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 5, January 23, 2013 Committee Members in Attendance: Sean Albert, Nancy Eklund, Christian Faltenberger, Sharon Mann, Don Scanlon, Heidi Watters Kathleen Wilson Committee Members Absent: Stephen Reilly, De'Sean Quinn Members of the Public in Attendance: Eli Brocker Staff in Attendance: Carol Lumb, Sandra Whiting, Nora Gierloff The meeting began at 5:40 p.m. Topics of Discussion: 1. Welcome to Committee members and visitors. Nora Gierloff filled in for Chairperson De'Sean Quinn. 2. Public comment: (Time is 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. These communications will be passed along to the Committee) Eli Brocker introduced himself— he is a City employee who works at the golf course, however he is finishing up a degree in environmental studies at Green River Community College and has an interest in environmental and tree issues. He had no comments or questions for the Committee. 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 There was no follow up questions /comments from the last meeting. 4. Housekeeping: • Staff confirmed that the Committee's meeting day will move to the second Wednesday of the month beginning with the March meeting. The February meeting will be Wednesday, February 27th and the March meeting will be Wednesday, March 13tH • The Committee approved the meeting notes from the 12- 19- 12meeting with no corrections /revisions. 5. Natural Environment Chapter Goals: The Committee continued its review the revised Natural Environment goals and revisions to the goals. The committee provided the following direction: • Organization /Structure: each goal should have the applicable policies follow it, rather than grouping them all together after the goals; • There don't seem to be policies to implement the second goal on page 1; • Start numbering the goals and policies to make it easier to reference; • Review the two new policies on page 2 for appropriate location; CL Page 1 of 2 06/10/2013 1:46 PM W:\ \Long Range Projects \Urban Forestry\Advisory Committee Materials \Meeting 5 \Mtg Notes Draft 113