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13 <br />Park Sign Replacement at Freeway (2) and Arden Oaks Parks (1). XX FTE Labor Hours estimated; X FTEs <br />required Medium Priority. <br />Following the park rehab project at Freeway Park and Arden Oaks Park in 2025. PW plans to order and <br />ŝŶƐƚĂůůŶĞǁŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞĨƌĞĞĚĞĐƌĞƟǀĞƉĂƌŬŶĂŵĞƐŝŐŶƐ. <br />Diseased/Hazard Tree Inspections 100 FTE Labor Hours estimated; 1 FTEs required High Priority. <br />Tree inspections requested by property owners is offered between the end of May 30th through <br />November 6th . A hazard tree concern will be assessed on a case-by-case basis and completed as needed <br />for public safety throughout the year. <br />The process for tree inspection and the rating system used by our 3 PW certified tree inspectors is the <br />same for both proactive and reactive (resident-requested) tree inspections. Using a mobile GIS <br />application, our inspector uses guidelines and reviews research from the MN Department of Agriculture <br />and personal experience to assess the overall health of each tree on both private and public property. <br />Ultimately, during the inspection we are looking for trees that are a health/safety hazard or trees that <br />are diseased and have the potential of spreading the disease to surrounding trees. PW understands the <br />importance of habitat dead trees provide to wildlife. <br />**PW will create a phased approach to address diseased tree inspections on city owned property to aid <br />in budgeting for the following year to plan removals. ** <br />Buckthorn and Invasive Species Removal (outside of GRG project)120 FTE Labor Hours estimated; 3 <br />FTEs required Low Priority. are generally completed by the ICWC and/or VOL’s groups, with the <br />assistance of FTE’s. The highlighted areas on the maps (shown below) of Ingerson Park and Chatham <br />Open Space indicate where invasive plants can be removed, as time, resources and ICWC availability <br />allow, in 2026. <br />Note: Chatham Open Space had significant amounts of buckthorn removed by volunteers in 2025. <br />Buckthorn removal continued to be an ongoing effort for volunteers and the Institution Community <br />Work Crews (ICWC) crew as time allowed. There was more progress made in the Chatham Open Space <br />and areas in 2025, but more work will continue as time and resources are available in 2026.