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Landscaping and Existing Trees The proposal will remove a total of 14 ornamental trees: one crape myrtle tree (6 -inch diameter), one tulip tree (11 -inch diameter), two evergreen pear trees (8 -inch and 10- inch diameter), three California pepper trees (10 -inch to 15 -inch diameter), and seven flowering plum trees (8 -inch to 12 -inch diameter). Two, 16 -inch diameter and one, 18- diameter redwood tree and one, 24 -inch diameter elm and several ornamental fruit tees will be preserved. Tree protection measures for the redwood and elm trees will be required at the building permit stage. A total of 15 new, 15- gallon and 24 -inch box size trees, and 180 new, one gallon and five gallon size shrubs will be planted to replace the existing trees and shrubs to be removed. The new trees and shrubs are conditioned to feature drought tolerant species, possibly precluding the ornamental fruit trees of the existing plant palette. All new and replacement landscape areas will be watered by a drip irrigation system. Green Building Measures The applicant's Multi Family GreenPoint Checklist and the staff analysis of the checklist are attached as Exhibit D.1 and Exhibit D.2, respectively. The City standard for multi- family development is 50 points. The attached staff analysis indicates 67.7 points for the proposed development, which exceeds the City's minimum. Staff believes that additional green points can be achieved once the applicant prepares its building permit plans and submits these plans for City review. Staff, therefore, considers 75 green points achievable and has conditioned the project to achieve 75 green points as a minimum with 100 green points as a goal. Staff will verify the green building program with the building permit. The applicant concurs with this requirement. 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. For 2009, the City has not issued any new building permits for multi family residential units, single family residential units, or second unit additions to an existing single family home. V. PUBLIC COMMENT The public noticing map for this application is attached to the Planning Commission's packet as Exhibit J. Public notices were sent to all residents living in the Civic Square Apartment development and to all property owners within a 1,000 -foot radius of the project site. As of the writing of this staff report, staff has not received any verbal or written comments from the public. All verbal /written comments pertaining to this proposal will be forwarded to the Planning Commission. Item 6.c., PUDM- 84- 21 -04M Page 9 of 12 March 25, 2009