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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: May 11, 2020 Item No.:7.b Department ApprovalCity Manager Approval Item Description:Adopt an Ordinance amending City Code Section 1011.04.J.8 regarding Replacement Tree Locations 1 B ACKGROUND 2 During the November 25, 2019 joint Planning Commission and City Council meeting, the Planning 3 Commission requested City Council support to amend the Tree Preservation and Restoration 4 ordinance to prevent unreasonably high costs associated with the cash-in-lieu tree replacement 5 payment. This request was in response to two variance requests from July of 2019 involving 6 construction of single family homes. During the joint meeting, the Council requested additional th 7 information from staff, and that information was provided at meetings held on February 10and th 8 March 9, 2020. Rather than direct the Planning Commission to consider amendments to the 9 ordinance, the Council provided direction to staff on revised ordinance language based upon the 10 circumstances surrounding the two variance requests. Those ordinance revisions were advanced to 11 the Planning Commission for the required public hearing on May 6, 2020. 12 The Planning Commission held the required public hearing on May 6, 2020. No persons from the 13 public provided testimony. The Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend City Council 14 approval of the Ordinance amending City Code Section 1011.04.J.8. The Planning Commission 15 expressed appreciation to the Council for advancing these changes. Draft Planning Commission 16 minutes were not available for inclusion in this report. 17 P OLICY O BJECTIVE 18 The City of Roseville recognizes that trees are a significant element of the community given their 19 beauty, their importance to the environment, and their positive impact on property values. The purpose 20 of Chapter 1011.04, Tree Preservation and Restoration, is to ensure trees are protected when they are 21 most vulnerable, establish reasonable requirements for replacement of trees lost due to development, 22 incentivize the protection and planting of trees at all times, institute plan requirements to ensure tree 23 loss can be identified prior to development, that adequate replacement plantings will occur following 24 land disturbances, and to provide for fair, effective, and consistent enforcement of tree preservation 25 requirements. 26 B UDGET I MPLICATIONS 27 Staff does not expect substantive budget implications by reducing the cash-in-lieu cap to 5% of the 28 assessed land value for single family homes. This is because the cash-in-lieu cap is estimated to be 29 applied once a year. Further, none of this revenue isbudgeted. While the holistic impact is deemed 30 non-substantive, the impact to the affected individual property owner is significant. Page 1of 2