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SENT ONE'':.::::.;:::;.. <br /> Meeting Date: 8/3/94 <br /> Agenda Item: C -11 <br /> CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS <br /> REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION <br /> ITEM DESCRIPTION: Acceptance of the State of Minnesota Urban and Community <br /> Forestry Challenge Grant for $4,000.00. <br /> SUBMITTED BY: Linda Treeful, City Forester <br /> REVIEWED BY: Susan Hoyt, City Administrator <br /> EXPLANATION /SUMMARY: The city applied for $5,000.00 and received $4,000.00 <br /> through the State of Minnesota Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Grant <br /> Program. The grant will be used to "speed up" the city's boulevard tree trimming <br /> program. <br /> Most of the grants through this program were earmarked for tree planting or <br /> educational projects. Although tree maintenance was an eligible category for grant <br /> applications, apparently Falcon Heights was one of a few and, perhaps, the only, <br /> community which received a grant for tree maintenance /trimming. <br /> Part of the reason the grant was awarded was because the forester agreed to a verbal <br /> request to give an oral report to the Minnesota Shade Tree Advisory Committee and <br /> produce a written report explaining how our tree trimming program was established <br /> including the hurdles that had to be overcome in order to get it approved. The hopes <br /> are that by providing this information, other communities will find it easier to establish <br /> tree maintenance programs in the future. <br /> ACTION REQUESTED: Accept the State of Minnesota Urban and Community Forestry <br /> Challenge Grant for $4,000.00. <br />