Agenda - Planning Commission - 09/15/2003 - Special Meeting

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PACT Charter School - Site Plan September I2, 2003 Page 3 of 8 one (21 ) trees shall be planted along Ramsey Bird and Peridot St, with the remaining trees being installed throughout the entire site. The current landscaping plan shows a total of sixty-t,a,o (62) trees being installed on site. These include twenty-three (23) trees .along Ramsey Bird and Peridot St which exceeds the public road ~¥ontage planting requirements. The landscaping plan also includes a total of 263 shrubs that will be installed, which also exceeds the m/nimum required by Cit.,, Code. Parkiny Sot £andscapiny There are 152 parking stalls indicated on the site plan. This results in. the need for a minimum of fifteen (15) additional overstory trees that should be planted within Or adjacent to the parking areas. Ttxese plantings should occur in or adjacent to the two lots on the east and west ends of the site. The planting area 2bt each of these trees shall be a minimum of 162 square feet. While parking lot landscaping is not specifically identified on the plan, there are adequate plantings to around the lots that will provide both shade and visually relief for the users of the lots. General L%urnmarv All species included in the species palette are considered to be either acceptable or prefe~ed as outlined in the Ramsey Tree Book. However, the Concorde Barberry is a variety of a prohibited species (Japanese Barberry) and thus should be replaced with another shrub type. All species appear to meet the minimum size requirements stated in City. Code. The total number of required trees, including both the site landscaping and parking lot landscaping (52 and 15, respectively), is sixty-seven (67). There]tbre, an additional five (5) trees need to be incorporated into the landscaping plan. Several options for the placement of these additional trees would include the southern side of the building (near-the crabapples), northwest of the student garden area, and possibly in or near the corners of the playground' (similar to the two trees in. the tot lot). There are some discrepancies on the current plan r. hat will also need to be clarified. The species palette indicates filiy-five (55) trees will be installed while the landscape data states that fifty-three trees are being installed. Moreover, an actual count of the trees shown on the plan indicates that sixty-two trees are going to be installed. The same type of discrepancy exists with the shrub count. The species palette indicates 263 shrubs will be installed while the landscape data states that 266 shrubs are being installed. However, an actual Count of the shrubs shown on the plan totaled 306. In addition, the Compact Cranberry is included in the species palette without a specified quantity. Finally, the City would prefer not to have parking lots adjacent to the public roads. However, the layout of the site [s such that this may be unavoidable. If so, consideration should be ~ven to installing more shrubbery along both Peridot St and Ramsey Blvd. The shrubbery could be used as :'in-fill" underneath the canopy of the trees and thus provide visual screening of the lots. Staff would like to have additional discussion with you to explore possibilkies. 37