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16, 2010 (Exhibit B), indicates that all three trees are healthy and unlikely to fall over, although each had some defects in structure. Tree no. 62 (the middle tree) has had several large branch failures over the years and has an asymmetric form and the arborist recommended removal of this tree. The City's Landscape Architect agreed with the arborist's findings and approved the removal of the tree. At the time this report was written, the property owner had not yet removed the tree. In the past, the Planning Commission and/or City Council have attempted to discourage tree loss in developments by adding an extra requirement to contribute the value of removed trees to the City's Urban Forestry Fund. The Urban Forestry Fund is used to plant new trees in the City as well as conservation, promotion, and public education in regard to Pleasanton's street trees, park trees, and trees on private property. The arborist has valued the trees to be removed at $65,050, which excludes the value of the mulberry tree along Stanley Boulevard that will be removed for the Stanley Boulevard reconstruction project. Staff normally tries to mitigate tree removal by requiring additional trees be planted on the site beyond what is normally required in production home developments (i.e., street trees and other trees installed in the front yards). In some developments, tree mitigation is required at a 6:1 ratio for each tree removed with a certain percentage of those trees being box-sized. Given the lack of common open space areas and the small size of the lots, staff does not believe there is adequate room to install additional trees, particularly if a 6:1 ratio is used for the 20 trees to be removed. Therefore, staff has included a condition that the applicant pay the appraised value of the trees to be removed into the City's Urban Forestry Fund. Staff believes that the value of tree no. 62 ($16,000) should not be included since the City has already approved the removal of this tree. The value of the trees to be removed is $49,050 if tree no. 62 is excluded. The applicant has indicated that he may install landscaping for all yard areas around the homes. Should the applicant decide to install landscaping for all yard areas, staff would credit the applicant for the cost of the trees installed in the rear and side yard areas beyond that currently shown on the development plan. Growth Management Allocations Development of this property would fall under the "First-Come-First-Serve" category of the City's Growth Management Program, which has an annual, non-transferable allocation of 100 units. Recent demand for "First-Come-First-Serve" units has not exceeded supply and staff anticipates that there would be adequate building permit capacity for these 14 lots. V. PUD CONSIDERATIONS The Zoning Ordinance of the Municipal Code sets forth purposes of the Planned Unit Development District and "considerations" to be addressed in reviewing a PUD development plan. PUD-82 Page - 22 - September 15, 2010