Chair’s Intro	Presentation on OFGAC to Urban Forest Council in Toronto 20 October 2005	Nicole Parent Rob Tremblay	Work with Iola Price to prepare a 15 minute talk on OFGAC, its mandate, 2005 Work Plan and some successes Include in October agenda	Approved draft by 16 Oct 17 October
Chair’s Intro	Distribution of Native Tree, Shrub and Vine database	Rob Tremblay OFGAC members	Print and mail copies for OFGAC members, Craig Huff and David Miller Comments back to Iola Price and Sandra Garland before next OFGAC meeting	28 September 22 October
Chair’s Intro	December meeting	Rob Tremblay and Iola Price	Find a date in December for an informal meeting with new and returning members. Iola contact Joanna Dean – could she give a presentation on history of Ottawa trees	28 September 28 September
1	City of Ottawa presentation	OFGAC members	Review staff proposals for changes to the City of Ottawa Ace and provide comments on which ones we would support to Iola Price for transmission to Melanie Murdoch and Rick O’Connor	4 November
2	Subwatershed planning	Susan Murphy	Send Nicole Parent the Terms of Reference for the South Barrhaven Community Design Plan and any work on a watershed study	30 September
3	Invasive plants	Guy Brassard Rob Tremblay Sandra Garland Guy Brassard	Send Rob Tremblay the email version of the invasive plant list and further information on the subject Transmit this information to OFGAC members Place links to and information on invasive plants on OFGAC website Develop a draft 2006 workplan item on invasive species	27 September 28 September 24 October meeting
4	City Foresters report	Craig Huff Richard Pell	Meet or discuss by telephone forestry service budget items	Week 2 October
5	City Green	David Miller	Presentation to OFGAC on how it works	23 January 2006 meeting

5	Forest Strategy	David Miller	Sent Rob Tremblay the most recent version for transmission electronically to OFGAC members	28 September
5	Environmental Assessment process	David Miller	Presentation to OFGAC	27 February 2006 meeting
6	Fall Forum	All OFGAC members	Attend the Forum and arrive by 7 am if possible to help set up	1 October
7	Sensitive marine clay, foundation damage and trees	Iola Price	Attend Planning and Environment Committee and support the report	27 September
8	Cumulative effect of City decisions	Rob Tremblay	Send the OFGAC motion approving the revised report and the report itself to EAC coordinator for transmittal to EAC and our respective Councillors and selected staff. Seek EAC approval of the report as revised by OFGAC and joint transmittal to Councillors and staff	27 September
9	Select new 2006 members	Iola Price Jackie Oblak	Sit on Selection Panel with 2 Councillors and interview candidates	13 October
10	Workplan update	Iola Price OFGAC members	Send the June update to OFGAC and ask for new additions/update on workplan activities. Review workplan and send updates to Iola Price and Jackie Oblak for inclusion in update.	27 September 30 September
10	2005 Annual Report	OFGAC members	Draft material on extra activities for inclusion in 2005 draft report	17 October
11	Torbolton Forest Report	Jackie Oblak	Written report for October meeting to Rob Tremblay for inclusion in October agenda document	7 October
12	Development Review Process	Iola Price and Rob Tremblay	Correct the document to show that Nicole Parent is an OFGAC member	27 September
14	2006 budget process	Richard Pell Rob Tremblay OFGAC members	Provide more detail on specific forest and greenspace budget items to push for. Distribute list of 2004 budget items that are being reviewed for 2006 Attend Ward Councillors’ meetings on 2006 budget to	7 October 7 October 14 November – 2 December
Other new business	Newspaper articles about OFGAC	All OFGAC members	Send Rob Tremblay copies of newspaper articles for permanent files and mention in the annual report under publicity	Ongoing
Other new business	Good Forestry Practices bylaw	All members	Come to October meeting with ideas on how to move the bylaw along in the approval process	24 October meeting
Other new business	Guy Brassard	Canadian Urban Forest Strategy	Send Rob Tremblay the most recent version of the Urban Forest Strategy for distribution to OFGAC members	27 September