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Board reviews Horizon View Park replanting after roundabout removals; members urge planting in priority neighborhoods

Lake Forest Park Tree Board · February 7, 2026
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City contractors plan to replace roughly 1,400–1,500 sq ft of canopy removed for a roundabout by planting at Horizon View Park; tree board members raised concerns that concentrating replacement in parks avoids priority residential zones and discussed code changes and incentives to steer future replanting toward areas with the greatest canopy need.

City staff and the contractor presented a replanting map for Horizon View Park after trees will be removed for a roundabout project. Sam Cole, the city’s urban forest planner, told the board the removal will reduce about 1,400 square feet of canopy and that the contractor proposes to replace approximately 1,500 square feet of canopy coverage in Horizon View Park as remediation.

Board members acknowledged the value of adding public trees in parkland but questioned the choice to…

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