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<br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council Meeting for May 22, 2019 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2018\PC 18-014 - Mounds View School District - 1900 & 1901 Lake Valentine <br />Road\Memos Reports <br />Page 5 of 12 <br />Tree Impact and Landscaping: <br /> <br /> Original Plan Revised Plan <br />Existing Significant Caliper Inches 6675 6675 <br />Proposed Significant Tree <br />Removal 2842 2466 <br />Remaining Caliper Inches 3833 4209 <br />Allowable Removal (10%) 668 668 <br />Removal Requiring Mitigation 2174 1798 <br />Mitigation Requirement (1” for <br />each 2” removed) 1087 820 <br /> <br />The Applicant has submitted revised tree impact report. A result of the relocating the athletic <br />fields the tree replacement mitigation has been reduced by 376 caliper inches as shown in the table <br />above. This reduces the overall amount of required mitigation from 1087 to 899 caliper inches. <br />With the preservation of existing trees and the reduction in required tree mitigation the Applicant <br />is now able to locate all replacement trees onsite. The Applicant is proposing to plant 241 <br />deciduous trees or 719 caliper inches. In addition, the Applicant is proposing to plant 54 coniferous <br />trees with a minimum height of eight (8) feet. Coniferous trees of this height will exceed 101 <br />caliper inches needed to meet the 820 caliper inches required to be placed. The intend of the <br />landscaping plan was to concentrate the tree planting in areas adjacent to residential properties in <br />order to provide additional screening. The Applicant is also proposing to plant 255 shrubs and <br />perennials adjacent to Lake Valentine Road. <br /> <br />