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3 1. Remove the maximum of $58,000 (10% of assessed land value) cash-in-lieu payment. (The assessed land value at this point is much lower than the proposed sale price and the final sale prices to be achieved by the developer!) 2. Require the planting of native trees from Minnesota seed sources. 3. Require more payment for trees in the 'right-of-way', utility and road space considering the development proposes a road 620 foot long instead of the 500 foot maximum allowed by city code. 4. Require keeping trees numbered heritage trees 341, 339, 344, and 397. Large trees sequester more carbon, provide more animal habitat and provide seed for future generations of trees. Redesign development around these trees considering the plan proposed currently proposing keeping 2 of 28 Heritage trees and 35 of 197 Significant trees. Those are unacceptable few saved Heritage and Significant trees. I would bet those trees could be saved with the current zoning of 3 houses (they'd be major selling points). It's up to the developer to justify 20 lots. Reserving lots 12 and 13 in the current house lot proposal map, would save 3 Heritage trees and allow the bike route a much safer and more direct route through from Marion St to the Ramsey Cty Park. 5. Keeping more trees is prudent considering the possibility that these lots might not sell. In that case hundreds of trees will be removed by the developer without houses being built (for a number of years at least). This doesn't take into account that the current owner appears to have removed a hundred or more trees, probably most buckthorn (a good thing overall) in preparation for the sale. 6. A final note detail. Anderson company should specify the species of elm inventoried. Some are native others are invasive. Thank you for your consideration and response, even if brief. Andrew Montain RCA Attachment D Page 30 of 51