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DATE <br />PROJECT. TITLE <br />ESCROW # <br />DEPARTMENT: <br />TECHNICAL REVIEWER: <br />CITY OF RAMSEY LAND USE APPLICATION <br />TECHNICAL REVIEW FILE <br />APRIL 14, 2017 <br />PROJECT ADDRESS <br />RIVERSTONE ADDITION <br />115626 <br />TBD <br />Community Development: Planning Division (Landscape Plan & Environmental <br />Resources) <br />Name: Chris Anderson, City- Planner <br />Phone: 763-433-9817 <br />Email: canderson@citvoframsev.com <br />We offer the following comments regarding the Landscape Plan, prepared by Carlson McCain and <br />dated March 8, 2017: <br />The City's Natural Resources Inventory (NRI) does not identify any <br />natural areas over the roughly ninety (90) acres other than a small <br />segment of an altered/non-native plant community. Furthermore, <br />there is essentially no tree cover on the property other than a small <br />portion in the northwest corner, which will be developed in a later <br />phase of the overall project. Generally speaking, this project would <br />convert agricultural cropland into residential homes and townhomes. <br />The project is being proposed as a Planned Unit Development (PUD) and <br />includes smaller lot single family homes and townhomes. Traditionally, <br />single family residential lots require two (2) trees per lot. While not <br />every lot has two (2) trees, overall, the project is proposed landscaping <br />in excess of that required by City Code. However, there appears to be <br />a discrepancy in terms of the total number of trees proposed. Sheet L5 <br />notes that 1,003 trees will be planted; however, when adding up quantities <br />Landscape Schedule, that totals 758 trees. This needs to be clarified. <br />in the Overall <br />The Landscape Plan does include plantings along a berm separating the homes from the railroad <br />tracks, along some of the trails, and within a proposed small, neighborhood park. The Landscape <br />Plan also is providing boulevard trees along all public streets, including Puma St, which is along <br />the rear yard of many lots. <br />While not shown on the plans, City Staff and the Developer spoke about how the berm would be <br />landscaped with ground cover. Staff has suggested that the berm be finished with a native seed <br />mixture that is pollinator friendly and, in the long term, would require less intensive maintenance <br />than if traditional turf grass were established. The Developer was open to this suggestion. <br />