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CITY OF RAMSEY LAND USE APPLICATION <br />TECHNICAL REVIEW FILE <br />DATE <br />MAY 13, 2020 <br />PROJECT ADDRESS <br />TBD <br />PROJECT. TITLE <br />COBBLESTONE HOTEL <br />ESCROW # <br />117510 <br />DEPARTMENT: <br />Planning Division (Landscape Plan & Environmental Resources) <br />TECHNICAL REVIEWER: <br />Name: Chris Anderson <br />Phone: 763-433-9817 <br />Email: canderson@cityoframsey.com <br />We offer the following comments regarding the civil engineering plans, prepared by Excel and dated May <br />7, 2020: <br />Sheet C1.1 <br />• Adequate protection and care must be taken to protect existing boulevard trees and planter beds <br />along Sunwood Drive throughout the construction process. <br />Sheet C1.2 <br />• Add legend to this sheet. <br />Sheet C1.4 <br />• Add trees to the green space area along the southern lot line to continue the planting pattern <br />established to the east. <br />• Enhance the parking lot islands with plantings, including trees, shrubs and/or perennails. <br />• Replace Barberry Golden with a different shrub species. This shrub is on the City's prohibited <br />species list. <br />• Update Landscaping Notes to specify shrub size shall be at least twenty-four inches (24") at time <br />of installation. <br />• Additional trees must be incorporated into the site to enhance the overall appearance of the green <br />spaces. <br />• Lawn areas shall be established with sod. Add this note to plan sheet. <br />• Planting detail needs to be updated to specify: (1) root flare and/or first set of primary roots shall <br />be at finished grade and (2) remove top 1/3 to '/2 of wire basket. <br />• Add note stating that four (4) inches of topsoil, with no more than 35% sand content, is required <br />over all disturbed areas not otherwise improved with impervious surfacing (e.g. pavement, <br />building, walkways, etc.). <br />