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CITY OF RAMSEY LAND USE APPLICATION TECHNICAL REVIEW FILE DATE SEPTEMBER 14,2016 PROJECT ADDRESS TBD REVISED SEPTEMBER 30,2016 PROJECT.TITLE BROOKFIELD 8TH ADDITION ESCROW# 115267 DEPARTMENT: Community Development:Planning Division(Landscape Plan&Environmental Resources Name: Chris Anderson, City Planner TECHNICAL REVIEWER: Phone: 763-433-9817 Email: canderson a ci :oframse:.com We offer the following comments regarding the Tree Inventory and Protection Plan and the Landscape Plan, both prepared by E. G. Rud & Sons, Inc. and dated September 1, 2016: Per the Tree Inventory and Protection Plan, there are 7,726 inches of significant tree DBH on the property and there will be 3,544 inches of significant tree DBH remaining after grading, utilities, sidewalks and street are completed. This is the equivalent of forty-six percent (46%) of the significant tree DBH and meets the standards of the Tree Preservation Ordinance. The City's Natural Resources r. `` ►" - '�' "" Inventory (NRI) identifies some moderate quality woodlands and wetlands on the site (site is approximated by the red "` '` boxes). This is primarily along the Trott Brook corridor. 02-032-25-09-010 F While there will be some 9-2 impacts to the woodlands, r C there is a recorded 00 Conservation and Trail /� 9-3 Easement, in favor of the City, 9_ which protects the brook, 9_14 associated wetlands, and a 9-15 ' portion of the upland woods adjacent to it and helps maintain a valuable wildlife corridor along the brook as 9_5 '10-2 02-032-25-10- well. There is also a trail that already exists within this corridor for the benefit of the public. The Master Trail Plan indicates that eventually this trail will be extended (via a boardwalk) west to connect with Variolite St.