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Agenda Item 5B Environmental Board Meeting Date: July 31, 2002 Topic: JADT /Lino Lakes Commercial Center /I35W and Cty. Rd. 23, Preliminary Plat Review /Re- Submittal Background: JADT submitted proposal earlier and this plan was re- submitted after staff input. Please see Attachment 1 for Original Submittal. The Environmental Board did look at the site without a specific plan proposal in 1998. Please see Attachment 2. Although the Memo on Sept 24, 1998 is Titled "McDonalds ", it is obvious that the Board was reviewing the entire JADT site. Analysis: In 1998, the City negotiated a tree for tree replacement agreement on this site. The Tree Inventory for this site indicated 454 significant trees on the JADT site. There were many smaller trees, particularly Oak trees on the McDonalds site. Today there are 23 or 24 significant trees left. See Attachment 1 (yellow line around trees). The new plan calls for the removal of the group of trees in front of the "V" shaped building. There are four or five trees left here. We have received no significant tree /soils /protection or sequencing plan. There appears to be no possibility of joint parking between Target/Kohl's and JADT. This is unfortunate because the JADT site appears to be very small for the facilities that are designed in the plan. A Landscape Plan is submitted. The landscape plan as it stands needs some revision. Trees lined on Apollo drive should be changed to Oaks, so they are similar to the McDonalds site. Crimson King Maples and Schwedler Maples should be changed to oaks. Adjacent to the Freeway, Colorado Blue Spruce should be changed to White spruce, and Scotch pines to Austrian (salt tolerance). The dwarf cranberries should be changed to Highbush cranberries if screening is an issue. Ground seeding in drainage, buffer and swale areas should use the same seed schedule as Target/Kohl's (Attachment 5). There is no irrigation in the plan. This needs to be submitted for areas of all plantings other than native planting areas. It is strongly advised the Developer hire a competent landscape company to install all Native areas and maintain them for the first 3 to 5 years. It is hard to tell what the "V" shaped building has in front of it for surfacing. This should be a pervious type paving if possible. It appears there are yellow twig dogwoods planted in this front area. I suggest that several tree - planting grates be installed here. Burr or Swamp white oaks should be placed here. The Surface Water /Mitigation Plan was previously approved by RCWD. Since we required sequencing and protection of the resources (soils, water infiltration