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Carbondale Tree Board presses for full‑scale plans, utility protections on aquatic center landscape
Summary
At its March 20 meeting the Carbondale Tree Board reviewed an arborist memo on the new aquatic center landscape plan, raised concerns about tree species, spacing and utilities, and asked staff for full‑size plans, an irrigation plan and an advisory memo to Public Works and trustees.
Carbondale — The Carbondale Tree Board on March 20 reviewed an arborist memo on the proposed aquatic center landscape plan and asked town staff to provide full‑scale drawings, irrigation and as‑built utility information before the board completes its advisory recommendations.
The board’s town arborist, Carl (town arborist), summarized his memo and recommended several changes to the plan, including replacing two medium‑sized linden trees in a northeast bed with smaller species to meet spacing requirements and reducing a proposed chinkapin oak planting from a 7‑ to a 2½–3‑inch caliper. “Planting a tree in a 2 and a half to 3 inch caliper range will establish more rapidly and adapt better to the site than a larger transplanted tree,” Carl said.
Board members flagged several other concerns the memo identified: an electrical pad and equipment sited close to a preserved oak, the location of two Siberian elms near the ditch and sidewalk, unclear rooting volume for replacement trees, lack of winter‑interest plantings, and the…
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