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,J A•lr. Bob Landles City of Everett Planning Department _z_ February 3, 1987 The location of the trees also appears to be consistent with the proposed grades on the project and, consequently, it does not appear as though the trees which we anticipate saving would require cutting in the area of the root ball. You will also note that the grading operations would result in fills of approximately two feet over less than 50 percent of the root ball (which would result in a high survival rate). Basically, we would propose to extend landscape islands around the marginal trees, as practicable, and construct low rockeries (no greater than four feet in height) around these trees to ensure the greatest possible degree of survival. The remaining trees which could obviously be saved would be retained as well. The sequence of events will be as follows to determine exactly which evergreen trees are to be retained. a. We will field locate the trees, as noted above, and indicate the root ball elevation and horizontal location with the tree type and diameter indicated on the boundary and topographic survey of the property. b. We will then prepare the final grading plan for this project which will reflect the retention of as many of the trees as practicable within the parameters as noted above. We will save those trees which would be unaffected by either the construction of Third Avenue or the grading operations on site, and we will further protect the trees located within the marginal areas close to the asphalt by constructing low rockeries and designing planting areas around the trees as much as possible and within limitations of the fire department. C. A tree retention/landscape plan would then be submitted to the city and the neighboring property owners for final review. Realizing that the city. as per current Washington law, has the final permit authority for building permits, engineering plans and landscape plans, the adjacent property owners will nevertheless be requested to review the plan and provide specific input relative to the viability of the proposed tree retention drawings. Comments relative to this plan will be forwarded directly to our office and incorporated into the final design plans. d. Once the plans have been approved, we will then flag the trees for easy identification in the field. This will allow the city staff and adjacent property owners to examine the proposed trees to be saved in the field. e. We will construct a temporary cyclone fence around the trees to [2ECE:VED ensure their protection during the grading operations. FED 3 1987 CITY CLERK