Council finalizes 6-month ordinance banning large-tree removal; OKs planning board appointment schedule Posted: April 27, 2021 19
Edmonds City Attorney Jeff Taraday, bottom row-right, discusses tree ordinance language with the city council and mayor Tuesday night.
It’s official: The City of Edmonds now has an interim six-month ordinance on the books that prohibits the removal of large trees on private property.
The Edmonds City Council at its Tuesday night meeting reviewed a resolution outlining findings of fact that support continuing the ordinance, which was discussed in detail at last week’s meeting that included a required public hearing. The council on Tuesday voted 6-1 to continue it, with Councilmember Diane Buckshnis who has advocated for even stricter tree-cutting regulations voting no.
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Planning Board Chair Mike Rosen, top row-upper left, presents to the Edmonds City Council Tuesday night. Other planning board members pictured include Roger Pence, third row-far left, Vice Chair Alicia Crank, third row-middle, and Matt Cheung, bottom row-far left.
After weeks of discussion, the Edmonds City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved an amended version of tree regulations approved in early March although there is still some wordsmithing to do.
The 7-0 vote came after the council led by Senior Planner Kernan Lien laboriously worked through amendments to the regulations it approved March 2, which were aimed at retaining existing trees during development on private property.
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City Attorney Jeff Taraday, bottom row-far left, discusses the proposed ordinance for grocery workers’ hazard pay during Tuesday’s Edmonds City Council meeting.
The Edmonds City Council Tuesday night approved Mayor Mike Nelson’s proposal to require Edmonds grocery stores to provide an extra $4 an hour in hazard pay for their employees. The measure which applies to Edmonds grocers who employee 500 or more workers statewide was originally proposed as an emergency ordinance, meaning it would have been effective within days if approved by a supermajority of five or more councilmembers. In the end, the vote was 4-1, with two abstentions, so the measure will go into effect in 30 days.