MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: March 7, 2021 437
More discussion on the hiring of a city social worker, a presentation on the public process for the 4th Avenue Cultural Corridor and amendments to the city’s new tree code are among the items on the agenda for the Tuesday, March 9, Edmonds City Council business meeting, starting at 7 p.m.
The meeting will be preceded by two council ccommittee meetings, with agendas as follows. (Note that some items appear in more than one committee. The Public Safety, Planning and Personnel Committee meeting is cancelled.)
4 p.m. Parks and Public Works Committee
1. An interlocal agreement with Public Hospital District No. 2 of Snohomish County (the Verdant Health Commission) for a $36,000 grant to assist with the city’s Learning Enrichment Activities Program
Council OKs tree code; adopts emergency ordinance banning large-tree removal from private property Posted: March 3, 2021 1274
Development Services Director Shane Hope, at right-second row, discusses priorities for stage 2 tree regulation development.
After years of discussion, citizen feedback and rewrites, the Edmonds City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved a set of new regulations aimed at retaining existing trees during development on private property in Edmonds. The council also passed an interim emergency six-month ordinance prohibiting the removal of trees greater than 24 inches in diameter from any private property unless those trees are deemed hazardous.
The latter measure, proposed by Council President Susan Paine and Councilmember Laura Johnson, is aimed at giving the council time to work on additional, more detailed tree regulations to be included in city code. That additional effort which staff outlined as stage 2 of a two-stage process for updatin