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File #: 206769    Version: 1
Type: Order Status: Approved
File created: 10/8/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/11/2018 Final action: 2/28/2019
Enactment date: 10/11/2018 Enactment #: 206769
Title: That the City Solicitor draft an ordinance requiring that projects above a certain size include an impact statement regarding trees and green space, with updates at all stages of design, and prohibiting this Board from authorizing funds for any project that does not include this impact statement.
Sponsors: Wilfred N. Mbah

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That the City Solicitor draft an ordinance requiring that projects above a certain size include an impact statement regarding trees and green space, with updates at all stages of design, and prohibiting this Board from authorizing funds for any project that does not include this impact statement.

 

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That the City Solicitor draft an ordinance requiring:

1)                     that plans for projects above a certain size include an update at all stages of design, a summary of the projected impacts on green and open space, trees, and other matters of concern to the community, and

2)                     that the Board of Aldermen shall be forbidden, (under this ordinance), from authorizing funds for any project that does not include this impact statement.