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Council approves heritage-tree removals for Leander Tech Park after mitigation plan
Summary
Council approved a permit to remove several heritage and significant trees to allow development of Leander Tech Park; developer and landscape team described mitigation including three-inch caliper replacements and over 600 inches of additional planting above code.
The Leander City Council unanimously approved a tree‑removal permit on May 15 to allow development of the Leander Tech Park at the northwest corner of Ronald Reagan Boulevard and State Highway 29, after the applicant presented a mitigation plan that city staff and the planning commission supported.
Amanda Brown of HD Brown Consulting, speaking for developer St. John Properties, and Cliff of KW Landscape Architects described months of design work to preserve as many large trees as possible, reconfigure detention areas to avoid trees and provide additional landscaping. Brown said…
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