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Edmond council debates parking vs. trees at AC Kaplan sports complex; votes to continue
Summary
Council members sparred over a variance to eliminate landscaped parking islands (18 trees) to gain roughly 14 parking spaces at the proposed AC Kaplan Sports Complex. Staff and the design team said easements and subsurface conditions constrain tree planting; council voted to continue the item to Oct. 28 for more detail.
The Edmond City Council spent a large portion of its Oct. 14 meeting weighing a landscape‑and‑parking tradeoff for the proposed AC Kaplan Sports Complex.
James Hassard, landscape architect for Half Associates, told council the 27½‑acre site plan includes 10 ball fields, restroom and maintenance buildings and, in site revisions, between about 484 and 488 parking spaces depending on ongoing coordination with utilities. Hassard said underground utilities, a diagonal natural‑gas easement and localized former‑landfill and sandstone conditions limit where trees can be planted. Removing 18…
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