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Attachment C 1 EXTRACT FROM THE .TOINT MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION 2 RELATED TO TREE PRESERVATION 3 Ben Gozola, Sambatek and Mark Reeder, S& S Tree Service 4 Mr. Gozola introduced Mark Reeder from S& S Tree Service, with each consultant providing a brief 5 personal biography and a history of their company and services they provided. Mr. Gozola advised 6 that he would be involved in the process and ordinance writing for each objective; with Mr. Reeder 7 providing detailed expertise on tree preservation and replacement. 8 Taking the lead in the presentation, Mr. Gozola advised that the intent was two-fold: to exactly 9 understand what the community wished to accomplish, and general approaches based on feedback 10 from the City Council tonight to reach an understanding. Mr. Gozola noted each community was 11 different and provided examples of other communities and their variable foci. Mr. Gozola advised that 12 he had researched meeting minutes from the City as part of his background information provided 13 during this presentation and his findings of areas for discussion to glean a better understanding of the 14 community. 15 At the request of Chair Boguszewski, Mr. Gozola confirmed that woodland preservation areas included 16 both private and public properties; frequently identified through GIS mapping; and ecologically rated 17 by species. 18 Councilmember McGehee noted the need to consider Roseville as a flyway area for migratory song 19 birds over Minneapolis to Langton Lake and surrounding areas where quality vegetation is needed. 20 Mr. Gozola reviewed tree ordinances far the cities of Minnetonka, Savage, and Farmington among 21 others and their specific approaches. 22 Chair Boguszewski expressed interest in the tree bank program as a concept he'd be interested in 23 pursuing if moving in that direction in addressing replacement rates and incentives for woodland 24 protection and tree "banking" credits. 25 Commissioner Daire opined it seemed presumptive to have to replace or talce the base line as it is now 26 and anything coming later was referred back to that baseline, making it implicit that there was no 27 consideration of or underlying idea that the current status is enough. Commissioner Daire suggested 28 consideration also should be given to air quality, amount of shade, sunlight penetration you can use to 29 define where or if you need additional foliage, and other issues as well. 30 Mr. Gozola noted that this was getting to the heart of discussion, and sought to hear goals or what the 31 City Council and Commission wished to accomplish; at which point he would work with staff to draft 32 an ordinance to achieve those specific goals. 33 Commissioner Murphy asked if any cities had a concept to put trees somewhere beyond a development 34 like park; and opined that would have been nice alternative to have available with the recent Pizza 35 Luce development and nearby Oasis Park that could have benefitted. 36 In his role serving as a Planner for the City of Victoria during a transitional period, Mr. Gozola advised 37 that they allowed that concept in other areas of the community if no place was available on the existing 38 project site, even though their ordinance was very strict. 39 Councilmember McGehee suggested the use of trees along freeways as sound barriers, which had been 40 considered in past discussions. 41 Chair Boguszewski noted the issues brought up so far involved symmetric as mentioned by 42 Commissioner Daire and a rationale for establishing goals.