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Tree Removal and Landscaping Of the 34 trees within the project site, the proposed development would remove 31 trees, including 16 heritage -sized trees (five coast redwood trees, two coast live oak trees, and nine eucalyptus trees) valued at $38,679. The arborist report also evaluated the health of the existing trees. Among the 16 heritage trees, three are in in "good" condition; 10 are in "fair" condition, and three are in "poor" condition. Staff feels that it is appropriate for the applicant to mitigate the loss of all heritage trees that are evaluated with a "good" or "fair" health condition. One of the mitigations would be requiring the applicant to pay for the appraised value of such trees. As such, staff believes that it is reasonable to require the applicant to mitigate the removal of healthy heritage trees valued $35,009 by making a payment of such to the City's Urban Forestry Fund. The fund would be used to plant trees elsewhere in the City. The proposed landscape plan shows the planting of 39 trees of seven species, and a variety of shrubs, groundcover, and vines, such as California lilac, orchid rockrose, fortnight lily, dwarf New Zealand flax, manzanita, and dwarf coyote bush. These trees would be planted both adjacent to the street and within the development, forming an attractive streetscape from both 1- 580 and Hopyard Road. Due to the ongoing drought, staff believes that all proposed tree species should be rated as low- or very-low water use species, and has conditioned the project as such. Table 5 below shows the proposed tree species, sizes, and quantities. Table 5: Proposed Tree Species, Sizes and Quantities Species Size Quantity Coast live oak 60 inch box 2 Western redbud 24 inch box 6 Forest Pansy redbud 24 inch box 4 Natchez crape myrtle 24 inch box 7 Southern magnolia 24 inch box 12 Sycamore 24 inch box 6 Coast redwood 24 inch box 2 Total -- 39 The standard tree planting condition requires trees to be a minimum of 15- gallon size. The applicant indicated that the proposed trees have been upsized from 15- gallon size to 24 -inch box size and 60 -inch box size As such, staff will consider proportionately reducing the payment for the upsizing trees. Staff has also discussed with the applicant of increasing the quantities of the proposed trees if possible to further proportionately reduce the payment. The applicant will look into the possibility of increasing the number of trees and include any changes in the final landscape plan. Conditions of approval have been included requiring the final landscape be approved by the Director of Community Development and City Landscape Architect prior to the issuance of a building permit and payment amount to the City's Urban Forestry Fund be evaluated and determined by the Director of Community Development and City Landscape Architect based on the final landscape plan. P13- 2533/PUD- 100/PUD- 96- 13 -02M Planning Commission Page 21 of 27