Planning 2013-06-27 Item 4 H - Public Hearing: Advisory Committee Meeting Memos and Minutes

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Tukwila Tree and Environment Advisory Committee Meeting Notes Meeting 3, November 28, 2012 Committee Members in Attendance: Sean Albert, Nancy Eklund, Christian Faltenberger, De'Sean Quinn , Stephen Reilly, Don Scanlon, David Shumate, Kathleen Wilson Committee Members Absent: Heidi Watters Members of the Public in Attendance: Daryl Tapio Staff in Attendance: Carol Lumb, Sandra Whiting, Nora Gierloff The meeting began at 6:05 p.m. Topics of Discussion: 1. Welcome to Committee members and visitors. 2. Public comment: (Time will be set aside at the beginning of each meeting for brief public comments; the Committee is meeting in work session format, therefore, questions or comments from the public that come up during the course of the meeting should be directed to staff via e-mail or telephone calls after the meeting.) There was no public comment. 3. Check -in with Committee members: The Chair asked if Committee members have any questions or comments from the previous meeting that they wanted to discuss • The Committee asked whether staff agreed with Linden Mead's comments about use of native trees (that due to their size at maturity they often are not a good fit for urban settings) - staff agrees with Ms. Mead's comments and the general rule of thumb "right tree, right place" — being sure you think about what the appropriate tree is for the space that you have. • There was general discussion that studies have shown that much wetland mitigation is not successful, how the Federal and State governments have revised wetland mitigation requirements and actions to improve success and the extent to which there is follow up after mitigation is in place. 4. Housekeeping: • The Committee discussed possibly meeting on either Tuesday, December 18th or Thursday, December 20th instead of Wednesday, December 19th because two Committee members have a conflict with the 12/19 meeting. Staff will check with Committee member Heidi Watters on her availability for the alternate dates. • The Committee approved the meeting notes from the 11- 1- 12meeting with no corrections /revisions. 5. Powerpoint presentation by Sandra Whiting, Urban Environmentalist, on the City's Sensitive Area Ordinance (SAO), found in TMC 18.45, to provide background information to the Committee since the current goals and policies in the Natural Environment Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan largely address sensitive areas issues. Sandra discussed the federal and CL Page 1 of 3 11/13/2012 4:58 PM W:\ \Long Range Projects \Urban Forestry\Advisory Committee Materials \Meeting Notes 11 -28 -12 103