HomeMy WebLinkAboutPOLESTAR VILLAGE - FDP240010 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - Tree Management PlanJune 29, 2022
Christine Holtz
Senior Forestry Specialist
City of Fort Collins
ISA Certified Arborist RM-8294A
Choltz@fcgov.com | 970-617-0255
Re: Polestar Village - Existing Tree Analysis & Removal Feasibility Request Letter
Dear Christine,
This following letter is intended to supplement the Tree Analysis and Tree Mitigation Plan
prepared for the Polestar Village Preliminary Development Plan (PDP) Submittal. The Tree
Mitigation Plan identifies existing on-site trees that will be Protected-in-Place or Removed and
Mitigated On-site. The Polestar Village Tree Analysis and Mitigation Plan was completed under
the direction of the Senior City Forester and accurately identifies all on-site tree including their
approximate locations, species, caliper size, trees protection or removal status and existing
condition that was observed at the time of the Field Analysis which took place on June 24, 2022.
As depicted in the Tree Analysis and Mitigation Plan there are a total of 115 existing trees located
on-site and within the proposed or existing Public Right-of-Ways of West Orchard Place and West
Plum Street.
In summary 48 of the 115 existing trees will be Preserved and Protected in Place many of which
are located within the proposed 50’ wide Natural Area Habitat Buffer located along the south
and west property boundaries of the subject property. The remaining 67 existing trees that are
identified on the Tree Analysis and Mitigation Plan as being removed are due to various site
design constraints such as site grading, construction of public roadways and private drives,
construction of residential homes and other community buildings and site amenities. The Senior
City Forester has established the Mitigation Value of the 67 existing trees to be removed at 85
Mitigation Trees to be required.
Polestar Village is proposing to provide 85 Mitigation Trees to be planted on-site in excess of the
minimum number of trees required meet the “Tree Stocking” requirements of the City’s of Fort
Collins Land Use Code, Section 3.2.1.
The 67 trees that are identified as “Trees to be Removed” are removed for the following broad
scope reasons:
A. Trees are currently dead or dying and will be removed and Mitigated On-Site.
B. Trees conflict with the proposed site plan and are located where homes or other
community buildings and amenities are proposed to be constructed and will be removed
and Mitigated On-site.
C. Trees conflict with the proposed site plan and are located within the proposed Public
Right-of-Way of West Orchard Place or West Plum Street or are located within the private
drives, alley’s and parking areas and will be removed and Mitigated On-site.
Summary of Trees to be Removed:
Tree # 113 shall be removed due to A above
Tree #’s 1-7, 11-19, 21, 59-62, 67-69, 71-88, 92-106, 111, 114, 115 shall be removed due to
B above
Tree #’s 8, 31, 54, 57, 89, 90, 91 shall be removed due to C above
A more detailed description of each tree being protected or removed can be found in the Tree
Analysis and Mitigation Plan included with this submittal. For those trees determined by the
Senior City Forester as providing significant community value, replacement mitigation trees will
be planted within the public right-of-way or within the private open space tracts of the proposed
development. Trees that will be removed and were determined by the Senior City Forester to be
under the required Diameter at Brest Height (DBH) per Division 3.2.1(F)(2) of the City’s Lands Use
Code are not required to be mitigated.
We appreciate your thoughtful consideration of the proposed Tree Removal and Mitigation Plan
and look forward to your favorable response.
Sincerely,
Ken Merritt, RLA, APA
Director of Planning & Landscape Architecture
JR Engineering