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Zimmerman amendment would cut urban forestry staff from 37 to 5; bureau warns of broad impacts
Summary
Councilor Zimmerman proposed reducing urban forestry permitting and inspection staff from 37 to 5 positions. Parks and urban forestry managers said the permitting, inspection and capital‑project review workload and customer service functions would be severely affected; councilors requested detailed workload and revenue impact data.
A proposed amendment from Councilor Zimmerman to reduce the Portland urban forestry Permitting and Regulation program from 37 staff to five was discussed at length at the Climate Resilience and Land Use Committee on May 15. Bureau staff said such a cut would remove functions that support tree permitting, code compliance, capital project review and a public hotline.
Why it matters: Urban Forestry staff manage tree permitting, inspections tied to private development and city capital projects, heritage‑tree oversight, programmatic permits for utilities and agencies, and a single‑point customer service function. Staff said the program…
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