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City of Roseville 10-06-15 Page 5 a. As requested, replacement trees will now count towards required landscaping. b. Subsection (7) spells out wherereplacement trees must be planted. Importantly, we are currently requiring all plants to be placed on-siteunless a certain condition exists (impractical, inappropriate, or counterproductive). In those cases, trees may be planted on boulevards or other public lands as directed by the City, or the applicant may provide cash-in-lieu of replacement inches per the City’s fee schedule. By policy, we would recommend all such funds be placed in a special City Tree Fund used specifically to fund the planting of trees where needed throughout the community (public lands, boulevards, etc). A second idea that’s been discussed is the establishment ofa “City Beautiful” grant program that would subsidize a portion of tree costs for private residents. Such a policy should require trees to be planted in front yards or areas highly visible to the public on a given property. (K)Tree Protection Required – Tree protection fencing requirements established in this section are largely similar to existing requirementswith the following exceptions: a.We are proposing new pruning standards for oak and elm trees which include flexibility should pruning need to be done during prohibited time frames. b.We dis-incentivize after-the-fact/unplanned loss of trees by upping replacement rates by ½ inch for every inch removed for each category of tree. c. If an unplanned tree is lost due to development,we are requiring the applicant to provide a planting plan showing how they will conform to the replacement penalty. (L)Certification of Compliance with Approved Landscape Plan – this is unchanged existing language. (M)Warranty Requirement – this is unchanged existing language. (N)Entry on Private Property and Interference with Inspection – this is unchanged existing language.