Too Many Trees Are Being Cut Down in Bellevue

The City's recent tree policy is inadequate! Everywhere I look trees are coming down to build, and Bellevue is losing it's "City in a Park" image. Mature trees are healthy for the environment, clean the air, filter our water, keep us cool so we don't have to waste energy using air conditioning, and feed our souls.

Per the Nature Conservancy: https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-priorities/build-healthy-cities/cities-stories/benefits-of-trees-forests/ "Trees eat the greenhouse gases that cause climate change. Trees clean the air so we can breathe more easily. Trees give a home to wildlife. Trees give us all shade. Neighborhoods with lots of pavement absorb more heat and can be five to eight degrees hotter than surrounding areas. These areas also stay hotter later into the night. Trees filter your water, making your drinking supply cleaner and more reliable."

It seems that one of the least expensive, environmentally sustainable things the City should be doing is retaining our trees!