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 6, February 27, 2013 Committee Members in Attendance: Sean Albert, Nancy Eklund, Christian Faltenberger, Stephen Reilly, De'Sean Quinn, Don Scanlon, Heidi Watters, Kathleen Wilson Committee Members Absent: Sharon Mann Members of the Public in Attendance: Brooke Alford Staff in Attendance: Carol Lumb, Sandra Whiting, Nora Gierloff The meeting began at 5:35 p.m. Topics of Discussion: 1. Welcome to Committee members and visitors. 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) No public comments were presented. 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 Open Space: Since this committee will not directly deal with open space issues in the Environment Chapter update due to the update of the Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan (PROS Plan) there is still an opportunity for the Committee members have input. Please send and comments, questions etc. to Carol, who will ensure that the Parks Department (and /or their consultant) will receive it, since either Carol or Nora will be on an internal staff committee for the plan update. Staff will provide a copy of the policies in Word so that the Committee can make suggested edits /comments directly in the document. 4. Housekeeping: • The Committee approved the meeting notes from the 1 -23 -13 meeting with no corrections /revisions. • Reminder that the next meeting will be on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. 5. PowerPoint presentation "Current Tukwila Tree Policies and Regulations ". Sandra Whiting presented information on what the existing Comprehensive Plan goals and policies say related to trees and other vegetation, which are all found in Chapter 1— the Community Image chapter. She also presented a summary of Tukwila's tree regulations and clarified that the presentation focusses on trees in general, and not landscape (meaning trees planted as part of approved landscaping plans in conjunction with site development) or street tree regulations. Those regulations will be discussed at a later meeting. The key points that were discussed follow: CL Page 1 of 4 06/10/2013 1:47 PM W:\ \Long Range Projects \Urban Forestry\Advisory Committee Materials \Meeting 5 \Mtg Notes Draft 117