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Environmental Board <br />October 28, 2020 <br />Page 3 <br />APPROVED MINUTES <br />3. Establishes a website/landing page where residents can sign up for free <br />appointments/consultations and find more information about EAB. <br />4. Provides the City with mapping and GIS data for all trees injected (public and <br />private) to assist in our EAB response planning. <br />5. Frees up our seasonal workers to work on other tasks, such as natural area <br />restoration <br />In the summer of 2020 it took two workers about a month to treat 101 trees at a cost <br />of $3,353.89 for wages, chemicals, and injection equipment. <br /> <br />Mr. Nelson stated that the city plan is for park and boulevard trees. In treating the <br />boulevard trees is to help stager the removal of the remaining boulevard trees. <br /> <br />Mr. Nelson mentioned that the replacement budget is what is holding us to 30 trees a <br />year. The trees replacements are lager caliper. This size tree holds up to wind better, <br />survivor rate is better and there is less maintenance which frees up city workers for <br />other projects. <br /> <br />Mr. Nelson also mentioned that with this program the homeowner and not the city <br />makes the contact with the company. And also the city can still do some of their own <br />injections to the park and boulevard trees if necessary. <br /> <br />Mr. Flower suggested that before going to the council you could have some <br />testimonials, data and a sample postcard. Also put a valve to the cost saving of <br />sending out the postcards. And free up the city workers to do other projects. <br /> <br />Ms. Sullivan made a Motion to recommend to forward this plan to City Council for <br />their consideration. Ms. Holmes seconded the motion. Motion carried 7-0. <br /> <br />VII. UPDATES <br /> <br />A. Recycling Updates <br /> <br />Mr. Nelson mentioned that there are two more Recycling Saturdays left for the year. <br /> <br />Mr. Nelson is having Ms. Maxon get the numbers together of how many households <br />are with what garbage hauler, how many residents are in the organic drop off program <br />and how many people are coming to Saturday Recycling. <br /> <br />Mr. Nelson is looking at what we are doing and what the cost are. <br /> <br />Mr. Sullivan would like to know at the next meeting if we have reach our tonnage <br />goals. <br /> <br />