ManyofthelargestfirtreesontheproposedCHPUDsite,someinexcessof40 <br />inchesindiameter,willbedestroyedfortheROW(rightofway)constructionor <br />homeconstruction. <br />Atotalof257treesarelocatedabove901'.Onlyfourofthesetreesareconserved. <br />Justoneofthefourisaconiferoustree-afirtree. <br />Atotalof82verylargetrees(36inchesindiameterorgreater)existontheproposed <br />site.Ofthese,19areconserved.Justoneofthese(TreeNo.41535inlot4)isonthe <br />ridgelineabove901'. <br />Aswewilldemonstrateinourdiscussionof EC9.8320(4),69%ofalltrees21inches <br />orgreaterindiametermayberemoved. <br />Theapplicationdescribes401treesconservedonsite.Thevastmajorityoftheseare <br />in"conserved"areasonprivatepropertyfardownontheeasternslopenexttothe <br />RibbonTrailorwithintheHOAConservationArea. <br />TheApplicationproposestoprotecttheleastvisibleareasfromdevelopment,while <br />concentratingdevelopmentandhomeconstructiononthevisibleridgeline.Theproposaldoes <br />not“blendwiththenaturalcharacteristicsofthesouthhillsarea,”andwillreplacethesloping <br />“evergreenedge”oftheskylinewithajaggedskylinebrokenupwithhousesasshownin(tom’s <br />photo <br />Thevideo(https://youtu.be/kXZahqM62cM)submittedbytheApplicantonSeptember15,2017, <br />ofwalkingontheRibbonTrailismisleadingandisobviouslybiasedbythevideographer—it <br />shouldnotbeconsideredinthereviewoftheapplication.Muchofthesignificant“dense” <br />screeninginthevideoisfromfernsandsaplings—groundcover—anditdoesnotrepresentthe <br />viewwhenlookinguphillattheproposeddevelopmentsite.Theletteraccompanyingthevideo <br />inaccuratelydescribeshowpeoplehikewiththeirheadsdownortotheside,andshouldnotbea <br />considerationasitispresumptuousandwithoutfact.Ourvideosubmission <br />(https://youtu.be/8AouZZqHh3Q)—takenwhilehikingsouthalongtheRibbonTrailwiththe <br />cameraheldatheadlevelandpointedupwardatthesameangleasaviewerlookingupthehill— <br />clearlyshowsthatthegroundcoverdoesnotscreentheviewtothetopofthehill. <br />ThedevelopmentwouldresultinhomesontheslopeabovetheRibbonTrail,andthesehomes <br />wouldbeclearlyvisiblefromthetrail.Thelandtotheeastoftheproposeddevelopmentsite <br />containsmanymaturetreesofsignificantheightwithslendertrunksthatallowclearviewstothe <br />topofCapitalHill.ARibbonTrailhikercanreadilyviewthetopofthehillasshowninthe <br />photobelow,takenfromtheRibbonTrail.Thedevelopmentwillresultinhomeslocated <br />partwaydowntheslope,andwouldbevisibletothehiker. <br />23 <br /> <br />