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JOINT POWERS PROGRAM <br /> The joint powers agreement for forestry services between the <br /> 4111 Cities of New Brighton and Mounds View has completed its <br /> fourth year . The final breakdown of time and equipment usage <br /> had Mounds View owing New Brighton the equivalent of about two <br /> weeks forester' s time for equipment usage and labor. The im- <br /> balance was to be made up by early January when the usual 60/ <br /> 40 allocation of time (M,W,F - New Brighton , T,Th - Mounds <br /> View) will resume . <br /> CONTRACTED REMOVAL OF TREES <br /> Precision Tree Service , the 1984 tree removal contractor , re- <br /> moved eighty-nine ( 89 ) diseased elm and oak trees. Six ( 6 ) <br /> potentially hazardous trees were also removed. The average <br /> removal cost for diseased trees was $89 . 12 compared to $88 . 32 <br /> last year. <br /> TREE AND SHRUB PLANTING ON PUBLIC LAND <br /> One hundred twenty-seven ( 127 ) new trees were planted in <br /> Mounds View Parks in 1984. A total of nineteen ( 19 ) different <br /> species was represented. Nine (9 ) trees were donated to the <br /> parks by residents. ; five ( 5 ) of these were spruce trees be- <br /> tween 7 feet and 10 feet tall. Most of the above trees were <br /> planted in Silver View and City Hall Parks. <br /> • One hundred five shrubs were planted , most in the above two <br /> parks. <br /> 1985 TREE AND LANDSCAPE PLANTING <br /> The planting of about two hundred fifty ( 250 ) trees and shrubs <br /> is planned for selected areas of Silver View and City Hall <br /> Park . Additional replacement trees will be planted at sites <br /> that lost trees to winter kill and vandalism. Twenty ( 20 ) to <br /> thirty ( 30 ) trees are scheduled to be moved from the nursery <br /> in Shoreview to selected sites in parks. <br /> FORESTRY PROGRAM PUBLIC RELATIONS <br /> One of the most visible results of the forestry program could <br /> be the Tree City U.S.A. award which will be accepted by the <br /> City of Mounds View for the third time in 1985. This nation- <br /> ally distributed award provides recognition for the various <br /> City forestry activities. The desired message of the award to <br /> residents is that Mounds view cares enough about its urban <br /> forest and City parks that it operates a program of tree <br /> disease control , park tree and landscape planting , and tree <br /> care . <br />