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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 7,2019 Page 4 sion was at the meeting to recommend to the Council that there is a plan recom- mended so the city is not in this reactionary mode. Vice-Chair Hoag thought the city should use the best value method, which the city has used on several other things. To get into this long term, the funding needs to be committed upfront. It may be difficult to entertain a contract around the best value type of contract not knowing that there is funding committed from year to year. At this point, the Commission is looking to the Council to help the Commission find a way to help fund this program. Mayor Roe verified that the proposed program was to start in 2020-2021, which provided the ability to get some things in place during the course of 2020, includ- ing the funding plan. Chair Baggenstoss thought that was what was laid out in the Commission's origi- nal plan. He felt like that was just an example and would depend on what the Commission gets back for proposals and how the staff works it out with the ven- dor. Councilmember Etten asked if this item was before the Council to decide on a funding plan. Mayor Roe thought it was only to talk about the proposal. Councilmember Etten agreed with the Commission's point to have a dedicated vendor for a multi-year contract, noting some things were brought up, one of them was a plant first model. He asked if that was something discussed at the Commis- sion level or with staff thinking about going out in the first year, plant a whole bunch of trees, and then start removing Ash trees down the road. Chair Baggenstoss did not recall discussing it on that level, there was talk of bud- dy trees. Commissioner Stoner explained with the Parks and Rec example plan, it is more focused on the removal upfront with a lower level of planting and then at some point those cross. It is towards the end of the program, when approximately eighty percent of the trees are removed where more replanting would be done. Chair Baggenstoss thought it could be implemented into the plan now. Councilmember Etten thought it made sense to plant a tree before removal be- cause then in four years when the tree would be removed, the buddy tree would be thriving and growing. He asked as part of an RFP, has the Commission discussed anything like was done with the playground build and neighborhood planting par- ties.