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@001 110 2 09/17 97 09:32 ®612 337 5601 I>SU. INC.@mi2 oti2 <br />3. This location is gently sloping and would facilitate adjusting the shape and <br />location of a pond to minimize the loss of significant trees, and to create a more <br />natural looking pond. If sensitively designed and constructed, such a pond could <br />serve as an long term amenity for both the new homes and the existing park. <br />4. This location offers the most flexibility for expanding the pond to meet future <br />needs. Depending on the agreements/regulations that controll the use and <br />development of the park, a pond in this location could be built partly on Lot 1 , <br />Block, 1 and partly in the park to meet future ponding needs as the park or <br />adjacent area develops. <br />Location B. <br />1. This location results in the loss of approximately .4 acres of oak, maple, <br />basswood woods due to pond construction. It results In removing a number of <br />maple, oak and basswood trees (most in the 10 to 24 inch caliper range). <br />2 This location also results in the loss of approximately .4 acres of a natural <br />wooded ravine system. The existing ravine is a very attractive and fragile <br />natural system that is an asset for both the park and the proposed home sites. <br />Filling the ravine to create a NURP basin will significantly diminish the natural <br />and aesthetic quality of this system, the future park and the home sites. <br />3. Building the pond in the ravine does not reduce the buildable area of the lot as <br />the ravine is unbuildable for home construction. <br />the <br />require <br />ber of <br />Recommendation: <br />I recommend working with the developer and their consultants to preserve as much <br />of the existing woods and ravine as possible. To this end, a sensitively designed <br />and natural looking pond located on and around the common boundary between Lot <br />1, Block 1 and the park would seem to be the best solution, and in the community's <br />and developer's best interest. <br />I also recommend that the City and developer look closely at the layout/location of <br />the proposed cul-de-sac, as the current alignment would also have a significant <br />negative impact on the natural ravine system and overall aesthetics of the project. <br />If you have questions or if I can be of further assistance, please call me at 339- <br />3300. <br />DAHLGI <br />1 <br />EN, SHARDLOW, AND UBAN, INC. <br />Wallace L. Case, ASIA <br />Landscape Architect/Planner