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For trees, the four -lot development plan may impact a total of 67 trees including 34 Heritage trees due to the construction within the four building envelopes, realigning the entrance driveway and widening a portion of Foothill Road for a right -turn lane to the project, extending a water line, and extending the service driveway to Lot 3 and Lot 4. Potentially affected will be buckeye, oak, and sycamore species varying in diameter from 6 inches to 27 inches and varying in health from good to poor. If a native /non native tree, heritage /non heritage size within the building envelope is to be removed for site development, the following mitigation program shall be followed: Plant three, 24 -inch box -size trees native specimen trees for each Heritage tree to be removed and one, 15- gallon -size native tree for each non Heritage tree to be removed. Pay to the City's Urban Forestry Fund a sum not to exceed the estimated value of the tree to be removed provided with the design application(s) for the site. The replacement trees will be planted in the areas A -1 through A -5 on the conceptual tree re- planting plan shown on Figure 5, below, to screen the homes from view and to "fill" the current gaps between existing tree group. The new trees shall be irrigated by the owners of these lots. I y( y��Y� 4 M ,4� M �:Y �..i. "y t at L..) r Figure 5: Conceptual Tree Re- Planting Plan. Staff believes that the project related impacts are mitigated, with the mitigation measures incorporated in the project's design or referenced with conditions of approval, and that there would be no significant or unmitigated environmental impact. Staff, therefore, believes that the Mitigated Negative Declaration can be issued in conformance with CEQA standards. If the City Council concurs with this environmental assessment, it must approve the Mitigated Negative Declaration prior to approving the project. Page 12 of 16