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CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING STAFF TO BEGIN THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS TO FILL THREE VACANCIES ON THE Background ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TASK FORCE By: Givonna Reed, Human Resources Manager The Environmental Policy Task Force (EPTF) is an ad hoc ~ommittee that was established by the City Council to write a tree preservation ordinance and a wetlands buffering ordinance. The EPTF was comprised of nine members, one representative from the Planning Commission, one from the Park and Recreation Commission, two representatives from Ramsey PONDS (Protecting Our Natural Surroundings), and one member appointed by each of the five Council Members. Vacancies The EPTF has experienced several changes to its membership over the last year: Park and Recreation Commission representative, Todd Cook, was elected to the City Council and was replaced by Park and Recreation Commissioner Michael Rolfe · PONDS representative, Sarah Strommen, was also elected to the City Council. Strommen remained on the EPTF as a City Council liaison which, essentially, created a tenth seat on the EPTF: · Seth Marshall resigned from an at-large seat. It was anticipated that Mr. Marshall would be replaced by Nathan Eklund, but Mr. Eklund moved to another community and was, therefore, unable to serve. · Effective August 4, 2003 Michael Reeve resigned from his seat on the EPTF as the Planning Commission representative. As a result of the indicated changes, there are currentlythree vacant seats (PONDS representative, at-large and Planning Commission representative) on the EPTF. Staff is seeking authorization from the Council to fill the vacancies. Staff Recommendation Staff recommends that the at-large seat be advertised, that PONDS be contacted regarding having a representative serve on the EPTF or that the seat be filled by an at- large representative; and that the Planning Commission be asked to designate a representative to fill the remaining vacancy. -453-