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2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />Date: 10/12/09 <br />Item: 7.h <br />Emerald Ash Sorer <br />• All tree contractors are now required to sign a compliance <br />agreement indicating that they will follow all quarantine regulations <br />outlined by the State <br />4) Educating the public <br />• Materials are being distributed through a number of venues <br />including, fliers at city facilities, city web site, city newsletter, etc. <br />5) Continue discussion of funding needs, enforcement and mechanisms <br />• As sections of the inventory are completed, it will become clearer <br />what the magnitude of devastation will be for Roseville <br />• As future budget discussion continue, it is important to factor in <br />this inevitable situation <br />• The ordinance should be updated as appropriate to reflect <br />approach and responsibility of this and future forest pests of <br />maintaining a healthy urban forest <br />6) Continue to work with and receive direction from the Minnesota Department of <br />Agriculture (MDA) and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) <br />• The City of Roseville is cooperating with the MDA and DNR in <br />their efforts to monitor the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) <br />23 • The MDA has placed purple panel traps on boulevard and park <br />24 ash trees within the four mile radius of the known EAB infestation <br />25 in St. Paul. The traps are used to monitor the movement of the <br />26 EAB. Traps are suspended in the tree canopy. The traps are <br />27 purple, approximately three feet tall and one foot wide and <br />28 covered with a sticky substance. The EAB will adhere to the trap if <br />29 it is present in or near an infested ash tree. A sign from the MDA <br />30 is posted on the tree if it is being used as a survey tree <br />31 • Staff is working very closely with the State Departments who is <br />32 working closing with other states that have experienced the EAB <br />33 disease. There are continually update meetings and educational <br />34 sessions and panels that staff are participating in and attempting <br />35 to take advantage of as time allows in order to maintain updated <br />36 information and approaches <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />7) Continue to research/survey other approaches from MN and Nationally <br />We will plan to bring additional updates to you as they are available. Thank you and <br />please let me know if you have any questions. <br />2 <br />