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2450 WASHINGTON AVENUE <br />SAN LEANDR0 CA <br />SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE FEATURES <br />The 2450 Washington Avenue development incorporates numerous sustainable landscape <br />features that contribute toward the integrity of the design and consumption of fewer <br />resources. Many of these features can be found in the `Build It Green ", Greenpoint <br />Checklist which serves as a measure of sustainability. The proposed Iandscape amenities <br />are designed with the overall goal for protecting the environment. These features will <br />reduce the project's carbon footprint and contribute to achieving the objectives of AB32 <br />and SB375 set by the State of California. The features that are incorporated into the <br />proposed design include the following. <br />1. The proposed Plant Palette contains 90% drought tolerant cultivars. <br />2. Plant selections are exclusively California Natives from common plant <br />communities of the San Francisco Bay Area. <br />3. Plant species are suitable to the San Leandro micro- climate. <br />4. A whole system approach to the design, construction implementation and <br />landscape maintenance program will conform. to the "Bay - Friendly Landscape <br />Guidelines ". <br />a. Landscape locally. <br />b. Landscape for less to the landfill. <br />c. Nurture the soil. <br />d. Conserve water. <br />e. Conserve energy. <br />£ Protect water and air quality. <br />g. Create and protect wildlife habitat. <br />5. Minimize turf areas. One (1) small scale turf area (approximately 720 sq. ft.) is <br />proposed adjacent the swimming pool area. Turf will be a Drought Tolerant <br />Dwarf Fescue variety. <br />6. Proposed plants are carefully selected and located so they can grow to their . <br />natural size, in the space allotted them. No shearing or shaping will be required. <br />PLN2009 -00006 <br />Applicant Statement, p, 5 <br />City Council <br />November 21, 2011 <br />