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Residents urge Planning Commission to help protect western spadefoot habitat near Village 5; staff to refer concerns to City Council
Summary
Three public speakers told the Planning Commission they have documented western spadefoot amphibians and urged mitigation in the Village 5/7 planning area. Commissioners did not take formal regulatory action but staff and the city attorney said they would refer the information to City Council and the Village 5 developer.
Speakers at the Feb. 19 City of Lincoln Planning Commission meeting asked the commission to help protect a potentially rare population of western spadefoot amphibians found west of Lincoln near Moore Road and portions of the Village 5/Village 7 planning area.
The appeals were made during the public comment period. Marcia Schnapp, a board member of Friends of the Lincoln Crossing Nature Preserve, said the preserve and nearby open space are part of what “makes the city of Lincoln so special,” and urged the commission to work with staff and developers on mitigation measures to reduce road mortality and other development impacts. “Part of the mitigation may include raising the road bed,” Schnapp said, calling for designs that allow passage beneath roadways.
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