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Subd. 3.v,1 under Durationof Installation of Protective Barriers for Tree Preservation was amended to read as follows: "Ail protective tree fencing, staking or continuous ribbon and all erosion control barriers must be installed prior to and maintained throughout the land disturbance and construction process. Protective barriers should not be removed until acceptable vegetation is established." Subd. 3.v.2 was amended to read as follows: "Any development activity not associated with an approved plat or site plan shall be required to erect suitable protective barriers and these protective structures, where required, shall remain until such time as they sare authorized to be removed by the City Building Inspectors or issuance of a Final Certificate of Occupancy." Ms. Frolil< proceeded to review Mr. Boos' notes regarding the ordinance draft and as a result, the following changes were made: Subd. 3.n. 1 was amended to read as follows: "A tree preservation plan shall be submitted to the City I'br approval prior to conducting any surface or sub-surface alteration activities that are not associated with an approved grading plan for a specific development project." Subd. 3.dd.2 was amended to read as folloxvs: "There shall be no pruning of public trees by private landowners; all maintenance of public trees shall be accomplished by the City or the City's designee." Subd. 4.ii. 1 was amended to read as folloxvs: "Any species of plant considered to be indigenous to the Anoka County Sand Plain." Changes all rcf'ercnces in the ordinance to 'City Council' and 'Enviromnental Specialist' to the 'City'. Subd. 4.ggg. 1 (definition of Environmental Specialist) is deleted; not advisable to mandate by ordinance the City staff position responsible for administering the community forestry program. Ms. Frolik noted that she has Community Development Assistant Chris Anderson working on reorganizing the draft tree regulations into proper ordinance format. Case ¢/3' Thc Ramsey Tree Book Ms. Strommen stated that she obtained the following bids for publishing The Ramsey Tree Book: # of Copies Black andWhite 500 $935 $1,100 1,000 $1,370 $1,730 5,000 $3,750 $5,100 Black and White w/one color page Consensus was to seek funds to publish the first 500 copies with one color page. Mr. Rolfe suggested that the Task Force apply for a grant fi'om the Park Commission from the lawful gambling proceeds to fund the first publication of The Ramsey Tree Book. Ms. Frolik volunteered to contact Parks and Utilities Supervisor Mark Boos rgarding Mr. Rolfe's suggestion.