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JPllarrn JEvaD1ll1atBmll 9 L ModifiedllLarrndlscalPnllJlg JPllarrn JProlPosaB . Landscaping Near the Pmver Line: The initial landscaping plan included three sienna glen maple trees along the western edge of the property near Fairview Avenue. These maple trees can obtain heights fifty to sixty feet and be up to forty feet across. Due to the proximity of the proposed trees to the power line, the Planning Commission requested that these three trees be relocated or substituted with a shorter species to ensure that the power line is not obstructed. The location of the power line has been added to the landscaping plan so that it .. can be compared to the location of the proposed trees. The sienna glen maple in the southwestern comer of the property has been moved farther east into the property away from the power line and closer to the proposed dwelling. Although there is more space between the proposed maple and the power line, the applicant will likely need to trim the tree at some point in the future to ensure that it does not interfere with the powcr line. The two other sienna glen maples that were on the initial landscaping plan are proposed to be substituted with two velvet pillar crabapple trees, both of which have been moved farther cast into the propcJ1y. The crabapple trees can obtain a height of fiftcen to twenty feet, as opposed to the fifty to sixty feet for the maples. Although the two crabapples will provide less screening than the two maples, they are less likely to interfere with the power line over the long-term. Utility Easement: There is a 19.75 foot wide utility easement along the entire northern edge . of the property. The stornlwater pipe in the casement, which drains stonnwater from Fairview Avenue to Lake Johanna, is approximately tive feet from the property line until it approaches the Lake Johanna Blvd right-of-way on the eastern end of the property where it angles to the northeast into Lake Johanna: The easement also extends approximately ten feet into the property to the north t6 create a thirty foot wide easement for the pipe. The initial landscaping plan included three river clump birch trees and six black hills spruce trees near the pipe in the easement <md in the County right-or-way. The applicant was requested to move the trees away from the pipe so that the pipe and trees did not interfere with each other in the future. More specifically, there was a concern that if the pipe ever needed to he replaced, the trees would be damaged or killed. The modified landscaping plan includes three river clump birch trees and three black hills spruce trees. The three river clump birch trees have been moved approximately ten to twelve feet from the stonnwater pipe farther south into the property. Although the trees are still within the utility easement, they arc on the southern edge of the easement and should not City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Afeetingj(Jr November 1. 2006 \\Metro-illet.l/siarde/1hills!Plfln/1illg\Plilllni/1g Cflses\2006\06..028 Ngo Site I'lllIi Rel'iew (PENf>ING)\/02306 - PC report - Ngo Site 1'10/1 . Rel'iell'.doe Page 2 of 8