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Page 3 of 8 stalls or 120 total should adequately support the proposed use per the applicants formula. As a condition of approval the Applicant is required to provide the cross parking agreement with Bethel University for the City Attorney to review and for City Council approval prior to the approval of the Developer Agreement. Tree Preservation During the January 25, 2021 meeting the City Council requested additional information from the Applicant showing how they came up with their requested $20,000 fee-in-lieu of tree replacement. The summary can be found in Attachment F. The pricing was based on quantity and species type of existing trees on site, matched with the replacement cost of commercially available trees and not by caliper inch as required by ordinance. Below is breakdown of the costs: Tree Pricing • Cottonwood: 57 trees x $153 • Boxelder: 29 trees x $153 • Willow: 9 trees x $153 • Sugar Maple: 1 tree x $500 • Red Oak: 1 tree x $500 • American Elm: 1 tree x $500 = $16,035 x 110% = $17,639 City Code Section 1325.055 outlines the Tree Preservation Ordinance. The Applicant submitted a tree inventory and preservation plan with replacement calculations. Upon further review of the previous tree replacement calculations it appears the Applicant included trees that are considered nuisance trees that should not be included in the tree replacement calculations (Attachment C). The report included trees that were identified by the tree surveyor as dead, dying, in poor or critical condition. Below is the description used by the tree surveyor to identify what trees considered in poor, critical or dead condition. A. Poor – a poor tree has significant problems that are irrecoverable. B. Critical – a tree is almost dead and shows a live crown less than 20%. C. Dead – a dead tree shows no sign of life. In response the Applicant has revised their tree inventory and preservation plan (Attachment D). The revised plan shows the removal of the nuisance trees reducing the overall existing significant caliper inches from 3,837 to 3,593. In addition, the Applicant is proposing to preserve an additional 38 caliper inches of existing trees onsite for a total 748 caliper inches. The Applicant is proposing to remove 2,845 caliper inches or 115 trees. The ordinance allows removal of ten (10) percent without replacement or 284.5 caliper inches. Removal of the remaining 2,560.5 caliper inches of trees requires mitigation at a ratio of 1:2 replacement, or 1,280.28 caliper inches. However, ordinance allows for trees to be planted onsite as shown on the landscaping plan to subtracted from the required mitigation. The Application is proposing to plant 187 trees, with a total of 564 caliper inches. The total required replacement is 716.25 caliper inches.