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THURSDAY, JUNE 4. 1998 and that feedback would be obtained from the Planning Commission, the City Council, and the telecommunications industry itself, as well as the general public. He noted that staff had reviewed a number of good ordinance examples in the process of crat~ing the proposed ordinance, and felt that their approach was a pro-active one which would result in the use of suitable pre-identi~ed sites and avoidance of problems. Following some discussion with Council regarding the issues of regulatory limits, antenna locations, co- location provisions, removal provisions for abandoned towers, buffering and screening of sites and potential for use of public facilities for sites the Council expressed their appreciation for the presentation and the work done. Mr. Knox indicated that they planned to take the proposed ordinance to the Planning Commission for approval in July of 1998. Council next heard a presentation from Mr. Jim Urban, Landscape Architect, regarding a Master Plan for the replacement of trees in the Uptown area and the placement of additional plantings to further enhance the appearance of the area. Mr. Leon Towamicki, Director of Public Works, introduced Mr. Urban and noted that he had been hired by the City to create a Comprehensive Master Plan for the entire landscaping of the Uptown following his presentation of a seminar to the community the previous September on urban tree plantings and requirementS~ Mr. Urban then proceed to outline the Master Plan, noting that it was a plan which provided diversity ~)f types of plantings and trees, and that the plan was designed to be almost fully achievable through the Use of existing city resources. He then noted that the primary things found wrong with the current situation were that all the trees planted in the Uptown were of the same ldnd, that the type of trees in place were inappropriate for the soil and environment in which they were located, and that the trees in place were in openings that were too small for them. Mr. Urban noted that every single tree in the Uptown had been carefully examined and surveyed in the process, and that although many were in good health about one , third of them were dead or dying. He then noted that the re-planting plan had as its goals greater diversity of types of trees and the enlargement of the planting holes to be used. Mr. Urban went on to cover the subjects of soil conditions found, which were considered to be good, plans for improving conditioni: for good existing