HomeMy WebLinkAbout102224 PRTTAB Meeting Packet- Added After MeetingFrom: Steve Kina
To: Alyssa Rodrigues
Cc: DB3ahnke
Subject: FW: more effort for native plants please
Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 6:50:28 AM
Alyssa,
had to read this into the record last night... can you include add to the packet material
for yesterday's meeting?
Thanks!
Steve
From: Mr S Y <syanof@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2024 9:20 AM
To: prtab@cityofpt.us
Subject: more effort for native plants please
Dear Advisory Board,
These comments regard the tree subcommittee update of the Parks, Recreation, Trees &
Trails August 27, 2024 meeting, specifically the recommended tree list in the
Memorandum from MacLeod Reckford consultants.
appreciate your efforts to help guide the Sims Gateway roadside re -landscaping, and
more generally to devise recommendations for planting and landscaping in Port
Townsend. However I urge you to more strongly prioritize solutions that encourage
native plants and native plant landscaping. I also urge you to find acceptable regional
substitutes for non -regional species recommendations. Species from our Puget Sound
region, the Northwest, and the North American northern west coast should be prioritized
over species from elsewhere. I understand it is challenging to manage urban aesthetics,
Landscaping and maintenance, commercial desires like those of the Boat Haven boat
industry, wildlife issues like traffic threats, etc. But I am concerned that the latest plant
recommendations from the are too limited. There needs to be more research and effort
to find acceptable creative solutions that prioritize native plants.
Also the plants recommendations spreadsheet/list should specify geographic origin,
and if a cultivar, and not simply native or non-native.
Thankyou,
Steven Yanoff
Port Townsend