HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-05-01 Arborist Report - Trees on Berm @ E & W Julie Hultman
From: K.D. Widin <kdwidin @comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 9:34 PM
To: Eric Johnson; Mark Vierling (E- mail); Chris Long (E- mail); Andrew Kegley; Jim Butler;
Betty Caruso; Julie Hultman; Scott Richards
Subject: Oak Park Senior Living - Trees on Berm (E -W)
OPH Staff -
In the current proposed plans for the Nolde project, Oak Park Senior Living, trees on the berm west of the currently
constructed Oak Park Senior Living building, would need to be removed to make way for the proposed next phase of
building construction. There are currently 50 trees on that berm, 48 alive, consisting of the species: "Black Hills"
white spruce, red maple, hackberry, "Autumn Blaze" maple, white pine, Colorado spruce, pin oak. These trees average
about 3.5 in. in trunk diameter and the total diameter inches of living trees = 165. The tree replacement requirement
for these trees would be to plant an additional
165 diameter in. of trees or make a payment, in lieu of tree planting,
of 165 in. x $50. /in. = $$8,250.. Most of these trees would not be
considered of "significant" size, according to the OPH Tree Protection Ordinance 1307 (8 in. trunk diameter for most
deciduous species and 10 ft. in height for conifers), but the trees were planted as part of the landscaping for the existing
townhome development on the property and helped to satisfy the original landscaping and tree replacement
requirements.
Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this inspection and report.
Kathy Widin
OPH Arborist
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