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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 />MAY 12, 2017 <br />PROJECT ADDRESS <br />STONEBROOK ACADEMY <br />115699 <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 />The project is located within The COR, which has specific design standards relating to streetscape <br />improvements, including sidewalk widths, boulevard widths, and boulevard plantings, which are <br />outlined in Table 4 of the Sub -District Framework — COR2 Commercial in The COR Design <br />Framework. Furthermore, the Design Framework also addresses street furniture, which outlined <br />in the Master Streetscape Plan. <br />We offer the following comments regarding the Landscape Plan, prepared by CNH Architects and <br />dated May 4, 2017, and the Yolite St design plans, prepared by Hakason Anderson and dated May <br />4, 2017, as it relates to The COR Design Framework: <br />Sheet L1: <br />• Update irrigation notes to specify that the irrigation system shall include one or more <br />water efficient technologies, such as a smart controller, soil moisture sensors, ET sensors, <br />etc. <br />• Add Landscape Note specifying that all areas, including boulevards, not otherwise <br />improved with impervious surfaces shall receive four (4) inches of topsoil meeting the <br />Citv's topsoil specification. Copies of the load tickets shall be provided to the City and a <br />topsoil inspection shall be completed prior to installation of any landscaping. <br />• Boulevards shall be six (6) feet in width and shall be clearly labeled on plan sheets. <br />• Sidewalks shall be six (6) feet in width and shall be clearly labeled on plan sheets. <br />• Sidewalks shall have alternating brush strokes per panel (see City specification). <br />• Boulevard area along both Veterans Drive and Yolite St shall be improved with topsoil and <br />sod and this must be reflected on the plan set. <br />• The driveway surface must be extended to connect with the western property boundary <br />for access for future development (this will also require a cross -access easement recorded <br />against the properties). <br />• Update the Tree Installation Detail to specify that the first set of primary roots shall be at <br />finished grade. <br />• Boulevard trees shall have branching beginning no lower than six (6) feet above grade. <br />• Add a Landscape Note that states the City requires a pre -planting meeting to review <br />expectations for all street tree installations. <br />