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RECEIVED October 1, 2003 OCT 0 2 2003 Barry&Julia.Knight CITY OF OROW 425 Tonkawa Road Orono, MN 55356 We write to you concerning the tree cutting and canoe damage that occurred on our property On September 8h and 9`h by your contractor, Stumpf s Tree Service, 21854 King Road, Pierz, MN 56364, Mike Stumpf, ph. 320-745-2225, cell 612-816-2812. On those dates, your contractor trespassed on our property and cut down and removed fifteen trees and damaged a 17ft. Alumacraft canoe by felling a tree on it significantly denting the keel plate in two places. The trees that were cut down and removed were identified by Matt Bolterman and Janice Waajata, inspector and biologist for the city of Orono and Mark Kobilka, Otten Bros tree specialist;are as follows: Trunk approx. approx. Distance inside # Tree type diameter age yrs. height property line ft. 1. Sugar Maple 13" 40+ 50 ft. 5 2. Red Oak 7" 65+ 50 ft. 5 3. Sugar Maple 8" 35+ 45 ft. 3 4. Sugar Maple T' 40+ 45 ft. 5 5. Sugar Maple 12" 40+ 50 ft. 7 6. Ironwood 8" 45+ 35 ft. 16 7. Ironwood 9" 40+ 35 ft. 13 8. Ironwood 7" 35+ 30 ft. 23 9. Sugar Maple 9" 45+ 50 ft. 23 10. Green Ash 8" 30+ 35 ft. 11 11. Sugar Maple 7" 30+ 35 ft. 12 12. Ironwood 8" 25+ 25 ft. 5 13. American Linden 2" 10+ 12 ft. 2 14. American Linden 3" 10+ 12 ft. 4 15. American Linden 2" 10+ 12 ft. 4 We.were first made aware of this cutting after you left a message on our answering machine about 11:00 AM Tuesday, September 9h, asking that we call Julia at your home. We called Julia as requested who said she wanted to talk to us about cutting some trees to improve your lake view that"she thought were on our property". Jeff drove back to your house within twenty minutes after being out for lunch and observed the cut down trees with Julia from your house and then down the hill towards the lake. At that time, all fifteen trees listed above had already been cut down and partially removed from our property.