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Agenda Item 5A Environmental Board Meeting Date: March 31, 2004 Topic: Fox Den Acres /Preliminary Plat Review Background: Royal Oaks Realty submitted application for Preliminary Plat Consideration of Fox Den Acres Subdivision on March 11, 2004. The area is in the MUSA and guided for low- density sewered residential and a growth staging timing between 1998 and 2010. The total proposed Fox Den Acres boundary area is 50 acres. The total upland area listed is 38.16 acres. The total proposed wetland area is 11.8 acres. The proposal maps 64 single - family lots. The single family lots account for 36.81 acres or 73.62% of the total land area. The developer is proposing a park land dedication of 5.14 acres. The streets account for 8.05 acres or 16.10 %. The average lot size is 0.57 acres. The density is 1.28 lots per acre. On the Certificate of Survey exhibit, Parcel "A" is zoned R -! (Low density). Parcel "B" and "C" are zoned R. The following attachments are submitted for your review: 1. Location Map 2. Certificate of Survey 3. Resource inventory Survey 4. Preliminary Plat 5. Grading Plan 6. Preliminary Tree Preservation Plan 6A. Fox Den Resources 7. Preliminary Utility Plan 8. Proposed Fox Den Acres (enlargement) 9. Color IR Photo/Trees 10. Fox Den Soils 11. MNDOT Seed Mix 26B 12. Fox Den Acres Greenway 13. Tree Inventory Analysis: Site Vegetation The site inventory lists 2337 trees on the site. The MLCCS inventory in this area was a bit inaccurate for this site. For the most part, higher density hardwoods (oaks, hackberry, red maple) are confined to areas to the NE, with sporadic areas to the far East and far North. I have included Attachment 9 so that you can get a feeling for where the tree types are. The developer has submitted a tree preservation plan. However, this plan is not superimposed on