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<br />WS – Item 2 <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item No. 2 <br /> <br /> <br />Date: December 7, 2020 <br /> <br />To: City Council <br /> <br />From: Andy Nelson, Environmental Coordinator <br /> <br />Re: Ash Tree Injection Program <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The City response to EAB includes removals of boulevard ash trees, replacement of these <br />trees with a diverse mix of species, and insecticide injections that allow us to stagger <br />removals over time. There are currently 317 boulevard ash trees remaining. Our goal is <br />to treat 100 trees per year until there are less than 200 trees remaining, followed by <br />treating half of the remaining trees each year until we have removed and replaced them <br />all. It will take the City about 10 years to remove and replace these trees, barring <br />acquisition of grant funding. <br /> <br />It took two workers about a month to treat 101 trees in the summer of 2020, and cost <br />$3,353.89 for wages, chemicals, and injection equipment.