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Attachment B Extract of the October 7, 2015, Roseville Planning Commission Meeting Minutes 3 Public Hearings 4 Chair Boguszewski reviewed the protocol for public hearings and subsequent process. PROJEC FILE Re uest by the City of Roseville for approval of amendments to City Code Chapter pertaining to tree preservation replacement and landscaping re uirements Chair Boguszewski opened the public hearing for PROJECT FILE 0017 at 6:30 p.m. 9 City Planner Thomas Paschke provided a brief history in revisions to the existing tree preservation 10 ordinance process to-date; and deferred to the City's Tree Consultant, Ben Gozola of Sambatek and 11 Mark Rehder, Subcontractor and Consultant with S& S Tree for a more detailed discussion. 12 As part of tonighYs review process, and as detailed in the staff report and attachments dated October 7, 13 2015, Chair Boguszewski reviewed options for the Commission related to this iteration of the revised 14 Tree Preservation and Restoration Ordinance. 15 Mr. Gozola provided a revised draft ordinance (REVISED Attachment B) as a bench handout, attached 16 hereto and made a part hereof, with minor edits beyond the draft included in the agenda materials, 17 advising that he would speak to them as part of his presentation. 18 Ben Gozola AICP Sambate 19 Mr. Gozola provided a history of ordinance revisions to-date, including initial review by the City County 20 subsequent to their request for the Planning Commission to review this latest version for their feedback. 21 As part of his presentation, Mr. Gozola reviewed the broad goals brought forward at the initial July 2015 22 meeting, purpose for the ordinance, and desire to provide incentives to preserve trees in the community 23 without overburdening individual property owners while ensuring proper oversight of this valuable 24 community asset. 25 Mr. Gozola reviewed attachments included in the meeting packet, including Attachment D providing a 26 clean copy of the draft tree preservation ordinance for tonight's review and public comment. Mr. Gozola 27 reviewed cover memoranda related to tonight's discussion providing explanations of each section as well 28 as areas where additional feedback was being sought based on reviews to-date at various levels. 29 Previous Ordinance 30 Mr. Gozola advised that language retained from the previous Tree Preservation Ordinance was not 31 incorporated into Section 4 of the new draft ordinance and outlined in the Memorandum to Attachment D 32 dated October 6, 2015 related to this proposed final draft. 33 Mr. Gozola advised that note item to note was revision of "specimen" trees to "significant" trees. 34 Mr. Gozola also noted that Attachment A had been mission specifics for "cash in lieu of" payments as an 35 option for tree locations or relocations as applicable, with Attachment B, lines 344 — 346 now addressing 36 that area based on best practices and guarding against claims that fees may be deemed unreasonable. 37 Ms. Gozola noted that in accordance with the City of Roseville's policy to establish fees by policy or 38 resolution rather than in specific ordinances, fees were not included in the proposed draft ordinance. 39 In an effort to provide examples of practical application of the ordinance using previous developments in 40 Roseville (e.g. Cherrywood Point, Pulte Homes), Mr. Gozola reviewed how those comparisons would 41 address tree inventories and differentials between the two ordinances, including how numbers would be 42 impacted or exemptions applied, even though he admitted it was difficult to compare apples to apples in 43 those cases. 44 For discussion purposes and to avoid confusion, Mr. Gozola suggested using the draft ordinance 45 provided as a bench handout (Revised Attachment B) as the reference going forward. 46 Commission Discussion/Questions 47 Page 1, line 27, Member Bull questioned multi-stem trees (e.g. Birch) and rationale for measuring them 48 as one tree using the diameter breast height (DBH) of the largest stem only.