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PAXA14RC <br />drainage. This is not as significant a fill as was previously planned. While this stand is <br />in decline, the new urban forest will complement in future size and add a projected 82 <br />new trees at a minimum of 2 per new housing unit. As many Elk River new residents do, <br />they then add several new trees over and above what they have installed upon the <br />completion of a new home. <br />D. Storm water Planning <br />Outlots are planned for public works oversight and monitoring, a significant platting shift <br />from the original master plan. As currently proposed, about 9.5 acres is in ponds and <br />combinations of pond/wetland for stormwater planning. This is about 10 % of the site <br />total land. This is a preferred design alternative for inlets and outlets of piping and to <br />manage the pond edges as municipal standards evolve. Areas of treatment are handled <br />through sump manholes, to infiltration areas in the overall pond, then to larger storage <br />and storm bounce areas. Openings into home basements are protected via emergency <br />overflow designs and height similar to the previous master plans. These can best be <br />highlighted by engineer submittals through the City Engineer. <br />IV. LANDSCAPE PLANNING <br />With an average of 2.5 new trees per dwelling unit, the 256 new home sites will provide <br />at least 640 new trees at project initial completion. The area east of Edison home sites <br />will have plantings between County 40 and the new homes to create greater privacy in <br />time. These will be maintained by the HOA. <br />Plans are designed by the Landscape Architecture team at Sambatek and will include <br />suggestions for foundation plantings at the detached townhome dwellings and along the <br />park trail corridor. See detail plans. <br />V. PUBLIC PARKS AND TRAILS <br />A. Previous lands <br />Area was designated at the very south of the project masterplan. These remain, are <br />part of the land versus cash dedication conversation in a development agreement, and <br />will be dedicated once grading is completed, or at a specified time in a future phase <br />adjacent to the parcel. The likely size of new land dedication is about 2.1 new acres, <br />or about 2.2% of the project area. We would propose to regrade, respreads topsoil and <br />reseed to the park grade type chosen. A facility planning request to parks and rec <br />should be created as part of the future detail planning at a final plat for phase III. <br />B. New trail corridors <br />Previous plans chose not to add the high ground between the two power pole <br />transmission lines. We believe this to be a missed opportunity. At 200' wide from the <br />5160 Viking Blvd. NW <br />Anoka, MN <br />(763)753-6176 <br />