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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 26, 2011 Page 15 plans accomplished through periodic scenarios and communications plans and systems. Mayor Roe asked if the Sheriff's Department was coordinating with the County Attorney's Office in its youth program intervention initiatives. Sheriff Bostrom advised that his agency was very supportive of and shared Ram- sey County Attorney Choi's vision and mission; and recognized that they were not independent agencies, but that this involved the entire criminal justice system, and impacted other facets of public safety. Sheriff Bostrom opined that if initial behavior was dealt with and youth could be redirected to avoid re-entering the system, it would require bringing in other stakeholders within the criminal justice system (e.g.judges,public defenders,prosecutors) to deal with the outcomes. Mayor Roe thanked Sheriff Bostrom for his attendance, presentation and discus- sion. b. Public Tree Inventory Presentation Parks and Recreation Director Lonnie Brokke provided a brief presentation sum- marizing Public Tree Inventory data through a software program made available by funds as part of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) grant received by the City, now estimated to be over 95% completed. Mr. Brokke noted that this information be- ing presented, and detailed in the staff report dated September 26, 2011, provided only a snapshot of the information that would eventually be available. Discussion included how the categories were labeled; definition of"DBH" as di- ameter at breast height for tree sizes; service by the Parks and Recreation Com- mission serving as the Tree Board and their further review and compilation of a Master Public Tree Management Plan for City Council review at a later date; meaning of the colors displayed on Constellation Map M for a portion of the City and representing street lines and particular tree species; and how a diverse tree plan would be implemented city-wide, not by individual streets to address future diseases or infestations. Mayor Roe clarified that the Parks and Recreation Commission would be devel- oping a policy to bring forward to the City Council for review and approval based on industry standards; and would still be open for additional discussion at that time. Further discussion included differentiating between varieties of tree species and sub-species; options based on location of power lines and varying conditions such as boulevard width, location or fences too close, with different recommendations for height and/or width based on those variables.