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utility plans have been reviewed by the City Engineer and comments and corrections regarding <br />those plans have been sent to the developer in a letter dated May 6, 2002. The developer is being <br />charged a sewer and water development fee of $306,380 (170 x $1,814.00/per unit) that will be <br />paid prior to releasing the final plat for recording. There is also a stormwater management fee of <br />$63,750 (170 lots x $375.00 per unit) that will also be due prior to releasing the final plat on <br />recording. The utility fees for the lot of the future apartment building will be charged at time of <br />site plan approval. As a result of several meetings with the Park Commission, the developer will <br />be dedicating 4.8 acres of upland as parkland and will be paying an additional $106,930 to satisfy <br />park dedication requirements. The developer will also receive credit for 2,870 lineal feet of trails <br />that they will be constructing as part of the development and will pay $27,820 to satisfy the <br />remaining portion of the required trail dedication fees. Preliminary Plat approval Was contingent <br />upon the developer removing two single family lots backing up to the existing trail. The <br />developer has complied with this requirement. The other contingency for approval was the <br />completion of a biological survey to determine the existence of any Blanding's Turtles or their <br />habitat on the development property. The survey was conducted in April by Pro Source <br />Technologies and the City received a letter on May 8, 2002 that no habitat or actual Blanding's <br />Turtles were found on the site. There have been several concerns raised about the tree removal <br />of the subject property. Royal Oaks Realty has been working very closely with Mark Boos, <br />Parks/Utilities Director on the timing and removal of trees. The developer and Mr. Boos met <br />several times on site to identify trees that would be saved and which trees would be relocated on <br />the site. The City Council should be aware that currently there is not any local ordinance <br />governing the timing of tree removal from a property owner's property, but that the Developer <br />voluntarily worked with the City in coordinating the tree removal and relocation. <br /> <br />Councilmember Anderson stated that there was no reference to the reforestation agreement in the <br />staff review letter. <br /> <br />Principal Planner Trudgeon noted that it was addressed in the development agreement. <br /> <br />Councilmember Anderson replied that what is included in the development agreement is what is <br />required of all developments. <br /> <br />Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that that was correct with the addition of relocating 30 to 50 <br />trees. <br /> <br />Councihnember Hendriksen stated that in truth the reforestation will be done with two-inch trees <br />and the other is done with trees that already existed. <br /> <br />Councihnember Aa'tderson stated that she was surprised that stronger language was not included <br />in the development agreement. <br /> <br />Councilmember Hendriksen stated that Ms. Anderson was very surprised by the cutting of the <br />trees so it is not living up to what her expectation were so they should be do something more. <br /> <br />City Council/May 14, 2002 <br />Page 13 of 33 <br /> <br />-69- <br /> <br /> <br />