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r I ~ I I I I I I . I I I I I I I ~ I City of Arden Hills Chapter 7 Lakes, Trees, Parks Forester shall promptly engage the services of the State Department of Agriculture or a qualifIed laboratory to make analyses of appropriate specimens or samples of the allegedly diseased shade trees. If the analyses confIrm the original diagnosis that the shade trees are infected or the wood thereof diseased, or both whichever the case may be, the requesting owner shall pay all expenses and charges incurred for the analyses by the City. If the test discloses that the trees or wood are not so diseased, the City shall bear all the costs and the Forester shall remove the trees or wood from the list of diseased trees. If the test confIrms the original diagnosis that the trees or wood or both as the case may be, are diseased, notice thereof shall be sent the ownerby the Forester, and the owner shall remove the diseased trees or wood or both as the case may be, within one week after receipt of the notice. Subd. 12 Spraying or Treatment of Shade Trees. Whenever the Forester determines that any shade tree or shade tree wood within the City is infected with shade tree disease, he or she may spray or treat all nearby high value shade trees by such chemical or mechanical means as will be effective to prevent as fully as possible the spread of shade tree disease thereto. The Forester may also cause the diseased shade trees or wood to be sprayed or treated by chemical or mechanical means so as likewise to control the possible spread of shade tree disease to neighboring, high value shade trees. Such procedure shall be carried out in accordance with current technical and expert opinions and plans of the State Department of Agriculture and under the supervision of the Department whenever possible. The costs of the chemical means of treatment shall be borne by the City. The costs of the 7 - 17