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217.03 Duties. The Board shall: <br /> (1) Oversee a Natural Resource inventory and management plan and <br /> create a database to be used to make land use recommendations that: <br /> 1. Preserve important natural and cultural sites. <br /> 2. Provide greenways and corridors connecting natural areas and <br /> other points of interest. <br /> 3. Preserve and enhance wildlife habitat. <br /> 4. Preserve and enhance water conveyances, water quality, and <br /> wetland habitat <br /> 5. Preserve and establish a healthy urban forest. <br /> 6. Promote bio-diversity <br /> (2) Review land use and development proposals, for compliance with <br /> the natural resource regulations, ordinances, and landscaping and <br /> forestry needs, and make recommendations for improvements and <br /> the mitigation of environmental impacts. <br /> (3) Cooperate with other municipalities, counties, state agencies and <br /> watershed groups on matters of environmental issues. <br /> (4) Provide for environmental community education programs. <br /> (5) Submit grant proposals to raise money for projects. <br /> (6) Serve as a resource to other City advisory boards. <br /> (7) Hold public meetings to address environmental issues. <br /> (8) Develop and recommend to the council policies, ordinances, and <br /> procedures for the management, of natural resources and <br /> conservation development. <br /> (9) Make recommendations on the planning, development, maintenance, <br /> and budget needs of natural, native, forest, and botanical <br /> improvement projects that are consistent with the Environmental <br /> Management Plan; and recommend a budget for materials, human <br /> resources, and equipment to provide for support of these functions. <br /> Page 2 <br />