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Item 4 - Exhibit 05 - Arborist Report TOWN OF LOS GATOS PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PHONE (408) 399-5770 FAX (408) 354-6824 SERVICE CENTER 41 MILES AVENUE LOS GATOS, CA 95030 A Tree Review for the Proposal for a Restaurant with On-Site and Off-Site Sale of Beer and Wine Service (Hapa’s Brewing Co.) 114 S. Santa Cruz Avenue Los Gatos, California 95030 Property Owner: 102 S. Santa Cruz, LP Applicant: Brian Edwards APN: 510-45-061 Project File # U-18-020/Zoned C-2 Submitted to: Jocelyn Shoopman Associate Planner Community Development Department Town of Los Gatos 110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, California 95030 Submitted by: Robert Moulden Los Gatos Town Arborist ISA Certified Arborist: #WE-0532A EXHIBIT 5 TOWN OF LOS GATOS PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PHONE (408) 399-5770 FAX (408) 354-6824 SERVICE CENTER 41 MILES AVENUE LOS GATOS, CA 95030 Introduction I have been requested by Los Gatos Community Development Department to review the potential impacts to two trees associated with the request to add a new parking space associated with Conditional Use Permit Application U-18-020 for the property located at 114 S. Santa Cruz Avenue. Trees on Site Tree #1 is a large Coastal Redwood with a diameter of approximately 35 inches and a height of 50 feet. The tree is located behind 110 S. Santa Cruz Avenue in a privately-owned parking lot. This tree is in extremely poor health with the top of the tree dying back. This tree is in decline and is a candidate for removal, in addition to being proposed to be removed by the applicant to accommodate the new parking space. If there is room to plant replacement trees it will be required, if not, the applicant may pay an in-lieu fee to satisfy the replacement requirement. Tree #2 is a large Valley Oak with a diameter of 42 inches and a height of 45 feet located adjacent to tree #1. This tree is a healthy specimen with good structure. Recommendations Tree #1 – The Coastal Redwood is in poor health and is a candidate for removal. This will also free up room for the proposed parking, which will benefit this project. This removal will require Planning Department approval and shall have a Tree Removal Permit applied for and approved before removal is warranted. Tree #2 - The large Valley Oak will not be affected by the project; however, I would recommend that as part of this application that a chain link protection fence be installed and remain in place surrounding the Valley Oak at a distance of no less than nine feet from base of the tree before start of the removal process for tree #1 and shall remain in place throughout the paving for the additional parking space. 1.If new plant material is installed under the canopies it should be drought tolerant. 2.Any trenching for new irrigation should be designed outside of the canopies. 3.I would recommend a thin layer of mulch beneath the unpaved area of the canopies be maintained throughout the project. 4.The contractor shall adhere to the Town Code relating to protection of trees during construction: TOWN OF LOS GATOS PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PHONE (408) 399-5770 FAX (408) 354-6824 SERVICE CENTER 41 MILES AVENUE LOS GATOS, CA 95030 Sec.29.10.1005. – Protection of trees during construction (a)Protective tree fencing shall specify the following: 1)Size and materials: A six (6) foot high chain link fencing, mounted on two- inch diameter galvanized iron posts, shall be driven into the ground to a depth of at least two (2) feet at no more than 10-foot spacing. For paving area that will not be demolished and when stipulated in a tree preservation plan, posts may be supported by a concrete base. 2)Area type to be fenced. Type I: Enclosure with chain link fencing of either the entire drip line area or at the tree protection zone (TPZ), when specified by a certified or consulting arborist. Type II: Enclosure for street trees located in a planter strip: chain link fence around the entire planter strip to the outer branches. Type III: Protection for a tree located in a small planter cut-out only (such as downtown): orange plastic fencing shall be wrapped around the trunk from the ground to the first branch with 2-inch wooden boards bound securely on the outside. Caution shall be used to avoid damaging any bark or branches. 3)Duration of Type I, II, III fencing. Fencing shall be erected before demolition; grading or construction begins and remain in place until final landscaping is required. Contractor shall first obtain the approval of the project arborist on record prior to removing a tree protection fence. 4)Warning sign. Each tree fence shall have prominently displayed an 8.5 x 11-inch sign stating: "Warning—Tree Protection Zone-this fence shall not be removed and is subject to penalty according to Town Code 29.10.1025". (b)All persons shall comply with the following precautions: 1)Prior to the commencement of construction, install the fence at the drip line, or tree protection zone (TPZ) when specified in an approved arborist report, around any tree and/or vegetation to be retained which could be affected by the construction and prohibit any storage of construction materials or other materials or vehicles inside the fence. The drip line shall not be altered in any way so as to increase the encroachment of the construction. 2)Prohibit excavation, grading, drainage and levelling within the drip line of the tree unless approved by the director. 3)Prohibit disposal or depositing of oil, gasoline, chemicals or other harmful materials within the drip line of or in drainage channels, swales or areas that may lead to the drip line of a protected tree TOWN OF LOS GATOS PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PHONE (408) 399-5770 FAX (408) 354-6824 SERVICE CENTER 41 MILES AVENUE LOS GATOS, CA 95030 4)Prohibit the attachment of wires, signs or ropes to any protected tree. 5)Design utility services and irrigation lines to be located outside of the drip line when feasible. 6)Retain the services of the certified or consulting arborist for periodic monitoring of the project site and the health of those trees to be preserved. The certified or consulting arborist shall be present whenever activities occur which poses a potential threat to the health of the trees to be preserved. 7)The director and project arborist shall be notified of any damage that occurs to a protected tree during construction so that proper treatment may be administered. No recommendations for replacement at this time, although any new trees that the owner plants should be installed with watering tubes and staked.