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. <br /> Although only preliminary lot development plans are in pla.ce,Lots 1-3 will be developed <br /> for single residence houses. Tree clearing will be avoided to the eactent possible, but due <br /> to the lots being located within the maple basswood forest, a certain amount af tree <br /> clearing will be unavoidable, Building pad footprints have been selected to take <br /> advantage of natural clearings and existing flat grades whenever passible. When clearing <br /> is required, removal will first focus on undesirable tree spacies including green ash, <br /> American elm, and box elder. Any significant trees that are removed will be replaced at <br /> the required ratio and a11 work will abide by anq Orono city code regarding tree <br /> replacement. <br /> Covenants are included which will provide protec�ion to peri.meter trees as well as a bluff <br /> area within the site. Other grotective measures include the review of any home building <br /> plans by an architectural review committee in order to min�imize tree loss. Perimeter azeas <br /> around the wetlands are protected by MCWD required wetland buffez�s. <br /> e. Two areas within the project boundary meet the criteria for significant�ee stands. This <br /> includes the rnaple-basswood forest located across the northem half of the subject <br /> property covering Lots 1-3 and the altered/non-native forest located along Wetland 5 and <br /> the driveway along the south and southeast portion of the property, lunited to Lot 4. The <br /> maple-basswood forest is dominated by sugar �naples, with basswood, green ash, <br /> boxelder,and American elm trees scattered throughout. The south area was dominated by <br /> black willow with various ornamental coniferous trees planted alongside the driveway <br /> and entrance. Please see Paragraphs 4d which address the Tree Protection Plan. <br /> f. One of the six wetlands delineated onsite will be impacted during construction and <br /> development activities. Wettand 4, lying at the end of the Heritage Lane cul de sac aad <br /> within an existing street extensian easement {dedicated in a 1965 plat) will be impacted. <br /> Wetland buffers are proposed as follows. A 75 foot vegetated wetland buffer will be <br /> placed around Wetland 1, a 35 foot vegetated wetland buffer will be placed around <br /> wetlands 2, 5 and 6, and a 50 foot vegetate�i wetland buffer will be developed around <br /> Wetland 3, <br /> g. Three MLCCS areas onsite are listed with M 34X modifers or modifiers indicating <br /> specific invasive spacies. The site has one Maple-Basswood forest that is listed as in <br /> good condition (M 34X modifier B). This azea is Iisted as possessing Cammon <br /> Buckthorn{M �08} with a covering of 1-5 perccnt and garlic mustard (M 411} covering <br /> 6-25% of this area. One other area onsite, another Vlaple-Basswood forest, was listed <br /> onsite with a M 34X modifier on.site. Specifically it was listed as an area with poor <br /> conditions of a natural community (modifier D) but listed no other invasive species <br /> modifiers. Wetland D (Wetland 5 in the Delineation Report), listed as a semi- <br /> permanently flooded ahered/non-native dominated vegetation area (61630) in the <br /> VII.CCS did no# gassess a �vII�CCS modi.fier but was listed as 75-100% coversge of <br /> narrowleaf cattail (VII,CCS mod�er M 4(}6). The rexna.ining IVII.,CCS areas are listed as <br /> Sbort Grasses and '_VliAed Trees with 26-5{}% impetviaus cover (13134), short grasses <br /> with sparse tree cover on upland soils(23111), st►ort gasses an upland soils (23211) and <br /> medium-tall altered/non-native dominated gra,gsland(b1220). <br /> Svobods Ecological Resources 4 1700 Shoreline Drivc <br /> Project No.:2015-004 Irwin Jacobs <br />