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thcreby making the hillside look even more exposed. In the end, there werc not as many mature trees in the undisturbed areas of the hillside as desirable. . City Staff havc been in contact \vith the applicant and their contractor regarding the vcgetation on the hillside, and the property owner recognizes the nced to havc a stable and acsthetically pleasing hillside. In ordcr to help mitigate the exposure of the hillside, the applicant has alrcady planted six, six foot tall Colorado spruce trees on thc hillside and submitted a landscaping plan showing the six trees for the official record. A condition has also been added to the Final Plat requiring conformance with the landscaping plan to ensure that i r any of the six spruce trees dic. the applicant will be responsible for replacing the trees. While the spruce trees will not provide Siems C01ll1 with the amount of screening that existcd prior to any \vork being done on the property, the spruce trees \vill provide some screening and protection for thc hillside as the trees mature. The removal of any buckthorn should also help other specics to populate the hillsidc. The applicant has indicated that once the lot is developed, additional landscaping will likely be installed, though specific plans \vill not be created unti I thc Jots arc developed. Typically. the City docs not requirc a landscaping plan fix residential developmcnt; however, the applicant will be responsible Jix maintaining the stability ofthcir p0l1ion of the hillside, protecting the remaining vegetation outside of the City right-of-way, and ensuring that the six spruce trecs survive. As part of the Ridgewood Ncighborhood road reconstruction projcct, the City will be . planting additional trccs in thc right-of-way along Siems Court. The cxact tyves and locations of these trecs will be dctermined in the spring. While not on the hillside, the City 1S also responsible for maintaining the vcgetation around the st01l11\"vater ll1,lIlagL'ment pond and thc wctland, Although erosion controlmeasurcs are already in place throughout the property. the new curb and gutter along Siems Court will help reduce the potential fi)/" erosion on the hillside since \vater \vill no longcr run directly down the hillside from Siems Court. When this preliminary plat was rcvicwed. the City did not have a trec preservation program in placc. Staff is researching various trcc prescrvation programs to make it easier Jor the City to placc a grcater cmphasis on trcc prcservation in future dcvelopmcnt projects and to avoid the complications that wcre brought to light during this project. ("ill' o(,lrtl,'1l Ilills l'flllllliJlg ('l1Illlli.l'siol/ itlel'lill,!!,);)}' f~'hrll(//T 7, ](}(i7 f\.ldIU-illl'!_u:-> ;JIl.kllhilb\I'l:illllll1!!'l'lantlillg ('as(:s ~()O()'()()-o.\() Bnlltill hllal Plat I Pr::--':f>I\i<'i)'lll J{,fl7 - P(' Ih'p11rt - I aJ..:L' JohallJl:! \\'{lI.d:, FilIal . 1'!aLIi"i." Page 7 uf I II