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.........::::...c__._,,_ ':/;'" " I (/( ! " (\.__// ,"---- / , , MEMORANDUM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- . Date: February 17, 1987 To: Arden Hills Council From: John T. Buckley Re: 1987 Shade Tree Program -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Money is budgeted to continue the Shade Tree Program in 1987. Tree Inspector David Winke! will be scheduled to work twelve weeks this summer with the Diseased Tree Program. He will be conducting two extensive community-wide surveys. The first survey will be a combination woodpile and tree inspection in mid-June. The second inspection will be in late August. Mr. Winkel wil! issue work orders at the request of residents. All work sites will be inspected before payments are made. Tree removal cost will continue to be shouldered by the public and private property owners. 1987 Diseased Tree and Stump Removal Contract 1987 Tree and Stump Removal Contract Recommendations: . I am recommending that the 1987 Tree and Stump Removal Contract be the same contract form used in 1986. l. The Contractor's Performance and Payment Bond is determined by the total payment made to the contractor the previous year. 1986 payment was $6,590 for private property tree remova!, and $I,Oll for public property tree removal. r am recommending the bond be $7,000 this year. 2. Bid quotations stating removal cost per diameter inch wi!l be requested. Extra charges for tight working areas were eliminated last year, and we wil! continue this policy. Eliminating charges for tight working areas greatly simplifies calcu!ating the cost of tree removal for property owners. Contractors will not be able to inflate removal cost by adding extra charges due to tight working conditions. With Counci! approval, the Village Tree Contract will be advertised in the New BriRhton Bul!etin on March 4 and March 11. Bid specifications will a!so be mai!ed to 1986 bidders. Bid opening wi!l be schedu!ed for Tuesday, March 25. Council review and approval will be March 30, 1987. Oak Anthracnose Disease Last summer some of the white oaks in Arden Hills were infected with the oak anthracnose disease. The appearance of these trees was similar to a diseased oak wilt tree. Oaks with antracnose may be unsightly, but are healthy trees and do not have to be removed. Special efforts will be made . to inform residents of the difference in these diseases by: information in the Town Crier, information on cable television, tree inspection by Inspector Winkel.