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Mr. Marshall stated that he feels the immediate scope of this Task Force is to develop a tree preservation ordinance and following that, this Task Force can make a recommendation to City Council to broaden the scope to include other issues. Ms. Strommen agreed that too much time is spent discussing whether the scope of this committee is defined before or after the tree preservation ordinance is written; but this committee also has to look at its role as part of a bigger ecosystem. Ms. Dvorak stated that she heard that if this group did not get a tree ordinance written in a timely manner, the group would be disbanded. Mr. Max responded that the only communication to the task force from the City referenced 'environmental'; it did not say anything about tree preservation or wetland buffering. Ms. Strommen was at the Council meeting when the task force was appointed and the Council did say tree preservation and wetland buffering; someone changed it to environmental in the letter that was sent to the appointees. Mr. Boos stated that it sounds like a matter of semantics. Mr. Cook said he doesn't mind working in other areas; bring this discussion to the MSN; and proceed at this point to work on the tree ordinance. Mr. McDilda stated that the group should either change its name to Tree Preservation Task Force or stay with Environmental Task Force and establish its scope. Mr. Max noted that during Approval of Agenda, nobody changed the agenda to include debate of whether or not a task force scope should be established; it was decided that we should establish our scope at a previous meeting; and the purpose of this agenda item tonight is to finalize the scope. Margaret Connolly and Mark Boos dismissed themselves from the meeting at 8:00 p.m. Discussion ensued regarding the scope of the task force and at what point it should be established. Motion by Mr. Marshall and seconded by Ms. Dvorak to end the discussion on 'brainstorming the scope of the task force' and move onto the next agenda item. Amendment by Ms. Dvorak and seconded by Mr. Cook to direct further discussion on this topic to the MSN Community. Further Discussion: Ms. Strommen stated that she respects deadlines but in her thought process, she needs to figure out what the context is and then go forward. Mr. Marshall stated that he understood that this committee is supposed to put together some recommendations for ordinances to protect trees and wetlands and so far most of the time is spent on discussing the future of this committee. Mr. Marshall suggested the Committee go to City Council for an answer on the scope of this committee and then go forward from there. Discussion ensued. Ms. Dvorak stated that it sounds like there is a desire for a mission statement and suggested that Ms.