Atmos Energy budged a few feet from its original plans to cut down trees within a 12.3-mile stretch in Flower Mound as part of its goal of cleaning up its right-of-way for better pipeline access.

And while Flower Mound Town Council members were hoping for more, they ultimately had to settle for Atmos' latest proposal.

Atmos' original plan last year was to remove trees within 50 feet of its easements, or 25 feet on either side. During a council work session Thursday, Atmos officials said they are willing to reduce its clearing area to within 30 feet of the easements, or 15 feet on either side. In most cases, however, the removal will be 40 feet from the easements.

Atmos first notified the town last fall of its plans to remove trees to better operate.

The pipeline system itself runs 6,000 miles, spanning from the Red River to Houston and from West Texas to Carthage in East Texas. It provides natural gas to Atmos Energy Corporation Mid-Tex Division customers and CoServ customers.

Flower Mound's portion of the pipeline equates to about 12 miles. The path starts near the Lakeside Business District in the southern end of town, and travels north through The Sanctuary, the Wellington subdivision and Tour 18 Golf Course. The Sanctuary is the first conservation neighborhood the town created and contains many old trees.

"This proposal gives us something to where it doesn't look like we went through and clear cut the trees," said Charles Yarbrough, vice president of rates and regulatory affairs for Atmos Pipeline-Texas. "And it preserves some trees. We think it strikes the right balance of saving the trees and providing safety to the residents. But you can't do the work right on top of the pipe. You need room to get the equipment in."

Yarbrough said Atmos officials will meet with the 80 impacted homeowners in about three weeks to present them with encroachment agreements and to answer questions. Two weeks later, work is expected to begin.

Council members fought against the tree removal, urging Atmos to closely examine how many trees actually need to be taken down. Atmos and the town each conducted tree surveys to get a more accurate analysis of how many trees are located near the pipeline. As a result, the number of trees set to be removed is reduced.

"This is still painful, but it's an accomplishment for us," said Mayor Pro Tem Kendra Stephenson. "We went from them planning to clearcut trees within 50 feet of their easement to 30 to 40 feet, and we're still going to be safe."

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Tree removal to make way for street renovations to the Dundee neighborhood are on hold.

Blademasters was hired to remove 22 trees from the neighborhood. Omaha Parks and Recreation Director Brook Bench told Channel 6 News Saturday the city has worked with the company on previous projects and on one of those the city issued Blademasters a warning to get their paperwork in order. That would include insurance and arborist licensing. When the city forester stopped by the project Friday to make sure everything was in order, something was wrong and the work was stopped.

Bench expects Blademasters to fix the paperwork problem and resume work in Dundee soon.

Some residents arent happy about removing the trees as part of the multi-million dollar renovation plan. They've been there awhile and some residents say the trees are more than branches and bark, they represent history of what once was a town in itself.

These are probably 60 years old, said Dwight Nysewander. Someone told me a lot of the old trees in Dundee were planted in 1908."

In 2013, a lot of trees will be removed, cleared out for bigger and better sidewalks, more parking and more space for families. Protestors took to the streets of Dundee Thursday night in an attempt to save the trees. We don't want the whole renovation plan to stop, that's not our goal, said Sara Nelson at Underwood Avenue and 50th Street where work will include a new streetscape and replacing a water main. Our goal is to try to save some of the trees and the green space to keep Dundee a pedestrian friendly place to live.

The renovation project should be good for business. Melissa Alvarez will miss the trees, but is happy with the plan. "It'll bring more parking to us and bring more business in and hopefully they'll plant a whole bunch of more trees so it can be nice and beautiful again because Dundee is gorgeous and in the meantime it'll look very sad.

Even with the planting of replacement trees, many who enjoy the current trees may never see Dundee again as it is now. A lot of the trees that will be planted, I'm not going to be able to see when they mature, have a nice canopy covering the area, thats the charm of Dundee that I love," said Nysewander.

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To learn which neighborhood trees will be removed in coming months, Evanston residents can consult a list released Friday by the city.

The citys Forestry Division has compiled the list of trees to be removed. A majority of the trees on the list are ash trees, which are infested with the Emerald ash borer to varying degrees, and are located on parkways and in parks citywide.

Forestry staff has prioritized the condition of all the trees on the list and will be removing the ones in the worst condition first.

Officials say the list is constantly changing as staff removes trees and marks new ones for removal on a daily basis.

Staff will re-issue an updated list monthly and post it at http://www.cityofevanston.org/forestry so residents can keep track of any additional trees to be removed in their wards.

The Forestry Division also has a backlog of more than 600 stumps citywide; all from trees removed in the second half of last year or earlier this year, officials said in a release.

It will probably take until mid to late summer to remove all of these stumps. The city will contract out some of the stump removals this spring. After the stumps are ground up, a separate Forestry crew follows up, usually a few days later, to remove the grindings and restore the parkway with new soil and grass seed.

As for replanting new trees, the wait between a tree removal and the planting of a new tree is approximately two years. This is directly due to the removal of far more trees than staff can plant on an annual basis. This has been the case since 2011, so the planting list continues to grow each year.

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Chester County residents are angry over a proposed ordinance to require them to pay for tree removal for the airport.

"I'm happy with the ones that I have. I don't plan on cutting anymore," said Scott Williams. He'stalking about the beautiful towering trees on his Valley Township property. There were 16 when he first bought the house but recently he had five aging ones too close to his house cut down.

"Tree removal is expensive," said Williams whopaid $5,000 thousand dollars to get rid of five trees, and that's not including what it would've cost had he wanted the wood hauled away. So to now hearthat the township may have to pass an ordinance requiring homeowners to pay to have other tall trees removed, "I don't like it," said Williams.

The reason for the ordinance is the G.O. Carlson Airport owned by the Chester County Airport Authority. A manager there tells FOX 29that the PennDot Bureau of Aviation told them its airport zoning map needed to be updated for about eight townships in the county. The purpose is to get rid of or trim obstructions like trees that could be in the way of planes.

"If the airport wants to do it, the airport should pay for it or they should pay half of it," Homeowner Kenny Melvin said.

But Valley Township Supervisors say the ordinance they are being told by PennDot BOA and the Bureau of Aviation that they have to enact, puts the cost on the residents. And puts them ina tough position.

Valley Township Supervisor Arlin Yoder said, "We're not opposed to airport safety. You don't want airplanes hitting trees. However the cost and putting the burden of the cost on the homeowner is an issue."

Williams says the cost is the biggest concern but losing trees takes away from the very reason he chose to call Valley Township home.

He said, "They do provide shade and this is the country. I don't live in Coatesville because I do like the country and the trees."

The issue is on the agenda next Tuesday April 16th at the Valley Township meeting.

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There are some trees that the city believes some efforts should be made to preserve. We dont outright prohibit the removal of those trees, but we feel that their removal should not be indiscriminate. Steve Jones, Lakeway city manager

State Rep. Paul Workmans bill that would allow a property owner to remove a tree based on potential fire risk without a notice or permit has some city leaders sharpening their axes.

Under HB 1858, which is in the Business and Industry committee, Texas municipalities and counties would not be able to enact or enforce laws that prohibit a property owner from removing a tree or brush that the owner believes to pose a fire risk to a structure on his property or on adjacent property. This would also block cities from requiring permits or notices before the tree or vegetation is removed.

Workman, District 47, said the loss of hundreds of homes in Central Texas in the 2011 Labor Day wildfires prompted him to file the bill.

According to Texas A&M Forest Service statistics for the 2011 fire season, 31,453 fires consumed more than 4 million acres and destroyed 2,947 homes and 2,804 other structures in Texas.

This bill is about fire protection, he said Friday. It is about enabling a homeowner to protect their home when they believe a tree is posing a fire hazard.

Taking Lakeway, Austin and San Antonio concerns into account, the revised bill exempts hardwood trees that are larger than 8 inches in diameter. Cedar and mesquite trees of any size would be subject to removal. Projects in the development stage would have to be constructed under normal development rules, Workman said.

Before the bill was amended, Lakeway City Manager Steve Jones had reservations about the proposed legislation that would have pre-empted the citys tree protection and oak wilt pruning ordinance.

There are some trees that the city believes some efforts should be made to preserve, Jones said. They are of a size or an age that is worth protecting. We dont outright prohibit the removal of those trees, but we feel that their removal should not be indiscriminate. We work with developers and homeowners; if there is a reason they must be removed, we are flexible as we can be on that.

Lakeways ordinance protects most trees that are 16 inches in diameter and larger. Property owners are prohibited from cutting down, destroying, removing any protected tree in the city without a tree removal permit.

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