Title/Name/Summary
Wooded Path II Estates Subdivision - Proposals for Professional Tree Planting and Conservation Area Landscaping Services
History
The Village is currently holding a number of letters of credit for commercial properties and residential subdivisions with longstanding, unresolved landscaping issues. One example of such a property is Wooded Path II Estates, which is generally located at the southeast corner of 143rd Street and Claridge Court. Although the landscape plan for Wooded Path II was approved in 2011 and six subsequent landscape inspections have been performed, currently a large number of landscape issues related to tree planting and naturalized landscaping area still exist.
In trying to decide how to help accelerate conformance and approval of the landscaping at these problem sites, it was determined that developers would be offered a “final” punch list based on the dollar amount allocated to landscaping for a particular site’s letter of credit which detailed the work to be completed for final acceptance. Punch list would be created by the Village’s landscape consultant Planning Resources Inc. (PRI). The developer could then either a) complete the entire punch list by a set date or b) opt to have their letter of credit pulled by the Village. At that point, the Village would contract with a qualified contractor to complete the work.
In Wooded Path II Estates’ case, the developer proposed instead to provide the Village with a check for $26,971.88 on May 5, 2017, which represented the letter of credit amount associated with landscaping at Wooded Path II, under the condition that the Village release the developer's letter of credit. The Village agreed to these terms. Upon providing a cashier’s check, the Village released Wooded Path II’s letter of credit.
The landscaping punch list for Wooded Path II was divided into two categories: tree planting and conservation area landscaping. Forty-six (46) parkway and bufferyard trees were identi...
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