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Tree Inventory & Preservation Plan and Landscape Plan <br />The submittal did not include a Tree Inventory and Preservation Plan nor a Landscape Plan. Both of these plans <br />will be required at the Final Plat stage. There is a potential that the Applicant may seek a variance to the tree <br />inventory methodology, based on how densely packed together the eastern red cedar trees are. Either way, the <br />Tree Inventory and Preservation Plan will be brought back to the EPB for review and recommendation, <br />presumably at the March meeting. Lot 1 will almost assuredly require the standard two (2) front yard trees. <br />However, for Lot 2, existing trees, should they be preserved, may potentially satisfy the front yard planting <br />requirements. <br />Staff received clarification from the DNR that the City's required standard landscape plan does not require all the <br />same information that a Vegetation Restoration Plan must include. Thus, a Vegetation Restoration Plan, in <br />addition to a Landscape Plan, will be required. A Vegetation Restoration Plan must include vegetation that <br />provides suitable habitat and effective soil stability, runoff retention, and infiltration capability. Species, <br />composition, density, and diversity should be guided by nearby patches of native plant communities (per the Area <br />Hydrologist, based on the dominant presence of eastern red cedar, this site likely has well drained soils and prairie <br />or oak savannah may be appropriate native plant communities to guide restoration here). <br />Funding Source: <br />All costs associated with this application are the Applicant's responsibility. <br />Recommendation: <br />Staff recommends approving the natural resources aspects of this project contingent upon receipt, review, and <br />approval of a Tree Inventory and Preservation Plan. <br />Outcome/Action: <br />Motion to recommend approval of the natural resources aspects of the Serenity at Rivers Edge project, contingent <br />upon receipt, review, and approval of a Tree Inventory and Preservation Plan, a Vegetation Permit Application, <br />and a Vegetation Restoration Plan. <br />Attachments <br />Site Location Map <br />Sketch Plan with Aerial Image <br />Sketch Plan with Review Comments <br />Vegetation Permit Property Owner Guide <br />Form Review <br />Inbox Reviewed By Date <br />Brian Hagen Brian Hagen 02/04/2026 02:03 PM <br />Form Started By: Chris Anderson Started On: 01/28/2026 09:47 AM <br />Final Approval Date: 02/04/2026