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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
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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
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