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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 1, 2013 Page 5 for this service; and advised that there were a few trees on private and commercial properties yet to be addressed. Mr. Schwartz advised that he anticipated only a few of those commercial or institutional properties wanting the City's assistance for debris removal; and advised that staff was amenable to doing so if the City Council directed accordingly. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Schwartz clarified that the City would remove debris at curbside until it had been completed; then would move back to those neighborhoods addressed prior to July 8, at which time the city would pass through those neighborhoods for a second time; with the intent that the entire City would be covered one time. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Mr. Schwartz advised that removal of EAB quarantined trees would be done by contractors fully aware of MN Depart- ment of Agriculture guidelines. Greg Peterson Mr. Peterson advised that, in his contact with Ramsey County, the City of Rose- ville had been the only City to initially declare an emergency, with others follow- ing suit. Mr. Peterson advised that in order to meet federal assistance guidelines for such a disaster, costs needed to reach $7.5 million county-wide. While all costs will continue to be documented and forwarded to Ramsey County, Mr. Pe- terson anticipated that the City would remain on its own for cost recovery, with estimates under$500,000. Councilmember Willmus thanked all staff for their efforts, and the time put in over the weekend. Willmus moved, Laliberte seconded, to extend pick-up for tree debris re- moval to commercial and institutional properties; following the same process and criteria used for residential properties. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Council consensus was that this mo- tion to also provide this service to commercial and institutional properties was not intended to set a precedent and was specific to this disaster only, not constituting an established policy of the body; with future disasters determined on a per case basis, noting that staff indicated the impacts would be minimal at this point. Roll Call Ayes: Laliberte; McGehee; Willmus; and Roe. Nays: None. Mayor Roe once again thanked everyone for their efforts and their immediate re- sponse in the initial hours; opining that it was very impressive.