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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTR_Arborist_Report_20170421_v1Shoffner Consulting 21529 4TH A VE. W #C31 BOTHELL, WA 98021 MOBILE:(206)755-2871 February 16, 2017 Craig Koeppler RVA Cinema, LLC 520 Pike St. Suite 1500 Seattle, WA 98101 RE: Tree Inventory and Retention Plan - RVA Cinema, Renton Craig: This report is provided to address the recent inventory I conducted on the RVA Cinema property in the City of Renton. Please see the accompanying Tree Inventory Map and Tree Evaluation Data spreadsheet for reference to this report. 1. Site Conditions and Proposed Development The property is located in Renton off Grady Way in an office/industrial/retail area. It’s currently developed with a cinema complex and an access road. A critical area stream corridor runs across the site behind the building along the southern boundary. The proposed development of the site is to remove the existing building and to re-develop the site with a 270 unit multi-family building including covered parking. The critical area stream corridor will remain and not be impacted by the development. 2. Tree Inventory Results I visited the site recently to conduct an inventory and gather information on all of the trees. All of the trees were labeled by the surveyors with numbered metal tags which correspond to the numbers on the inventory map and in the tree evaluation data spreadsheet. I conducted visual condition assessments according to the methods and procedures specified in the ISA Tree Risk Assessment Manual (2013) by viewing them up close to observe the trunk and root collar and from afar to observe conditions in the crown. The tree evaluation data spreadsheet provides information on all of the trees. In total, I conducted on 63 trees; 31 in the developable portion of the site around the building and 32 in the critical area stream corridor. 1 3. Tree Retention Required and Proposed This property is located in a CD zone, therefore the City of Renton is requiring tree retention at 10% of the trees within the development area for a total of 3 required to be retained. The 32 trees within the stream corridor are being retained as well as two within the development area; tree #7138 and 7524. Three trees just off-site are proposed to be removed. These are trees #7589, 7577 and 7294. For trees not planted as replacement below the required minimum, section 3.H. 1.e.iii of the RMC specifies the following: iii. Fee in Lieu: When the Administrator determines that it is infeasible to replace trees on the site, payment into the City’s Urban Forestry Program fund may be approved in an amount of money approximating the current market value of the replacement trees and the labor to install them. The City shall determine the value of replacement trees. 4. Use of This Report and Limitations This report is provided to RVA Cinema, LLC as a means of reporting on the conditions and statuses of the trees located on the RVA Cinema project site in the City of Renton. While Shoffner Consulting has used every means available to determine tree health and development impacts, trees are dynamic and their conditions can change rapidly given changes in environmental factors and site development, therefore this assessment pertains only for those noted on the day of their evaluation, and no guarantee can be made against damage caused by unforeseen development-related impacts. Natural decline and failure of trees is not predictable. Cordially, ! Tony Shoffner ISA Certified Arborist #PN-0909A, CTRA #1759 2