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Titusville environmental commission presses staff for tree-mitigation accounting, sets workshop plan
Summary
Commissioners reviewed decades of tree-fund reports and unanimously asked staff for a five-year accounting of tree-mitigation deposits and expenditures; members also approved developing a special workshop to flesh out an urban-forest funding and implementation plan.
The Titusville Environmental Commission pressed staff for a clear accounting of the city's tree mitigation funds and related plantings, and moved to convene a special workshop to develop an urban-forest plan.
Commission members reviewed presentations that traced the history of two distinct funds: a Tree City USA community forestry allocation (the $2-per-capita account) and a separate mitigation/landscape trust fund funded by developer payments for trees removed during development. Kaye (commission advisor) told the group, "there are 2 distinct funds and you're confusing them," and explained the mitigation fund has been used to pay for gateway landscaping near I‑95 and other…
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