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Finance Commission Minutes <br />August 13, 2019 <br />Page 3 of 9 <br />Mr. Brokke explainedthere is a State law that says it is up to the municipality. The city has an <br />ordinance that does have that requirement. <br />Commissioner Reif asked what the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota is doing <br />about this. <br />Parks Commissioner Hoag indicated every city is taking a different approach to this disease. St. <br />Paul and Minneapolis, for the most part have started to decimate their trees canopy by taking <br />down all of the Emerald Ash trees at once. <br />Chair Hodder asked if the cities are looking at more climate resilient trees as dealing with <br />climate change and zonal changes in the area. <br />Mr. Brokke indicated there are weather tolerant trees that grow in the area and continual research <br />on those kinds of things and the City of Roseville is working with tree contractors and growers to <br />make sure the trees being planted are weather tolerant. <br />Parks Commissioner Stoner indicated if the Parks Commission decided to move forward with <br />this it would be a multi-year program and at that point contracts would start to be locked in and <br />better rates would entail. <br />Mr. Brokke explained the city would pursue this on a proposal process and would ideally like to <br />work with one contractor that works with sub and growers with parameters for this. <br />Commissioner Harold asked if the Parks Commission considered an IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery <br />Indefinite Quantity) contract for work like this. This is not a complete multi-year contract, but a <br />duration is set with the indication that a set number of trees would be replaced in year one and <br />then based on the results of year one there would be a pre-negotiated price to move forward with <br />different work packages. <br />Mr. Brokke indicated he would like to talk to Commissioner Harold more about this. He thought <br />it is similar to what the City of Roseville has done with the Natural Resource Program. <br />Commissioner Harold asked if there is a similar long-term layout if no changes were made at this <br />time and what would the plan look like moving forward. <br />Mr. Brokke indicated if nothing was done the annual budget allocation would remain at $50,000 <br />a year and would be more of a removal program rather than a replacement program. He did not <br />think that would keep up with the necessary removals because of hazards. <br />Commissioner Lee indicated he loved the canopies in the parks but from a hard numbers <br />perspective he did not see any options for recommendations based on what has been presented. <br />Commissioner Murray explained when the Cash Reserve Fund was set up, it was more easily <br />understood by the city Council what financial resources would be available to use for new <br /> <br />