Dressler, Am

From:                Vicki Lockwood 
Sent:                   Wednesday, November 2, 2016 11:03 AM
To:                   Commissionopublic-Records
Cc:                     jscorcio@cityofseatac.com: mmbartolo@ci.seatac.wa.us
Subject:                 Comment re: Meeting at Bow Lake Elementary last night to discuss Tree Removal at
SeaTac Airport

Categories:              Public Comment

POS Commissioners and Staff,

Thank you for the community engagement meeting last night. I have a couple of additional concerns that
I did not have time to express verbally last night. In addition to my stated concerns last night regarding
the abbreviated life expectancy of dwarf trees I am concerned about the longer lasting result of your
proposed choices for the replacement trees.

- It is my understanding that it Is much more difficult for dwarf trees to naturally re-propagate
themselves than it is for their naturally occurring full-sized relatives. In fact, it is almost an
anomaly for the smaller versions to do so  not to say it cannot happen but the likelihood is much
less.
.  Secondly, since all of the replacement trees will be the same age, they will probably all die within a
very short time span.

So the combination of a shorter life span, the decreased likelihood of self-propagation, and the fact that all
of the replacement trees will be dead within a very short time period in the future makes your
replacement plans unacceptable to me. If you choose to go ahead with the choices you have made, then
these issues mandate your commitment to a perpetual responsibility to the affected areas.

Vicki Lockwood