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ATTACHMENT B ATTACHMENT B REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: March 9, 2020 Item No.: 7.f Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Discussion Regarding Cash-in-Lieu Tree Replacement Requirement 1 B ACKGROUND 2 On February 10, 2020 City staff advanced to Council an RCA discussing the cash-in-lieu tree 3 replacement requirement per City Code Section 1011.04.J.8. This topic was the result of related 4 Variance Board requests from the summer of 2019, which prompted thePlanning Commission to 5 request examination of this requirement during the joint City Council/Planning Commission 6 discussion that occurred on November 25, 2019. Since that time, staff has determined only one of the 7 Variance requests was necessary, lessening the urgency for needed change. 8 During the February 10, 2020 City Council discussion (minutes provided as Attachment C), there 9 seemed to be consensus surrounding the following revisions to the requirements of Section 10 1011.04.J.8: 11 Lower the cash-in-lieu maximum for single family lots from 10% to 5%, 12 Use assessed land value verses fair market value, and 13 Remove the language regarding allowing replacement locations off the development site. 14 In addition to the items bulleted above, the Council requested examples of the practical effect of the 15 fee reduction from 10% to 5%, recognizing not all single family lots are created equal. Staff offers 16 Attachment B as examples of assessed land values of varying lots in Roseville including small and 17 large lake lots, interior lots, and corner lots(the examples selected are those that were readily available 18 and/or randomly selected). 19 While staff is not aware of any tree replacement to-date that has occurred off the development site, as 20 currently allowed in paragraph “a” of Section 1011.04.J.8, there seemed to stillbe some preference by 21 Council members to allowthis. Staff doesn’t find any reason to remove the allowance to plant off- 22 site, on private propertywithin a 1000 feet, with underlying property owner consent. However, staff 23 would recommend the additional language referencing public improvement project sites or other 24 public and private lands be stricken. This could still occur through the cash-in-lieu option noted in 25 paragraph “b”, where the City could utilize fundsfor a public improvement project under non- 26 pressured timelines. Staff would, however, recommend the Tree Replacement Fund Policy (per 27 Resolution 11335, Attachment E) be revised to eliminate the provision that tree replacement funds be 28 spent within two years after the funds are deposited. This is a challenging timeline in terms of aligning 29 public improvement projects with when cash-in-lieu funds are deposited. 30 Staff has provided a draft ordinance in Attachment A incorporating these amendments. Staff requests 31 feedback on whether this ordinance reflects the direction of Council and if the proposed ordinance can 32 be advanced to the Planning Commission for its required public hearing. Page 1 of 2