HomeMy WebLinkAboutWATERGLEN PUD - FINAL - 71 93B - CORRESPONDENCE - (5)available plants that are native. Species that you have
,proposed for planting within the Cooper Slough area that
are not native to the site include:
1. Celtis occidentalis;.
2. Fraxinus pennsvlvanica;
3. Ti 'a cordata;
4. Acer glabrum•
5. Crataegus succulenta (native only to foothills
zone);
6. Malus sp.;
7. Juniperous scopulorum (native only to foothills
zone);
8. P' us ponderosa (native only to foothills zone);
9. Picea pungens glauca;
10. Amelanchier alnifolia;
11. Rhus alabra.(native only to foothills zone); and
12. Salix irrorata (native only to foothills zone).
You need to plant only native shrub and tree species
within the Slough area and please consider using only
natives on the edge of the Slough.
(3) You added bike racks to the Office Club House/Pool
buildings and Retail/Laundry building, but not the Day
Care building --that also should have a bike rack.
We appreciate the efforts that you have made to address Natural
Resources' and Colorado Division of Wildlife's concerns and to
incorporate recommended changes into the various revised plans for
the site.
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Comn. .ity Planning and Environmenta. _ ,ervices - iecvc/ed paper
Natural Resources Division
M$ M O R A N D U M
Date: October 17, 1994
To: Eldon Ward, Cityscape Urban Design, Inc.
CC: Steve Olt, Planner
Tom Shoemaker, Natural Resources Director
Jon Ruiz., CPES Project Manager
From: Karen Manci, Environmental Planner]
Re: Natural Resources' Comments on Waterglen P.U.D. Revised Final
Plan
The following is a list of Natural Resources' (NR) comments and
concerns regarding the Revised Final Plan for the Waterglen P.U.D
(received by NR on October 12, 1994).:
(1) As stated in NR comments submitted on August 1, 1994, we
asked that you not plant Russian golden willow (Salix
alba vitellina), listed under "deciduous trees," because
this species rapidly invades wetland areas and is
considered a wetland pest species by the Colorado Native
Plant Society. We also asked that you not plant staghorn
sumac (Rhus typhina), listed under "ornamental trees,"
because this species also rapidly invades wetland areas,
and can also be a troublesome invader of irrigated areas.
These trees are still in your planting plan. We would
appreciate you considering alternative species for these
two plants --the Cooper Slough area will be very
susceptible to invasion by woody species.
(2) We have supplied native plant lists to you on several
occasions in the past, including our August 1st memo.
You continue to propose planting of species in the Cooper
Slough area that are not native, although .you do keep
most. of the non -natives along the developed edges of the
Slough. You are proposing to maintain this area as a
sensitive/urban natural area. Only native species are
allowed for planting in City -owned sites managed as these
types of natural areas, so you should only plant species
native to the site (the Fort Collins UGA plains zone).
Once again, we have attached a list of, commercially
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