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Planning commission backs zoning text amendment to create tree fund, urges follow-up on past tree-fee payments
Summary
Lake Elmo's Planning Commission voted Oct. 15 to recommend that City Council adopt a zoning text amendment creating a dedicated tree fund for boulevard and public-tree replacement, funded by fee-in-lieu payments, council allocations and donations; commissioners asked staff to investigate prior developer payments (including from 3M).
The Lake Elmo Planning Commission voted unanimously Oct. 15 to recommend that City Council approve a zoning text amendment to establish a dedicated tree fund for boulevard and public-tree replacement.
City staff said the amendment would add a new section to the city's tree-preservation chapter to create a tree fund whose primary funding sources would be fee-in-lieu payments for required tree replacement, city council allocations and individual or business donations. Staff noted the fund would be eligible to pay for programs approved by City Council…
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