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October 19,2006 . To Arden Hills City Council & Staff Mayor Beverly Aplikowski Council Members: David Grant, Brenda Holden, C.Jfegg Larson, Vincent Pellegrin and Arden Hills City Engineer: Kristine Giga City Planner: James Lehnhoff City Administrator: Michelle Wolfe and Asst City Administrator: Schawn Johnson From: Residents of the Siems Ct, Arden Place, Ridgewood Rd, Skiles and Island Beach Club Neighborhood. Re: TWO CONCERNS regarding the Completion of the Road/Storm Sewer/Drainage PondslRain Garden Project of Summer/Fall 2006 Dear Mayor Aplikowski and Council Members and City Stafl This letter is written to express two huge concerns about how the above project will be completed. These concerns focus on the tree replanting for this project in general and the reforesting and replanting of the hill that holds up Siems Ct in particular. . CONCERN ONE TREE REPLACEMENT IN GENERAL: It has been a long summer and fall for all of us as we have worked in various ways with the construction crews, URS and City Engineer and stafTto ensure the best implementation of the goats of this project Many of us have had to watch the destruction of valuable trees, albeit for the long term good of stoml water drainage (or ourselves and the community as a whole. In some parts of our neighborhood especially on Siems Ct we have lost a huge part of the charm, character and uniqueness of the neighborhood when we had to give up so many trees for the road, storm sewer and retaining walls. Moreover, we sadly expect that the tree loss is not yet over as several other mature oak trees may also fail in the next year or two as a result of severe root damage, soil compaction and root burial. But as we near the end of this large project, we would like to see the best outcome to help us preserve and restore some of what has been lost. QltLg)n~_~.m is.Jbi~_: t;4- We are concerne~t the low number of trees that are to be replanted. According to otlicial records - trees have been removed from our neighborhood but only 56 trees are to be replanted. This is not an adequate replacement number-especially when this whole project has been about improved drainage. According to the Arden Hills Newsletter, "Lush vegetation captures and filters more rainwater than a bare lawn" And the March 2006 issue of the DNR Magazine Minllesota ('ollservalioll states that a tree can catch 292 -2,162 gallons of rainwater per year. . .