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Commissioner Olson added that he would also like to save the huge heritage tree right in the far rear portion on the left on the west side with a mobile home right up against it. Commissioner Pearce agreed with Commissioner Olson regarding saving the two trees on the right side and the two or three on the left side. She noted that 15 heritage trees that are rated 3 or 4 or 5 are being proposed for removal. She wanted to see how many of those can be saved. She indicated that she is always hesitant to take out heritage trees and that she is aware of the conversations at Council as to whether they are worth preserving if they do not look very good. She noted that the whole point of the heritage tree is that it is old, it has been there a long time, and it has this diameter trunk. She stated that she is not on the Heritage Tree Board but that she understands the broad picture; therefore, if more of them could be saved, it would be great. Commissioner Narum stated that she would want to look at saving as the priority, the trees with the 4 or 5 rating unless there is something totally wrong with them. She noted that one of them may be a palm tree, which may not make sense to save, but some of the others are not. She added that if some of the ones with the 3 rating can also be saved, that would be fine as well. She noted that this is one of the reasons she would like to see the houses moved around to the end of the cul -de -sac to provide a little bit of an ability to reposition houses to save some of those trees. Commissioner O'Connor agreed that if a couple of homes were moved down or eliminated to create more variation in the spacing, it would free up potentially a lot of space to save at least a few of the heritage trees. He also agreed with saving the trees to the east with a 3 to 5 rating, and those to the west as well. He added that depending on if the houses can be moved a bit, there are also a couple of trees against the back fence and even one along the roadway that looks like it is in the front yard area that can be saved. He indicated that this is worth looking at, even if not all the trees can be saved. Acting Chair Blank agreed that not all of them can be saved. He suggested looking at those with a 4 rating and asked staff to pick some off of the charts that look like they can be saved. 9. Should the open space, located on the east side of the street bulb, include amenities (e.g., play structure, benches, etc.)? Commissioner Olson stated that this would depend on the market and folks who are going to be attracted to this project and would want to buy in here. He noted that people with children would probably want to come here, but there may also be folks who want to downsize from 5,000- or 7,000- square -foot homes who might want to be here as well, and those folks may not be interested in a play structure. He noted that benches would certainly be nice. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, November 28, 2012 Page 22 of 38