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Residents urge Rowlett council to deny variances for Columbia/Alfred Estates, cite loss of large trees
Summary
Two residents told the Rowlett City Council that variances and potential rezoning for the Columbia/Alfred Estates project would create density inconsistent with the comprehensive plan and result in removal of hundreds of large trees; one commenter said the developer plans to remove the equivalent of more than three football fields of trunk inches.
Justin Marston, a Rowlett resident, used the public-comment period to press the council on the Columbia/Alfred Estates development and the variances the developer is seeking. "There are over a thousand trees that were surveyed," Marston said, adding that the survey measured "13,200 inches" of tree trunk and that "the developer plans to remove 11,247 of those inches," which he described as "equivalent to 937 feet laid side by side. That's over 3 football fields." He identified specimen trees…
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