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File #: 2026-0428    Version: 1
Type: Report Status: Received and Filed
File created: 2/9/2026 In control: General Legislative Session
On agenda: 2/18/2026 Final action: 2/18/2026
Title: 2025 Annual Tree Canopy Monitoring Report
Code sections: SCC 30.25.016 - Tree Canopy Regulations
Attachments: 1. Tree Canopy Monitoring Report, 2. Presentation

 

 

Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)

 

 

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 2025 Annual Tree Canopy Monitoring Report

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DEPARTMENT:  Planning and Development Services

 

ORIGINATOR:  Diana Dannoun

 

EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION:  Approved by Tom Teigen 2/12/26

 

PURPOSE: Snohomish County has been delivering annual tree canopy monitoring reports since amended motion 14-073 was passed in 2014. This motion requires that the County provide in a report the total amount of proposed and required 20-year tree canopy coverage, and the total new and retained tree canopy calculations for new applications. The report must be submitted to Council by January 31st of every year. The 2025 Annual Tree Canopy Report includes assessing the approved landscape plans for sixty new residential applications, and whether current regulations are meeting community standards. This report compares previous applications with the newer methodologies for calculating more precise tree canopy coverage.The 2025 Tree Canopy Monitoring Report has been included as part of the ECAF Report. 

 

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OTHER DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW/COMMENTS:  Reviewed/approved by Finance - Nathan Kennedy 2/12/26