Surrey PLR_7923-0123-00.pdf

Staff Report to Council Application No.: 7923-0123-00 Planning & Development Report Page 6 Total Retained and Replacement Trees Proposed 4 Estimated Contribution to the Green City Program $8,800.00  The Arborist Assessment states that there are a total of nine (9) mature trees on the site, and no Alder and Cottonwood trees. There are also trees adjacent to the site, including one significant City tree (English Oak), and three off-site trees (one Norway Spruce, one Mountain Ash, and one Bigleaf Maple). As these are not on-site trees, these four trees are not captured under the Table 1 inventory. The off-site Bigleaf Maple is proposed for removal.  The applicant does not propose to retain any on-site trees as part of this development proposal. The project arborist indicates that some on-site trees appear to be poor candidates for long term retention and others will conflict directly with the location of services and construction activities.  For those trees that cannot be retained, the applicant will be required to plant trees on a 2 to 1 replacement ratio. This will require a proposed total of 18 replacement trees on the site. Since the project arborist proposes 4 replacement trees, the proposed deficit of 14 replacement trees will require an estimated cash-in-lieu payment of $7,700.00, representing $550 per tree to the Green City Program, in accordance with the City’s Tree Protection By-law.  The proposal requires the removal of the off-site Bigleaf Maple (Tree No. OS3) on 2118 Bowler Drive. A cash-in-lieu payment of $1,100.00 is required as compensation for this and is included in the summary above.  The property is adjacent to an English Oak that is Tree No. 5 on the City’s Significant Tree inventory (Schedule B of the Surrey Tree Protection Bylaw, 2006 No. 16100). The tree is approximately 4 metres north of the property’s north-west corner on King George Boulevard. Trees in this inventory cannot be cut, damaged, or removed without removal from the inventory through an amendment of the Tree Protection By-law.  The project arborist proposes retention of this tree through use of tree protection fencing outside the tree’s critical root zone.  In summary, a total of four (4) trees are proposed to be retained or replaced on the site with an estimated contribution of $8,800.00 to the Green City Program.

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