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Policy 4.12.3 Ensure that regulations recognize that larger trees provide <br />more benefits than small trees. <br />Goal 4.13 <br />Overall city -wide tree canopy increased to a total of 29% by 2034. <br />Canopy cover in individual zoning categories increased by 2034 as listed <br />below: <br />Office and Commercial: 3% increase from 29 %to achieve 32% <br />cover <br />Public Rights -of -Way: increase canopy coverage through street <br />tree planting. <br />The applicant proposes a large canopy tree — Northern Red Oak - outside the entrance to the <br />building, which has a height and spread of 60 and 45 feet. The Empire Ash — proposed within the <br />Tukwila Village internal drive — is being used along the parking aisle in front of the north side of the <br />Library, which has a height and spread of 50 and 25 feet. Smaller trees are proposed between the <br />Library and the adjacent streets. <br />Land Use — Transportation Corridor <br />Goal 8.1 General Transportation Corridor <br />Transportation corridors that are functional, attractive and diverse along <br />their lengths both for the people who live along them, traveling through <br />them and those traveling to visit these areas. <br />Policies <br />8.1.1 Improve the pedestrian environment with street improvements that <br />include curbs, sidewalks or trails, and regularly spaced street trees. <br />See comment above regarding planting behind the sidewalk. <br />8.1.2 Provide pedestrian pathways between sidewalks and building <br />entrances and between adjacent properties and buildings to ensure that <br />parking lots are not a barrier to pedestrians within commercial areas. <br />Wide pedestrian walkways are shown leading from S. 144th Street and TIB. An extensive <br />walkway system allows safe pedestrian movement to the other buildings surrounding the <br />project. <br />8.1.5 Require mechanical equipment and trash and recycling containers to <br />be incorporated into the overall design of sites and buildings and screened <br />from view. <br />The buildings mechanical systems have been incorporated into the building's design. An <br />electrical vault will be moved eastward closer to the building and farther from TIB. The <br />L13 -017 — Tukwila Library Page 1 16 <br />