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Advisory board backs 2-for-1 trade to allow Ozarks Electric to vacate 0.95-acre tree easement
Summary
Fayetteville’s Urban Forestry Advisory Board recommended that the city support vacating a 0.95-acre tree preservation easement for Ozarks Electric if the utility conveys two acres of higher-value forested land on the property’s south side.
Fayetteville’s Urban Forestry Advisory Board on Monday recommended that the City support a 2-for-1 land trade to allow Ozarks Electric to vacate an existing 0.95-acre tree preservation easement so the utility can add parking. The board voted informally in favor after members said a straight 1-to-1 swap would be a net loss for the city’s canopy and stormwater functions.
The easement requested for vacation sits behind a commercial building at 3661 West Wellington and currently contains about 0.69 acres of tree canopy. Ginny Burbage, a landscape architect representing the property owner, said the owner is seeking additional staff parking and asked for flexibility to relocate the easement to an existing forested area farther south along Elk Creek.
"We were going to request an acre," Burbage said, describing the owner’s initial offer. She…
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