:50,995 PRESENCE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO 779 00:33:50,995 --> 00:33:52,497 OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM. THE 780 00:33:52,497 --> 00:33:56,467 AGENDA ITEM INVOLVES THE TREE 781 00:33:56,467 --> 00:33:59,003 PROTECTION ORDINANCE, PLEASE 782 00:33:59,003 --> 00:34:00,905 READ THE SHORT TITLE INTO THE 783 00:34:00,905 --> 00:34:01,139 RECORD. 784 00:34:01,139 --> 00:34:05,877 >> AGENDA ITEM 120354, THE 785 00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:09,380 TREE PROTECTION BILL. 786 00:34:09,380 --> 00:34:13,651 >> REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF 787 00:34:13,651 --> 00:34:18,189 PROTECTING OUR TREES, 788 00:34:18,189 --> 00:34:19,357 PRESERVING THE CANOPY, AND 789 00:34:19,357 --> 00:34:20,491 RE-GROWING AND EXPANDING THE 790 00:34:20,491 --> 00:34:23,694 CANOPY CITYWIDE. THIS 791 00:34:23,694 --> 00:34:26,030 PRESENTATION DIVES DIRECTLY 792 00:34:26,030 --> 00:34:30,668 INTO TREE PROTECTIONS. AND THE 793 00:34:30,668 --> 00:34:32,837 TREE PROTECTION STANDARDS. WE 794 00:34:32,837 --> 00:34:34,205 WILL TALK ABOUT THE THRESHOLD 795 00:34:34,205 --> 00:34:37,542 AND HAZARDOUS TREES AND 796 00:34:37,542 --> 00:34:40,311 MITIGATION TREES THANK YOU 797 00:34:40,311 --> 00:34:49,153 PARTICULAR TO CHANDA EMERY. 798 00:34:49,153 --> 00:34:50,421 TAKE AWAY, YOU ARE A FAMILIAR 799 00:34:50,421 --> 00:34:52,457 FACE AT THIS COMMITTEE , THE 800 00:34:52,457 --> 00:34:53,458 FACT THAT WE HAD THAT 801 00:34:53,458 --> 00:34:54,392 RESOLUTION IN 2019 THAT I 802 00:34:54,392 --> 00:35:02,166 HELPED OFFER, WE HAVE ADHERE 803 00:35:02,166 --> 00:35:02,934 BEFORE COMMITTEE EVERY QUARTER. 804 00:35:02,934 --> 00:35:03,701 AND SO, CHANDA EMERY, WITHOUT 805 00:35:03,701 --> 00:35:04,702 FURTHER DO, PLEASE TAKE IT 806 00:35:04,702 --> 00:35:04,936 AWAY. 807 00:35:04,936 --> 00:35:06,637 >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU 808 00:35:06,637 --> 00:35:07,305 COUNCILMEMBER. THE PRESENTATION 809 00:35:07,305 --> 00:35:08,139 WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW 810 00:35:08,139 --> 00:35:13,678 BASED ON SOME OF THE KEY 811 00:35:13,678 --> 00:35:14,712 ASPECTS OF THE LEGISLATION, AND 812 00:35:14,712 --> 00:35:15,813 WILL GO INTO PROTECTION 813 00:35:15,813 --> 00:35:18,516 STANDARDS. 814 00:35:26,157 --> 00:35:28,126 PROVIDED HERE IS THE 815 00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:32,330 HIGH-LEVEL SYNOPSIS, WHICH 816 00:35:32,330 --> 00:35:33,498 RESPONSE TO THE MOST RECENT 817 00:35:33,498 --> 00:35:38,703 DATA PRESENTED TO US IN THE 818 00:35:38,703 --> 00:35:39,637 CANOPY ASSESSMENT REPORT, AS 819 00:35:39,637 --> 00:35:40,872 WELL AS THE STRATEGIES IN 820 00:35:40,872 --> 00:35:45,877 RESOLUTION 339. UPDATES, 821 00:35:45,877 --> 00:35:49,580 THEY WILL USE THE CATEGORIES 822 00:35:49,580 --> 00:35:50,781 ONE THROUGH FOUR AND ANOTHER 823 00:35:50,781 --> 00:35:57,488 PROPOSED CHANGE IS THAT THERE 824 00:35:57,488 --> 00:35:58,222 ARE POSITIONS IN THIS 825 00:35:58,222 --> 00:35:59,524 LEGISLATION THAT MAKE USE OF 826 00:35:59,524 --> 00:36:00,758 THE HARDSCAPE REQUIREMENT TO 827 00:36:00,758 --> 00:36:04,295 REZONE DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY 828 00:36:04,295 --> 00:36:05,663 PURPOSES. THAT IS IN THE MULTI 829 00:36:05,663 --> 00:36:06,931 FAMILY COMMERCIAL ZONES. LAST 830 00:36:06,931 --> 00:36:14,639 IS A NEW REQUIREMENT THAT IF A 831 00:36:14,639 --> 00:36:15,640 HAZARDOUS TREE IS REMOVED, THAT 832 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:16,807 TREE MUST BE REPLACED AT A 12" 833 00:36:16,807 --> 00:36:17,875 THRESHOLD. THIS NEXT SLIDE WILL 834 00:36:17,875 --> 00:36:19,076 PROVIDE AN OUTLINE OF THIS 835 00:36:19,076 --> 00:36:19,443 PRESENTATION. 836 00:36:19,443 --> 00:36:24,048 >> AND JUST BEFORE YOU 837 00:36:24,048 --> 00:36:24,749 CONTINUE, COLLEAGUES, THIS 838 00:36:24,749 --> 00:36:25,683 PRESENTATION AND THE NEXT 839 00:36:25,683 --> 00:36:26,651 PRESENTATION ARE ABSOLUTELY THE 840 00:36:26,651 --> 00:36:29,186 ONES TO DIG IN WITH ALL OF 841 00:36:29,186 --> 00:36:30,454 YOUR QUESTIONS, ANYTIME YOU 842 00:36:30,454 --> 00:36:34,926 HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE RAISE 843 00:36:34,926 --> 00:36:35,993 YOUR HAND. TAKE AWAY, CHANDA 844 00:36:35,993 --> 00:36:36,427 EMERY. 845 00:36:36,427 --> 00:36:37,728 >> AS A QUICK REMINDER, THE 846 00:36:37,728 --> 00:36:40,464 PROPOSED CHANGES IN THIS 847 00:36:40,464 --> 00:36:41,332 LEGISLATION WILL REGULATE 7000, 848 00:36:41,332 --> 00:36:44,035 70,400 TREES, ONCE AGAIN, A 849 00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:45,603 SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE 850 00:36:45,603 --> 00:36:47,171 NUMBER OF TREES PROTECTED. 851 00:36:47,171 --> 00:36:50,241 THEY REPRESENT A STEP FORWARD 852 00:36:50,241 --> 00:37:00,451 TO A FUTURE THAT WILL INCREASE 853 00:37:00,451 --> 00:37:01,252 CANOPY. IN THIS PRESENTATION, 854 00:37:01,252 --> 00:37:02,153 THE NEXT TWO SLIDES WILL FOCUS 855 00:37:02,153 --> 00:37:03,454 ON ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE 856 00:37:03,454 --> 00:37:04,989 SHOWING ON THE SCREEN. THESE 857 00:37:04,989 --> 00:37:08,359 ARE NEW TREE REPLACEMENT 858 00:37:08,359 --> 00:37:09,660 THRESHOLD, THAT STARTS AT THE 859 00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:14,632 DIAMETER SIDE , 12". WE WILL 860 00:37:14,632 --> 00:37:16,000 TALK ABOUT THE AREAS THAT IT 861 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:17,001 UPDATED WITHIN THIS LEGISLATION 862 00:37:17,001 --> 00:37:18,436 TO INCLUDE INDUSTRY STANDARDS 863 00:37:18,436 --> 00:37:21,739 AND WILL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT 864 00:37:21,739 --> 00:37:23,140 THE HARDSCAPE REQUIREMENT AND 865 00:37:23,140 --> 00:37:26,043 HOW IT REPLACES THE RATIO TO 866 00:37:26,043 --> 00:37:27,478 BETTER ACCOUNT FOR SITE 867 00:37:27,478 --> 00:37:31,849 PLANNING CONSIDERATION DRIVEN 868 00:37:31,849 --> 00:37:32,917 BY THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 869 00:37:32,917 --> 00:37:34,151 THIS WILL INCLUDE SOME EXAMPLES 870 00:37:34,151 --> 00:37:36,287 OF HOW THIS NEW TOOL WORKS TO 871 00:37:36,287 --> 00:37:39,156 ACCOMPLISHED INCREASE TREE 872 00:37:39,156 --> 00:37:42,927 RETENTION AS MORE TREES ARE 873 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:44,095 REGULATED IN THIS RETENTION. 874 00:37:44,095 --> 00:37:46,764 AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, WE 875 00:37:46,764 --> 00:37:48,266 WILL TOUCH ON HAZARDOUS TREES 876 00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:50,735 AND HOW THE PROPOSED CHANGES 877 00:37:50,735 --> 00:37:52,003 IMPACT THEM MEANING BAD IT 878 00:37:52,003 --> 00:38:01,746 WOULD REQUIRE THAT WHEN THE 879 00:38:01,746 --> 00:38:03,047 TREES ARE REMOVED. THE LAST 880 00:38:03,047 --> 00:38:03,748 ITEM IS MITIGATION TREES, THIS 881 00:38:03,748 --> 00:38:05,016 PIECE OF LEGISLATION MAKES IT 882 00:38:05,016 --> 00:38:05,650 CLEAR THAT REPLACEMENT TREES 883 00:38:05,650 --> 00:38:07,251 CANNOT BE REMOVED AND THERE 884 00:38:07,251 --> 00:38:08,586 ARE NEW CODE PROVISIONS AND WE 885 00:38:08,586 --> 00:38:12,390 WILL SHOW THEM HOW THAT WORKS. 886 00:38:12,390 --> 00:38:14,358 THE EXISTING REGULATIONS 887 00:38:14,358 --> 00:38:16,694 REGULATE FEWER TREES, AND THEY 888 00:38:16,694 --> 00:38:22,667 HAVE FEWER PROTECTIONS THAT 889 00:38:22,667 --> 00:38:23,267 LIMIT NO REPLACEMENT 890 00:38:23,267 --> 00:38:24,101 REQUIREMENTS COMPARED TO THE 891 00:38:24,101 --> 00:38:25,102 LEGISLATION THAT PROPOSES 892 00:38:25,102 --> 00:38:27,438 CHANGES UNDER THE EXISTING 893 00:38:27,438 --> 00:38:30,307 REGULATIONS. HERITAGE TREES 894 00:38:30,307 --> 00:38:32,843 ARE NOT REGULATED. THE EXISTING 895 00:38:32,843 --> 00:38:35,880 CODE ONLY REGULATES REGULAR 896 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:43,521 TREES, THE TOP OF THAT 897 00:38:43,521 --> 00:38:44,155 EXISTING REGULATIONS MAY NOT 898 00:38:44,155 --> 00:38:44,955 REQUIRE REPLACEMENT, NOR IS 899 00:38:44,955 --> 00:38:51,662 THERE A PLAN OR OPTION WHERE A 900 00:38:51,662 --> 00:38:53,798 TREE MUST BE REPLACED, SO THE 901 00:38:53,798 --> 00:38:54,565 EXISTING REGULATIONS ARE VERY 902 00:38:54,565 --> 00:38:55,700 LIMITED AND THEY DO NOT PROVIDE 903 00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:56,967 THE LEVEL OF PROTECTIONS NEEDED 904 00:38:56,967 --> 00:38:58,369 TO HELP SET UP FUTURE 905 00:38:58,369 --> 00:39:00,838 GENERATION CANOPIES. THE 906 00:39:00,838 --> 00:39:02,206 PROPOSED CHANGES WILL REQUIRE 907 00:39:02,206 --> 00:39:04,575 THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES, THE 908 00:39:04,575 --> 00:39:08,079 FIRST CATEGORY IS FOR HERITAGE 909 00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:10,281 TREES TO AFFORD THE GREATEST 910 00:39:10,281 --> 00:39:11,782 LEVEL OF PROTECTION. THIS MEANS 911 00:39:11,782 --> 00:39:13,351 THAT THESE TREES MAY NOT BE 912 00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:14,618 REMOVED. THEY MUST BE RETAINED 913 00:39:14,618 --> 00:39:18,723 UNLESS DEEMED HAZARDOUS OR 914 00:39:18,723 --> 00:39:20,191 LESS AN EMERGENCY ACTION IS 915 00:39:20,191 --> 00:39:22,360 NECESSARY. IN THOSE CASES, 916 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:23,627 DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED AND 917 00:39:23,627 --> 00:39:25,196 THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO TIER 918 00:39:25,196 --> 00:39:28,132 ONE AND TWO TREES MUST BE 919 00:39:28,132 --> 00:39:33,337 REPLACED. 920 00:39:33,337 --> 00:39:34,672 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHANDA. 921 00:39:34,672 --> 00:39:35,906 WE HAVE HEARD SOME COMMENTS 922 00:39:35,906 --> 00:39:41,278 ABOUT THE NAMING OF THE TIERS . 923 00:39:41,278 --> 00:39:42,713 SOME FOLKS DO NOT LIKE THE 924 00:39:42,713 --> 00:39:43,714 TIERS AT ALL. AND OTHER FOLKS 925 00:39:43,714 --> 00:39:45,616 FIND THAT THE NUMBERS ARE VERY 926 00:39:45,616 --> 00:39:49,086 CONFUSING , I WANT THE GENERAL 927 00:39:49,086 --> 00:39:50,354 PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE 928 00:39:50,354 --> 00:39:51,455 ARE THE CATEGORIES OF THE 929 00:39:51,455 --> 00:39:52,690 TIERS. THE MEETING MAY CHANGE. 930 00:39:52,690 --> 00:39:54,024 THIS IS ALL PART OF THE 931 00:39:54,024 --> 00:40:02,700 ITERATIVE POLICY PROCESS. AT 932 00:40:02,700 --> 00:40:04,034 THE END OF EACH OF THE SLIDES, 933 00:40:04,034 --> 00:40:05,436 CHANDA, I AM GOING TO ASK YOU 934 00:40:05,436 --> 00:40:06,537 TO PAUSE. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER 935 00:40:06,537 --> 00:40:07,438 NELSON HAS A QUESTION. 936 00:40:07,438 --> 00:40:11,609 >> THANK YOU, BACK TO IT. HOW 937 00:40:11,609 --> 00:40:12,843 MUCH IS THAT AND YOU HAVE A 938 00:40:12,843 --> 00:40:16,547 ROUGH ESTIMATE FOR, LET'S SAY, 939 00:40:16,547 --> 00:40:20,451 A CEDAR OR, YOU KNOW? THE 940 00:40:20,451 --> 00:40:23,521 MOST COMMON HERITAGE TREE? 941 00:40:23,521 --> 00:40:25,689 >> SARA NELSON FIVE , I WILL 942 00:40:25,689 --> 00:40:27,358 HELP YOU OUT, WE WILL GO DEEP 943 00:40:27,358 --> 00:40:35,766 INTO THE TIER CALCULATIONS IN 944 00:40:35,766 --> 00:40:36,567 THE NEXT MEETING. 945 00:40:36,567 --> 00:40:36,834 >> OKAY. 946 00:40:36,834 --> 00:40:38,068 >> IT BECOMES A LITTLE 947 00:40:38,068 --> 00:40:38,969 COMPLICATED. I WANTED TO STICK 948 00:40:38,969 --> 00:40:41,705 ON THE FACT THAT THIS WILL BE 949 00:40:41,705 --> 00:40:41,972 REQUIRED. 950 00:40:41,972 --> 00:40:42,239 >> OKAY. 951 00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:46,544 >> CHECKING WITH OTHER 952 00:40:46,544 --> 00:40:47,344 COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE ANY 953 00:40:47,344 --> 00:40:48,546 QUESTIONS ABOUT TIER ONE TREES 954 00:40:48,546 --> 00:40:52,216 ? DO YOU CURRENTLY UNDERSTAND 955 00:40:52,216 --> 00:40:54,485 THEM AS HERITAGE TREES? 956 00:40:54,485 --> 00:40:58,889 CHANDA, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE A 957 00:40:58,889 --> 00:40:59,857 GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THAT 958 00:40:59,857 --> 00:41:00,224 CALCULATION. 959 00:41:00,224 --> 00:41:01,325 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, 960 00:41:01,325 --> 00:41:02,560 COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON. THE TIER 961 00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:05,029 ONE TREES WOULD HAVE THE 962 00:41:05,029 --> 00:41:08,933 HIGHEST AND GREATEST FEE. 963 00:41:08,933 --> 00:41:12,603 THE FEE INCREASES AS THE 964 00:41:12,603 --> 00:41:19,376 DIAMETER OF THE TREE REMOVED 965 00:41:19,376 --> 00:41:20,377 INCREASES. SO, YOU KNOW, 966 00:41:20,377 --> 00:41:21,178 GENERALLY THAT WOULD BE 967 00:41:21,178 --> 00:41:21,979 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. VERY 968 00:41:21,979 --> 00:41:23,514 EXPENSIVE, VERY COSTLY. 969 00:41:23,514 --> 00:41:23,848 >> THANK YOU. 970 00:41:23,848 --> 00:41:27,551 >> COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON , 971 00:41:27,551 --> 00:41:33,157 ANY QUESTIONS ON TIER ONE? AND 972 00:41:33,157 --> 00:41:36,160 OKAY, CHANDA, KEEP GOING. 973 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,395 >> THANK YOU, THE PROPOSED 974 00:41:38,395 --> 00:41:47,805 CHANGES CREATE THE TWO , TIER 975 00:41:47,805 --> 00:41:50,174 TWO, AND THIS IS ONE LEVEL 976 00:41:50,174 --> 00:41:51,275 BELOW A DEGREE OF PROTECTIONS. 977 00:41:51,275 --> 00:41:51,842 GENERALLY, WELL, IN THIS 978 00:41:51,842 --> 00:41:53,043 CATEGORY, GENERALLY THESE ARE 979 00:41:53,043 --> 00:41:56,247 THE FORMERLY EXCEPTIONAL 980 00:41:56,247 --> 00:41:57,915 TREES. INSTEAD OF REGULATING 981 00:41:57,915 --> 00:42:04,622 WITH A 30" DIAMETER IN THIS 982 00:42:04,622 --> 00:42:05,990 CATEGORY, AS IT WAS IN THE 983 00:42:05,990 --> 00:42:06,624 EXISTING REGULATIONS, IT NOW 984 00:42:06,624 --> 00:42:07,992 REGULATES THOSE TREES STARTING 985 00:42:07,992 --> 00:42:10,928 AT A 24 " DIAMETER. THERE ARE 986 00:42:10,928 --> 00:42:12,663 70 OR SO SPECIES THAT ARE 987 00:42:12,663 --> 00:42:15,132 REGULATED AS TIER TWO TREES 988 00:42:15,132 --> 00:42:16,333 WITH SMALLER DIAMETERS, LISTED 989 00:42:16,333 --> 00:42:22,506 IN THE DIRECTOR 'S RULES. SOME 990 00:42:22,506 --> 00:42:24,041 ARE AS SMALL AS 6" IN THAT 991 00:42:24,041 --> 00:42:24,942 CATEGORY AND THOSE SPECIES ARE 992 00:42:24,942 --> 00:42:28,312 ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS TIER TWO 993 00:42:28,312 --> 00:42:29,947 CATEGORY. IN ADDITION TO THIS, 994 00:42:29,947 --> 00:42:34,184 THEY NOW INCLUDE TREE GROSS 995 00:42:34,184 --> 00:42:35,319 IN THE HIGHER LEVEL PROTECTION. 996 00:42:35,319 --> 00:42:38,522 TREE REMOVAL MAY BE ALLOWED, 997 00:42:38,522 --> 00:42:40,557 AGAIN, THEY MAY NOT BE REMOVED 998 00:42:40,557 --> 00:42:45,195 UNLESS DEEMED HAZARDOUS OR 999 00:42:45,195 --> 00:42:47,865 UNLESS AN EMERGENCY ACTION IS 1000 00:42:47,865 --> 00:42:48,699 NECESSARY. IN THOSE CASES, 1001 00:42:48,699 --> 00:42:51,735 DOCUMENTARIAN CHANGES ARE 1002 00:42:51,735 --> 00:42:53,237 RECOMMENDED. AND THOSE MUST BE 1003 00:42:53,237 --> 00:42:55,906 REPLACED OR ENCAPSULATED , THEY 1004 00:42:55,906 --> 00:42:57,675 MUST BE TAKEN. 1005 00:42:57,675 --> 00:43:01,845 >> AND CHANDA, I DID NOT PREP 1006 00:43:01,845 --> 00:43:04,481 YOU FOR THE QUESTION, BUT DID 1007 00:43:04,481 --> 00:43:06,050 YOU HAVE THE LIST OF TREES THAT 1008 00:43:06,050 --> 00:43:09,753 ARE FROM THAT DIRECTOR'S 1009 00:43:09,753 --> 00:43:11,422 RULE? YOU SAID SOME SPECIES ARE 1010 00:43:11,422 --> 00:43:19,463 DOWN TO 6" IN THIS CATEGORY. 1011 00:43:19,463 --> 00:43:20,731 IF THAT IS NOT INFORMATION YOU 1012 00:43:20,731 --> 00:43:21,999 HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE SHOULD TAKE 1013 00:43:21,999 --> 00:43:23,133 THAT UP AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE. 1014 00:43:23,133 --> 00:43:24,768 >> I THINK, OFF THE TOP OF MY 1015 00:43:24,768 --> 00:43:25,836 HEAD, THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. 1016 00:43:25,836 --> 00:43:30,074 I BELIEVE, IN THAT TABLE, WHAT 1017 00:43:30,074 --> 00:43:31,909 WE HAVE DRAWN UP IS AN EXAMPLE 1018 00:43:31,909 --> 00:43:33,010 OF WHAT I BELIEVE IS A 6" 1019 00:43:33,010 --> 00:43:34,612 DIAMETER TREE THAT IS 1020 00:43:34,612 --> 00:43:35,980 PROTECTED. THERE MAY BE SOME 1021 00:43:35,980 --> 00:43:41,785 FRUIT TREES, LIKE MAYBE PAIR 1022 00:43:41,785 --> 00:43:42,553 TREES, IN THAT LIST. 1023 00:43:42,553 --> 00:43:43,921 >> WE WILL BRING THAT LISTED 1024 00:43:43,921 --> 00:43:45,022 THE NEXT MEETING. WE SHOULD 1025 00:43:45,022 --> 00:43:46,357 ATTACH IT RIGHT TO THE AGENDA, 1026 00:43:46,357 --> 00:43:47,458 AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS, 1027 00:43:47,458 --> 00:43:54,798 COLLEAGUES? COUSIN AMBER 1028 00:43:54,798 --> 00:43:55,466 PEDERSEN, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT 1029 00:43:55,466 --> 00:43:55,699 THIS? 1030 00:43:55,699 --> 00:43:57,101 >> KNOW. I WILL RAISE MY HAND 1031 00:43:57,101 --> 00:43:59,103 IF I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK 1032 00:43:59,103 --> 00:43:59,403 YOU THOUGH. 1033 00:43:59,403 --> 00:44:01,972 >> MAKES. THANKS. 1034 00:44:01,972 --> 00:44:04,575 >> THESE TREES ARE NOT 1035 00:44:04,575 --> 00:44:09,747 REGULATED , SO THERE IS NO 1036 00:44:09,747 --> 00:44:10,347 REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS AND 1037 00:44:10,347 --> 00:44:12,549 NOTHING REMOVED FOR TIER ONE 1038 00:44:12,549 --> 00:44:23,060 THROUGH THREE TIER THREE 1039 00:44:23,861 --> 00:44:24,762 INCLUDES ALL 12" OR GREATER AND 1040 00:44:24,762 --> 00:44:27,297 UP TO 24" IN DIAMETER. AND SO 1041 00:44:27,297 --> 00:44:31,668 THIS WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 1042 00:44:31,668 --> 00:44:32,603 48,000 ADDITIONAL TREES, THIS 1043 00:44:32,603 --> 00:44:33,303 TIER CATEGORY, THERE WERE 1044 00:44:33,303 --> 00:44:34,705 PREVIOUSLY NO PROTECTIONS FOR 1045 00:44:34,705 --> 00:44:35,539 THESE SIGNIFICANT TREES. 1046 00:44:35,539 --> 00:44:38,208 SIGNIFICANT TREES ARE NOT 1047 00:44:38,208 --> 00:44:39,810 REGULATED IN THE EXISTING 1048 00:44:39,810 --> 00:44:41,011 REGULATIONS AT ALL. THE LAST 1049 00:44:41,011 --> 00:44:50,421 CATEGORY IS THE FOURTH 1050 00:44:50,421 --> 00:44:51,555 CATEGORY, TIER FOUR, FOR THOSE 1051 00:44:51,555 --> 00:44:52,756 MEASURING 6" BUT LESS THAN 12" 1052 00:44:52,756 --> 00:44:53,290 IN DIAMETER. DURING 1053 00:44:53,290 --> 00:44:53,957 DEVELOPMENT, THESE TREES MAY 1054 00:44:53,957 --> 00:44:55,359 NOT BE REMOVED, THEY MUST BE 1055 00:44:55,359 --> 00:44:56,427 RETAINED, UNLESS DEEMED 1056 00:44:56,427 --> 00:45:00,664 HAZARDOUS OR IF AN EMERGENCY 1057 00:45:00,664 --> 00:45:01,932 ACTION IS NECESSARY. IN BOTH 1058 00:45:01,932 --> 00:45:02,900 CASES, DOCUMENTATION IS 1059 00:45:02,900 --> 00:45:06,336 REQUIRED. THE TIER THREE 1060 00:45:06,336 --> 00:45:13,010 TREES MUST BE REPLACED OR A 1061 00:45:13,010 --> 00:45:13,977 CALCULATED FEE MUST BE REPAID. 1062 00:45:13,977 --> 00:45:15,846 >> I DO SEE COUNCILMEMBER ALEX 1063 00:45:15,846 --> 00:45:20,384 PEDERSEN'S HAND UP. TAKE IT 1064 00:45:20,384 --> 00:45:20,951 AWAY. 1065 00:45:20,951 --> 00:45:22,753 >> THANK YOU. QUESTION FOR 1066 00:45:22,753 --> 00:45:23,787 23.47A.016 FIVE REGARDING TIER 1067 00:45:23,787 --> 00:45:25,789 FOUR TREES, THE ONES THAT ARE 1068 00:45:25,789 --> 00:45:31,862 6-12 ". IS THERE A REASON WHY 1069 00:45:31,862 --> 00:45:37,601 THOSE ARE NOT PROTECTED? THEY 1070 00:45:37,601 --> 00:45:38,936 ARE DEFINED, BUT THERE WAS NO 1071 00:45:38,936 --> 00:45:39,636 DEFINITION OF THE PROTECTION, 1072 00:45:39,636 --> 00:45:40,204 IT SEEMS LIKE. 1073 00:45:40,204 --> 00:45:42,239 >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION, 1074 00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:45,142 COUNCILMEMBER. THE 1075 00:45:45,142 --> 00:45:47,077 NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN AT THE 12" 1076 00:45:47,077 --> 00:45:49,446 THRESHOLD, THAT INCLUDES TIERS 1077 00:45:49,446 --> 00:45:51,782 ONE, TWO, THREE, AND THE TIER 1078 00:45:51,782 --> 00:45:59,123 FOUR, 6-12", THOSE ARE USED 1079 00:45:59,123 --> 00:45:59,757 FOR TRACKING PURPOSES OUTSIDE 1080 00:45:59,757 --> 00:46:00,858 OF DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE THAT 1081 00:46:00,858 --> 00:46:02,559 THOSE TREES ARE RETAINED. 1082 00:46:02,559 --> 00:46:04,962 >> MAYBE I WILL SAY IT ANOTHER 1083 00:46:04,962 --> 00:46:09,032 WAY. PART OF A RETENTION 1084 00:46:09,032 --> 00:46:10,067 REQUIREMENT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE 1085 00:46:10,067 --> 00:46:15,939 FIRST FIVE YEARS AFTER IT IS 1086 00:46:15,939 --> 00:46:16,673 ESTABLISHED, SOME OF THOSE 1087 00:46:16,673 --> 00:46:20,611 TREES MAY NOT GET THAT 6 " 1088 00:46:20,611 --> 00:46:22,246 THRESHOLD BUT WE WILL WANT TO 1089 00:46:22,246 --> 00:46:23,180 BEGIN TRACKING EARLY AND THAT 1090 00:46:23,180 --> 00:46:24,615 IS WHY WE CREATED THE TIER. BUT 1091 00:46:24,615 --> 00:46:26,216 I SEE THAT COUNCILMEMBER 1092 00:46:26,216 --> 00:46:33,056 PEDERSEN , YOU HAVE YOUR HAND 1093 00:46:33,056 --> 00:46:33,724 APPEARED TAKEN AWAY. 1094 00:46:33,724 --> 00:46:34,525 >> ARE THE PROTECTION 1095 00:46:34,525 --> 00:46:35,759 DEVELOPERS ARE REQUIRED TO NOTE 1096 00:46:35,759 --> 00:46:37,728 THE PLANS WHERE EXISTING TIER 1097 00:46:37,728 --> 00:46:38,762 FOUR TREES ARE? 1098 00:46:38,762 --> 00:46:41,365 >> YES, THAT IS CORRECT, 1099 00:46:41,365 --> 00:46:45,936 THOSE TREES NEED TO BE SHOWN 1100 00:46:45,936 --> 00:46:50,240 ON THE SITE PLAN, AND THEY 1101 00:46:50,240 --> 00:46:51,608 ALSO NEED TO BE TRACKED. WE 1102 00:46:51,608 --> 00:46:54,311 HIRED A TEAM IN 2021. THEY ARE 1103 00:46:54,311 --> 00:47:00,851 TRACKING ALL TREES SPECIES , 1104 00:47:00,851 --> 00:47:02,419 WHETHER THEY ARE LOCATED IN AN 1105 00:47:02,419 --> 00:47:04,922 ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREA, 1106 00:47:04,922 --> 00:47:06,056 THE SHORELINE DISTRICT, 1107 00:47:06,056 --> 00:47:07,024 DIAMETER, SCIENTIFIC NAME , 1108 00:47:07,024 --> 00:47:11,962 WHETHER THEY ARE CONIFEROUS, 1109 00:47:11,962 --> 00:47:13,197 EVERGREEN, OR DECIDUOUS? 1110 00:47:13,197 --> 00:47:18,068 >> JUST TO CLARIFY, THE 1111 00:47:18,068 --> 00:47:22,806 ARCHITECTS AND DEVELOPERS 1112 00:47:22,806 --> 00:47:24,708 WOULD BE REQUIRED TO NOTE WERE 1113 00:47:24,708 --> 00:47:27,544 TOO FOUR TREES ARE BEFORE THEY 1114 00:47:27,544 --> 00:47:30,414 ARE REMOVED ? 1115 00:47:30,414 --> 00:47:32,149 >> THAT IS CORRECT. 1116 00:47:32,149 --> 00:47:33,984 >> GREAT QUESTIONS. 1117 00:47:33,984 --> 00:47:41,792 >> TREES NELSON? 1118 00:47:41,792 --> 00:47:43,093 >> IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, 1119 00:47:43,093 --> 00:47:44,895 PAGE 12 SAID THAT UP TO TWO 1120 00:47:44,895 --> 00:47:49,399 TIER FOUR COULD BE, AND THEN 1121 00:47:49,399 --> 00:47:52,302 UP TO TWO TIER THREE AND , THEY 1122 00:47:52,302 --> 00:47:54,104 COULD BE REMOVED IN A 12 MONTH 1123 00:47:54,104 --> 00:47:55,706 PERIOD IN CERTAIN ZONES, WHEN 1124 00:47:55,706 --> 00:48:01,111 YOU SAY, IT IS FOR TRACKING 1125 00:48:01,111 --> 00:48:03,013 WHAT IS NEEDED, IT DOES SEEM, 1126 00:48:03,013 --> 00:48:06,450 WHEN YOU SAY REGULATIONS, YOU 1127 00:48:06,450 --> 00:48:07,517 ARE BASICALLY PROVIDING A LIMIT 1128 00:48:07,517 --> 00:48:13,590 FOR HOW MANY TIER FOUR CAN BE 1129 00:48:13,590 --> 00:48:14,858 CUT BY A BUILDER OR PROPERTY 1130 00:48:14,858 --> 00:48:15,759 OWNER WITHIN A CERTAIN 1131 00:48:15,759 --> 00:48:17,728 TIMEFRAME, THERE ARE NOT ANY 1132 00:48:17,728 --> 00:48:18,262 REPLACEMENT OR RETENTION 1133 00:48:18,262 --> 00:48:22,299 REQUIREMENTS? IS THAT 1134 00:48:22,299 --> 00:48:27,070 UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY? WHEN YOU 1135 00:48:27,070 --> 00:48:28,538 SAY REGULATION, IS THAT WHAT 1136 00:48:28,538 --> 00:48:30,140 YOU ARE REFERRING TO? 1137 00:48:30,140 --> 00:48:33,377 >> CHANDA, MAYBE I CAN HELP. 1138 00:48:33,377 --> 00:48:35,245 TELL ME IF I GOT THIS WRONG, 1139 00:48:35,245 --> 00:48:38,849 WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THERE 1140 00:48:38,849 --> 00:48:39,950 HAVE BEEN A LOT OF TREES 1141 00:48:39,950 --> 00:48:40,951 REMOVED IN NEIGHBORHOOD 1142 00:48:40,951 --> 00:48:46,957 RESIDENTIAL ZONES , THIS IS 1143 00:48:46,957 --> 00:48:47,824 COMING FROM PEOPLE NOT LIKING 1144 00:48:47,824 --> 00:48:48,925 TREES BECAUSE THEY EITHER BLOCK 1145 00:48:48,925 --> 00:48:52,296 THE LIGHT, AND SO WE HAVE TO 1146 00:48:52,296 --> 00:48:55,699 CREATE THAT TIER TO TRACK 1147 00:48:55,699 --> 00:48:59,202 THESE TWO REGULATE THAT VERY 1148 00:48:59,202 --> 00:49:00,337 CURRENTLY HOMEOWNERS CAN TAKE 1149 00:49:00,337 --> 00:49:07,010 UP TO THREE EVERY , THIS IS 1150 00:49:07,010 --> 00:49:07,844 THE MECHANISM FOR TRACKING. 1151 00:49:07,844 --> 00:49:13,884 >> THIS IS JUST MAKING -- I 1152 00:49:13,884 --> 00:49:15,252 WANTED IT IN MY MIND, WE ARE 1153 00:49:15,252 --> 00:49:16,453 NOT JUST TRACKING THEM, WE ARE 1154 00:49:16,453 --> 00:49:17,421 ALSO LIMITING. I AM NOT SAYING, 1155 00:49:17,421 --> 00:49:19,323 WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD THING. 1156 00:49:19,323 --> 00:49:20,724 AND THIS APPLIES TO BOTH 1157 00:49:20,724 --> 00:49:25,295 HOMEOWNERS, AND ALSO 1158 00:49:25,295 --> 00:49:26,263 DEVELOPERS, SO PROPERTY IS 1159 00:49:26,263 --> 00:49:27,497 BEING DEVELOPED AND NOT 1160 00:49:27,497 --> 00:49:33,236 DEVELOPED, RIGHT? 1161 00:49:33,236 --> 00:49:34,237 >> CHANDA, DID COUNCILMEMBER 1162 00:49:34,237 --> 00:49:35,472 NELSON AND I GET THIS RIGHT? 1163 00:49:35,472 --> 00:49:36,073 >> ABSOLUTELY. ENTIRELY 1164 00:49:36,073 --> 00:49:36,673 CORRECT. 1165 00:49:36,673 --> 00:49:39,509 >> THANK YOU. 1166 00:49:39,509 --> 00:49:40,577 >> WONDERFUL, COLLEAGUES, ANY 1167 00:49:40,577 --> 00:49:42,346 OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE? 1168 00:49:42,346 --> 00:49:45,115 IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE 1169 00:49:45,115 --> 00:49:46,116 EDUCATED MYSELF AND 1170 00:49:46,116 --> 00:49:49,186 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON , THIS IS 1171 00:49:49,186 --> 00:49:49,519 PRETTY GOOD. 1172 00:49:49,519 --> 00:49:54,858 >> THANKS. ANOTHER CHANGE IN 1173 00:49:54,858 --> 00:49:57,928 THE LEGISLATION IS INCREASING 1174 00:49:57,928 --> 00:49:59,196 LEGISLATION FOR TREE PROTECTION 1175 00:49:59,196 --> 00:50:03,867 AREA, THE IMAGE SHOWS THE 1176 00:50:03,867 --> 00:50:04,868 CANOPY AND THE ROOT ZONES. THE 1177 00:50:04,868 --> 00:50:05,869 TREE PROTECTION AREA MAY BE 1178 00:50:05,869 --> 00:50:07,738 ADJUSTED TO ALLOW FOR A LARGER 1179 00:50:07,738 --> 00:50:11,074 TREE PROTECTION AREA WITH A 1180 00:50:11,074 --> 00:50:16,179 CERTIFIED ARBORIST'S FIGHTING 1181 00:50:16,179 --> 00:50:17,114 FOR THE CERTIFIED ARBORIST HAS 1182 00:50:17,114 --> 00:50:18,115 THE AUTHORITY UNDER THE NEW 1183 00:50:18,115 --> 00:50:19,483 CODE PROVISIONS TO MAKE THE 1184 00:50:19,483 --> 00:50:24,921 AREA LARGER OR SMALLER TO FIT 1185 00:50:24,921 --> 00:50:26,089 THE CONDITIONS, SO, THIS IS A 1186 00:50:26,089 --> 00:50:27,057 NEW CHANGE THAT GIVES EXPERTS 1187 00:50:27,057 --> 00:50:28,525 THE ABILITY TO TAILOR 1188 00:50:28,525 --> 00:50:33,296 PROTECTIONS USING IRREGULAR 1189 00:50:33,296 --> 00:50:35,065 DRIP LINES RATHER THAN A STATIC 1190 00:50:35,065 --> 00:50:38,735 CIRCLE THAT ARE CUSTOMIZED AND 1191 00:50:38,735 --> 00:50:39,803 TAILORED TO THE INDIVIDUAL TREE 1192 00:50:39,803 --> 00:50:40,971 AND THE SURROUNDING CONDITIONS 1193 00:50:40,971 --> 00:50:43,407 TO BETTER SUPPORT LONG-TERM 1194 00:50:43,407 --> 00:50:44,341 TREE VITALITY. THIS LEGISLATION 1195 00:50:44,341 --> 00:50:45,876 GOES TOGETHER WITH AN UPDATED 1196 00:50:45,876 --> 00:50:48,345 SDCI TREE PROTECTION DETAIL. 1197 00:50:48,345 --> 00:50:52,482 THIS IS A REQUIRED DESIGN 1198 00:50:52,482 --> 00:50:53,784 SPECIFICATION THAT WILL BE PART 1199 00:50:53,784 --> 00:50:55,485 OF THE DRAWINGS AND THE PLANS 1200 00:50:55,485 --> 00:50:56,520 THAT ARE REQUIRED DURING 1201 00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:57,654 DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO REVIEWED 1202 00:50:57,654 --> 00:51:01,591 BY STAFF, SO THE ARBORIST 1203 00:51:01,591 --> 00:51:04,261 REPORTS ARE REQUIRED TO 1204 00:51:04,261 --> 00:51:07,097 PROVIDE SDCI COMPLETE 1205 00:51:07,097 --> 00:51:11,968 INVENTORY OF ALL TREES 6" AND 1206 00:51:11,968 --> 00:51:16,273 GREATER, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES, 1207 00:51:16,273 --> 00:51:17,574 LIKE I SAID, THE SCIENTIFIC AND 1208 00:51:17,574 --> 00:51:20,377 COMMON NAME, DIAMETER, AND 1209 00:51:20,377 --> 00:51:21,578 LOCATION. IN CASES WHERE THERE 1210 00:51:21,578 --> 00:51:24,181 IS AN ACTIVITY SUCH AS 1211 00:51:24,181 --> 00:51:29,319 REPLANTING A TREE, ALL THE 1212 00:51:29,319 --> 00:51:30,587 MONITORING WILL DETAIL HOW 1213 00:51:30,587 --> 00:51:32,656 THESE ARE BEING PROTECTED 1214 00:51:32,656 --> 00:51:36,560 WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED. 1215 00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:40,330 >> THANK YOU, CHANDA EMERY. 1216 00:51:40,330 --> 00:51:42,132 CAN YOU STAY WITH THAT SLIDE 1217 00:51:42,132 --> 00:51:43,867 THANK YOU, CLERK. COLLEAGUES, 1218 00:51:43,867 --> 00:51:48,672 ANY QUESTIONS? I WANT TO NOTE , 1219 00:51:48,672 --> 00:51:50,273 IN THE PAST, WE HAVE USED 1220 00:51:50,273 --> 00:51:52,876 STATIC CIRCLES AROUND TREE, 1221 00:51:52,876 --> 00:51:54,377 THAT DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR HOW 1222 00:51:54,377 --> 00:51:59,983 THE TREE ROOTS ACTUALLY GROW, 1223 00:51:59,983 --> 00:52:01,384 AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD 1224 00:52:01,384 --> 00:52:02,586 CHANGE AND I AM NOT SEEING ANY 1225 00:52:02,586 --> 00:52:03,587 QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILMEMBER 1226 00:52:03,587 --> 00:52:06,656 NELSON. AND NO HANDS, WE WILL 1227 00:52:06,656 --> 00:52:07,858 MOVE ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE. 1228 00:52:07,858 --> 00:52:12,963 >> THIS IS HOW THEY WORK 1229 00:52:12,963 --> 00:52:13,630 TOGETHER TO ALLOW FOR 1230 00:52:13,630 --> 00:52:14,965 DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR. AND SO IT 1231 00:52:14,965 --> 00:52:16,333 GIVES THE ABILITY TO INCREASE 1232 00:52:16,333 --> 00:52:26,476 CITYWIDE TREE CANOPY AND 1233 00:52:26,476 --> 00:52:27,611 INCREASE HOUSING STOCK AT THE 1234 00:52:27,611 --> 00:52:28,845 SAME TIME. IT IS CLEAR THESE 1235 00:52:28,845 --> 00:52:29,546 ADDITIONAL TREE REGULATIONS, WE 1236 00:52:29,546 --> 00:52:31,081 CAN USE A STANDARD THAT IS MORE 1237 00:52:31,081 --> 00:52:31,848 PREDICTABLE AND FULLY 1238 00:52:31,848 --> 00:52:33,016 COMMUNICATES WHAT THE ZONING 1239 00:52:33,016 --> 00:52:36,086 ALLOWS. AND SO THE EXISTING 1240 00:52:36,086 --> 00:52:36,987 ZONING CAPACITY REMAINS THE 1241 00:52:36,987 --> 00:52:38,588 SAME WITH NO CHANGE TO THE 1242 00:52:38,588 --> 00:52:43,994 EXISTING ZONING. THE HARDSCAPE 1243 00:52:43,994 --> 00:52:45,462 REQUIREMENT MAKES IT CLEAR WHAT 1244 00:52:45,462 --> 00:52:46,229 IS POSSIBLE, GIVING A BETTER 1245 00:52:46,229 --> 00:52:47,097 INDICATION OF WHAT THE CURRENT 1246 00:52:47,097 --> 00:52:48,265 ZONING ALLOWS FOR BETTER MORE 1247 00:52:48,265 --> 00:52:49,332 PREDICTABLE OUTCOMES. SO, IT 1248 00:52:49,332 --> 00:52:51,034 REPLACES FLOOR AREA RATIO WITH 1249 00:52:51,034 --> 00:52:53,837 THE HARDSCAPE REQUIREMENT, 1250 00:52:53,837 --> 00:52:55,038 WHICH IS A STANDARD THAT 1251 00:52:55,038 --> 00:53:00,076 ACCOUNTS FOR THE HOUSING 1252 00:53:00,076 --> 00:53:01,311 DEPARTMENT, SO THIS REQUIREMENT 1253 00:53:01,311 --> 00:53:04,581 MAKES TREE PROTECTION EASIER 1254 00:53:04,581 --> 00:53:10,787 FOR BOTH ARBORISTS AND IT 1255 00:53:10,787 --> 00:53:11,354 APPLIES TO MULTIFAMILY AND 1256 00:53:11,354 --> 00:53:12,889 COMMERCIAL ZONES. AND IT 1257 00:53:12,889 --> 00:53:15,759 PROVIDES INCENTIVES WITH THE 1258 00:53:15,759 --> 00:53:17,127 ABILITY TO USE FLEXIBILITY. THE 1259 00:53:17,127 --> 00:53:18,128 NEXT SLIDE IS GOING TO EXPLAIN 1260 00:53:18,128 --> 00:53:18,895 THIS A BIT FURTHER. 1261 00:53:18,895 --> 00:53:20,597 >> BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I SEE 1262 00:53:20,597 --> 00:53:26,469 THAT COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA 1263 00:53:26,469 --> 00:53:27,437 HAS A QUESTION. 1264 00:53:27,437 --> 00:53:28,738 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I 1265 00:53:28,738 --> 00:53:30,440 WILL HOLD MY QUESTION FOR AFTER 1266 00:53:30,440 --> 00:53:36,613 THE NEXT SLIDE. IF IT IS MORE 1267 00:53:36,613 --> 00:53:37,914 APPROPRIATE, I WILL BE HAPPY TO 1268 00:53:37,914 --> 00:53:38,148 WAIT. 1269 00:53:38,148 --> 00:53:39,516 >> SURE. WE WILL LOOK REALLY 1270 00:53:39,516 --> 00:53:41,484 BRIEFLY ON THIS SLIDE AND NOTE 1271 00:53:41,484 --> 00:53:44,588 THE CITY REQUIREMENTS ARE WHAT 1272 00:53:44,588 --> 00:53:49,226 CREATES THIS HARDSCAPE 1273 00:53:49,226 --> 00:53:50,560 REQUIREMENT, WE ARE REQUIRING 1274 00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:52,429 FOR GARBAGE ZONES, WALKWAYS, 1275 00:53:52,429 --> 00:53:55,332 OR PARKING . OFTENTIMES, THESE 1276 00:53:55,332 --> 00:53:59,536 REQUIREMENTS THAT WE, AS THE 1277 00:53:59,536 --> 00:54:00,904 CITY, HAVE CREATED, THEY ARE AT 1278 00:54:00,904 --> 00:54:07,978 ODDS WITH TREE PROTECTIONS. 1279 00:54:07,978 --> 00:54:09,412 CHANDA, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT 1280 00:54:09,412 --> 00:54:10,880 IS THE CURRENT PROCESS FOR 1281 00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:15,385 EXEMPTING OUR HARDSCAPE 1282 00:54:15,385 --> 00:54:15,952 REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO 1283 00:54:15,952 --> 00:54:16,820 PROTECT TREES. WHAT IS THE 1284 00:54:16,820 --> 00:54:17,854 PROCESS THERE? 1285 00:54:17,854 --> 00:54:22,158 >> FOR , WELL, RIGHT NOW, THE 1286 00:54:22,158 --> 00:54:23,326 CHANGE IN LEGISLATION IS TO -- 1287 00:54:23,326 --> 00:54:24,194 1288 00:54:24,194 --> 00:54:34,304 >> OH, CHANDA, NOT WHAT IS IN 1289 00:54:34,304 --> 00:54:35,472 THE LEGISLATION. BUT WHAT IS 1290 00:54:35,472 --> 00:54:36,006 THE CURRENT PRACTICE? 1291 00:54:36,006 --> 00:54:36,940 >> THE CURRENT PRACTICE IS MUCH 1292 00:54:36,940 --> 00:54:38,174 MORE LENGTHY . AND THAT IS 1293 00:54:38,174 --> 00:54:39,909 WHERE NOT ALL OF THE 1294 00:54:39,909 --> 00:54:42,278 CODE-REQUIRED FEATURES ARE 1295 00:54:42,278 --> 00:54:44,347 SHOWN TOGETHER. WITH THE 1296 00:54:44,347 --> 00:54:50,320 BUILDINGS AND THE TREES, THEY 1297 00:54:50,320 --> 00:54:51,521 ARE EXCEPTIONALLY NOT SHOWN UP 1298 00:54:51,521 --> 00:54:52,856 FRONT EARLY IN THE PROCESS AND 1299 00:54:52,856 --> 00:54:55,025 SO THERE IS MORE AMBIGUITY. 1300 00:54:55,025 --> 00:54:59,396 AND MORE CONFUSION AND IT IS 1301 00:54:59,396 --> 00:55:02,699 NOT AS CLEAR AND SO THE 1302 00:55:02,699 --> 00:55:04,267 CHANGE, AGAIN IS TO MAKE THIS 1303 00:55:04,267 --> 00:55:09,072 MORE CLEAR. TO REDUCE, YOU 1304 00:55:09,072 --> 00:55:09,306 KNOW -- 1305 00:55:09,306 --> 00:55:12,676 >> CHANDA, I GUESS WHAT I AM 1306 00:55:12,676 --> 00:55:14,077 ASKING, LET'S SAY A BUILDING 1307 00:55:14,077 --> 00:55:20,950 SITE HAD A TREE THAT THE 1308 00:55:20,950 --> 00:55:22,018 BUILDER WANTS TO PROTECT. THEY 1309 00:55:22,018 --> 00:55:22,852 ARE REQUIRED WITH THESE 1310 00:55:22,852 --> 00:55:23,987 HARDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS TO 1311 00:55:23,987 --> 00:55:31,494 COVER THE LOT WHICH DOES NOT 1312 00:55:31,494 --> 00:55:32,829 ALLOW FOR THE TREE TO REMAIN, 1313 00:55:32,829 --> 00:55:33,930 IF THEY WANTED TO SAVE THAT 1314 00:55:33,930 --> 00:55:35,031 TREE, WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO 1315 00:55:35,031 --> 00:55:36,299 HAVE THEIR WALKWAY EXEMPT OR 1316 00:55:36,299 --> 00:55:37,534 ONE OF THE PARKING SPOTS EXEMPT 1317 00:55:37,534 --> 00:55:44,541 TO PROTECT THAT TREE ? IS 1318 00:55:44,541 --> 00:55:45,308 THERE A PROCESS? 1319 00:55:45,308 --> 00:55:46,509 >> THERE IS A PROCESS TODAY. 1320 00:55:46,509 --> 00:55:47,777 DEPARTURES ARE AVAILABLE TO BE 1321 00:55:47,777 --> 00:55:49,746 USED. BUT IT IS, LATER ON IN 1322 00:55:49,746 --> 00:55:54,551 THE REVIEW, IT IS NOT UPFRONT. 1323 00:55:54,551 --> 00:55:57,854 AND SO THE DECISIONS ARE 1324 00:55:57,854 --> 00:56:00,990 DECIDED UPON LATER. AND MAYBE 1325 00:56:00,990 --> 00:56:04,127 AN ARBORIST WOULD NOT SEE 1326 00:56:04,127 --> 00:56:09,265 THOSE TREES SOONER. AND SO, 1327 00:56:09,265 --> 00:56:10,967 THE OUTCOMES COULD ALL BE 1328 00:56:10,967 --> 00:56:11,768 SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. 1329 00:56:11,768 --> 00:56:14,938 >> THANK YOU. JUST TO CLARIFY, 1330 00:56:14,938 --> 00:56:20,243 THE PROCESS IS THAT THE 1331 00:56:20,243 --> 00:56:21,211 BUILDER WOULD HAVE TO GIVE A 1332 00:56:21,211 --> 00:56:24,414 DEPARTURE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT 1333 00:56:24,414 --> 00:56:26,549 THEY ARE NOT SHOWN IN THE SITE 1334 00:56:26,549 --> 00:56:27,751 PLAN INTO LATER IN THE PROCESS. 1335 00:56:27,751 --> 00:56:29,219 I DO FLAG THIS TO THE PUBLIC 1336 00:56:29,219 --> 00:56:30,754 AND OUR COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE WE 1337 00:56:30,754 --> 00:56:32,422 HAVE CITY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE 1338 00:56:32,422 --> 00:56:39,496 PROMOTING THE CUTTING OF 1339 00:56:39,496 --> 00:56:40,964 TREES TO BUILD THE HOUSING THAT 1340 00:56:40,964 --> 00:56:44,167 WE NEED. IN THIS HARDSCAPE 1341 00:56:44,167 --> 00:56:45,535 REQUIREMENT ALLOWS US TO CREATE 1342 00:56:45,535 --> 00:56:49,139 THE FLEXIBILITY THAT WE NEED 1343 00:56:49,139 --> 00:56:50,807 TO CHANGE THESE HARDSCAPE 1344 00:56:50,807 --> 00:56:54,077 REQUIREMENTS, PROTECT TREES, 1345 00:56:54,077 --> 00:56:55,478 AND BUILD THE HOUSING WE NEED, 1346 00:56:55,478 --> 00:56:56,746 THAT WAS NOT A QUESTION AND , 1347 00:56:56,746 --> 00:56:59,816 THAT WAS MORE OF A STATEMENT. 1348 00:56:59,816 --> 00:57:01,284 WHAT I HAVE ASKED FOR ARE A 1349 00:57:01,284 --> 00:57:02,719 NUMBER OF EXAMPLES AND I ASKED 1350 00:57:02,719 --> 00:57:04,554 IN THE LAST COMMITTEE FOR A 1351 00:57:04,554 --> 00:57:05,722 NUMBER OF EXAMLES OF PROPOSED 1352 00:57:05,722 --> 00:57:09,859 BUILDINGS WITH TIER ONE, TIER 1353 00:57:09,859 --> 00:57:17,801 TWO, TIER THREE, TIER FOUR, 1354 00:57:17,801 --> 00:57:19,469 WE WILL BE GETTING INTO THAT IN 1355 00:57:19,469 --> 00:57:20,403 A MOMENT. COLLEAGUES, IS THERE 1356 00:57:20,403 --> 00:57:22,071 ANYTHING ELSE ON THESE SLIDES? 1357 00:57:22,071 --> 00:57:22,906 GREAT, LET'S MOVE ON. 1358 00:57:22,906 --> 00:57:28,011 >> THIS ALLOWS TO ACCOMMODATE 1359 00:57:28,011 --> 00:57:36,152 TREE RETENTION. THIS SIDE 1360 00:57:36,152 --> 00:57:37,187 HIGHLIGHTS MANY OF THE 1361 00:57:37,187 --> 00:57:37,921 APPLICATION THAT CAN BE USED 1362 00:57:37,921 --> 00:57:39,088 WITHIN THE LEGISLATION. AND I 1363 00:57:39,088 --> 00:57:40,723 WILL SHOW EXAMPLES IN THE NEXT 1364 00:57:40,723 --> 00:57:41,658 FEW SLIDES. 1365 00:57:41,658 --> 00:57:50,900 >> AND , ARE WE GOING TO GO 1366 00:57:50,900 --> 00:57:52,101 THROUGH? SO, DO YOU WANT TO 1367 00:57:52,101 --> 00:57:53,469 READ THESE OFF, BECAUSE I HAVE 1368 00:57:53,469 --> 00:57:54,504 SOME QUESTIONS HERE BUT 1369 00:57:54,504 --> 00:57:56,239 >> SURE, THANK YOU. SO, IT IS 1370 00:57:56,239 --> 00:57:58,308 ADMINISTRATIVE. A REVIEW. THE 1371 00:57:58,308 --> 00:57:59,576 SETBACKS CAN BE MODIFIED. BY 1372 00:57:59,576 --> 00:58:04,113 50%. AND THEN, MANY AREAS CAN 1373 00:58:04,113 --> 00:58:12,021 BE REDUCED . LANDSCAPING AND 1374 00:58:12,021 --> 00:58:13,389 SCREENING CAN BE REDUCED BY 25% 1375 00:58:13,389 --> 00:58:17,760 AND THEN STRUCTURE WIDTH, DEPTH 1376 00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:19,128 , AND FACADE LENGTH CAN BE 1377 00:58:19,128 --> 00:58:20,597 INCREASED BY 10%. AND THEN IN 1378 00:58:20,597 --> 00:58:28,104 THE LOWER ZONES, DESIGN 1379 00:58:28,104 --> 00:58:28,805 REVIEW DEPARTURES ALLOW FOR 1380 00:58:28,805 --> 00:58:30,607 REDUCED PARKING SO THEY CAN GO 1381 00:58:30,607 --> 00:58:39,249 UP FROM 10 ' TO 40-50 ' IF 1382 00:58:39,249 --> 00:58:40,683 THEY ARE NOT GOING INTO THE 1383 00:58:40,683 --> 00:58:41,150 TREE PROTECTION AREA. 1384 00:58:41,150 --> 00:58:43,786 >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THESE 1385 00:58:43,786 --> 00:58:44,988 AREAS, IS THIS WHERE THE 1386 00:58:44,988 --> 00:58:46,623 GARBAGE CANS GO, THE WALKWAYS, 1387 00:58:46,623 --> 00:58:48,424 WHAT IS AN AMENITY AREA? 1388 00:58:48,424 --> 00:58:50,493 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. 1389 00:58:50,493 --> 00:58:51,561 AMENITY AREAS ARE SHARED 1390 00:58:51,561 --> 00:58:55,932 SPACES. GREEN SPACES FOR 1391 00:58:55,932 --> 00:58:57,433 RESIDENTS TO USE. THEY INCLUDE 1392 00:58:57,433 --> 00:59:01,871 SEATING, BENCHES, LANDSCAPING 1393 00:59:01,871 --> 00:59:06,943 BEDS. SPACES THAT CAN BE 1394 00:59:06,943 --> 00:59:08,278 SHARED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF 1395 00:59:08,278 --> 00:59:09,846 GREENERY BETWEEN BUILDINGS. 1396 00:59:09,846 --> 00:59:16,452 >> IN OUR CURRENT CODE, WE 1397 00:59:16,452 --> 00:59:18,021 COULD BE REQUIRING THAT A BENCH 1398 00:59:18,021 --> 00:59:19,622 BE PUT IN, THAT IS AT THE COST 1399 00:59:19,622 --> 00:59:21,157 OF PRESERVING TREES. IS THAT 1400 00:59:21,157 --> 00:59:21,858 FAIR? 1401 00:59:21,858 --> 00:59:22,091 >> YES. 1402 00:59:22,091 --> 00:59:26,095 >> WITH LANDSCAPING BEING 1403 00:59:26,095 --> 00:59:27,697 REDUCED BY 25%, DO I HAVE THIS 1404 00:59:27,697 --> 00:59:29,866 RIGHT THAT WE COULD BE 1405 00:59:29,866 --> 00:59:31,100 REQUIRING LANDSCAPING AT THE 1406 00:59:31,100 --> 00:59:39,075 COST OF PRESERVING A TREE ? 1407 00:59:39,075 --> 00:59:39,208 1408 00:59:39,208 --> 00:59:39,909 >> THAT IS CORRECT. 1409 00:59:39,909 --> 00:59:41,844 >> THAT IS WILD. ON THE RECORD, 1410 00:59:41,844 --> 00:59:44,714 I THINK THAT IS WILD. 1411 00:59:44,714 --> 00:59:50,320 STRUCTURE WITH FACADE LENGTH 1412 00:59:50,320 --> 00:59:52,956 INCREASING BY 10%, DO I HAVE 1413 00:59:52,956 --> 00:59:54,190 THE UNDERSTANDING CORRECT? THIS 1414 00:59:54,190 --> 00:59:55,758 MEANS THAT THE BUILDING SHAPE 1415 00:59:55,758 --> 00:59:58,928 CAN BE CHANGED IN ORDER TO 1416 00:59:58,928 --> 01:00:04,701 RETURN THE PRESERVATION OF THE 1417 01:00:04,701 --> 01:00:04,901 TREE? 1418 01:00:04,901 --> 01:00:08,571 >> YES. 1419 01:00:08,571 --> 01:00:09,505 >> SETBACKS, JUST REAL BRIEFLY, 1420 01:00:09,505 --> 01:00:11,140 IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT 1421 01:00:11,140 --> 01:00:16,045 WITH THE CURRENT CODE, 1422 01:00:16,045 --> 01:00:17,180 SETBACKS ARE REQUIRED, SO IF 1423 01:00:17,180 --> 01:00:18,548 THE TREE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF 1424 01:00:18,548 --> 01:00:20,016 THE PROPERTY, WE COULD NOT 1425 01:00:20,016 --> 01:00:20,917 SHIFT THE BUILDING INTO THOSE 1426 01:00:20,917 --> 01:00:22,418 SETBACKS TO PRESERVE THE TREE. 1427 01:00:22,418 --> 01:00:24,520 THIS WOULD ALLOW THAT, IS THAT 1428 01:00:24,520 --> 01:00:24,787 CORRECT? 1429 01:00:24,787 --> 01:00:25,021 >> YES. 1430 01:00:25,021 --> 01:00:29,292 >> THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY 1431 01:00:29,292 --> 01:00:30,126 RHETORICAL QUESTIONS. 1432 01:00:30,126 --> 01:00:31,094 COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS 1433 01:00:31,094 --> 01:00:38,868 HERE? SEEING NONE. ALL RIGHT, 1434 01:00:38,868 --> 01:00:40,336 WE CAN MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ONE. 1435 01:00:40,336 --> 01:00:41,471 WE ARE GETTING INTO SOME OF THE 1436 01:00:41,471 --> 01:00:42,805 EXAMPLES REQUESTED, WE SAW THIS 1437 01:00:42,805 --> 01:00:43,773 SLIDE, IT WAS AT THE LAST 1438 01:00:43,773 --> 01:00:45,375 MEETING. WE WILL USE A COUPLE 1439 01:00:45,375 --> 01:00:47,643 OF DIFFERENT EXAMPLES, AND 1440 01:00:47,643 --> 01:00:49,078 CHANDA, MAYBE IF YOU COULD SHOW 1441 01:00:49,078 --> 01:00:50,079 EACH OF THE EXAMPLES AND THEN 1442 01:00:50,079 --> 01:00:52,882 WE WILL COME BACK TO THIS 1443 01:00:52,882 --> 01:00:53,216 SLIDE? 1444 01:00:53,216 --> 01:00:54,283 >> OKAY, THANK YOU. 1445 01:00:54,283 --> 01:00:55,718 >> WE ARE CONTROLLING IT., 1446 01:00:55,718 --> 01:00:58,321 CLERK, HERE WE HAVE TWO , WE 1447 01:00:58,321 --> 01:01:03,359 HAVE TIER ONE AND TIER TWO, 1448 01:01:03,359 --> 01:01:07,897 HERE WE HAVE TWO TIER ONE 1449 01:01:07,897 --> 01:01:09,165 TREES, AS AN EXAMPLE, AND HERE 1450 01:01:09,165 --> 01:01:18,207 WE HAVE TWO TIER TWO TREES. 1451 01:01:18,207 --> 01:01:19,475 FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC AND THE 1452 01:01:19,475 --> 01:01:20,276 COLLEAGUES TO KNOW WHAT THE 1453 01:01:20,276 --> 01:01:21,444 THREE EXAMPLES ARE THAT WE ARE 1454 01:01:21,444 --> 01:01:22,211 USING TODAY. COUNCILMEMBER, 1455 01:01:22,211 --> 01:01:23,079 TAKE IT AWAY. 1456 01:01:23,079 --> 01:01:26,783 >> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBERS 1457 01:01:26,783 --> 01:01:27,917 REQUESTED THIS AT THE LAST 1458 01:01:27,917 --> 01:01:29,185 BRIEFING. THIS IS ABOUT THE 1459 01:01:29,185 --> 01:01:32,255 HARDSCAPE REQUIREMENT IN THIS 1460 01:01:32,255 --> 01:01:33,790 LEGISLATION. AS A REMINDER, THE 1461 01:01:33,790 --> 01:01:40,930 EXISTING REGULATIONS, AND THAT 1462 01:01:40,930 --> 01:01:42,165 WILL SHOW THE DEVELOPMENT 1463 01:01:42,165 --> 01:01:43,232 CAPACITY. AND THAT IS THE RATIO 1464 01:01:43,232 --> 01:01:44,801 FOR THE PROPOSAL, AND THAT IS 1465 01:01:44,801 --> 01:01:46,769 THE BLOCK THAT IT WILL SIT ON, 1466 01:01:46,769 --> 01:01:52,508 AND SO THE FLOOR AREA RATIO IS 1467 01:01:52,508 --> 01:01:53,643 REPLACED WITH THE HARDSCAPE 1468 01:01:53,643 --> 01:01:56,612 REQUIREMENT. THAT REQUIREMENT 1469 01:01:56,612 --> 01:01:57,814 IS DRIVEN BY THE HOUSING 1470 01:01:57,814 --> 01:01:59,315 DEVELOPMENTS. AS WE ARE 1471 01:01:59,315 --> 01:02:00,316 REGULATING MORE TREES, IT IS 1472 01:02:00,316 --> 01:02:03,653 CRUCIAL THAT WE USE THE RIGHT 1473 01:02:03,653 --> 01:02:04,887 TOOL. THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN 1474 01:02:04,887 --> 01:02:06,589 SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF A TOWNHOME 1475 01:02:06,589 --> 01:02:07,590 DEVELOPMENT USING HARDSCAPE, 1476 01:02:07,590 --> 01:02:11,394 AGAIN, AN EXISTING SDCI 1477 01:02:11,394 --> 01:02:16,799 STANDARD , THAT IS SUPPOSED TO 1478 01:02:16,799 --> 01:02:19,602 REPLACE THE FLOOR AREA RATIO, 1479 01:02:19,602 --> 01:02:21,104 AND IT ACCOUNTS JUST FOR THE 1480 01:02:21,104 --> 01:02:23,806 BUILDINGS. SO IT IS A BETTER 1481 01:02:23,806 --> 01:02:25,241 WAY TO DESCRIBE WHAT IS ALLOWED 1482 01:02:25,241 --> 01:02:27,977 AND WHAT IS REQUIRED, LIKE 1483 01:02:27,977 --> 01:02:32,148 TRASH STORAGE, AND PARKWAYS 1484 01:02:32,148 --> 01:02:33,182 AND DRIVEWAYS. BUILDING 1485 01:02:33,182 --> 01:02:34,450 FOOTPRINTS, EAVES , PARKING, 1486 01:02:34,450 --> 01:02:39,889 PARKING ACCESS AREAS, 1487 01:02:39,889 --> 01:02:40,456 WALKWAYS, BICYCLE PARKING, 1488 01:02:40,456 --> 01:02:42,658 WASTE STORAGE AREAS, PATIOS, 1489 01:02:42,658 --> 01:02:47,797 RETENTION PLANTERS AND STORM 1490 01:02:47,797 --> 01:02:50,299 WATER FEATURES AND OTHER HARD 1491 01:02:50,299 --> 01:02:52,001 SERVICES, THEY ARE REQUIRED BY 1492 01:02:52,001 --> 01:02:56,706 CURRENT CODES . AND SO, FOR 1493 01:02:56,706 --> 01:02:58,741 THIS EXAMPLE SHOWN ON THE SCENE 1494 01:02:58,741 --> 01:03:01,978 UNDER THE EXISTING CODE, THE 1495 01:03:01,978 --> 01:03:04,046 RATIO IS A MAXIMUM OF 1.4. THIS 1496 01:03:04,046 --> 01:03:07,350 PROJECT HAS BEEN 1.39 FLOOR 1497 01:03:07,350 --> 01:03:08,885 AREA RATIO AND THE HARD SCAPE 1498 01:03:08,885 --> 01:03:14,957 PERCENTAGE IS 5456 SQUARE 1499 01:03:14,957 --> 01:03:20,463 FEET, AND THE APPLICANT 1500 01:03:20,463 --> 01:03:23,266 PROVIDED FIVE PARKING STALLS, 1501 01:03:23,266 --> 01:03:24,567 AND BICYCLE PARKING, SOLID 1502 01:03:24,567 --> 01:03:25,635 WASTE AND RECYCLABLES, THEY 1503 01:03:25,635 --> 01:03:30,540 ARE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS 1504 01:03:30,540 --> 01:03:31,574 THE LANDSCAPING. AND SO, YOU 1505 01:03:31,574 --> 01:03:36,779 CAN SEE, THERE WAS A LOT OF 1506 01:03:36,779 --> 01:03:37,914 CRITICAL FEATURES THAT NEED TO 1507 01:03:37,914 --> 01:03:39,148 GO INTO THE DESIGN AND 1508 01:03:39,148 --> 01:03:39,916 PLACEMENT OF THE BUILDINGS ON 1509 01:03:39,916 --> 01:03:41,017 THE SITE. SO, THE STANDARD 1510 01:03:41,017 --> 01:03:41,617 ALLOWS FOR INCREASED 1511 01:03:41,617 --> 01:03:42,652 PROTECTIONS. THE FLOOR AREA 1512 01:03:42,652 --> 01:03:51,594 RATIO ONLY IS NOT FLEXIBLE 1513 01:03:51,594 --> 01:03:52,862 ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT THE 1514 01:03:52,862 --> 01:03:53,963 LEGISLATION IS PROPOSING TO DO. 1515 01:03:53,963 --> 01:03:55,464 THIS TOOL MAKES IT CLEAR TO THE 1516 01:03:55,464 --> 01:03:56,132 APPLICANT WHAT INCENTIVES ARE 1517 01:03:56,132 --> 01:03:57,099 AVAILABLE FOR TREATMENT 1518 01:03:57,099 --> 01:04:00,002 ATTENTION AND THEN WHAT IS 1519 01:04:00,002 --> 01:04:01,304 ALLOWED TO BE REMOVED AND WHAT 1520 01:04:01,304 --> 01:04:02,371 IS NOT POSSIBLE OR POSSIBLE 1521 01:04:02,371 --> 01:04:03,539 WITH CURRENT FLEXIBILITY. ONE 1522 01:04:03,539 --> 01:04:10,646 TIER WAS RETAINED AT THE 1523 01:04:10,646 --> 01:04:11,547 WASTE STORAGE AREA ON THE 1524 01:04:11,547 --> 01:04:12,915 BOTTOM LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE 1525 01:04:12,915 --> 01:04:16,853 IMAGE. TIER ONE TREES MAY NOT 1526 01:04:16,853 --> 01:04:17,887 BE REMOVED UNLESS DEEMED 1527 01:04:17,887 --> 01:04:18,888 HAZARDOUS OR AN EMERGENCY 1528 01:04:18,888 --> 01:04:20,022 ACTION IS NECESSARY. IN THIS 1529 01:04:20,022 --> 01:04:23,192 CASE, THIS TREE WAS HEALTHY, 1530 01:04:23,192 --> 01:04:24,493 THEREFORE IT MAY NOT BE 1531 01:04:24,493 --> 01:04:26,862 REMOVED. AND THEN ONE TIER TWO 1532 01:04:26,862 --> 01:04:31,100 TREE WAS REMOVED, NEAR THE 1533 01:04:31,100 --> 01:04:35,438 ACCESS TO UNIT SIX. AND THEN 1534 01:04:35,438 --> 01:04:40,776 TWO NEW TREES PLANTED BY UNITS 1535 01:04:40,776 --> 01:04:42,278 ONE, TWO, AND THREE. 1536 01:04:42,278 --> 01:04:44,413 >> THANK YOU, CHANDA. SO, THIS 1537 01:04:44,413 --> 01:04:45,681 IS AN EXAMPLE OF REPLACEMENT 1538 01:04:45,681 --> 01:04:47,049 ON-SITE. BUT I DO WANT TO ASK 1539 01:04:47,049 --> 01:04:48,517 HERE, SHOULD THE BUILDER DESIRE 1540 01:04:48,517 --> 01:04:57,360 TO RETAIN THAT TIER TWO TREE 1541 01:04:57,360 --> 01:04:58,227 WITH THE EXEMPTIONS AND 1542 01:04:58,227 --> 01:04:59,462 LIKABILITY PROVIDED, IS IT NOT 1543 01:04:59,462 --> 01:05:00,596 POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO SHIFT 1544 01:05:00,596 --> 01:05:11,140 UNITS ONE, FOUR, AND TWO AND 1545 01:05:11,274 --> 01:05:12,074 FIVE, UPSTREAM, AND UNITS EIGHT 1546 01:05:12,074 --> 01:05:13,276 AND 10 DOWN, SO THERE IS A 1547 01:05:13,276 --> 01:05:14,810 SPACE TO RETAIN THAT TREE ? ARE 1548 01:05:14,810 --> 01:05:15,845 THOSE FLEXIBILITIES THAT HAVE 1549 01:05:15,845 --> 01:05:16,946 BEEN PROVIDED IN THAT BILL? 1550 01:05:16,946 --> 01:05:21,117 >> YES, THERE ARE FLEXIBILITIES 1551 01:05:21,117 --> 01:05:23,052 TO SHIFT THINGS AWAY FROM 1552 01:05:23,052 --> 01:05:23,986 PROTECTED TREES. BUT THE 1553 01:05:23,986 --> 01:05:26,856 CHALLENGES THE DRIVEWAY HERE. 1554 01:05:26,856 --> 01:05:28,224 THERE ARE CERTAIN DIMENSIONS 1555 01:05:28,224 --> 01:05:30,593 FOR DRIVEWAYS. AND THEY COULD 1556 01:05:30,593 --> 01:05:34,563 SHIFT , YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS 1557 01:05:34,563 --> 01:05:37,400 AROUND, AND TRY TO SEE HOW 1558 01:05:37,400 --> 01:05:40,736 THAT WORKS, THE TREE WOULD NOT 1559 01:05:40,736 --> 01:05:42,571 HAVE TO BE REMOVED IF THEY USED 1560 01:05:42,571 --> 01:05:44,040 A DIFFERENT DESIGN. IN ORDER 1561 01:05:44,040 --> 01:05:45,675 TO DO THAT. BUT, IN THIS 1562 01:05:45,675 --> 01:05:47,977 EXAMPLE, THE BUILDER OR THE 1563 01:05:47,977 --> 01:05:51,714 APPLICANT DID NOT SHOW HOW THE 1564 01:05:51,714 --> 01:05:52,815 BUILDINGS WERE SHIFTED, THEY 1565 01:05:52,815 --> 01:05:55,217 JUST SHOWED THAT THE TREE WAS 1566 01:05:55,217 --> 01:05:56,152 REMOVED. 1567 01:05:56,152 --> 01:06:00,022 >> IN OUR CURRENT CODE, WE DO 1568 01:06:00,022 --> 01:06:01,791 NOT GIVE THEM THAT FLEXIBILITY. 1569 01:06:01,791 --> 01:06:06,228 AND SO IN OUR CURRENT CODE, AS 1570 01:06:06,228 --> 01:06:08,097 WRITTEN, WE ARE FORCING THEIR 1571 01:06:08,097 --> 01:06:09,365 HAND WITH THIS TREE. THE 1572 01:06:09,365 --> 01:06:10,766 FLEXIBILITIES IN THIS BILL GIVE 1573 01:06:10,766 --> 01:06:14,537 ENOUGH TO PRESERVE THE TREE. 1574 01:06:14,537 --> 01:06:15,738 COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS ON 1575 01:06:15,738 --> 01:06:21,010 THIS SLIDE? NOT SEEING ANY, WE 1576 01:06:21,010 --> 01:06:22,678 WILL GO TO THE NEXT ONE. 1577 01:06:22,678 --> 01:06:26,382 >> THIS IMAGE SHOWS TWO 1578 01:06:26,382 --> 01:06:27,049 BUILDINGS, BOTH ARE TOWNHOUSES, 1579 01:06:27,049 --> 01:06:28,751 AND WE TYPICALLY SEE MULTI 1580 01:06:28,751 --> 01:06:34,090 FAMILY HOMES ON. AND THIS IS 1581 01:06:34,090 --> 01:06:35,091 THE TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT, AND 1582 01:06:35,091 --> 01:06:36,525 IN THE BACK OF THE LOT, YOU CAN 1583 01:06:36,525 --> 01:06:38,694 SEE -- 1584 01:06:38,694 --> 01:06:45,601 >> CHANDA ? I DO NOT KNOW , 1585 01:06:45,601 --> 01:06:46,969 ARE YOU SPEAKING TO THE CORRECT 1586 01:06:46,969 --> 01:06:47,203 SLIDE? 1587 01:06:47,203 --> 01:06:50,106 >> YES. 1588 01:06:50,106 --> 01:06:50,606 >> OKAY. 1589 01:06:50,606 --> 01:06:54,377 >> IN THIS EXAMPLE, THE FLOOR 1590 01:06:54,377 --> 01:06:55,611 AREA RATIO IS A MAXIMUM OF 1.4, 1591 01:06:55,611 --> 01:07:00,049 SO THIS PROJECT, IT HAS A 1592 01:07:00,049 --> 01:07:05,855 HARDSCAPE OF 85%. 1593 01:07:05,855 --> 01:07:09,458 >> KEEP GOING. SORRY. 1594 01:07:09,458 --> 01:07:15,197 >> IN THIS IMAGE, THESE TIER 1595 01:07:15,197 --> 01:07:16,966 ONE TREES ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF 1596 01:07:16,966 --> 01:07:24,173 THE PROPERTY. THEY MAY NOT BE 1597 01:07:24,173 --> 01:07:25,341 REMOVED UNLESS DEEMED HAZARDOUS 1598 01:07:25,341 --> 01:07:26,142 OR UNLESS THERE IS EMERGENCY 1599 01:07:26,142 --> 01:07:26,909 ACTION NECESSARY. IN THIS 1600 01:07:26,909 --> 01:07:27,910 EXAMPLE, THE BUILDER ELECTS TO 1601 01:07:27,910 --> 01:07:29,412 PASS ON THIS AFTER COMPLETING 1602 01:07:29,412 --> 01:07:32,681 THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND 1603 01:07:32,681 --> 01:07:34,417 THE INCREASED TREE PROTECTIONS 1604 01:07:34,417 --> 01:07:39,688 IN THE LEGISLATION. 1605 01:07:39,688 --> 01:07:41,190 >> IS THIS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT 1606 01:07:41,190 --> 01:07:42,224 PROVIDING ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY TO 1607 01:07:42,224 --> 01:07:43,692 SHIFT THESE BUILDINGS INTO 1608 01:07:43,692 --> 01:07:46,228 THOSE AREAS, ET CETERA ? 1609 01:07:46,228 --> 01:07:50,299 >> IN THIS SITUATION, THE 1610 01:07:50,299 --> 01:07:51,834 BUILDER SOUGHT THAT THESE ARE 1611 01:07:51,834 --> 01:07:55,438 TWO TIER ONE TREES IN THE 1612 01:07:55,438 --> 01:07:56,705 MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY, AND 1613 01:07:56,705 --> 01:08:00,976 THEY DID NOT SHOW A WAY TO 1614 01:08:00,976 --> 01:08:02,144 MOVE THE BUILDINGS AROUND. IT 1615 01:08:02,144 --> 01:08:05,514 MIGHT HAVE REDUCED THE SIZE 1616 01:08:05,514 --> 01:08:08,684 OF THE UNITS OR SHIFTED THEM. 1617 01:08:08,684 --> 01:08:09,685 THEY COULD'VE TRIED DIFFERENT 1618 01:08:09,685 --> 01:08:13,889 DESIGNS . IN THIS CASE, THEY 1619 01:08:13,889 --> 01:08:16,158 JUST PASSED ON THE LAW. 1620 01:08:16,158 --> 01:08:23,632 >> IS THAT , AND THAT IS DUE 1621 01:08:23,632 --> 01:08:24,567 TO OUR HARDSCAPE REQUIREMENT? 1622 01:08:24,567 --> 01:08:25,334 WHAT I AM HEARING, EVEN THE 1623 01:08:25,334 --> 01:08:26,969 BILL BEFORE ESTATE IS NOT 1624 01:08:26,969 --> 01:08:28,037 PROVIDE ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY TO 1625 01:08:28,037 --> 01:08:29,038 SHIFT THESE BUILDINGS. AND SO, 1626 01:08:29,038 --> 01:08:32,208 THESE TREES ARE PRESERVED AND 1627 01:08:32,208 --> 01:08:33,742 THAT LOT IS NOT DEVELOPED. IS 1628 01:08:33,742 --> 01:08:36,879 THAT CORRECT? 1629 01:08:36,879 --> 01:08:38,347 >> THIS LOT, THE APPLICANT 1630 01:08:38,347 --> 01:08:40,850 CHOSE TO PASS ON IT. BUT, 1631 01:08:40,850 --> 01:08:43,252 THERE COULD BE A BUILDER OR AN 1632 01:08:43,252 --> 01:08:44,186 APPLICANT THAT USES A DIFFERENT 1633 01:08:44,186 --> 01:08:47,556 DESIGN. WHERE THEY WOULD NOT 1634 01:08:47,556 --> 01:08:51,327 PASS ON THIS LOT. AND SO, IN 1635 01:08:51,327 --> 01:08:52,928 THIS CASE, THEY WERE PROPOSING 1636 01:08:52,928 --> 01:08:56,432 THIS DESIGN . AND IT WAS 1637 01:08:56,432 --> 01:09:05,040 CHALLENGING BECAUSE TIER ONE 1638 01:09:05,040 --> 01:09:06,542 TREES HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF 1639 01:09:06,542 --> 01:09:06,876 PROTECTIONS. 1640 01:09:06,876 --> 01:09:07,910 >> WITH THE NEW FLEXIBILITIES, 1641 01:09:07,910 --> 01:09:09,278 WHAT I AM HEARING IS THAT WE 1642 01:09:09,278 --> 01:09:10,279 HAVE NOT PROVIDED ENOUGH 1643 01:09:10,279 --> 01:09:11,247 FLEXIBILITY IN THIS BILL TO 1644 01:09:11,247 --> 01:09:12,515 BUILD THE HOUSING AND TO 1645 01:09:12,515 --> 01:09:14,683 PRESERVE THE TREE ? 1646 01:09:14,683 --> 01:09:15,885 >> YES, TO BUILD THIS 1647 01:09:15,885 --> 01:09:21,357 PARTICULAR DESIGN IN THIS 1648 01:09:21,357 --> 01:09:23,526 SCENARIO FOR THIS PARTICULAR 1649 01:09:23,526 --> 01:09:30,266 ONE. THE TIER ONE TREES ARE IN 1650 01:09:30,266 --> 01:09:32,067 A POSITION THAT MADE IT 1651 01:09:32,067 --> 01:09:32,635 PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING 1652 01:09:32,635 --> 01:09:33,702 BECAUSE THEY ARE LOCATED IN THE 1653 01:09:33,702 --> 01:09:39,708 MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY. 1654 01:09:39,708 --> 01:09:41,443 >> OKAY, I DO NOT FEEL LIKE MY 1655 01:09:41,443 --> 01:09:42,344 QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED AND 1656 01:09:42,344 --> 01:09:44,079 I AM NOT GOING TO ASK IT AGAIN 1657 01:09:44,079 --> 01:09:45,581 SO THAT WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE 1658 01:09:45,581 --> 01:09:45,948 NEXT SLIDE. 1659 01:09:45,948 --> 01:09:48,017 >> SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS 1660 01:09:48,017 --> 01:09:51,487 SLIDE, THIS SHOWS TWO 1661 01:09:51,487 --> 01:09:52,588 BUILDINGS, BOTH ARE TYPICALLY 1662 01:09:52,588 --> 01:09:57,293 SEEN FOR MULTIFAMILY ZONES. 1663 01:09:57,293 --> 01:10:01,263 THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT AND 1664 01:10:01,263 --> 01:10:02,464 THIS IS THE 10-UNIT 1665 01:10:02,464 --> 01:10:09,004 DEVELOPMENT. IN THIS EXAMPLE, 1666 01:10:09,004 --> 01:10:10,206 IT IS ALLOWING FOR A MAXIMUM 1667 01:10:10,206 --> 01:10:12,074 RATIO OF 1.4, AND IT HAS A 1668 01:10:12,074 --> 01:10:17,179 MAXIMUM F.A.R. OF 1.39, AND 1669 01:10:17,179 --> 01:10:22,718 HARDSCAPE OF 5456 SQUARE FEET . 1670 01:10:22,718 --> 01:10:23,752 THE PREVIOUS SERVICES ACCOUNTED 1671 01:10:23,752 --> 01:10:24,853 FOR 944 SQUARE FEET, THE 1672 01:10:24,853 --> 01:10:25,754 CURRENT CODE, REQUIRING NO 1673 01:10:25,754 --> 01:10:28,958 PARKING , AND IN THE APPLICANT 1674 01:10:28,958 --> 01:10:30,059 PROVIDED NO PARKING AND THE 1675 01:10:30,059 --> 01:10:33,295 CURRENT CODE ACTUALLY REQUIRED 1676 01:10:33,295 --> 01:10:39,068 NINE PARKING SPACES +2 1677 01:10:39,068 --> 01:10:41,670 SHORT-TERM STALLS AND IT 1678 01:10:41,670 --> 01:10:43,038 REQUIRED THAT THE CURRENT CODE 1679 01:10:43,038 --> 01:10:45,975 FOR RECYCLABLES IS A MINIMUM 1680 01:10:45,975 --> 01:10:51,880 OF 150 SQUARE FEET , AND 15' 1681 01:10:51,880 --> 01:10:53,449 WIDE WALKWAYS, AND ALSO THEY 1682 01:10:53,449 --> 01:10:57,686 HAVE MINIMUM DIMENSIONS. IN 1683 01:10:57,686 --> 01:10:59,188 THIS IMAGE, THERE ARE TWO TIER 1684 01:10:59,188 --> 01:11:04,526 TWO COUNCILMEMBER TREES, THE 1685 01:11:04,526 --> 01:11:06,495 BUILDER WORKED WITH THE PROJECT 1686 01:11:06,495 --> 01:11:11,867 ARCHITECT TO PREPARE WHAT IT 1687 01:11:11,867 --> 01:11:12,935 SHOWS. UNITS THREE, SIX, EIGHT, 1688 01:11:12,935 --> 01:11:17,573 AND 10 USE CODE INCENTIVES IN 1689 01:11:17,573 --> 01:11:18,674 THIS LEGISLATION TO RETAIN THE 1690 01:11:18,674 --> 01:11:19,708 HEALTHY PIER ONE TREE. THE 1691 01:11:19,708 --> 01:11:22,678 INCENTIVE USED WAS TO SHIFT IT 1692 01:11:22,678 --> 01:11:26,482 FORWARD AND HAVE A DIMENSION 1693 01:11:26,482 --> 01:11:28,617 NEAR UNIT 30, THEN UNITS EIGHT 1694 01:11:28,617 --> 01:11:31,387 AND 10 USED OTHER CODE 1695 01:11:31,387 --> 01:11:32,187 INCENTIVES AND FLEXIBILITIES 1696 01:11:32,187 --> 01:11:34,023 THAT ALLOW FOR THE BUILDER TO 1697 01:11:34,023 --> 01:11:36,025 MOVE UP AN ADDITIONAL 10 ' IN 1698 01:11:36,025 --> 01:11:41,597 HEIGHT AND THEN THE TIER TWO 1699 01:11:41,597 --> 01:11:49,638 TREES WERE PRESERVED BY THE 1700 01:11:49,638 --> 01:11:50,639 BUILDER. THE BUILDER FOUND 1701 01:11:50,639 --> 01:11:51,840 THERE WAS NO REASON TO USE 1702 01:11:51,840 --> 01:11:53,008 INCENTIVES FOR THOSE TREES, 1703 01:11:53,008 --> 01:11:53,742 GIVING THEIR LOCATION. 1704 01:11:53,742 --> 01:11:57,513 >> ALEX, ANY QUESTIONS? THIS 1705 01:11:57,513 --> 01:11:59,415 IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN 1706 01:11:59,415 --> 01:12:01,617 SHIFT BUILDINGS AROUND. AND 1707 01:12:01,617 --> 01:12:03,786 CLERK, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TWO 1708 01:12:03,786 --> 01:12:07,056 SLIDES, HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF 1709 01:12:07,056 --> 01:12:14,630 A TIER TWO TREE , IN 1710 01:12:14,630 --> 01:12:15,631 ESSENTIALLY THE SAME PLACE AS 1711 01:12:15,631 --> 01:12:16,799 THE OTHER EXAMPLE, WHERE THIS 1712 01:12:16,799 --> 01:12:19,768 TIER TWO TREE IS NOT SAVED 1713 01:12:19,768 --> 01:12:21,403 UNDER OUR CURRENT CODES. WE 1714 01:12:21,403 --> 01:12:26,041 ARE NOT PROVIDING THE 1715 01:12:26,041 --> 01:12:27,176 FLEXIBILITY THAT IS NEEDED. IF 1716 01:12:27,176 --> 01:12:28,677 YOU CAN SHIFT BACK TO SLIDE 13. 1717 01:12:28,677 --> 01:12:31,046 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE 1718 01:12:31,046 --> 01:12:36,952 ARE ABLE TO ALLOW SHIFTS TO 1719 01:12:36,952 --> 01:12:37,820 OCCUR IN THESE BUILDINGS TO 1720 01:12:37,820 --> 01:12:38,754 PROTECT TREES. THIS FLEXIBILITY 1721 01:12:38,754 --> 01:12:40,122 DOES NOT EXIST IN OUR CURRENT 1722 01:12:40,122 --> 01:12:43,092 CODE AND IT IS PART OF WHAT IS 1723 01:12:43,092 --> 01:12:45,160 BEING PROPOSED TODAY. 1724 01:12:45,160 --> 01:12:45,627 COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER 1725 01:12:45,627 --> 01:12:50,199 QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, LET'S 1726 01:12:50,199 --> 01:12:51,100 MOVE ON. WE HAVE ANOTHER 1727 01:12:51,100 --> 01:12:56,872 EXAMPLE. THIS IS A DENSER 1728 01:12:56,872 --> 01:12:59,208 ZONE. CHANDA, IF YOU WANT, 1729 01:12:59,208 --> 01:12:59,541 TAKE IT AWAY. 1730 01:12:59,541 --> 01:13:03,245 >> IN THIS IMAGE, THE PROJECT 1731 01:13:03,245 --> 01:13:08,951 IS A MIXED USE BUILDING . THE 1732 01:13:08,951 --> 01:13:09,952 FLOOR AREA RATIO IS 4.25, AND 1733 01:13:09,952 --> 01:13:11,587 THE PROJECT HAS A BUILT-IN 1734 01:13:11,587 --> 01:13:15,057 FLOOR AREA RATIO , 85% 1735 01:13:15,057 --> 01:13:22,598 HARDSCAPE , AND SO, IT IS A 1736 01:13:22,598 --> 01:13:23,232 BUILDING WITH UNDERGROUND 1737 01:13:23,232 --> 01:13:24,366 PARKING. NO PARKING SPACES ARE 1738 01:13:24,366 --> 01:13:26,034 SHOWN IN THIS IMAGE, THE 1739 01:13:26,034 --> 01:13:29,938 APPLICANT USED CODE INCENTIVES 1740 01:13:29,938 --> 01:13:32,074 AND CODE FLEXIBILITIES TO MAKE 1741 01:13:32,074 --> 01:13:32,875 DESIGN MODIFICATIONS TO THE 1742 01:13:32,875 --> 01:13:35,444 AREA. SO, THE APPLICANT ALSO 1743 01:13:35,444 --> 01:13:40,516 RETAINED THE TIER ONE TREE ON 1744 01:13:40,516 --> 01:13:42,251 THE FAR RIGHT CORNER OF THE LOT 1745 01:13:42,251 --> 01:13:45,454 HOWEVER, THE TIER TWO TREE WAS 1746 01:13:45,454 --> 01:13:47,556 REMOVED. UNDER THE PROPOSED 1747 01:13:47,556 --> 01:13:52,261 CHANGES, TIER TWO TREES MUST 1748 01:13:52,261 --> 01:13:54,263 BE REPLACED AND THE CALCULATED 1749 01:13:54,263 --> 01:13:56,398 PAYMENT FEE MUST BE PAID. THIS 1750 01:13:56,398 --> 01:14:02,104 WAS A LARGE, MATURE TIER TWO 1751 01:14:02,104 --> 01:14:03,372 TREE, IT REQUIRED A FEW 1752 01:14:03,372 --> 01:14:04,406 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PAYMENT FOR 1753 01:14:04,406 --> 01:14:06,542 THE REMOVAL OF THAT TIER TWO 1754 01:14:06,542 --> 01:14:10,345 TREE. THE LARGER REMOVAL, THE 1755 01:14:10,345 --> 01:14:11,747 LARGER REPAYMENT FEE IS, AND 1756 01:14:11,747 --> 01:14:15,684 THEY CAN REPLANT NEW TREES 1757 01:14:15,684 --> 01:14:16,118 ON-SITE. 1758 01:14:16,118 --> 01:14:20,355 >> JUST TO CLARIFY HERE, FOR 1759 01:14:20,355 --> 01:14:22,157 THE REMOVAL OF THIS SIZE OF A 1760 01:14:22,157 --> 01:14:24,026 TIER TWO TREE, THEY ARE 1761 01:14:24,026 --> 01:14:28,463 REQUIRED TO REPLACE AND REPAY. 1762 01:14:28,463 --> 01:14:29,765 CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THERE ARE 1763 01:14:29,765 --> 01:14:30,933 NEW TREES REQUIRED THE DOLLAR 1764 01:14:30,933 --> 01:14:34,937 SIGNS IN THIS IMAGE? 1765 01:14:34,937 --> 01:14:39,741 >> IT ALLOWS FOR A COMBINATION 1766 01:14:39,741 --> 01:14:41,977 OF PAYMENT AND REPLANTING OF 1767 01:14:41,977 --> 01:14:42,978 TREES ON-SITE. 1768 01:14:42,978 --> 01:14:45,614 >> SO, THE BUILDER ELECTED TO 1769 01:14:45,614 --> 01:14:47,716 DO THIS BECAUSE OF THE COST OF 1770 01:14:47,716 --> 01:14:54,223 THE REMOVAL FEE BEING SO HIGH? 1771 01:14:54,223 --> 01:14:54,990 IS THAT MY CORRECT 1772 01:14:54,990 --> 01:14:55,891 UNDERSTANDING FOR THIS EXAMPLE? 1773 01:14:55,891 --> 01:14:56,024 1774 01:14:56,024 --> 01:14:56,358 >> YES. 1775 01:14:56,358 --> 01:14:57,693 >> AND THERE IS STILL A TIER 1776 01:14:57,693 --> 01:15:04,333 ONE TREE IN THE QUARTER. 1777 01:15:04,333 --> 01:15:06,668 COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS? AND 1778 01:15:06,668 --> 01:15:08,370 COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, TAKE 1779 01:15:08,370 --> 01:15:09,371 IT AWAY. 1780 01:15:09,371 --> 01:15:13,108 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS. 1781 01:15:13,108 --> 01:15:14,376 CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THERE ARE 1782 01:15:14,376 --> 01:15:18,313 SIX NEW TREES REPLANTED, IF 1783 01:15:18,313 --> 01:15:20,015 THEY ARE JUST REMOVING JUST ONE 1784 01:15:20,015 --> 01:15:22,818 TIER TWO TREE? 1785 01:15:22,818 --> 01:15:27,956 >> SO, WE ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE 1786 01:15:27,956 --> 01:15:31,159 UP A COMBINATION AND SO, THE 1787 01:15:31,159 --> 01:15:32,327 PREFERENCE FOR MOST WOULD BE TO 1788 01:15:32,327 --> 01:15:37,199 PLAN THE TREES ON-SITE RATHER 1789 01:15:37,199 --> 01:15:38,700 THAN TO MAKE A PAYMENT, SO THEY 1790 01:15:38,700 --> 01:15:40,035 ELECTED TO MAKE MORE TREES 1791 01:15:40,035 --> 01:15:41,503 BEING PLANTED ON-SITE. THE 1792 01:15:41,503 --> 01:15:45,507 PAYMENT WAS VERY HIGH FOR THIS 1793 01:15:45,507 --> 01:15:49,545 . THEY DID BOTH. 1794 01:15:49,545 --> 01:15:52,014 >> I JUST THOUGHT THE 1795 01:15:52,014 --> 01:15:54,550 REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENT WAS ONE 1796 01:15:54,550 --> 01:15:58,987 TREE REMOVED, ONE TREE 1797 01:15:58,987 --> 01:15:59,388 REPLANTED. 1798 01:15:59,388 --> 01:16:04,526 >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION . 1799 01:16:04,526 --> 01:16:05,627 THANK YOU FOR THAT. UNDER THE 1800 01:16:05,627 --> 01:16:08,397 PROPOSAL OF CHANGES, IT IS NOT 1801 01:16:08,397 --> 01:16:09,998 A ONE-FOR-ONE REPLACEMENT 1802 01:16:09,998 --> 01:16:11,700 REQUIREMENT ANYMORE. IT IS ONE 1803 01:16:11,700 --> 01:16:16,872 OR MORE REPLANTED. WHEN ONE OR 1804 01:16:16,872 --> 01:16:20,676 MORE MUST BE REMOVED. 1805 01:16:20,676 --> 01:16:22,811 >> I AM GOING TO FOLLOW UP. 1806 01:16:22,811 --> 01:16:27,983 KEEP GOING, COUNCILMEMBER 1807 01:16:27,983 --> 01:16:29,051 PEDERSEN. I SAW YOU. 1808 01:16:29,051 --> 01:16:30,352 >> UNDER THE PROPOSAL, WE ARE 1809 01:16:30,352 --> 01:16:31,887 NOT REQUIRING THE SAME WIDTH OF 1810 01:16:31,887 --> 01:16:37,025 TREE OR DIAMETER OF TREE TO 1811 01:16:37,025 --> 01:16:38,894 BE REPLACED. IF IT IS A 24 WAS 1812 01:16:38,894 --> 01:16:41,863 QUOTE REMOVED, THEN YOU ARE 1813 01:16:41,863 --> 01:16:48,303 NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE FOUR 6 " 1814 01:16:48,303 --> 01:16:50,906 TREES TO REPLACE, CORRECT? 1815 01:16:50,906 --> 01:16:56,712 YOU ARE JUST TRYING TO LOWER 1816 01:16:56,712 --> 01:16:57,946 YOUR FEE, PERHAPS, BY PLANTING 1817 01:16:57,946 --> 01:17:00,015 THE TWO ADDITIONAL TREES, OR 1818 01:17:00,015 --> 01:17:02,484 WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE? 1819 01:17:02,484 --> 01:17:04,987 >> THAT IS CORRECT, THE GOAL , 1820 01:17:04,987 --> 01:17:12,260 OR INTENT IS TO EXTRAPOLATE 1821 01:17:12,260 --> 01:17:14,096 THE TREE BENEFITS. I AM KIND OF 1822 01:17:14,096 --> 01:17:15,397 GETTING INTO MORE OF THE 1823 01:17:15,397 --> 01:17:19,368 DETAILS OF HOW IT WORKS. 1824 01:17:19,368 --> 01:17:20,802 >> THAT IS OKAY. 1825 01:17:20,802 --> 01:17:21,770 >> IN GENERAL, TREE 1826 01:17:21,770 --> 01:17:25,207 REPLACEMENT MUST BE DESIGNED 1827 01:17:25,207 --> 01:17:27,209 TO RESULT IN A CANOPY COVERAGE 1828 01:17:27,209 --> 01:17:32,047 THAT IS ROUGHLY PROPOSAL TO 1829 01:17:32,047 --> 01:17:32,681 THE CANOPY COVERAGE PRIOR TO 1830 01:17:32,681 --> 01:17:37,886 REMOVAL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN 1831 01:17:37,886 --> 01:17:39,654 THE TREES ARE REMOVED, THEY 1832 01:17:39,654 --> 01:17:41,089 MUST BE REPLACED BY ONE OR 1833 01:17:41,089 --> 01:17:42,057 MORE, AND THE SIZE AND SPECIES 1834 01:17:42,057 --> 01:17:43,458 ARE DETERMINED BY ARBORISTS. 1835 01:17:43,458 --> 01:17:45,527 >> YOU REFERENCE THE CANOPY 1836 01:17:45,527 --> 01:17:47,829 COVERAGE FOR THE REPLACEMENTS , 1837 01:17:47,829 --> 01:17:49,431 THAT IS FOR WHEN THEY ARE FULLY 1838 01:17:49,431 --> 01:17:53,468 GROWN? NOT THAT THEY ARE 1839 01:17:53,468 --> 01:17:54,236 INSTANTLY MATCHING THE CANOPY 1840 01:17:54,236 --> 01:17:55,837 COVERAGE OF THE TREE REMOVED ? 1841 01:17:55,837 --> 01:17:56,638 >> CORRECT. 1842 01:17:56,638 --> 01:17:57,472 >> THANKS A LOT. 1843 01:17:57,472 --> 01:18:00,475 >> YES. 1844 01:18:00,475 --> 01:18:04,413 >> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, 1845 01:18:04,413 --> 01:18:12,320 THANK YOU. YOU ANSWERED, OR 1846 01:18:12,320 --> 01:18:13,588 ASKED, MY QUESTIONS AS WELL. 1847 01:18:13,588 --> 01:18:14,189 COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER 1848 01:18:14,189 --> 01:18:15,490 QUESTIONS? NO. MOVING ONTO THE 1849 01:18:15,490 --> 01:18:16,625 NEXT ONE. I THINK THIS IS THE 1850 01:18:16,625 --> 01:18:18,026 SAME EXAMPLE THAT CHANDA JUST 1851 01:18:18,026 --> 01:18:19,694 EXPLAINED. THE FLEXIBILITIES 1852 01:18:19,694 --> 01:18:24,533 THAT WERE ELECTED TO PRESERVE 1853 01:18:24,533 --> 01:18:24,833 THIS TREE. 1854 01:18:24,833 --> 01:18:27,703 >> THIS SLIDE SHOWS A SIMILAR 1855 01:18:27,703 --> 01:18:31,873 LAYOUT AS WHAT WAS SHOWN IN 1856 01:18:31,873 --> 01:18:32,941 THE PREVIOUS SLIDES, THE 1857 01:18:32,941 --> 01:18:34,009 DIFFERENCES, THERE IS A TIER 1858 01:18:34,009 --> 01:18:37,913 ONE TREE LOCATED IN THE AREA 1859 01:18:37,913 --> 01:18:38,947 SHOWN IN GREEN, THE BUILDER 1860 01:18:38,947 --> 01:18:42,484 ELECTED TO RETAIN THE TIER ONE 1861 01:18:42,484 --> 01:18:44,386 TREE BY MAKING MODIFICATIONS 1862 01:18:44,386 --> 01:18:47,989 TO THE UNIT FOOTPRINTS OF 1863 01:18:47,989 --> 01:18:49,357 UNITS ONE AND TWO. THE BUILDER 1864 01:18:49,357 --> 01:18:50,826 USE CODE INCENTIVES AND 1865 01:18:50,826 --> 01:18:55,530 FLEXIBILITIES TO THE PROPOSED 1866 01:18:55,530 --> 01:18:56,865 CHANGES. AND IT RESULTED IN A 1867 01:18:56,865 --> 01:18:58,333 REDUCTION OF THE AREA BY 42%, 1868 01:18:58,333 --> 01:18:59,568 AND A REDUCTION IN THE 1869 01:18:59,568 --> 01:19:04,906 LANDSCAPING BY 15%. 1870 01:19:04,906 --> 01:19:06,641 >> WONDERFUL. WITHOUT THOSE 1871 01:19:06,641 --> 01:19:12,948 FLEXIBILITIES , THIS BUILDING 1872 01:19:12,948 --> 01:19:14,082 WOULD NOT LIKELY BE BUILT 1873 01:19:14,082 --> 01:19:14,583 BECAUSE THOSE CURRENT 1874 01:19:14,583 --> 01:19:15,450 FLEXIBILITIES WOULD REQUIRE THE 1875 01:19:15,450 --> 01:19:17,152 TREE TO BE REMOVED AND THE TREE 1876 01:19:17,152 --> 01:19:21,156 IS OF A DIAMETER THAT IS NOT 1877 01:19:21,156 --> 01:19:22,891 ALLOWED TO BE REMOVED. IS THAT 1878 01:19:22,891 --> 01:19:26,161 A CORRECT STATEMENT? 1879 01:19:26,161 --> 01:19:26,595 >> YES. 1880 01:19:26,595 --> 01:19:28,130 >> OKAY. COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER 1881 01:19:28,130 --> 01:19:31,600 QUESTION ON THIS SLIDE? SEEING 1882 01:19:31,600 --> 01:19:32,934 NONE, LET'S MOVE ON. I THINK WE 1883 01:19:32,934 --> 01:19:34,369 ARE ALMOST THROUGH WITH THIS 1884 01:19:34,369 --> 01:19:34,870 PRESENTATION ACTUALLY. 1885 01:19:34,870 --> 01:19:36,238 >> THIS ALLUDES TO OUR 1886 01:19:36,238 --> 01:19:43,545 PROPOSED CHANGES, REPLACEMENT 1887 01:19:43,545 --> 01:19:45,380 TREES WILL HELP FUTURE 1888 01:19:45,380 --> 01:19:46,348 GENERATION OF CANOPY. IT DOES 1889 01:19:46,348 --> 01:19:47,816 THIS BY PLANTING NEW SPECIES 1890 01:19:47,816 --> 01:19:48,950 THAT ARE SELECTED FOR DISEASE 1891 01:19:48,950 --> 01:19:50,786 AND PEST-RESISTANT TOLERANCES. 1892 01:19:50,786 --> 01:19:54,523 IT IS ALSO INFORMED BY 1893 01:19:54,523 --> 01:19:58,326 SPACING. WHETHER 1894 01:19:58,326 --> 01:20:00,562 SITE-SPECIFIC, PROJECT-BY-PROJ 1895 01:20:00,562 --> 01:20:07,602 ECT , THERE IS A PREFERENCE 1896 01:20:07,602 --> 01:20:09,104 FOR TREE SPECIES THAT GROW WELL 1897 01:20:09,104 --> 01:20:10,138 AND SIT APPROPRIATELY WITHIN AN 1898 01:20:10,138 --> 01:20:11,473 URBAN ENVIRONMENT, BASED ON 1899 01:20:11,473 --> 01:20:17,579 ARBORISTS' INPUT. 1900 01:20:24,319 --> 01:20:25,020 THEN SO THAT CONCLUDES THE 1901 01:20:25,020 --> 01:20:27,022 PRESENTATION AND I AM HAPPY TO 1902 01:20:27,022 --> 01:20:27,489 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 1903 01:20:27,489 --> 01:20:31,560 >> THANK YOU. IF YOU WANT TO 1904 01:20:31,560 --> 01:20:33,195 GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IT 1905 01:20:33,195 --> 01:20:38,500 SAYS QUESTIONS. COLLEAGUES, 1906 01:20:38,500 --> 01:20:40,068 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE 1907 01:20:40,068 --> 01:20:41,069 OVERALL PRESENTATION TODAY? I 1908 01:20:41,069 --> 01:20:43,538 AM GOING TO CHECK MY NOTES TO 1909 01:20:43,538 --> 01:20:45,006 MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF MY 1910 01:20:45,006 --> 01:20:46,875 QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. 1911 01:20:46,875 --> 01:20:48,510 CHANDA, IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK 1912 01:20:48,510 --> 01:20:51,880 , LICK BACK A COUPLE SLIDES . 1913 01:20:51,880 --> 01:20:57,285 THAT ONE. DO WE HAVE 1914 01:20:57,285 --> 01:20:59,321 INCENTIVES IN PLACE TO REQUIRE 1915 01:20:59,321 --> 01:21:02,290 OR TO INCENTIVIZE PLANTING 1916 01:21:02,290 --> 01:21:06,094 TREES, RATHER THAN PAY THE 1917 01:21:06,094 --> 01:21:06,695 REMOVAL FEE? 1918 01:21:06,695 --> 01:21:11,833 >> SO, THE CODE DOES -- WELL. 1919 01:21:11,833 --> 01:21:14,002 I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER FOR 1920 01:21:14,002 --> 01:21:19,274 SURE. I DO NOT HAVE THE 1921 01:21:19,274 --> 01:21:20,742 LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF ME BUT 1922 01:21:20,742 --> 01:21:21,943 I DO BELIEVE THERE IS A SECTION 1923 01:21:21,943 --> 01:21:23,078 THERE THAT ENCOURAGES AND IT 1924 01:21:23,078 --> 01:21:24,246 MIGHT EVEN STAYED THAT, YOU 1925 01:21:24,246 --> 01:21:28,617 KNOW , PLANTING ON-SITE IS 1926 01:21:28,617 --> 01:21:30,886 PREFERABLE, I DO KNOW THAT WE 1927 01:21:30,886 --> 01:21:31,353 HAVE BEEN SURVEILLING 1928 01:21:31,353 --> 01:21:34,456 COMPARABLE CITIES IN SIZE AND 1929 01:21:34,456 --> 01:21:36,858 DENSITY. AND THE MAJORITY I 1930 01:21:36,858 --> 01:21:40,929 THINK , IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A 1% 1931 01:21:40,929 --> 01:21:45,333 USAGE. AND SO WHEN THEY ARE 1932 01:21:45,333 --> 01:21:46,835 DOING THE COST BENEFIT 1933 01:21:46,835 --> 01:21:50,305 ANALYSIS, YOU KNOW, MOST WILL 1934 01:21:50,305 --> 01:21:52,841 BE PLANTING ON-SITE IF THERE IS 1935 01:21:52,841 --> 01:21:56,845 ROOM TO DO SO. 1936 01:21:56,845 --> 01:22:00,282 >> WE WILL GET INTO THE FEES 1937 01:22:00,282 --> 01:22:08,423 MORE AT THE NEXT MEETING. NOW, 1938 01:22:08,423 --> 01:22:09,958 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, TAKE IT 1939 01:22:09,958 --> 01:22:10,292 AWAY. 1940 01:22:10,292 --> 01:22:11,192 >> THE INVENTORY PRESENTED LAST 1941 01:22:11,192 --> 01:22:12,894 TIME SHOWS THAT THERE WERE 87 1942 01:22:12,894 --> 01:22:18,633 ACRES OF TREES LOST IN 1943 01:22:18,633 --> 01:22:21,770 NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AND 1944 01:22:21,770 --> 01:22:23,238 THAT IS WHERE MOST OF OUR TREES 1945 01:22:23,238 --> 01:22:25,540 ARE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE 1946 01:22:25,540 --> 01:22:28,977 8500 IS APPLIED TO 1947 01:22:28,977 --> 01:22:31,980 MULTIFAMILY. BUT THERE -- THE 1948 01:22:31,980 --> 01:22:36,551 NUMBER , THE NUMBER OF TREES 1949 01:22:36,551 --> 01:22:37,919 THAT CAN BE CUT ON A 1950 01:22:37,919 --> 01:22:40,121 SINGLE-FAMILY LOT , IT IS 1951 01:22:40,121 --> 01:22:41,890 LIMITED, AS WE SAID BEFORE, BY 1952 01:22:41,890 --> 01:22:42,757 THE NUMBER OF TREES, 1953 01:22:42,757 --> 01:22:44,125 YEAR-TO-YEAR, ET CETERA. BUT 1954 01:22:44,125 --> 01:22:49,064 WHAT ARE , IF YOU KNOW, THE 1955 01:22:49,064 --> 01:22:53,268 REQUIREMENTS FOR SETBACKS OF 1956 01:22:53,268 --> 01:22:54,903 EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES 1957 01:22:54,903 --> 01:22:58,306 ON A REGULAR LOT. WERE ANY OF 1958 01:22:58,306 --> 01:23:05,113 THOSE , IF THEY EXIST , DO 1959 01:23:05,113 --> 01:23:06,147 THEY ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY 1960 01:23:06,147 --> 01:23:08,984 BETWEEN TREES? 1961 01:23:08,984 --> 01:23:11,286 >> THANK YOU, FOR THAT 1962 01:23:11,286 --> 01:23:14,756 QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER, THE 1963 01:23:14,756 --> 01:23:16,558 LEGISLATION DOES NOT CHANGE 1964 01:23:16,558 --> 01:23:18,760 THE UNDERLYING ZONING. BUT IT 1965 01:23:18,760 --> 01:23:23,264 DOES ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITIES 1966 01:23:23,264 --> 01:23:25,934 TO REDUCE SETBACKS. DID NOT GO 1967 01:23:25,934 --> 01:23:29,270 INTO THE TREE PROTECTION AREA. 1968 01:23:29,270 --> 01:23:32,040 AND TO RETAIN TREES. 1969 01:23:32,040 --> 01:23:34,609 >> BUT NO REGULATION AGAINST 1970 01:23:34,609 --> 01:23:39,014 CUTTING THEM DOWN? NO? I AM 1971 01:23:39,014 --> 01:23:41,015 ASSUMING. OKAY. 1972 01:23:41,015 --> 01:23:49,157 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, CAN 1973 01:23:49,157 --> 01:23:50,225 YOU ASK THAT QUESTION AGAIN. I 1974 01:23:50,225 --> 01:23:51,493 THINK YOU ARE ONTO SOMETHING 1975 01:23:51,493 --> 01:23:51,960 GOOD HERE. 1976 01:23:51,960 --> 01:23:52,994 >> I AM WONDERING , I 1977 01:23:52,994 --> 01:23:54,662 APPRECIATE HOW MUCH ATTENTION 1978 01:23:54,662 --> 01:23:58,867 IS FOCUSED ON THE MULTI 1979 01:23:58,867 --> 01:23:59,901 FAMILY. BUT I AM JUST 1980 01:23:59,901 --> 01:24:03,204 WONDERING, MAYBE I HAVE NOT 1981 01:24:03,204 --> 01:24:04,272 ZEROED IN ON EVERYTHING THIS 1982 01:24:04,272 --> 01:24:06,207 DOES FOR SINGLE FAMILIES, BUT I 1983 01:24:06,207 --> 01:24:12,981 AM JUST WONDERING. WHAT WAS , 1984 01:24:12,981 --> 01:24:14,616 WHAT WAS ON THE TABLE THAT WAS 1985 01:24:14,616 --> 01:24:17,485 MAYBE TAKEN OFF OR ANYTHING 1986 01:24:17,485 --> 01:24:19,054 LIKE THAT, BUT YOU AND I CAN 1987 01:24:19,054 --> 01:24:20,055 TALK OFF-LINE ABOUT THAT ONE, 1988 01:24:20,055 --> 01:24:21,623 BUT I AM JUST WORRIED THAT 1989 01:24:21,623 --> 01:24:24,559 CHOOSING THE SINGLE-FAMILY 1990 01:24:24,559 --> 01:24:30,865 ZONES -- I AM WANTING TO MAKE 1991 01:24:30,865 --> 01:24:31,933 SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING 1992 01:24:31,933 --> 01:24:33,435 THOSE AS WELL. BUT WE WILL TALK 1993 01:24:33,435 --> 01:24:33,701 LATER. 1994 01:24:33,701 --> 01:24:35,437 >> OKAY, THAT IS GOOD. YOU ARE 1995 01:24:35,437 --> 01:24:37,906 ONTO SOMETHING GOOD . SOMETHING 1996 01:24:37,906 --> 01:24:39,274 THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN 1997 01:24:39,274 --> 01:24:40,442 THE PRESENTATION, WHICH IS 1998 01:24:40,442 --> 01:24:41,443 REDUCING THE NUMBER OF TREES 1999 01:24:41,443 --> 01:24:47,582 THAT HE RESIDENTIAL LOT CAN 2000 01:24:47,582 --> 01:24:48,216 CUT DOWN. 2001 01:24:48,216 --> 01:24:49,751 >> THAT IS WHAT I AM 2002 01:24:49,751 --> 01:24:51,119 QUESTIONING. BUT I DON'T KNOW. 2003 01:24:51,119 --> 01:24:52,854 YOU PHRASED IT MUCH BETTER THAN 2004 01:24:52,854 --> 01:24:53,555 I DID. 2005 01:24:53,555 --> 01:24:56,925 >> THAT IS GREAT. WELL, 2006 01:24:56,925 --> 01:25:02,197 COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, I KNOW 2007 01:25:02,197 --> 01:25:03,698 YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR HAND UP, 2008 01:25:03,698 --> 01:25:08,803 BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS 2009 01:25:08,803 --> 01:25:09,170 TODAY? 2010 01:25:09,170 --> 01:25:10,371 >> THANK YOU, NO, CHAIR. 2011 01:25:10,371 --> 01:25:11,573 >> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, YOU 2012 01:25:11,573 --> 01:25:13,741 HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT 2013 01:25:13,741 --> 01:25:14,809 HOUSING, DID YOU WANT TO ASK 2014 01:25:14,809 --> 01:25:15,777 THEM NOW? 2015 01:25:15,777 --> 01:25:18,046 >> THAT IS OKAY, MR. CHAIR. I 2016 01:25:18,046 --> 01:25:19,547 WILL HOLD OFF FOR THE NEXT 2017 01:25:19,547 --> 01:25:19,948 CONVERSATIONS. 2018 01:25:19,948 --> 01:25:25,086 >> ALL RIGHT. VICE CHAIR TAMMY 2019 01:25:25,086 --> 01:25:26,121 MORALES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 2020 01:25:26,121 --> 01:25:27,755 >> I AM GOOD, THANK YOU VERY 2021 01:25:27,755 --> 01:25:28,022 MUCH. 2022 01:25:28,022 --> 01:25:30,125 >> COLLEAGUES, IF YOU DO HAVE 2023 01:25:30,125 --> 01:25:37,365 MORE QUESTIONS, EITHER AHEAD 2024 01:25:37,365 --> 01:25:38,533 OF THE NEXT PRESENTATION, YOU 2025 01:25:38,533 --> 01:25:39,801 CAN STOP SHARING THE SLIDE NOW. 2026 01:25:39,801 --> 01:25:40,735 OR CHANDA, IS THERE ANYTHING 2027 01:25:40,735 --> 01:25:42,403 ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE I 2028 01:25:42,403 --> 01:25:43,938 SEE COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA 2029 01:25:43,938 --> 01:25:44,739 WITH HER HAND UP. 2030 01:25:44,739 --> 01:25:48,643 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH . I GUESS 2031 01:25:48,643 --> 01:25:50,712 I CAN ASK FOR THE NEXT 2032 01:25:50,712 --> 01:25:51,779 PRESENTATION WILL IT BE 2033 01:25:51,779 --> 01:25:53,481 POSSIBLE TO FOLD IN MORE 2034 01:25:53,481 --> 01:25:59,254 INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLIMATE 2035 01:25:59,254 --> 01:26:01,956 RESISTANCE. JUST THIS MORNING 2036 01:26:01,956 --> 01:26:04,626 WE HEARD HOW THE RINGS WITHIN 2037 01:26:04,626 --> 01:26:05,593 TREES ARE SHOWING DRAMATIC 2038 01:26:05,593 --> 01:26:08,029 IMPACTS THAT THE EXTREME HEAT 2039 01:26:08,029 --> 01:26:14,102 AND WEATHER THAT WE HAD TWO 2040 01:26:14,102 --> 01:26:15,570 YEARS AGO AFFECTED TREES 2041 01:26:15,570 --> 01:26:16,771 LOCALLY. THIS COMPOUNDS A 2042 01:26:16,771 --> 01:26:18,172 REPORT THAT WAS IN THE NATIONAL 2043 01:26:18,172 --> 01:26:20,108 NEWS LAST MONDAY WITHIN ABOUT 2044 01:26:20,108 --> 01:26:21,776 10 YEARS WE ARE EXPECTING TO 2045 01:26:21,776 --> 01:26:26,381 SEE DRAMATIC INCREASES IN 2046 01:26:26,381 --> 01:26:27,482 TEMPERATURES AROUND THE WORLD I 2047 01:26:27,482 --> 01:26:28,516 THINK IT WAS 1.5 DEGREES 2048 01:26:28,516 --> 01:26:29,384 CELSIUS INCREASE WITHIN THE 2049 01:26:29,384 --> 01:26:31,019 NEXT DECADE. AND SO I WOULD 2050 01:26:31,019 --> 01:26:36,324 LOVE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT 2051 01:26:36,324 --> 01:26:36,691 MORE ABOUT THE 2052 01:26:36,691 --> 01:26:39,160 CLIMATE-RESISTANT TREES IN THE 2053 01:26:39,160 --> 01:26:40,528 NEXT PRESENTATION AS WELL. 2054 01:26:40,528 --> 01:26:42,764 >> I LOVE IT. LET'S PUT THAT 2055 01:26:42,764 --> 01:26:48,236 IN . AND WE WILL HAVE MORE 2056 01:26:48,236 --> 01:26:57,011 CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. 2057 01:26:57,011 --> 01:26:58,146 CHANDA, ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU 2058 01:26:58,146 --> 01:26:59,480 WOULD LIKE TO ADD OVERALL IN 2059 01:26:59,480 --> 01:27:00,215 THIS PRESENTATION, BEFORE WE 2060 01:27:00,215 --> 01:27:00,882 CONCLUDE FOR THE DAY? 2061 01:27:00,882 --> 01:27:02,317 >> I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO 2062 01:27:02,317 --> 01:27:03,084 ADD, COUNCILMEMBER. 2063 01:27:03,084 --> 01:27:04,185 >> I THINK THAT THIS 2064 01:27:04,185 --> 01:27:05,353 PRESENTATION REALLY ALLOWED US 2065 01:27:05,353 --> 01:27:08,356 TO SEE THE CITY REQUIREMENTS 2066 01:27:08,356 --> 01:27:11,059 AND HOW THEY ARE CURRENTLY AT 2067 01:27:11,059 --> 01:27:19,534 ODDS WITH PROTECTING TREES AND 2068 01:27:19,534 --> 01:27:20,735 HOW THIS BILL WILL HELP US TO 2069 01:27:20,735 --> 01:27:21,903 MANAGE THAT CONFLICT IN A WAY 2070 01:27:21,903 --> 01:27:22,604 THAT PRESERVES AND PROTECTS 2071 01:27:22,604 --> 01:27:24,505 TREES . AND IT WILL ALLOW THE 2072 01:27:24,505 --> 01:27:30,211 FLEXIBILITY FOR BUILDERS TO 2073 01:27:30,211 --> 01:27:31,246 BUILD ON A PARCEL WHILE 2074 01:27:31,246 --> 01:27:32,146 PRESERVING TREES AND GIVING 2075 01:27:32,146 --> 01:27:32,981 THEM THE UNDERSTANDING UPFRONT, 2076 01:27:32,981 --> 01:27:37,418 WHETHER OR NOT THAT WILL BE A 2077 01:27:37,418 --> 01:27:38,753 SITE THAT WORKS FOR THEM. I 2078 01:27:38,753 --> 01:27:39,887 WILL BRING A FEW AMENDMENTS TO 2079 01:27:39,887 --> 01:27:41,055 THE LEGISLATION TO MAKE IT EVEN 2080 01:27:41,055 --> 01:27:41,990 BETTER. BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC'S 2081 01:27:41,990 --> 01:27:43,358 DUE DILIGENCE. THANK YOU FOR 2082 01:27:43,358 --> 01:27:51,866 WORKING WITH MY OFFICE, WE 2083 01:27:51,866 --> 01:27:53,134 HAVE IDENTIFIED A FEW KEY AREAS 2084 01:27:53,134 --> 01:27:54,636 WHERE THE BILL CAN BE IMPROVED, 2085 01:27:54,636 --> 01:27:56,004 I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE HOW TO 2086 01:27:56,004 --> 01:27:56,938 BRING URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION 2087 01:27:56,938 --> 01:27:57,739 TO THE TABLE, POSSIBLY ALONG 2088 01:27:57,739 --> 01:27:59,307 WITH ARBORISTS, SO THAT WE CAN 2089 01:27:59,307 --> 01:28:03,311 HAVE A MORE ROBUST 2090 01:28:03,311 --> 01:28:04,345 CONVERSATION AT THE TABLE. FOR 2091 01:28:04,345 --> 01:28:05,446 THE PUBLIC, THERE IS ALWAYS 2092 01:28:05,446 --> 01:28:06,447 MORE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND YOUR 2093 01:28:06,447 --> 01:28:07,382 COMMENTS IN VERBALLY AND WE 2094 01:28:07,382 --> 01:28:08,716 WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT 2095 01:28:08,716 --> 01:28:11,452 AVAILABLE EVERY MEETING. I 2096 01:28:11,452 --> 01:28:17,358 GUESS THAT BRINGS US TO THE 2097 01:28:17,358 --> 01:28:18,826 GOOD OF THE ORDER. IF THERE IS 2098 01:28:18,826 --> 01:28:19,560 NOTHING FURTHER FROM MY 2099 01:28:19,560 --> 01:28:20,361 COLLEAGUES, THIS DOES CONCLUDE 2100 01:28:20,361 --> 01:28:21,796 THE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29th, 2023 2101 01:28:21,796 --> 01:28:28,069 SPECIAL USE COMMITTEE. THE 2102 01:28:28,069 --> 01:28:30,538 NEXT IS ON APRIL 7th, IT IS AN 2103 01:28:30,538 --> 01:28:34,942 AFTERNOON MEETING ON FRIDAY. 2104 01:28:34,942 --> 01:28:36,344 MY APOLOGIES FOR A FRIDAY 2105 01:28:36,344 --> 01:28:36,944 AFTERNOON MEETING. WE LOOK 2106 01:28:36,944 --> 01:28:37,912 FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE, 2107 01:28:37,912 --> 01:28:39,280 APRIL 7th, AT 2:00 P.M. THANK 2108 01:28:39,280 --> 01:28:40,448 YOU FOR ATTENDING. WE ARE 2109 01:28:40,448 --> 01:28:42,650 ADJOURNED.