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~o~ Minutes Septeanber 9, 1976 Page 2 Mayor Warkentien instructed Clerk Administrator Barnes to request the LARPENTEUR SPEED Sheriff's patrol to watch for speeders on Larpenteur Arenas without PETITION (CONT.) lessening th,~ir other city duties. He also requested that Clerk-Admin- iatrator Barnes fox~rard a written reply to Mr. and Mrs. Pollard advi.aing them of our intentions and also to inform the Pollards that we previously hale set Up radar on Larpenteur Avenue twice and hale encountered no speed violators at such times. Clerk-Administrator Barnes read a request referred from the Tree Committee by Councilman Steele to permit homeowners to treat bowl®- vard trees at their own expense. Council concurred they have no ob-` Section to homeowners treating City trees at their own expense but expressed concern as to whether the homeowners are aware that most chemical treatments are only experimental and whether homeowners are aware ti~at here is absolutely no benefit in treating an already dis- eased tree. Council expressed concern that homeowners would be losing their in- vestment in a lot of cases because if at~r tree is found to be dis- eased, even after treatment, the City is compelled, by law, to re- move such trees. Moved by Councilman Labalestra, seconded ~ Mayor Warkentien that, after notifying the City Clerk, homeowners will be allowed to treat, by chemical means, any boulevard trees at their own risk and expense, with the understanding that the City may remove any boulevard tree if found diseased, even after treatment. Upon a vote being taken, the following voted "aye°: Mayor Warkentien, Councilmen Labalestra, Black and Ecklund, and the following voted ~~nay~~: None. Motion carried. It was farther noted that the,noti~e to homeowners should be posted and a notice be put in the suburban papers. PERMITTING CITIZ.SDT Ta TREAT CITY TREE ON BOULEVARD T,he Council noted a suggestion referred by the Tree Committee in r®- REPLACEMENT AND garde to replacing boulevard'tr®es by precincts. Mayor Waxicentien PLANTING OF asggested that Councilman Steele conduct an in-depth stucb- on the BOULEVARD TREES question. Mrs. William P. McGuigan asked Council about stv~ reanoval and was STUMP REAlDVAL told ~ Clerk-Administrator Barnes that all stumps in the City should be reanoved by this fall. Mayor Warkentien suggested that Clerk-Administrator Barnes look into MICROPHONES microphone prices with the intention of purchasing three additional microphones for the Council chambers. Aa requested by C1erk•Admi.nistrator Barnes, the City received two STREET SIQrNS - bids on the neiw signs to be placed on the City streets under the BIDS RECEIVED Federal Sign Safety Act. The bids received were as follows: Earl F. Anderson (Lyle Sign Co. ) for $2,1.29.21 Gopher Stamp and Die Compayy for $2,387.10 The difference b®tween the two bide was $1.2.11. It was noted that the