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UPDATE ON RE-LEAF GRANT <br /> <br />Ms. Frolik stated that Mr. Bacon and Mr. Boos have been very busy with the Firewise Grant <br />application for the Traprock Commons neighborhood. As a result, there has not been a great <br />deal of time to work on the Re-Leaf grant. It was requested that Mr. Bacon be present at the <br />January 6 EPTF meeting to discuss the Re-Leaf grant. <br /> <br />UPDATE ON RECOMMENDED TREES E-Z TABLE <br /> <br />Ms. Connolly stated that she would continue to work with Sarah Strommen and Mark Boos on <br />the appendix to the tree list that calls out setbacks and other bulk or performance standards. The <br />appendix draft should be available for review some time in January. <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF AGENDA <br /> <br />Motion by Committee Member Max and seconded by Committee Member Connolly to approve <br />the agenda. <br /> <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chaiperson McDilda, Committee Members Max, Strommen, <br />Connolly, Dvorak, Sitz. Voting No: None. Absent: Committee Members Cook, Marshall and <br />Reeve. <br /> <br />REVIEW SCOPE OF GREENWAY CORRIDOR GRANT <br /> <br />Mark Boos introduced Rich Biske, specialist with the Anoka Conservation District. Mr. Boos <br />recalled that the City was awarded a Greenway Corridor Grant from DNR. Part of the scope of <br />that grant is to perform a natural resource assessment for the entire City. Rich Biske noted that <br />this is a multi-part project that includes a mapping of the land cover over the entire City. <br />Basically, the inventory of natural resources associated with the Greenway Corridor grant will <br />identify areas of tree cover; but it will not provide a tree census and that is something that could <br />be achieved with the Releaf Grant. <br /> <br />RELEAF GRANT <br /> <br />Upon inquiry, Mr. Boos was informed that the City needs a tree census in addition to the tree <br />cover map. The census will serve as a baseline when the City reviews development plans and <br />assesses what will be preserved and what will be lost. <br /> <br />Mr. Biske suggeste, d that Ramsey may want to consider having development plans reviewed by <br />an Environmental Committee as well as the Planning Commission and City Council. <br /> <br />Ms. Frolik was directed to add an item to the parking lot list: reference the Metro Greenway <br />Corridor land cover overlay map in the tree ordinance. <br /> <br /> <br />