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TR-2011-05b OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ��� CTTY HALL 10300 TORRE AVENUE • CUPERTINO, CA 950143255 C U P� RT 1�V Q (408) 777-3308 • FAX (408) 777-3333 • planningQcupertino.org Apri11, 2011 Neil Woolner c/ o Arborwell, Inc. 2337 American Avenue Hayward, California 94545 SUBJECT: TREE REMOVAL PERMIT ACTION LETTER - TR-2011-05: This letter confirms the decision of the Director of Community Development, given on Apri11, 2011, approving a tree removal permit to remove two (2) Monterey Pine trees and one (1) dead Monterey Pine tree in the parking areas of an existing office complex located at 10700 Tantau Avenue. This removal is approved with the following conditions: 1. APPROVED PROJECT This approval is based on Exhibit 1: Arborwell Professional Tree Management arborist report, consisting of five pages dated February 18, 2011 regarding the removal of three (3) Monterey Pine trees, except as may be amended by conditions in this resolution. 2. TREE REPLACEMENTS The applicant shall be required to plant six (6) 24inch box size trees in accordance with the City's Protected Trees Ordinance. The required replacement trees shall be planted within 60 days of the effective approval date of this tree removal permit. 3. REVISED TREE REPLACEMENT PLAN The applicant shall submit a revised tree replacement plan prior to the tree removals. Replacement trees shall be six (6) 24-inch box size Coast Live Oak trees instead of the six (6) 24-inch box size Monterey Pines as described on page 1 of Exhibit 1. Revisions shall be made on page 1 and page 2 of Exhibit 1 to reflect these changes. The location of the proposed tree replacements will remain. 4. NOTICE OF FEES, DEDICATIONS, RESERVATIONS OR OTHER EXACTIONS The Conditions of Project Approval set forth herein may include certain fees, dedication requirements, reservation requirements, and other exactions. Pursuant to Government Code Section 66020(d) (1), these Conditions constitute written notice of a statement of the amount of such fees, and a description of the dedications, reservations, and other exactions. You are hereby further notified that the 90-day approval period in which you may protest these fees, dedications, reservations, and other exactions, pursuant to Government Code Section 66020(a), has begun. If you fail to file a protest within this 90- day period complying with all of the requirements of Section 66020, you will be legally barred from later challenging such exactions. Staff received comments from two City of Santa Clara residents regarding the proposed project. One expressed concerns over the loss of privacy that would result from the tree removals, particularly since the building on the subject site is two-stories. The community member has suggested providing window treatments or including other necessary screening measures on the building to mitigate potential impacts. Staff has determined that the concerned neighbor is not directly adjacent to any of the trees being removed and also noted that the tree replacements will be planted in the general vicinity of the removed trees. Another community member expressed concerns that the number of trees to be removed was too few. The community member also commented that Monterey Pines create excess debris due to falling needles and thus, would prefer alternative replacements. The applicant is willing to substitute the six (6) proposed Monterey Pines with six (6) Coast Live Oak trees. A condition has been added to require the revised tree replacement plan be submitted prior to tree removal. Staff has made the findings necessary to grant the tree removal permit in accordance with Section 14.18.140 of the Protected Trees Ordinance. Please note, however, that an appeal of this decision can be made within 14 calendar days from the date of this decision. If this happens, you will be notified of a public hearing, which will be scheduled before the Planning Commission and the trees cannot be removed until a final decision on the appeal has been made. If no appeal is made within the appeal period, the trees may be removed after Friday, Apri115, 2011. Sincerely, %- Simon Vuong Assistant Planner City of Cupertino Enclosed: Exhibit 1(Arborwell Professional Tree Management arborist report dated February 18, 2011) cc: Maria Moules, Apple, Inc., 1 Infinite Loop, MS-1M0, Cupertino, CA 95014 Gladys Koke, 610 Meadow Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95051 Patrick £� Sylvia Robbins, 3895 Pruneridge Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95051 �� Arbo'r ell. pro!c5s��0'�a! I.:�:O m� City of Cupertino February 18, 2011 Department of Planning 10300 Torre Avenue Cupertino, CA 95014-3255 Re: Tree Removals at 10700 Tantau Avenue, Cupertino, CA -Three (3) Monterey Pines To whom it may concern, We are asking permission to remove three (3) Pinus radiata, Monterey Pines, located at 10700 Tantau Avenue, Cupertino, CA. Pine #1 is 22" diameter at 4.5 feet above grade and approximately 70' in height with a 40' canopy spread. Pine #2 is 23" diameter at 4.5 feet above grade and approximately 60' in height with a 25' canopy spread. Pine #3 is 27" in diameter at 4.5' above grade and approximately 45' in height with a 35' canopy spread. Please see Figure 1 for relative locations of the trees to the building/parking area. The three (3) pines have a high potential for failure, as explained below. Pine #1 is root restricted, growing in a small planting island on the southern side of the building. There is a high probability that the root system is not well distributed based on its limited growing space. The tree has a severe lean and, based on its rest�icted growing location, has a high potential for whole tree failure (see Figure 2). Pine #2, located in the planting area north east of the building, is 100% dead and needs to be removed. The tree has a high potential for limb failure and/or whole tree failure (see Figure 3). Pine #3 has a severe lean and displays a high degree up root-lifting with soil movement and mounding at the base of the tree. Again, based on these conditions the tree has a high potential for whole tree failure (see Figure 4). Our concern with the trees is that they are located in close proximity to targets (parked vehicles, vehicular traffic, and pedestrian traffic) and, in the event of failure, may cause loss of life or property. The owners have requested to remove the said trees and have them replaced with two (2) 24" box Pinus radiata, Monterey Pine, per each removal. Please see Figure 1 for the location of the trees, their positions relative to the building/parking area, and proposed replanting information. � .^' r�n '� a0)� - p r j r SincerelY. ' ��. � .ti��r, �'�.�r — � ..�_�. .a�.�_t .�,_ I.� _ I I �=aie � Neil Woolner � " � `� `� °'�'°�°�" "—`'—'— � ;f; � �a�;ag�r Certified Arborist, WC-2329A 2337 AMtHiG�:v Avt Hr�YVVnr�tu, CA 94545 OFFicF: (888) 969-8733 $� �.iLtNN VVl�I' (,JfJI l,�,� S��W C/�KLOS, CA 94Q7� Nil�IN F�1X: � �'0) 881-5208 320; �iT�crrt�,i n RCAn, R4n�CHC CORDOVP., GA 95 %�2 HR F�x (510) 67U-0275 56G"I EAST'vATF DRIV�, SAN DI�GC. CA 92111 1,N1NY1+./�RRUfi1h`Fi I.CC)iti4 '� ..� - i� � "r'r � — r '�► ., � � � ,a <�t`� ��� �_ � ry �� ���� .. �, P'�� . :"�"� � + � °,,r:. . 1 "°` . ,� �_ . r aa ' � Y�' . , _ . . , . ,,;; �: �.: . : • *, �., ., � y. ,.. � ..... 3 ' � � . � � � . . 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