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r i COUNCIL meeting <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION ^997 <br />DATE: <br />ITEM NO.: - <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Elizabeth A. Van Zomeren <br />Title Planner/Zoning Administrator <br />Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />Zoning <br />Item Description: Tree Preservation Ordinance <br />Overview <br />A Park Commission subcommittee has met several times with staff to review other tree <br />preservation ordinances from other municipalities and to review information provided by the <br />American Planning Association entitled "Tree Conservation Ordinances". <br />On July 7, 1997, the subcommittee reported on their work to the Park Commission. The Park <br />Commission discussed a draft memo prepared by David Beal and voted to send the attached memo <br />to the City Council, <br />PARK COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: <br />To request that the City Council appoint a subcommittee or work group of two Park Commission <br />Members and two Planning Commissioners to finalize a Tree Preservation Policy and Ordinance <br />with assistMce from city staff and consultants, such as Dahlgren and Schardlow. The ordinance <br />would be in draft form by mid-September 1997 with ordinance adoption by November 1997. <br />COUTVCIL ACTION REQUESTED: <br />To approve the Park Commission recommendation. <br />Attachments: Memo prepared by David Beal dated July 7, 1997 <br />Excerpts from the Comprehensive Plan and Subdivision Ordinance re: <br />shade trees and tree preservation <br />Draft ordinance prepared by David Beal dated April 4, 1997