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r Agenda Item 6B Environmental Board Meeting Date: February 26, 2003 Topic: Dairy Queen Grill and Chill /PDO /Plan Review Background: The Lino Lakes Market Place plan review was completed in 2001. In 2001, the Environmental Board reviewed the Market Place without user definition. The Dairy Queen Grill and Chill is a proposed user for Lot 1, Bik 1 of the original proposal. Included as (Attachment 1) is the Land Use Application and submitted site proposal information, and (Attachment 2) is information on previous city discussion. Analysis: The original lot proposal was slightly larger in size. Please see (attachment 3) for the site landscape plan of 2001. The new plan has changed. Some of this is expected because at that time it was not known what specific user would be on the site. However, the original proposal featured parking lot islands large enough to plant shade trees. These islands are absent from the new proposal. On the new plan, the islands are smaller. The developer should incorporate shade trees into islands that would support growth. Shade trees were also proposed around the building. These tree plantings are absent from the new plan proposal. Trees should be included in areas that would reflect original proposal intentions. We have a potential to phase ourselves out of landscaping. For instance, the boarder areas to the north and South had several shade trees designed into the landscape in 2001. The present plan shows nothing. The proposed species choice along Apollo Drive is changed in this proposal. Continuity in design should be adhered to. Continuity in the landscape scale design is important. The original proposal shows a change from Annabelle hydrangea to Isanti dogwood. For the sake of design standards, this should not change. There were two Bicolor oaks proposed along Apollo Drive. A few more and larger shade trees should be incorporated into the design on this site and the other sites as they come in. Many Northern pin oaks were removed from this site. We are planting some additional Northern Pin oaks along the Street on the South side of Apollo Dr. The "street - scape" along Apollo Drive should be uniform. A few Northern Pin oaks should be included along the boulevard area of Dairy Queen. It also appears that the tree islands to the East may no longer be in the plan. I would suggest several more Oaks to be planted in the green space to the East of the building, if these tree islands have been removed.