07-0833 Comments on Landscaping Inspection.pdf
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EVELOPMENT ERVICES EPARTMENTLANNINGNGINEERING UILDING
October 6, 2009
Brian and Cindy Isaacson
Email: cindyi@isaacsoncpa.com
briani@isaacsonlawfirm.com
RE:COMMENTS ON LANDSCAPING INSPECTION
FOR BLD20070833 AND BLD20070834
ISAACSON / LORIAN WOODS GRADING AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS
RD
16007 – 73 PLACE WEST AND LORIAN WOODS COMMON AREA
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Isaacson:
I conducted an inspection yesterday of the landscaping established in association with the above
building permit application. The following items will need to be addressed before I can sign off on the
inspection for the Planning Division:
Smooth Sumac (Rhus giabra):
1.Your as-built planting plan indicates that five smooth sumac
(Rhus giabra) were planted; however, I was unable to verify this in the field. Please confirm that
the five smooth sumac were planted, and provide photographic evidence of their location on site.
:
Geotechnical ReportThe plant installation review letter and as-built planting plan submitted
2.
by Jennifer Lee on October 1, 2009 indicate that the locations of many of the plants were changed
from the approved planting plan. In particular, the plantings are more tightly clustered than
shown on the approved planting plan, and the plantings proposed for some areas on the site were
relocated leaving certain areas with only hydroseed where trees, shrubs and/or groundcover were
originally proposed. Since this change could impact the stability of the slope, please provide a
letter from your geotechnical engineer, Terra Associates Inc., addressing the changes to the
approved planting plan and providing comment on whether or not the changes will impact the
stability of the slope. If your geotechnical engineer requests additional plantings in certain areas,
please update your planting plan accordingly.
As-Built Planting Plan:
3. Under the number heading for the shrubs listed on your as-built
planting plan, several of the shrubs are listed as having a certain number required and another
number installed. The number installed for each of these shrubs matches the number listed on the
approved planting plan. Therefore, I am not sure what the numbers required are referring to since
they are less than the numbers shown on the approved planting plan. Please remove the number
required references and keep the numbers installed under this heading to reflect the numbers that
were approved with the approved planting plan.
Please make all submittals to a Development Services Permit Coordinator, Monday through Friday,
between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at (425) 771-0220,
ext. 1224.
Sincerely,
Development Services Department - Planning Division
Jen Machuga
Planner