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. . . " URS Worksession MEMORANDUM Thresher Square 700 Third Street South Minneapolis, MN 55415 Phone: (612) 370-0700 Fax: (612) 370-1378 To: Ms. Michelle Wolfe! City of Arden Hills Copy: Tom Moore!AH File: Pending From: Greg Brown Arden Hills City Engineer Date: April 18, 2005 Subject: Highway 96 Landscaping Improvements Background Kathy Ryan presented options for landseaping improvements to be installed along Highway 96 between Lexington Avenue and Snelling Avenue at the November 15, 2004 worksession, The concept landseape plan and cost estimate have been revised based on Council comments received at the November worksession. The plan includes boulevard trees and median planting beds. Green Ash, White Ash, Red Oak and Swamp White Oak trees are proposed in alternating groupings of three and four. These groupings will alternate from north to south and provide a continuous rhythm along the highway without imposing a rigid order that would aeeentuate missing trees. All of the tree planting costs would be part of Ramsey County's contribution to the project. The attached color graphies portray the proposed planting plan. The first graphic is a plan view of the entire project divided into three segments, The boulevard tree locations and varieties are shown as well as the locations of the planting beds. There are two different planting bed configurations depending on the width of the median. These have been labeled 'Planting Group A' and 'Planting Group B'. The seeond and third graphics show enlarged views of the planting bed layouts. The graphics also include numbers, photographs and written descriptions of the proposed plant materials. The median design consists of linear planting beds of perennials that have been shown to be salt and drought tolerant. Plants were also chosen to provide color throughout the growing season in colors that will eomplement each other. The planting beds have been located back from the intersections to minimize the obstruction of views. The wider planting beds (group A) will have Honeylocust trees at intervals with daylilies planted in squares around them.