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1701-3 abated within a specified time, not less than ten (10) days from the date of mailing of such notice. The Tree Inspector shall immediately report such action to the Council, and after the expiration of the time limited by the notice he may abate the nuisance. (2) Upon receipt of the Tree Inspector's report required by subdivision 1, part A, the Council shall, by resolution, order the nuisance abated. (Before action is taken on such resolution, the Council shall publish notice of its intention to meet to consider taking action to abate the nuisance. This notice shall be mailed to affected property owners and published once no less than one week prior to such meeting.) The notice shall state the time and place of the meeting, the streets affected, action proposed, the estimated cost of the abatement, and the proposed basis of assessment, if any, of costs. At such hearing or adjournment thereof, the Council shall hear property owners with reference to the scope and desirability of the proposed project. The Council shall thereafter adopt a resolution confirming and original resolution with such modifications as it considers desirable and provide for the doing of the work by day labor or by contract. (3) The Tree Inspector shall keep a record of the costs of abatements done under this Section and shall report monthly to the City Administrator all work done for which assessments are to be made stating and certifying the description of the land, lots, parcels involved and the amount chargeable to each. (4) On or before September 1st of each year, the Administrator shall list the total unpaid charges for each abatement against each separate lot or parcel to which they are attributable under this Ordinance. The Council may then spread the charges or any portion thereof against the property involved as a special assessment under Minnesota Statutes Section 429.101 and other pertinent statutes for certification to the County Auditor and collection the following year along with current taxes. 1701.080. SPRAYING ELM TREES. (1) Whenever the Tree Inspector determines that any elm tree or elm wood within the City is infected with Dutch Elm fungus, he may spray or treat all nearby high value elm trees, with an effective elm bark beetle destroying concentrate or fungicide or both. Activities authorized by this Section shall be conducted in accordance with technical and expert opinions and plans of the Commissioner of Agriculture and under the supervision of the Commissioner and his agents whenever possible. (2) The notice provisions of Section 1701.070 apply to spraying and treatment operations conducted under this Section. 1701.090. TRANSPORTING ELM WOOD PROHIBITED. It is unlawful for any person to transport within the city any bark bearing elm wood, which is known by the City Administrator, or his agents, to be infected or suspected of being infected without having obtained a permit from the city Administrator. The City Administrator shall grant such permits only when the purposes of this Ordinance will be served thereby.