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petition paving project approved for 31" Avenue S.W., since Ansley Park residents would not benefit from the paving of 31S` Avenue S.W. and therefore would not be required to pay for a share of the 3151 Avenue S.W. paving. • Sidewalks: The previously described internal project sidewalks will be located within private right-of-way and common areas and will be owned and maintained by a private property owners association. In addition, a 5 wide public sidewalk will be built or bonded for along the site's 13`h Street S.W. frontage prior to issuance of a certificate of completion. • Street Lights. Streetlights will be provided at all street entrances, intersections, and curves and will be owned and maintained by a private property owners association. • Stormwater and Recreation Tracts: Stormwater tracts, easements, and recreation tracts will be the responsibility of a private property owners association. • Murphy Act Easement: There is a Murphy Act Easement which covers a portion of the site's north end, adjacent to 9th Street S.W. (Oslo Road) Since the County does not want to acquire any9`h Street S.W. (Oslo Road) right-of-way from the site, Public Works supports release of the Murphy Act Easement for this site. Because the Murphy Act Easement covers an area proposed for green space, the easement will need to be released prior to issuance of an LDP. 13. Environmental Issues: • Wetlands: The site contains 4.96 acres ofjurisdictional wetlands, the majority of which are located in the southeast comer of the project. The applicant is proposing to impact (fill) two of the site's small isolated wetlands totaling 0.68 acres and mitigate that impact on-site by placing conservation easements over the larger 3.83 acre wetland located in the southeast corner of the site and a small isolated wetland located along the site's west border. The conservation easements will need to be established prior to or via the final plat. In addition, the applicant will need to obtain all junsdictional pennits for the wetlands mitigation prior to issuance of an LDP Required mitigation must be completed prior to issuance of a certificate of completion. Native Upland Setaside• Since the site is over 5 acres and contains native uplands, the native upland setaside regulations apply to this site. The majority of the site (33.68 out of 48.12 acres) is native upland habitat. To satisfy the 5.05 acre (15%) setaside requirement the applicant proposes to establish 5.53 acres (16.41%) of uplands conservation easements over various tracts within the project. Since many of the proposed upland tracts are 30' deep and are adjacent to rear yards, environmental planning staff is requiring that a fence or other barrier be placed between the lots and the conservation tract during construction of the subdivision improvements. The fence or barrier design will need to be approved prior to issuance of an LDP. • Tree Preservation: On the site, there are a number of protected and "specimen" trees which the applicant is working to save All protected and specimen trees within the proposed buffer and preservation areas are to be preserved. Some of the waiver requests are designed to save trees on individual lots. In an effort to preserve trees, the applicant is proposing to micro -site individual homes on lots and has provided a tree survey exhibit which details which lots have protected oak trees and will be subject to special tree preservation efforts This exhibit will be used through the subdivision and single family home review and construction processes to ensure that trees are preserved on those specific lots. JULY 16, 2002 -34-