Arbor Committee

MAPLE GROVE ARBOR COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 13, 2020 MAYOR’S CONFERENCE ROOM 7:00 PM Call to Order The regular meeting of the Arbor Committee was called to order by Chairperson Parenteau at 7:00 p.m. Members Present Mary Parenteau, Frank Kampel, Sarah Piket, Steve Courtney, Julie Gamber, Marilyn Arnlund, Bob Henke, Don Varney, Cody Lensing, Ed Reichow Members Absent Dan Sanford Also Present Judy Hanson, Council Liaison Jesse Corrow, Staff Liaison Peter Vickerman, Planning Manager Approval of Agenda Chairperson Parenteau asked if there were any additions and Minutes or revisions to the agenda. Staff Liaison Corrow offered the following late additions: 3E – Elm Road Project, 4B – Shake Shack Landscape Plan, 4C – ProMed Landscape Plan, 4D – KinderCare Landscape Plan. Hearing no further additions or revisions, Committee Member Gamber made a motion to approve the agenda. The motion was seconded by Committee Member Courtney and passed unanimously on a voice vote. Chairperson Parenteau asked if there were any revisions to the January 9, 2020 minutes. Committee Member Kampel noted that the voice vote on the election of officers should be added. Committee Member Kampel also noted some grammatical errors. Hearing no further revisions, Committee Member Kampel made a motion to approve the minutes of the January 9, 2020 meeting as presented. The motion was seconded by Committee Member Varney and passed unanimously on a voice vote. Old Business Parking Lot Subcommittee continued review of the B3 State of MN Subcommittee sustainability guidelines. Subcommittee will also review the Hennepin County guidelines. Arbor Committee Meeting Minutes February 13, 2020 Page 2 Peter Vickerman presented the ordinance changes that Tree Preservation were discussed at the January 9, 2020 meeting and the Ordinance Committee reviewed the ordinance for a final time. • Fees – Committee Member Kampel made a motion to support use of the conservation fee/$131 vs. the appraised value method. Committee member Gamber seconded. The motion was passed unanimously on a voice vote. The Committee felt this would simplify situations over using the appraised value method which involves bringing in an assessor after the tree is already removed, etc. • Replacement Standards – Committee Member Kampel made a motion to support use of the higher replacement method proposed by the Arbor Committee instead of the staff proposed progressive replacement, Committee Member Arnlund seconded. The motion passed unanimously on a voice vote. • Sec 36-722 – Committee Member Varney made a motion to support changing the word “may” to “shall” in subdivision (2) and (3) and adding “or other charge as determined by the City Council” for subdivision (3). Seconded by Committee Member Courtney. The motion passed unanimously on a voice vote. Arbor Day Event Discussion and planning for the upcoming Arbor Day Event continued. Committee members discussed the status of their assignments and recommended additional tasks. Buckthorn Removal The Committee discussed the follow-up information Event that Staff Liaison Corrow received from the Maple Grove Police Department. Committee Member Arnlund suggested that the event is advertised to the public as a way to learn how to identify and eradicate buckthorn. Chairperson Parenteau asked Corrow to speak with his Police contact regarding possibly Arbor Committee Meeting Minutes February 13, 2020 Page 3 restricting times that the Capable Partners group can hunt and/or posting signs when they are hunting. Elm Road Staff Liaison Corrow presented an updated tree inventory of the site which included periphery trees that would likely be impacted during grading work. When including the periphery trees, removal numbers exceeded 51%. Committee members decided that as long as the conservation easement was a condition of approval, along with the 300 new trees that will be added by the developer, the proposal was sufficient. The Committee requested the ability to review any future changes that would impact the tree removal numbers. New Business The Markets of Rush Committee Members noted that the Landscape Creek - Outlot L Ordinance requires that plan have a full complement of understory trees and this plan has none. It was noted that there is a driveway south of the building by a sanitary sewer where they should consider planting understory trees. The Committee recommends approval subject to the addition of additional understory trees. Shake Shack The Committee recommends that the developer use structural soil for the trees in the small islands and possibly reduce the number of trees in the islands from two to one. Another recommendation is to make the new islands larger. This is to increase the survivability of the trees. The Committee feels a performance agreement should be included on this project, although one is not required. ProMed The developer must ensure that no more than 20% of the total number of trees on the site may be of the same genus, existing trees shall be included in the ratio. The current plan included too many Kentucky Coffee trees. The Committee recommends that the developer use structural soil for the trees in the small islands and make the islands larger and consider adding more islands in the parking lot on the east side of the building to break Arbor Committee Meeting Minutes February 13, 2020 Page 4 up the expanse. Adding additional trees or moving required trees from other parts of the development to the islands is suggested. Kindercare The Committee recommends that the developer find space on the lot to plant all required trees (25). Columnar trees that need less horizontal space should be considered. Area Reports There were no updates to provide from the January 9, 2020 meeting. Committee Member Kampel reported that the leaning trees on Maple Grove Parkway near the hospital have been removed. Adjournment Committee Member Arnlund made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:50 P.M. The motion was seconded by Committee Member Piket and passed unanimously on a voice vote. Respectfully submitted, Jesse Corrow, Staff Representative City of Maple Grove Arbor Committee Arbor Committee Meeting Minutes February 13, 2020 Page 5