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Attachment A —Scope of Services <br />Ash Tree Injection Services to the City of Arden Hills <br />Project Understanding <br />Tree pests threaten the lives of thousands of trees located in the City of Arden Hills (the "City"). <br />Infested trees require expensive removals to protect neighboring trees and prevent dead trees <br />from becoming hazardous to people and property. Keeping mature trees alive through <br />preventive or therapeutic treatments can preserve trees in the urban forest and maintain the <br />social, environmental, and economic benefits they provide. <br />As the City aims to preserve its mature trees, they have entered into an agreement with <br />Rainbow Treecare to provide tree injection services for ash and oak trees ("tree injections" or <br />the "Work") on City -owned property as well as providing an outreach and discount program for <br />homeowners. <br />Project Goals <br />• Protect ash and oak trees from emerald ash borer and two lined chestnut borer infestation on <br />City -owned properties, including parks. Treatments of City -owned trees will begin after City <br />staff makes the decision to begin treatments. <br />• Provide a bulk discount program to all private property owners within the City of Arden Hills <br />to encourage residents to proactively inject their ash and oak trees in order to help preserve <br />the City's tree canopy and the accompanying economic and environmental benefits. <br />Project Areas <br />Area 1- City property <br />Trees on City property identified by the City as trees to receive injection treatments will begin <br />after staff has made the decision to proceed with such Work. Unless City staff directs <br />otherwise, all ash injections must be completed between May 15th and October 15th of each <br />year, or before fall leaf color, whichever occurs sooner. <br />All invoices will be remitted to the City of Arden Hills and itemized by property name <br />and unique number assigned to each tree <br />