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Moline council debates tree bank, leans toward forestry-management approach
Summary
Staff presented a proposed 'tree bank' policy; council members expressed reservations about payment-in-lieu provisions and favored updating landscaping rules and a broader forestry management strategy.
City planning staff presented a proposed "tree bank" policy to the Moline City Council and council members signaled a preference to revise the city’s strategic goal to emphasize forestry and tree-management rather than adopt a payment-in-lieu program as written.
Joel, Community & Economic Development staff member, summarized the draft: the tree bank would allow developers to pay a fee instead of installing required trees and the fees would be used to plant or maintain trees elsewhere in the city. Joel said the policy is intended "to establish a creative alternative means to meet the spirit and intent of the requirements concerning planting and maintenance of trees and landscape as supported by the code of ordinances."
Council and staff reviewed current…
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