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9 mmw r'"''' <br />Treescapes <br />Community Forestry Consultants <br />1214 Third Avenue NE <br />Buffalo, Minnesota 55313 <br />F <br />(612) 682-9562 <br />Voice & Fax <br />July 15.1999 <br />Gary Mueller <br />Landplan Associates <br />9311 Rich Valley Blvd. <br />Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077 <br />' <br />RE: Review of Revised Planting Plan for R. Luzaich Residence <br />2490 Old Beach Road, Orono, MN <br />Application #2492 <br />Dear Mr. Muellen <br />This letter represents a review of your revised planting plan and outlines the parameters that would make it <br />'minimally acceptable* in my judgement as a restoration plan. This is as per your request during our phone <br />conversation on Tuesday, June 13,1999. <br />i have spent some time reviewing your revised planting plan and feel you and Mr. Luzaich have taken my <br />previous comments seriously and have made a significant effort to incorporate them into your plan. The <br />‘minimally acceptable” parameters incorporated into this plan include the following: <br />1. <br />2. <br />3. <br />4. <br />The plan calls for stumps to be cut and removed flush with existing grade. This will leave root <br />systems intact and minimize the risk of soil erosion during establishment of the new plantings. <br />The shrubs you have proposed for planting on the slope have fibrous root systems, largely spread <br />by suckering and are well equipped to stabilize the slope and prevent erosion upon establishment <br />You have reduced the length of the retaining wall to make it an architectural feature at the base of <br />the stairs. You have not provided proposed elevations for me top of the walls, but I assume they <br />are in the neighborhood of three to four feet above existing grade. <br />The large maturing tree species is appropriate and more diverse than what was there previously. <br />This adds interest to the property. <br />In my report to the City of Orono of June 16.1999,1 stats^i a reasonable restoration time frame would <br />be 20 to 25 years. For the proposed species, 2.5 inch j>'es would have crown diameters of 25 to <br />Plant Health Care Management ■ Tree Management Plans ■ Tree Inventories ■ Hazard Tree Assessments