HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-11-05 Arborist Report EmailJulie Hultman
From: kdwidin@comcast.net
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:46 AM
To: Jim Butler; Julie Hultman; Eric A. Johnson; Jay Johnson; Dennis Postler; Scott Richards; Mark
Vierl i ng
Subject: KFCITaco John etc. Landscape Plan
o P H Staff -
have reviewed the landscape plan for the proposed KFCITaco John etc. project and have the following comments:
1. The landscape plan generally looks good.
2. Species are mostly appropriate and should do well on site. The red coralberry and black chokeberry do sucker and
extra stems will need to be pruned out of the beds unless they want the shrubs to grow really thickly.
The sugar maple will probably not do very well on this site long -term and should be partially replaced with other species
such as "Summit" green ash, "Redmond" linden, and bicolor oak (2 of each species to equal 8 trees originally specified to
be sugar maple).
3. Some trees are specified to be planted in the r.o.w. of Neal Ave. and the developer may need to get permission from
MnDOT to do this ( ?).
4. If snow storage is going on the west side, be sure there is enough room to avoid piling it on trees and shrubs planted
there.
5. The planting detail lists removing wire from root balls of conifers but not deciduous trees. The top rungs of wire basket
should be cut off the root balls of deciduous trees as well.
6. Numbers of trees were left off the plant schedule - these should be added when other changes are made.
Kathy Wid i n
o P H Arbo ri st