(A) Tree Board. The City Park Board is hereby designated as the City Tree Board.
(B) Members. Members of the Park Board shall hold office concurrently with their terms as Park Board members.
(C) Compensation. Members of the City Tree Board shall serve without compensation.
(D) Duties and responsibilities. It shall be the responsibility of the City Tree Board to study, investigate, counsel, develop and administer a written plan for the care, preservation, pruning, planting, replanting, removal or disposition of trees and shrubs, in parks, along streets and in other public areas. The plan shall be presented to the Council and, following the review and approval by the Council, shall constitute the official comprehensive City Tree Plan. The Board, when requested by the Council, shall consider, investigate, make findings, report and recommend upon any special matter of question coming within the scope of its work.
(E) Officers. The Board shall choose its own officers, make its own rules and regulations and keep a journal of its proceedings. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to conflict with M.S. §§ 412.501 through 412.531, as they may be amended from time to time, respecting the operation of a municipal park board.