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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 7, 2014 Page 33 of providing a replacement plan in place for large trees of benefit to the communi- ty at large. Councilmember Laliberte expressed concerns related to property owners being free to remove a tree on their own property if they deemed it neces- sary to do so. Mayor Roe noted consideration was needed to define nuisance versus non- nuisance trees, which would vary per individual. Councilmember McGehee stated that the City didn't want to be proscriptive and impinge on private rights; and opined that this was an interesting dichotomy of thoughts based on the preceding garage discussion. Mayor Roe requested that staff work with the various experts in the field, based on the guidance from tonight's discussion, including information from other cities for non-development activities on site; and whether to incorporate such a provi- sion in revised ordinances. Mr. Bilotta duly noted the direction, and references to other standards as outlined and suggested by Councilmember Etten. c. Planned Unit Development(PUD) Discussion Community Development Director Bilotta introduced the City's Planning and Zoning Intern Cadence Peterson, and thanked her for her work with the City to- date and this PUD analysis as detailed in the RCA dated July 7, 2014, and related attachments, including examples from other communities where PUD's work and where they don't. Mr. Bilotta noted that PUD's served to change regulations, creating a give and take situation, and cautioned that if the concern was how to deal with intangibles when meeting code, the PUD would not help, with various thresholds to consider. Mr. Bilotta encouraged the City to consider a sketch plan process as outlined in the PUD (lines 53 — 67), whether at the staff level or City Council level, noting that developers spent a considerable amount of money to get their project before the City Council; and if they were aware of things ahead of time, they were very appreciative of knowing before versus after. However, Mr. Bilotta noted that this would commit the City Council to spending more time in reviewing those sketch plans. Mr. Bilotta stated that the PUD process was very common throughout the metro- politan area; and if the City started to see a lot of them, prompting the need to see if there was a broader issue, or if it was just infill developments or other unique situations.