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Seattle select committee adopts comprehensive-plan consent package after public comments focused on tree protections
Summary
The Select Committee on the Comprehensive Plan on Sept. 17 approved a consent package for Council Bill 120985 and heard extended public comment urging stronger tree protections (notably amendments 93 and 102); the committee postponed further individual votes to a Sept. 18 continuation.
The Select Committee on the Comprehensive Plan voted Sept. 17 to adopt a consent package of amendments to Council Bill 120985, the city’s major update to the Seattle comprehensive plan, after a long public-comment period in which dozens of residents, architects and environmental advocates pressed the council to do more to protect mature trees.
Chair Joy Hollingsworth moved to recommend passage of Council Bill 120985 and the committee approved the chair’s consent package—28 amendments in total—by roll call. Lish Whitson and other central staff summarized the package as including new policies on food access, parks and cultural spaces, incentives for middle housing and a public-safety element; several council members also described added amendments intended to support childcare, social housing and anti-displacement measures. The committee…
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