Form revised May 5, 2009

FISCAL NOTE FOR NON-CAPITAL PROJECTS

Department:	Contact Person/Phone:	DOF Analyst/Phone:
Legislative	Michael Jenkins/615-1674	NA

Legislation Title:  A RESOLUTION concerning policies for the protection of trees on public and private property within the City of Seattle, stating the Council’s priorities for legislative and Departmental actions to increase the overall health, quality and the extent of trees within the City of Seattle.

Summary of the Legislation:

The Resolution calls on several departments to implement new measures to enhance tree protection efforts on public and private property. These measures include development of a tree permit for tree removal and protection on private property, expanding existing tree regulations on private property and adopting measures that implement recommendations from a May 2009 report from the City Auditors office on tree protection.

Background: (Include brief description of the purpose and context of legislation and include record of previous legislation and funding history, if applicable):

This Resolution is one in a series of legislative actions undertaken by the City Council to protect the city’s tree canopy on both public and private property. Recent efforts include an Ordinance adopting interim controls for tree removal on private property pending legislation from the Mayor adopting permanent controls (Ord 122919).

Please check one of the following:

__X_ This legislation does not have any financial implications.  (Stop here and delete the remainder of this document prior to saving and printing.)

____ This legislation has financial implications.  (Please complete all relevant sections that follow.)

Notes:

Does this legislation affect any departments besides the originating department?  • If so, please list the affected department(s), the nature of the impact (financial, operational, etc)., and indicate which staff members in the other department(s) are aware of this Bill.

The Department of Planning and Development, Seattle City Light, Seattle Department of Transportation and the Office of Sustainability and Environment

Is the legislation subject to public hearing requirements:  (If yes, what public hearings have been held to date, and/or what plans are in place to hold a public hearing(s) in the future.)

No

Other Issues (including long-term implications of the legislation):

While no fiscal impact results from the adoption of the resolution, it is also assumed that the work requested from each department will not require additional resources. In the long-term additional resources may be requested by one or more departments to fulfill the terms of any legislation that may be adopted arising from this resolution.

Please list attachments to the fiscal note below:

May 2009 report – City of Seattle, Office of City Auditor – “ Management of City Trees”

For a copy of the Report, contact the City Clerk's Office at 206 684-8344.