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Shade Tree Commission urges advisory role on East 215th Street trail, highlights green infrastructure potential
Summary
Commission members who attended a public outreach session on a proposed East 215th Street trail raised green-infrastructure options to address flooding on a city-owned parcel and asked to be consulted on tree- and vegetation-related design elements.
Members of the Shade Tree Commission said the committee should be considered for an advisory role on the proposed East 215th Street trail project after several commissioners attended a community outreach event on Aug. 11.
Chair Jody told the commission that the commission’s duties, as documented in a February 2007 statement of responsibilities, include advising the city on improving the health of the urban canopy and on green infrastructure. She said the city owns a parcel that floods and that “green infrastructure…would go a long way to reducing the flooding” if…
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