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City Presents Tree‑Canopy Update; Council Asks Staff for Baseline Data and Goal Options
Summary
City staff presented preliminary canopy mapping based on 2017–2023 aerials and discussed options for setting a canopy coverage goal; councilmembers asked staff to return with detailed percentages and scenarios for targets and tools to protect and expand the canopy.
Kent planners on June 3 briefed the council on an update to the city’s tree‑canopy assessment and options for code, incentive and program responses to preserve and grow tree canopy.
Planner Lindsay Walker said the city’s current published canopy assessment is based on 2017 imagery and reported a 28 percent canopy coverage citywide with 48 percent of that coverage…
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