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Conservation board revises tree ordinance draft and plans advisory panel to pursue Tree City USA designation
Summary
Advisers reviewed a working draft of a town tree ordinance, narrowed its scope to publicly owned trees and right-of-way plantings, discussed definitions and a community forestry plan, and recommended forming a tree advisory panel tied to the Conservation Advisory Board to meet Tree City USA application requirements.
Members of the Grand Island Conservation Advisory Board spent the meeting reviewing a working draft of a tree ordinance and discussing edits intended to align the law with the town's Community Forestry Management Plan and with the requirements for Tree City USA designation.
Scope and title: Board members favored changing the ordinance title to emphasize "public tree conservation and management" and agreed the law should address trees located on town-owned property and in the public right-of-way rather than private-yard plantings. Diane and others urged that the ordinance explicitly define "public trees" and "public right-of-way" up front so the text is clear.
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