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Emerald Ash Borer Management Plan – City of Arden Hills Page 3 Adopted by the City Council on Month day, 2022 permits the City to enter private property for inspection, order the removal of diseased trees and abate the nuisance upon non-compliance of property owners. • The City website includes general information for residents as well as the appropriate steps to take if EAB is suspected in one or more of their trees. The City has handouts from the Minnesota Department of Resources available at City Hall. The City of Arden Hills will take the following actions: • The City will monitor ash trees throughout the City for EAB and in the event EAB is discovered, staff will utilize Chapter 7, section 710 – Protection of shade trees from the City Code to prevent the spread of the disease. As in the case of Oak Wilt and Dutch Elm, this ordinance allows the City to enter private property for inspection of ash trees, order the removal of diseased trees, and abate the nuisance upon non-compliance of property owners. • The City has inventoried all significant ash trees located on public property and continuously monitors their health. Trees that are 8-inches in diameter or greater and considered fair or better health will be treated by injection. Treatment frequency for these trees is on a two-year cycle and will be continued as long as the tree still indicates fair or better health • “Buddy Trees” will be planted next to ash trees that begin showing signs of declining health and determined to be infested with EAB. Once EAB takes hold of a tree, it is inevitable that the tree will die. The “Buddy Tree” will provide an overlap period of time where it will grow before the existing tree must be removed. • Once an ash tree is determined to be in poor health the City will begin removal of the tree on public property. These ash trees could be located within City parks or in boulevard areas. No significant pruning or methods to save a declining ash tree will be attempted. The City will remove the tree at that time. All ash trees that are removed will be replaced. Staff will schedule removal of declining ash trees in the fall. The most critical period for movement of confirmed EAB ash trees is May-July. This is the period when adult beetles emerge from trees, begin feeding on foliage, and move to more trees to lay their eggs. During this time it is best to leave these trees standing and not chance the spread of EAB by transporting beetle-infested wood to other areas. The City will follow the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s regulations for handling ash wood removal • There are currently two methods of tree treatments being offered in the marketplace; drenching the soil with chemicals and injecting the chemical into the tree. The City