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Council approves conservation easement and moves forward with park and bike-park permitting
Summary
The council adopted a resolution authorizing a 20-year conservation easement and related permits to preserve a sensitive plant population, allowing the city to proceed with Land and Water Conservation Fund-backed park construction and a bike-park phase next year.
The Nibley City Council on July 10 approved an ordinance to record a protected conservation easement and proceed with permitting necessary to build Phase 1 of a city park and continue work on a planned bike park.
Tom, the city's project lead, outlined the permitting history and new requirements after federal reviews. "It's been slow, but there is progress," Tom said as he summarized updates to wetland boundaries, additional NEPA-related studies required by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and updated survey work related to a protected plant population.
The site contains a plant population subject to federal review; staff reported the plant's mapped wetland boundary increased after the Army Corps…
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