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CITY OF RAMSEY LAND USE APPLICATION TECHNICAL REVIEW FILE D 4/3/15 U P ATEROJECT NKNOWN A DDRESS RM8,2015 EVISED AY P. HE ROJECT TITLE ARVEST STATES E# 114538 SCROW D: Community Development: Planning Division (Landscape Plan & Environmental EPARTMENT Resources) Name: Chris Anderson TR: Phone: 763-433-9817 ECHNICAL EVIEWER Email: canderson@cityoframsey.com We offer the following comments regarding the Landscape and Tree Preservation Plans prepared by Hedlund and dated March 5, 2015, revised April 29, 2015: Tree Preservation : At least forty percent (40%) of the Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) inches of significant trees shall be preserved. For every one (1) inch of significant tree DBH removed beyond this threshold, 1.25 inches of DBH shall be replanted or $125.00 shall be paid to the City in restitution (or some combination thereof). Invasive species, diseased trees, and trees removed for stormwater ponds, public trails and sidewalks, shall not be considered when calculating the removal threshold (they should be noted as such in the inventory to receive credit). Sheet C-5 indicates that there is a total of 1,435 total DBH on site (this excludes all invasive species, primarily Siberian Elm) and of that, 1,360 DBH inches will be removed (five percent \[5%\] of significant tree DBH inches preserved). Thus, reforestation (and/or restitution) should equate to 624 inches (1360- 861=499 inches beyond removal threshold x 1.25”). However, the reforestation requirement exceeds the base landscape requirement (two \[2\] trees per lot) and per the direction of the Environmental Policy Board, the greater of the base landscape requirements or the reforestation requirement (reduced by the base landscape requirement) shall apply. This results in a total of 400 inches of required reforestation. As proposed landscaping is being used to satisfy the reforestation requirement, all trees installed on the site shall be a minimum caliper of two and one half inches (2.5”) as that was the caliper used to meet the requirement. All builders shall be made aware of this size requirement as it is greater than the City’s minimum planting size requirement. The following revisions are still needed: Sheet CG-1.0 and CG-1.1 must be revised as follows: Tree save fencing must be shown on the grading plan and shall be installed at or beyond o the dripline of trees or groups of trees being preserved. Tree save fencing shall be installed and maintained in a plumb condition throughout all land disturbance activities. Sheet CE-1 must be revised as follows: In the drainage basins, utilize MnDOT Mix 35-221 or similar, which is a native seed mix, o consistent with recommendation from the Environmental Policy Board.