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Memorandum <br />800 Washington Avenue North, Suite 103 <br />Minneapolis, MN 55401 <br />November 25, 2024 <br /> <br />TO : SOPHIA JENSEN <br />FROM: SARAH EVENSON, PLA <br />RE: ROYAL GOLF PICKLEBALL AND CLUBHOUSE ADDITION LANDSCAPE AND TREE PRESERVATION <br />PLAN REVIEW MEMO <br />SUBMITTALS <br />1. CUPs and Variance Submittal, received October 18, 2024. <br />2. Tree Preservation Plan, received November 19, 2024. <br />3. Revised Landscape and Tree Preservation Plans, received November 22, 2024. <br />REVIEW HISTORY <br />CUPs and Variance Landscape and Tree Preservation Plan Review Memo: 11/1/2024 <br />Landscape and Tree Preservation Plan Review Memo: 11/21/2024 <br />Landscape and Tree Preservation Plan Review Memo: 11/25/2024 <br />LOCATION: 11441 20th St N. PID 25.029.21.12.0010 <br />CURRENT LAND USE CATEGORY: GCC <br />ADJACENT AND SURROUNDING LAND USE: GCC to the south, east, and west. Rural Single <br />Family to the north. <br />SPECIAL LANDSCAPE PROVISIONS: partial Shoreland Overlay. <br /> <br />TREE PRESERVATION PLAN: 105. 12. 470 <br />» The applicant prepared a tree preservation plan for the parcel, which indicates that they are not planning <br />to remove more than 30% of deciduous hardwood, coniferous, or common trees as part of the proposed <br />pickleball and clubhouse addition projects. <br />» The applicant has elected to attempt to preserve two large spruce trees north of the pickleball courts. For <br />the purposes of the tree preservation code, they are counted as removals due to the work that will occur <br />with in their critical root zones (CRZs). The owner will remove these on their own if they do not survive. <br />» The tree preservation plans for both the pickleball and the clubhouse expansion projects on the parcel <br />now meet code, and may be approved. <br />LANDSCAPE PLAN: 105.12.480 <br />» The landscape plans for both the pickleball and clubhouse expansion projects on the parcel may be <br />approved. <br />