Councilmember Rob Saka (along with Councilmembers Rinck and Solomon) has submitted a statement to explore combining all nine agencies that manage trees into a single department. This is great.
SDCI, which controls half of our urban forest, fails to meet the most basic enforcement measures, and the department is riddled with ethics issues and nepotism. Their piecemeal enforcement has led to tons of illegal tree removals without consequence.
We’ve been calling for an independent forestry position since before Tree Action Seattle started. Now it’s on the horizon. Help us pass this legislation through by joining us this Thursday.
Stay tuned for talking points.
Comment starts at 5 p.m., line up with us as early as 3 p.m. to get a slot! You can come as late as 6 p.m. and will get a chance to speak. The full meeting agenda is here.
If you can't make it in-person, call into council earlier in the day at 1 p.m.. Registration opens at 12 p.m. Register to call in here.
If you can attend, or you can't please send an email to council@seattle.gov asking for their support!
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