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Sustainability Committee presses for stronger tree preservation; staff to seek planning update
Summary
Committee members urged stronger protections for old‑growth trees at the July 9 Sustainability Committee meeting and asked staff to arrange a planning‑department presentation on a substantially revised tree ordinance.
Several members of the City of Farmers Branch Sustainability Committee used the July 9 meeting to press staff for stronger measures to preserve old‑growth trees in the city and to request a presentation from planning staff on a substantially revised tree‑preservation ordinance.
A committee member described repeated instances where mature shade trees had been removed during development or property changes and said the city should do more than simply replant small specimens. “I would prefer that we keep the old growth trees and keep them growing,” the member said. Multiple members expressed frustration…
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