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Council approves Guthrie Avenue Trail property acquisition; staff to explore saving resident trees
Summary
Council approved authorization to proceed with acquiring property interests for the Guthrie Avenue Trail project; a resident objected to a 10-foot trail width near his property and staff agreed to consider transplanting recently planted trees and to narrow the trail to eight feet at constrained locations.
The Des Moines City Council voted unanimously to authorize staff to proceed with acquisition of the necessary property interests for the Guthrie Avenue Trail from Glenbrook Drive to Moss Drive, including preliminary design details for trail width and tree mitigation.
During the public comment period, resident Ronald Balg told the council he was on the list of properties included in the acquisition and objected to a proposed 10-foot trail in front of his…
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