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RESOLUTION 10066 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA CHANGES TO THE DISEASED TREE ORDINANCE AND PROCEDURES WHEREAS, Public Works facilitates the Forestry duties for the City, these duties include but are not limited to maintaining the trees in/on City grounds and ROW (Rights of way), and as per City code, diseased trees regarding private Elm, Oak and Ash trees; and WHEREAS, the current policy / practice has had the City providing a contract with a tree removal contractor that includes the cost for private tree removal; and WHERAS, Public Works notifies the property owner if there is a diseased tree(s) on the property and the associated cost; and WHERAS, once the trees are removed the contractor invoices the City for the total removal costs, Finance is provided the address and amount(s) for the private trees and the property owners are invoiced for the removals; and WHEREAS, during the February 3, 2025 Work Session meeting — Council directed Staff to review the current program and modify how private trees are handled; and WHEREAS, Council requested that in 2025 private tree would be marked, notices given to the property owner with options for removal including the City Contractors information. City Staff would not follow up with the property owner on the removal and the City contractor would not need to remove the tree and invoice the City for the removal; and WHEREAS, Staff is requesting the City Council to review the information and provide Staff with further direction regarding the current program/policy, options include the following; 1) Keep program/procedures as is by continuing to provide private property with rates for tree removals as outlined in the agreement with a tree removal contractor. 2) Revise the program to include the contractor providing rates/costs for boulevard trees, and for the Contractor to provide a cost on privately owned diseased tree removals solely for the property owner to make the decision. 3) Revise the program and provide a cost for boulevard trees only. Private tree removals and locating a contractor would be the responsibility of the property owner. Timeline for removal would be set by the City Arborist and adhered to by the Property Owner.