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minimizing public and private losses. Furthermore, the Tree Ordinance will establish and maintain <br />appropriate levels of diversity among tree species and age classes to provide a stable and <br />sustainable community forest. The City Council finds that the following objectives are important <br />in achieving these goals: <br />a. To continue to seek recognition as a Tree City USA and to take all reasonable steps to promote planting <br />and conservation of trees throughout Ramsey: <br />b. To promote good design in new areas and provide sensitive and compatible <br />infill development in existing commercial areas; <br />c. To control epidemic tree diseases and insect infestations which threaten the health of trees in the <br />community: <br />d. To provide regulations that ensure the placement of trees along the street <br />right-of-way for the purpose of protecting against excessive noise, heat, <br />and glare, and to enhance the attractiveness and value of property; <br />e. To ensure that landscaping is an integral part of development, not an <br />afterthought; <br />f. To foster and support community forest programs encourage good tree <br />management; and <br />g. <br />To maintain and preserve the many benefits that trees provide including, <br />but not limited to, the following: <br />1. Character and Aesthetics <br />(a) Trees buffer different land uses for the visual screening, noise, <br />glare and heat abatement in transitional zones; <br />(b) Trees conserve and enhance the City's quality of life and <br />ecological and aesthetic environment, especially its valuable and rural <br />atmosphere; and <br />(c) Trees provide important psychological benefits to the persons <br />within the City and neighborhoods. <br />2. Wildlife Habitat <br />(a) Trees are essential to maintain wildlife habitat within the City. <br />3. Energy Conservation <br />