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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWATER'S EDGE @ RICHARD'S LAKE - FDP - 58-86K - CORRESPONDENCE - ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTseeded areas for three (3) growing seasons from the date of completion. C. The Developer shall be responsible for removal of invasive trees including Russian olive and tamarisk within the Natural Habitats and Feature Buffer, as shown on the Final Development Plan Documents. d. The Developer shall rework and reseed per original specifications any areas that are dead, diseased, contain too many weedy species, or fail to meet the coverage requirement at no additional cost to the City. Developer shall provide to the City prior to issuance of any building permits an acceptable form of security (cash, letter of credit, etc.) to guarantee completion of the upland buffer zone landscape improvements. An estimate for said landscape improvements shall be prepared by the Developer and approved by the City. Said estimate of landscape improvements shall constitute plant material and irrigation system improvements at 67% of the construction value to be held until said landscape improvements are constructed and accepted by the City. The City shall return the security to the Developer upon the Developer's installation of the landscape improvements and the City's acceptance thereof. If the uplands have not been established in accordance with the approved plans, then the Developer shall promptly take such steps as are necessary with a written proposal of steps and timing to bring the uplands into conformance with the approved plans. If the Developer does not take action to bring the uplands into conformance with the approved plans, the City shall use the security provided by the Developer to install said landscape improvements and the Developer forfeit any right to the security. 3. Fueling facilities shall be located at least one hundred (100) feet from any natural body of water, wetland, natural drainage way or manmade drainage way. The fuel tanks and fueling area must be set in a containment area that will not allow a fuel spill to directly flow, seep, run off, or be washed into a body of water, wetland or drainage way. 4. The Developer shall delineate the Development's property boundary adjacent to all Limits of Development (L.O.D.) as defined by Article V, Section 5.1.2 of the Land Use Code, including boundaries around existing trees that are to be undisturbed, with orange construction fence prior to any type of construction, including overlot grading. In addition, silt fencing shall be placed as shown on the Final Development Plan Documents to delineate the portions of the Natural Habitats and Feature Buffer which are not to be graded. Water's Edge - Natural Resources DA Language 1. The Final Development Plan Documents identify areas within the Property which are not to be disturbed in order to prevent environmental damage to the natural habitats or features ("Natural Habitats and Feature Buffer"). Neither the Developer nor its contractor shall intrude upon, remove, fill, dredge, build upon, degrade or otherwise alter natural habitats and features delineated on the Final Development Plan Documents, except for the limited purposes allowed within the Final Development Plan Documents. These activities are allowable under Section 3.4.1(E)(c) of the Land Use Code. 2. The Developer shall ensure that all areas within the Natural Habitats and Feature Buffer are properly maintained for a three (3) year period following construction thereof to ensure that the vegetation are fully established. Monitoring of the vegetation shall occur at least in June and September of the first growing season and in late summer of the remaining growing seasons. The status and effectiveness of the vegetation shall be evaluated and the results reported to the City of Fort Collins Community Development & Neighborhood Services Department's Environmental Planner semi-annually for review. a. Seeding and shrub plantings shall occur in accordance with the specifications on the Landscape Plan approved as part of the Final Development Plan Documents. b. The areas of the Development that are planned to be seeded shall be inspected jointly by the Developer and the City at specified intervals for three (3) seasons or until determined by the City to be well established in accordance with the coverage specifications of this paragraph. Areas seeded in the Spring shall be inspected for required coverage each immediately subsequent Autumn not later than October 1 st. Areas seeded at any other. time shall be inspected each immediately subsequent Summer not later than August 1 st. The required coverage for the first inspection shall be ten (10) viable live seedlings of the specified species per 1000 square centimeters (approximately one square foot), or fifty percent (50%) coverage of the specified foliage as measured from five feet (5) directly overhead, with no bare spots larger than 1000 square centimeters. At the time of the second growing season inspection, there shall be seventy-five percent (75%) foliage cover of the specified species planted as measured from five feet (6) directly overhead. No more than ten percent (10%) of the species noted on the site may be weedy species as defined by Article IV, Section 20- 41 of the Code of the City. The Developer shall be responsible for weed control at all times. Determination of required coverage will be based on fixed transects each ten meters in length, randomly placed in representative portions of the seeded areas, with plant species or bare ground/rock/litter being noted every ten (10) centimeters along each transect. The Developer shall warrant all Steve Olt7,Water's Edge ��-�Page 1 From: Erica Saunders To: Joy, Susan Date: 6/29/2010 11:34:18 AM Subject: Water's Edge Hi Susan, I met with Terence and John this morning and we have all of my issues resolved. They will: - close the natural habitats and features buffer line so an area is displayed and change this line on all plan sets - maintain the LOD at the property line - include the silt fencing along the western edge of the trail (currently shown on the erosion control plans) on the landscape plans - seed specs are now on the landscape plans - note regarding allowable uses in the buffer zone will be added to landscape and utility plans Attached is my DA language. Thanks! Erica CC: Olt, Steve