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Tumwater staff restart urban-forestry code update, target adoption by Nov. 2026
Summary
City staff presented a revived urban-forestry code update funded by a Department of Natural Resources grant, summarized six public-engagement priorities (species, stormwater, permitting, retention, land-use balance, funding) and announced an RFP and joint public review timetable toward a November 2026 adoption.
Alyssa Jones Wood, sustainability manager for the City of Tumwater, told the Planning Commission on Jan. 13 that the city is resuming a long-planned update to its urban-forestry regulations, a project paused after state code changes and now supported by a Department of Natural Resources community-forest grant.
The presentation summarized six priorities from public engagement: choosing appropriate species and maintenance regimes; managing peripheral impacts such as stormwater and utility conflicts; simplifying permitting while protecting trees; strengthening retention and replacement requirements; balancing trees with housing and right-of-way needs (including clearance for garbage and emergency vehicles); and clarifying how the city’s tree fund is allocated and spent. "We collapsed what we heard into six categories," Jones Wood said, describing public…
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