05-04-2020 Council Work Session Packet

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10 An 8” watermain will extend and loop from the east (NorthPointe) along Red Oak and from the south (Birch Street) and serve the site. The house located at 6651 20th Avenue is connected to municipal city water. The relocated house will also connect to municipal city water. Public Land Dedication The City will require cash in lieu of land dedication. Per the City’s Park, Greenway & Trail System Plan, a future neighborhood park is programmed to the west of this site. See Attachment #3. Sidewalks along the streets in the development will connect to future trail corridors along CSAH 34 (Birch Street) and CSAH 54 (20th Avenue). A 300 foot long trail will be constructed in Outlot F and will terminate at the lot line. This trail segment will eventually connect to a future trail along the north side of Birch Street. Terminating the trail at the lot line now will prevent vehicles from confusing the trail with a road. Credit will be given for the construction cost of the trail extension to Birch Street. Nadeau Acres 68 lots x $3,150 = $214,200 -Trail Construction Cost TBD TOTAL = TBD Tree Preservation The Environmental Coordinator and Environmental Board reviewed the tree preservation and landscape plans. The goal of tree preservation is to minimize unnecessary loss of habitat, biodiversity and forest resource and to replace removed trees in areas where tree cover is most critical. The Tree Inventory Report prepared by Carlson McCain revised January 10, 2020 identifies 750 significant trees on site. Eighty-eight (88) trees were identified as non-significant (e.g. ash trees, elm trees etc.) and will be removed without mitigation requirements. Of the remaining 662 trees, 252 trees will be saved and 410 will be removed. Sheet T4, Tree Preservation Plan identifies the basic use area and environmentally sensitive areas. Five (5) trees are being removed within the natural resource conservation area. Fourteen (14) trees are being removed from the non-ESA and non-basic use areas. This requires 29 replacement trees for mitigation which are provided throughout the development. Landscaping Open area landscaping standards require 1 large tree and 3 large shrubs per 2,000 sf. Existing trees on site may be used to satisfy open area landscaping requirements if applicable by placement. This would only apply to the existing trees on Outlot A. The landscaping plan has been revised to provide adequate open space mitigation for Outlots B, D and E. Outlots C does not require mitigation because it is for future right-of way.