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mm Tfeescates <br />E <br />ComBOonlty Foreafay Cons^liAnts <br />• • <br />• • • <br />1214 Third Avenue NE <br />Buffalo, Minnesota 55313 <br />(612) 682-9562 <br />Voice & Fax <br />•*. <br />• ?• • •. <br />i • •• V- I <br />.? - .. ••.* • .• • • <br />DATE:June 16.1999 <br />TO:Paul Weinberger <br />Assistant Zoning Adniinistrator <br />City of Orono <br />P.O.Box 60 <br />Crystal Bay, MN 55323-0068 <br />FROM:Peter J. Bedker, Ph.D. <br />Consulting Community Forester <br />!# •Luzaich Restoration Plan Parameters , <br />2490 Old Beach Road <br />Application #2492 <br />. • • • • • •• <br />Thfe following are parameters that should be used to design and evaluate restprafion plans for the Luz^ch <br />' residence at 2490 Old Beach Road, they were prepared to meet your stated desire objectives to restore <br />• the lakeshore to wooded, natural appearing landscape In as short of time as possible. These parametere <br />were developed at your request and are based on on-slte observations and measurements made June , <br />1999 and June 14,1999. <br />Observations and Backoround <br />The April 19,1999 survey (Coffin & Gronberg, Inc) of the property Identified a total of IBtreeswito stump <br />diameters of 12 Inches or greater thatwere removed from the rear (lake side) of the residence. Ori-stte <br />InvesligaBons Identified an American linden stump (21 Inch diameter) located 32.5 feet northeast o e <br />northeast comer of the Luzaich residence that was not Indicated on toe survey. Spedes , <br />canopy trees was as follows: 47®/o sugar maple {Acersaccharum), 47% American Bnden (Vllia amertcanaj <br />• and 6% northern red oak {Quercus njbra). Understory trees Included sapHng and seedlings of these <br />species as well as Ironv/ood {Ostrya virgto/ana) and ^erican elm {Ulmus americana). <br />The trees removed were a remnant of a mature sugar maple - basswood forest The height of remalrung <br />trees on adjacent properties to toe are 80 to 85 feet <br />Tree diameters at 4.5 feet above toe ground (DBH) were estimated based on measurements <br />height and diameters. An estimated 6,950 In^ of cross-sectional area of trees were remove! The <br />value of the trees removed was estimated to be $48,100 using methods established by toe Counc <br />Landscape Appraisers (1992) and toe Minnesota Society of Arboriculture Plant Appraisal Committee <br />Plaitl Health Care Management ■ Tree Management Plans ■ Tree Inventories H Hazard Tree Asse