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• • Agenda Item 5A Environmental Board Meeting Date: August 31, 2005 Topic: Apollo Landing Landscaping Review /Hampton Inn /Site Entry Background: The Environmental Board reviewed the site plan for Apollo Landing on February 23, 2005. The recommendation at that time was recommendation of approval with the condition that each PUD phase be brought back to the Environmental Board for review. Attachment 1. is the Environmental Staff Report of February 23, 2005. This review is to review Preliminary Site Entry ( Sheet C1- Attachment 2), and Site layout and Planting Plan -Hotel Area ( Sheet C2- Attachment 3). Analysis: Previous recommendations covered general site plan and lighting concerns. Since there were no specific building plans submitted in February, the Environmental Board requested that landscape plans be reviewed at future times of building proposal. Landscape Plan — Site Entry Site entry trees (Attachment 2) show the road lined with Cordata - -- Little leaf lindens. Recommend that the design be changed to Americana - -- American lindens, varities American, Boulevard, Redmond, would all be acceptable. Ground story plants are not shown. If the boulevard is intended to be blue grass, than this area should be shown as irrigated. Designed flower gardens sprinkled through this area would also add to a more welcome entrance to t hotel site. Infiltration pond #1 does not show a ground cover. Infiltration ponds should be seeded with our City native seed mix, and supplemented with potted plants. Management of this area should be encumbered under at least a three year contract with a company experienced in native plant establishment and maintenance. The contract should cover at least one Burn at the end of three years. Any contract should be reviewed by the city for acceptability. Around the Hotel (Attachment 3), something other than Norway maple should be planted, particularity on the North side of the Hotel. Norway maples are considered invasive to our woodlands. See Attachment 4. Red or Autumn Blaze maples might be substituted for the Norway maples. Infiltration pond # 2 should have the same consideration as infiltration pond # 1 sited above. • All sodded areas around the Hotel must be shown as irrigated.