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Roseville’s Public Works Department staff have been working with the applicant to address the 49 requirementsrelated to grading, drainage, easements, and dedication of additional right-of-way 50 along both County Road B and Farrington Street.While these details are essential parts of a 51 preliminary platapplication, the Planning Commission is not asked to review and digest such 52 engineering-related plans; instead, actions by the Planning Commission and the City Council 53 typically include conditions that such plans must ultimately meet the approval of Public Works 54 staff. 55 City Code §1011.04 (Tree Preservation) specifies that anapproved tree preservation plan is a 56 necessary prerequisite for approval of a preliminary plat.A tree survey has been provided which 57 identifies the trees on the property as well as the trees which are likely to be removedas a result 58 ofthe current grading and utility plans and anticipated locations of houses and driveways. The 59 site contains 347 trees with trunks at least 6 inches in diameter; based on the present proposal, 60 160 trees would be removed and a total of 39 replacement trees would berequired.The 61 replacementtrees may be any combination of coniferous trees that are at least 6 feet tall and 62 deciduous trees with trunks at least 3 inches in diameter. While the replacement formula can be 63 calculated even at this time, the final tree preservation plan depends upon the final grading plan, 64 whichmay not be finalized until after the preliminary plat is approved; for this reason, it is 65 prudent to proceed with review and possible approval of the preliminary platwith the condition 66 that site grading and building permits should not be issued without an approval of the final tree 67 preservation plan. 68 At its meeting of February 6, 2014,Roseville’s Parks and Recreation Commission reviewed the 69 then-proposed preliminary platagainst the park dedication requirements of §1103.07 of the City 70 Code and recommended a dedication of cash in lieu of land; the Parks and RecreationDirector 71 has confirmed that thisrecommendation still stands. The existing land area is composed of one 72 buildable parcel subdivided from Lot 7 of the 1881 Michel's Rearrangement of Lots 9 to 16 73 Inclusive of Mackubin and Iglehart’s Addition of Out Lotsplat. Since the existing land comprises 74 one residential unit, the proposed six-unit plat would create five new building sites. The2015 75 Fee Schedule establishes a park dedication amount of $3,500 per residential unit; for the five, 76 newly-created residential lots the total park dedication would be $17,500, to be collected prior to 77 recording an approved plat at Ramsey County. 78 The Public Works Department staff has reviewed the proposed preliminary plat and development 79 plansas illustrated in Attachment C and has the following comments. 80 The existing 20 foot wide storm water utility easement will need to be vacated prior to the 81 filing of the final plat. Close coordination with the applicant on timing for the easement 82 vacation is requested. 83 Staff has forwarded the applicant detailed comments related to the proposed storm water 84 management for this development. Staff will continue to work with the developer on a 85 design that can be approved by the City and the Capital Region Watershed District. The 86 final design of said stormwater management system may require alterations to the 87 proposed drainage and utility easement as currently shown on the plat. 88 Roseville’s Development Review Committee (DRC) met on April 16 and 23, 2015to discuss 89 this application. Beyond the above comments pertaining to the zoning codeand storm water, the 90 DRC only raised the issue of the large drainage and utility easement in the rear of proposed Lot 91 6.The concern is that the owner of the lot could be overly burdened with the maintenance of the 92 storm water facilities, or that the facilities could be neglected and become a site of dumping, and 93 PF15-004_RPCA_050615 Page 3of 5