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Opponents\u0000argument: Testimony repeatedly said the segment does not meet the criteria in state law (House Bill 1110) and the plan\u0000s stated standards for neighborhood centers and priority transit areas. Speakers said the block is a dead-end bus turnaround, has no existing commercial core, lacks high-frequency transit and contains long-term single-family houses and, in places, environmentally critical areas (steep slopes/slide-prone ground). William Scott, who said he led a petition, called the inclusion \"a planning error\" and asked the council to revert the segment to neighborhood-residential (NR) zoning.

Supporting evidence: Anne Scott Tyson and others said the short spur includes limited transit service, is outside any urban or regional center, and contains narrow streets and older homes. Leland Shields and Jim Gant described the high costs and geotechnical constraints that make expensive redevelopment likely, arguing that the upzone would produce higher-end housing rather than affordability.

What opponents requested: At minimum, residents asked councilmembers to delete the short segment from any LR3 designation (keeping NR zoning) or to narrow boundaries, conduct site-specific studies, and engage the local community before any rezoning there.

What supporters said: Other speakers at the hearing urged more citywide capacity and argued that upzoning across many neighborhoods is necessary to address affordability and to limit sprawl.

Outcome: Committee members did not vote at the hearing. Several asked staff for clarification on whether the segment meets HB 1110 criteria and requested more information on transit access, infrastructure capacity and soils/geotechnical constraints.

Why it matters: The dispute underlines a broader committee challenge: how to reconcile a citywide push for more housing with site-level constraints and neighborhood concerns about infrastructure, slope, trees, and displacement.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Seattle City Council Select Committee on the Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing 2/5/2025","oneSentenceSummary","Several nearby homeowners and residents urged the council to remove a short segment of NE 40th Street from a proposed LR3 upzone, saying it is not near frequent transit, lacks a commercial core, sits in an environmentally critical area in parts, and would not produce affordable housing.","taxTitle","Seattle, King County, Washington","taxId",2543,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6341008,"Residents urge stronger tree protections at Seattle—s 1 Seattle plan hearing, warn of heat and runoff harms",3481,2237000,5718000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2258297-2cd71336d6b87552fea28f96c6e76b69&start=2237&end=5718","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2258297-2cd71336d6b87552fea28f96c6e76b69/thumbnail_2237000.jpg","/articles/6341008/Seattle/King-County/Washington/Residents-urge-stronger-tree-protections-at-Seattles-1-Seattle-plan-hearing-warn-of-heat-and-runoff-harms","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6341008-d155ca8a11dc9305617fa17bb733a8f1/orig.mp4?Expires=1774916701&Signature=hBkQGbAAEOwtNistT7QUH0-0~2xpR6rUlBc7oUTXhdGXKGVdvPtY~bWHgJdZw7Dw6WnyzqtIfS2PDNY-SvJfATWpIirxzmrfPzDcp3xAzOiapROeTR2c8qLV41nBD0h4e-rkHFgLKXxM~iY8l8-Uh2ZPVPJR-JSvb8xYK0A~JgMvWe7rEkaESh2E-HiDfj8-7xGSdl7XR18QKxe5r8tgGU25bVLF-Eb3R7NqZAYEok14BIgtnB2lBsXKsa8iTzy39jNAI1nV-g4WzIUq8xRvO300W6c5ZYS-IhRfTad0EuTWoQf9eYfOsNdpVnCh9EUurePcKmgFdu6wRkwYWwmRYA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A large group of residents and environmental advocates used Wednesday\u0000s comprehensive-plan public hearing to press Seattle councilmembers for far stronger protections for the city\u0000s urban forest, saying the mayor\u0000s draft plan and a recently passed tree ordinance would not stop widespread mature-tree removal.

The core claim from multiple speakers: lot-coverage changes and reduced setbacks in the draft plan allow up to 90% of many residential lots to be covered with buildings and pavement, which critics say will make it impossible for mature trees to survive new development.

Key evidence presented: Don McFarland, speaking for Maple Leaf volunteers, said a neighborhood tree survey counted 784 trees in a proposed neighborhood-center area and highlighted the number of \"tier 2\" (large) trees. Similar local inventories were cited elsewhere. Sandy of Tree Action Seattle told the committee that Seattle has lost more than 2,000 mature trees in the last year and that replacement saplings take decades to offer the same ecological and public-health benefits.

Environmental and public-health concerns: Speakers linked tree loss to urban heat islands and public-health effects. One speaker noted the 2021 heat wave, when hundreds of people died in the region, and cited research tying chronic heat exposure to increased cardiometabolic markers and worse mental health. Others connected greater impervious surface area to increased polluted stormwater runoff that harms salmon and the southern resident orcas; the NOAA Southern Resident Killer Whale recovery plan was invoked by witnesses asking the city to take stronger action.

Policy requests: Tree advocates urged the council to amend the draft plan and the tree ordinance so that:
- large, heritage or \"tier 2\" trees receive stronger protection;
- enforcement and ordinance drafting be moved out of SDCI to the city arborist or Urban Forestry Commission;
- the city require meaningful open space, shared yards, or design alternatives so developers can retain legacy trees;
- the council pause neighborhood-center upzoning in places with significant mature canopy until stronger protections are in place.

Quotes: \"Please amend this plan now to include trees for everyone,\" said Sandy of Tree Action Seattle. \"We need trees to mitigate heat and clean our air and water,\" said multiple residents. Don McFarland said, \"These large trees... will be decades before replacement trees offer the same benefits.\"

What the city said (via testimony): Committee members did not adopt amendments during the hearing. Several speakers asked staff for clearer modeling of canopy loss and stormwater impacts; staff will provide additional analyses during the committee process.

Ending: Tree protection became a central flashpoint in public testimony, raising technical and equity questions that councilmembers will need to resolve as they balance housing, climate resiliency and neighborhood character.","Scores of speakers argued the draft 1 Seattle plan and the 2023 tree ordinance would allow broad tree removal, reduce canopy for decades and worsen heat-island and stormwater impacts. Tree advocates called for rewriting the ordinance, shifting enforcement, and pausing some upzoning until protections are ensured.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6341013,"Hundreds of Seattle residents press council on 1 Seattle plan; housing and tree protections dominate public hearing",19402,388000,19790000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2258297-2cd71336d6b87552fea28f96c6e76b69&start=388&end=19790","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2258297-2cd71336d6b87552fea28f96c6e76b69/thumbnail_388000.jpg","/articles/6341013/Seattle/King-County/Washington/Hundreds-of-Seattle-residents-press-council-on-1-Seattle-plan-housing-and-tree-protections-dominate-public-hearing","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6341013-2ffa96f765be0dbc75094fba0ba67596/orig.mp4?Expires=1774916701&Signature=jV~AN7x3-cSlOGDzMfqIUsaxUvYGHoftHmcFV9cZ3ky7QtBQSM2aAh7ceqSzRuAdfX~4V60ltbWU3~7-6~e~OeRQ7fY6p08218GyFKL4F6BYpjfqvb6tIEJ2o5u6VX5m9jetgZZefHpKuchgwP36xnrzY-W6Kwa6MWdmER12jqSnLIFEhBgb5PclUu8qrc-PGCCZKdxSM3UYEupMEeFjBdPd9J0dKcrBjdXqROqu0579EeW2BvLxz-Y-4B8BJYfK8z-bUaNvfeumWpVJAcKE0Yk~zGjzeHmuDbfERVBV8fWSHCECpPQY7HPueYXlKDBQuPW-W2Shj~6sWG6TJ93uiw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Select Committee on the Comprehensive Plan heard more than three hundred public comments Wednesday evening on the mayor\u0000s proposed \"1 Seattle\" comprehensive plan, with residents split between expanding housing and protecting the city\u0000s tree canopy and neighborhood character.

The hearing, chaired by Councilmember Joy Hollingsworth, opened with procedural remarks and a warning about inclement weather. Committee staff said hundreds were registered to speak in person and remotely; chairs paused the meeting shortly before midnight because of worsening weather conditions.

Why it matters: Seattle faces a shortage of homes, rising rents and an urgent state mandate (House Bill 1110) to allow more housing types. Supporters of the mayor\u0000s plan said it is an overdue step to allow missing-middle housing and new neighborhood centers across the city. Opponents said the draft plan and a 2023 tree ordinance would permit large-scale removal of mature trees, worsen heat islands and shift costs to neighborhoods already at risk of displacement.

Housing advocates and developers told the committee that the city must increase capacity now. Patience Malaba, identified as leading the Housing Development Consortium, urged council members to \"be bold with this comprehensive plan\" and to avoid watering it down, saying Seattle is in a \"deep housing crisis.\" Ryan Donahue, chief advocacy officer at Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King-Kittitas Counties, said supply is central to improving affordability and called the plan \"a big step in the right direction.\"

Opponents emphasized trees, stormwater and neighborhood impacts. Don McFarland, speaking for Maple Leaf residents, cited a volunteer tree survey that counted 784 trees in a proposed neighborhood-center zone and said large trees provide benefits that take decades to replace. Multiple speakers charged that the city\u0000s tree ordinance and recent data on protected trees are inadequate and that the environmental review understates impacts to canopy and runoff.

Specific disagreements were common: several neighborhoods asked that particular proposed neighborhood centers be removed or relocated (Maple Leaf, parts of Madrona, West Green Lake and north Magnolia were mentioned repeatedly), and some speakers urged the council to meet only the state HB 1110 requirements rather than the broader changes in the mayor\u0000s plan.

Quotes: \"The only way we get out of this crisis is if we build more housing,\" Patience Malaba said. \"We can build with trees,\" Dinko DeForest, a 20-year-old speaker, said. \"Please amend this plan now to include trees for everyone,\" Tree Action Seattle\u0000s Sandy told the committee.

What the committee heard about process: multiple speakers complained about outreach timelines and asked the council to slow parts of the plan, or to prototype new zoning before broad adoption. Others urged urgency, saying delays would worsen displacement. Several speakers urged the council to expand the plan\u0000s affordability tools, to eliminate parking minimums, and to allow stacked flats on smaller lots.

Next steps: No formal actions or votes were taken at the hearing. Committee members will continue deliberations; the council and staff indicated further public comment opportunities and meetings will be scheduled. Chair Hollingsworth asked people to submit written comments online.

Ending note: Speakers represented a wide range of neighborhoods and interests\u0000from disability-rights advocates and teachers to business groups, architects and neighborhood coalitions. The continued split over housing scale, tree canopy and displacement foreshadows contentious council debate as members consider amendments before final votes.","At a public hearing on the mayor\u0000s \"1 Seattle\" comprehensive plan, speakers voiced strong and competing views: many urged bold upzoning and new neighborhood centers to address a housing crisis, while many others warned the plan would strip tree canopy, increase stormwater impacts and accelerate displacement.","actionData","errors"]

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