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Council committee confirms two nominees to Seattle Urban Forestry Commission
Summary
The Land Use Committee voted 5-0 to recommend confirmation of Tristan Fields and Andrea Starbird to the Seattle Urban Forestry Commission. Members praised the nominees' professional backgrounds in arboriculture and landscape architecture and said additional vacancies on the commission will be brought forward in April.
The Land Use Committee recommended confirmation of two nominees to the Seattle Urban Forestry Commission Monday, voting 5-0 to forward the appointments to full council.
The committee moved to recommend confirmation of Tristan Fields for Position 6 (landscape architect) and Andrea Starbird for Position 12 (public health representative). Council members praised Fields' combined credentials in landscape architecture and arboriculture and Starbird's work organizing local arborists.
Lauren Ergensen, urban forestry policy and programs manager in the Office of Sustainability…
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