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DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET NARRATIVE <br /> FUND: Forestry <br /> DEPARTMENT: Sanitation/Reforestation <br /> DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVE <br /> To promote and protect a high quality urban environment in Mounds View through <br /> an aggressive program of tree planting, maintenance and disease/pest control. <br /> ACTIVITIES <br /> The major activities of the Forestry Department are to inspect and control tree <br /> diseases and pests, tree planting and landscaping of City parks and public areas, <br /> maintaining trees and landscaping on public land and performing tree and landscape <br /> extension-related work with residents. <br /> A new joint powers agreement with the City of New Brighton will provide for the <br /> services of a Forester one day each week plus one forestry worker one day each <br /> week. <br /> DEPARTMENT GOALS <br /> 1. Keep Dutch elm disease losses to less than 2.5 percent of remaining elm <br /> population. <br /> 2. Keep oak wilt losses to less than 100 trees through strict inspection and <br /> public education. <br /> 3. Apply for grants for the funding of reforestation projects. <br /> DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURE COMMENTS <br /> Mounds View's Forestry Program consists of tree disease inspection and control, tree <br /> planting and maintenance and public education and involvement. Tree removal will <br /> take place on both public and private property; the cost of the latter being <br /> reimbursed to the City. Trimming of easement trees willaake place on a priority <br /> schedule basis. New and replacement trees will be planted where plantings were <br /> vandalized or failed the previous year. <br />