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Purpose <br />Presbyterian Homes of Arden Hills <br />Preliminary Landscape Management Plan <br />Date: 3 September 2010 <br />Prepared for: Senior Housing Partners <br />Prepared by: LHB, Inc. <br />Presbyterian Homes' redevelopment of its existing senior housing campus on a site at the northeast <br />corner of Lake Johanna Boulevard and County Road D in Arden Hills will result in impacts to existing <br />trees in several areas of the site. At the same time, there are areas of existing trees that will remain <br />unaffected by redevelopment and construction activities. In order to realize the potential benefits of <br />the trees that will remain with redevelopment, a landscape management plan is proposed as a means of <br />protecting trees and other vegetation in areas which are not impacted, and as a way of perpetuating <br />their presence as a visual buffer, wildlife habitat, and aesthetic benefit for the site and surrounding <br />areas. <br />This landscape management plan may, in some cases, recommend removal of trees and other <br />vegetation in the interests of promoting viable, healthy trees that are recognized as "significant" by the <br />City of Arden Hills' Zoning Code, as well as smaller trees that, by virtue of this landscape management <br />plan, will be perpetuated so that they can reach "significant" status. In some cases, the landscape <br />management plan will encourage the removal of some trees or portions of trees that pose a hazard to <br />valuable tree resources and humans that might be present in areas of preserved trees. <br />The plan identifies maintenance practices to be performed during and after construction. These <br />activities are intended to promote tree health and vitality in trees that will remain after completion of <br />redevelopment activities, but importantly includes a regular review of the health of trees during <br />construction activities. The actions taken as a part of the landscape management plan will follow best <br />practices for tree and root zone protection during construction activities, construction and post <br />construction care, tree removal and root pruning, and other practices that promote preservation and <br />perpetuation of the trees intended to remain. <br />Finally, the plan recommends a planting strategy to augment those trees intended to remain, further <br />perpetuating the long term viability of preserved wooded areas —for trees deemed significant and other <br />trees in the areas defined in the landscape management plan. <br />This document is posed as a preliminary landscape management plan. The ways in which the proposed <br />development might impact tree resources will only be fully understood when construction plans have <br />been finalized, and changes to the natural systems the support the growth of trees in the landscape <br />management zones are more definitively recognized. In some cases, landscape management activities <br />and the finalization of this plan will occur "in the field" under the direction of a certified forester. <br />Regardless of the final form of development, the goals of protecting trees that would not otherwise be <br />affected by construction activities or the proposed development and preserving the long term viability <br />of the identified landscape management zones remain firm. <br />Conditions <br />