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Regular Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Page 8 Chair Boguszewski suggested removing that current Item 1.i. 348 Mr. Bilotta clarified that there was a slight difference on this speaking to public easements 349 and public utilities compared to private development language in attempting to exempt 350 planting of trees in those easement or utility areas. 351 Member Bull noted this addressed installation of public streets. 352 Page 10, line 329, Chair Boguszewski referenced the “well placed” language used 353 throughout, opining it seemed to indicate better visibility is a better site in addressing 354 habitat, root systems, canopies, etc. Chair Boguszewski noted this suggests putting a 355 tree in the back yard was therefore not as good as placing it in the front yard, opining that 356 was not always the case, seeking discussion about the polity in requiring trees be placed 357 in areas that were deemed highly visible. 358 Mr. Gozola stated that intent was to if there was a subsidy program offered and funds 359 were requested, in order to quality for such a subsidy to benefit the most people the tree 360 would need to be in the most visible location. 361 Chair Boguszewski questioned if he could agree that was true, when there may be 362 benefit from placing a tree in the back yard for the benefit of the neighborhood. Chair 363 Boguszewski noted that there was no language carried forward from Mr. Gozola’s draft 364 comments, but wanted to call it out to ensure the intent was realized, and asked Mr. 365 Rehder to comment on whether or not a front yard location was always deemed better. 366 While that may be generally true from an aesthetic benefit, Mr. Rehder admitted Chair 367 Boguszewski’s comments and rationale made sense and agreed that other options could 368 exist as long as the spot was deemed viable. 369 Page 12, lines 371-372, Chair Boguszewski asked if these dates were driven by 370 temperature, with Mr. Rehder confirming that the language attempted to address known 371 fatal tree diseases for each species (e.g. Oak wilt). Chair Boguszewski expressed 372 appreciation that there was some flexibility allowed for in Item 6.c. 373 Page 11, line 344, Member Murphy questioned ho tree replacement on site impacted the 374 total cost of development, with Mr. Rehder noting that tree replacement would be 375 addressed in the 17% calculations. Member Murphy questioned if 10% of fair market 376 value was being tapped out, was the city asking elsewhere (lines 340-343) for the 377 developer to do something in excess of that or asked if that was the intent or 378 consequences, similar to a cap on cash in lieu of. If that is the case, Member Murphy 379 asked if that was the right number and in cases where the exemption didn’t apply could 380 the city ask for more money. 381 Chair Boguszewski further questioned if the intent was to increase the 10% to bring it 382 more in line with what could be spend on replacement landscaping or to cap cash-in-lieu. 383 Mr. Paschke responded that it would have to be a fairly wooded lot to trigger this and not 384 have anywhere to put replacement trees, thus credit given in the landscaping plan or 385 provide a combination. 386 Member Murphy referenced the Cherrywood Point or Pulte sites as examples of areas 387 having been fairly heavily wooded to begin with. 388 Chair Boguszewski recognized the difference in whether choosing to landscape up to 389 20% in retained value while cash in lieu of was going right of your pocket; and therefore 390 saw no issue with any discrepancies. 391 Member Murphy also agreed that he saw it better from that perspective. Member Murphy 392 referenced a previous example from Mr. Paschke in how building a garage may not apply 393 to clearing trees from an area; and asked if that also applied to adding a deck or garage 394 onto a typical Roseville single-family home, and that it would not trigger this provision. 395 Member Bull noted the exception if it went of 50% of the principle structure. 396