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the number of seats should be 7 instead of 5. Councilwoman George suggested mirroring off of other boards. Councilman Rader initiated brief discussion regarding the tree principles ordinance. Councilman Bullock stated that it should be passed in the spirit of Council affirming its policy goals on the tree issue. The only time it has been done in the past has been through Council's budgetary work. Councilman Anderson questioned if the resolution addressed any money allotted for trees. Bullock suggested the resolution provides policy longevity that will span multiple administrations. Mayor Summers referenced the resolution's stated foal of planting 200 trees per year and stated that the City is doing more than that, however it is running out of public places to plant trees. He stated that Mr. Perry counts 865 spaces left and that there needs to be some parameters put around the annual planting figure. Mr. Perry suggested that a quick add on to the 42 goal proposed would be to state that a 95% capacity should be kept up on available sites. He noted that sites will always be in flux and that eventually not having space to plant 200 trees a year is a good problem to have. Lastly, he stated that the 19 policy recommendations have been paired down to 15 in this piece of legislation. Approval of the minutes from the May 20th Public Works Committee. Councilman Rader made a motion to approve the minutes from last Public Works Committee meeting, which was seconded by Councilman Bullock. All members voting yea. Motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 7:55pm.