City Council Work Session
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Consideration for remote participation by Councilmember Amos pursuant to Code of Virginia Sec. 2.2-3708.2
0:25Billy Batesbut on the other hand there's also the aspect that you can only go so far in kind of predicting what actions we will take here on the dais even you know it was mentioned you know development and the potential for that to decrease the urban forest but on the other hand you know certainly some projects would result in a net decrease in the 10-year tree canopy but some projects result in at least as planned. And we've seen some of those have been approved and some such as Sunrise and Courthouse Plaza that were not approved that would have led to an increase as planned in the 10-year tree canopy. So it's certainly important to project to the best of our ability where we are and how close we are to being on track,