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Memo to Mayor & City Council/P 04-02 April 19, 2004 Page 5 · The layout of the lots on the east side of Woodland Hills Road is unchanged. · Outlot G and Lot 4, Block 4 as parkland. · A 30 foot conservation easement on the lots on the east side of Woodland Hills Road. Because staff believes that incorporating Outlot G and Lot 4, Block 4 as parkland is not feasible, staff offers the a second drawing (P2) which includes the following differences from (Pl): · Ouflot G and Lot 4, Block 4 are not included park. · There is no additional lot added in the northeast corner of the plat. The total number of lots with shown on (P1) and (P2) is 110. E~ Issues Wetlands The plat will require crossing a DNR protected stream and filling a wetland. The applicant will require a DNR permit to cross the stream and wetland mitigation will be required to replace the wetland that is filled. The applicant's wetland representative met with the TEP regarding the wetland issues. The results of that meeting are outlined in Rebecca Haug's memo. Trees The amount of grading required will eliminate almost all of the trees on the site. The property is currently zoned Rlc (Single Family Residential) with a minimum lot size of 11,000 square feet. Because of the topography, any development of this property as single family lots under the Rlc regulations will eliminate most of the trees on this ske. The only way to preserve large areas of trees would be to rezone the property to allow townhouses, cluster the residences on the west half of the property and leave the east half undeveloped. The applicant is proposing to preserve a narrow strip of trees along the north boundary of the plat and most of the trees in Outlot A (parkland buffer). In order to limit the spread of oak wilt, the applicant should work with the City on an oak wilt suppression program. In order to reduce the number of trees removed along the Great Northem Trail. The right- of-way for woodland trails could be reduced to 50 feet, the road width could be reduced to 28 feet (with parking restrict to one side of the street) and the front yard setbacks could be reduced to 20 feet. This would allow the houses to be placed further away from the trail and reduce the amount of grading required on lots adjacent to the trail. Grading~ Drainage and Utilities Grading, drainage and utility issues are addressed in the City Engineer's memo. Grading is shown on portions of Outlot A. Since Oudot A is intended to meet the park dedication S:NPLANNING\Case Files\2004\P 04-02 Woodland Hills\P04-02cc4-19.doc