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To advise other departments of the City on all projects that would affect trees in the City. • 4. Duty to Advise on Ordinances,Policies,Specifications and Legislation The Tree Advisory Committee may make recommendations to the City Council through the appropriate Council committee,and to city departments or other advisory bodies as may be appropriate,on ordinances affecting the planting,removal, and maintenance of trees in the city; May recommend to the Council such ordinances as it deems appropriate to accomplish its purposes. 5. Duty to Issue Permits The City Forester shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations regarding standards of workmanship and the issuance of permits for activities requested under this Section. A permit may be required by the City Forester for the planting,removal or maintenance upon public areas. Detailed information may be required by the City Forester upon receipt of an application for a permit. 6. Duty to Set Permit Conditions The City Forester shall have the authority to affix reasonable conditions to the granting of a shade tree work permit. 7. Duty to Develop a Management Plan The City Forester,with the assistance of the Tree Advisory Committee, shall develop,and each subsequent year,update the Urban Forestry Plan. The plan shall outline urban forestry program activities for a minimum of the next five years. This plan shall describe the urban forestry • activities to be undertaken by the city,the reasons for those activities,the possible funding source(s),the means of accomplishing the activities,the alternatives available to the city to fund or accomplish the activity,the projected date of completion,and the consequences if the activity is not completed. Activities may include but are not limited to street tree inventory,planting,tree removal, beautification projects,and educational projects. 8. Duty to Develop and Maintain a Tree List It is the duty of the City Forester to recommend to the proper authority,the type and kind of trees to be planted upon such municipal streets or parts of municipal streets or in parks as is designated. A Street Tree List for Elk River shall be developed by the City Forester and approved by the Tree Advisory Committee. Only desirable,long-lived trees of good appearance,beauty,adaptability,and generally free from injurious insects or disease shall be planted in public sites. The Tree Advisory Committee,in conjunction with the City Forester, shall review at least once every two years the species,cultivars, and varieties included on the approved list to determine if any should be removed for any reason or if certain new species,cultivars, or varieties of proven dependability and value should be added. 9. Duty to Amend Management Plan The City Forester shall have the responsibility of regularly updating a master systematized tree • management and planting program. 7