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Committee OKs preservation plan for cottonwoods, notes 31% coverage target
Summary
Reviewers said the industrial parking‑lot landscaping will preserve a row of cottonwoods and increase tree coverage to about 31%; species choices were noted but some planting details were not included in the packet.
The committee reviewed an industrial landscape layout that preserves an existing row of cottonwoods and proposes supplemental plantings. The Chair summarized plant selections mentioned in the packet — "hedge maples, silver lindens, silcova, and eastern redbuds" — and said the proposal would bring the site to roughly 31% tree coverage.
Members asked about exact species placement and whether on‑site trees count toward required coverage under zoning; the Chair said the plan preserves roughly 1.4 acres of existing canopy and that the packet did not list detailed species for every planting island. Committee members raised no objections to preserving on‑site cottonwoods and generally supported the submittal with the caveat that species details might be provided later.
No formal vote on the site plan was recorded in the transcript; the committee moved on to other items after clarifying that existing trees on site reduce the amount of new plantings required under zoning rules.
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