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Committee adopts City of Box Elder tree planting plan and forwards to council

City of Box Elder Public Works and Planning and Zoning Committee · January 7, 2025
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Summary

Public works director Bruce Martin presented a comprehensive tree-planting plan developed with Tallgrass Landscape Architecture; the committee voted to adopt the plan and forward it to the city council. Staff said the plan has no immediate budgetary impact and will prompt municipal code changes in chapter 34.

Bruce Martin, public works director, said the City of Box Elder and Tallgrass Landscape Architecture developed a comprehensive tree planting plan that identifies planting locations, species and a phased approach to implementation. Martin noted the park board adopted the plan in August 2024 and staff are bringing it to the committee for adoption with no immediate budgetary impact.

Martin said municipal code changes (chapter 34) will be needed to align the code with the plan and that those will be brought forward in the near future. The committee moved, seconded and approved adopting the tree planting plan and forwarding the recommendation to the city council.

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