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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 24, 2015 Page 43 Councilmember Etten stated that he was comfortable with the process to use 1.25' per DBH for clarity and providing an electronic process for a certified person to accomplish. General Comments Overall, Councilmember Etten thanked Mr. Gozola and Mr. Rehder for their work to-date on this draft. Mayor Roe suggested setting minimum radii of a circle and referencing the drip line as well to provide more flexibility. Mr. Rehder agreed that there should be a minimum referenced. Councilmember McGehee stated she was not much in favor about cutting down all trees on a parcel and planting them elsewhere in the community, and ques- tioned if that was becoming a common practice. Councilmember McGehee ex- pressed her preference that some of the new tools for development providing for grouping of clumping plantings on a site would be of more help. Councilmember McGehee stated that she envisioned such an option creating a sea of asphalt, and a developer deciding there was no good place to plant trees, so they'd choose to do so off-site. While the concept of distributing trees around the City is a nice idea, and understanding difficulties in some commercial areas, Councilmember McGe- hee opined that if adjustments were made to accommodate planting on site, she found it difficult to believe that reasonable accommodations could not be made on site. Mayor Roe clarified that the intent was not to state categorically that all planting on site may be inconvenient, but instead allowing that if one or two trees couldn't be accommodated on site, their relocation off-site may be allowed. Mayor Roe further noted that clumping trees is permissible—either currently or proposed. Councilmember McGehee opined that her rationale in discussing some of her on- going concerns was to avoid giving someone an option not to comply, but provid- ing that an outside forester making the observation and stating what can or cannot be done. Mayor Roe clarified that there were no differing opinions on that concern, and there were three options provided in the draft ordinance addressing it. Mayor Roe thanked Mr. Gozola and Mr. Rehder for their work to-date, opining with some additional tweaking, it was a very good document. b. Policy Priority Planning Document Discussion Deferred to a future agenda.