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Commission issues determination for paving Springfield track in wetland buffer; staff to inspect before work
Summary
The Springfield City Commission issued a determination permitting the city to pave an existing stone-dust quarter-mile track within the current footprint, despite portions falling inside the city's 50-foot and 100-foot wetland buffers; commissioners required a staff site inspection before construction.
Stephanie McDowell, representing Springfield City, told the commission the city is asking to pave an existing gravel and stone-dust quarter-mile track at Bud Park (the transcript also refers to it as "Blood Park"). "We would like to propose to pave it," McDowell said, describing a half-inch asphalt top course over a half-inch binder to be installed within the current footprint.
McDowell said a small area—about 225 square feet—lies inside the city's 50-foot "no disturb" buffer and that just under about 7,500 square feet lies within the…
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