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Michael GafFron City of Orono 2750 Kelley Parkway Long Lake, MN 55356 cc. Mr & Mrs Louis Smerling; Mr Robert G. Mitchell, Jr Re; Mr Mitchell's letter dated May 4th, 1994 Date 5/06^“94 10 199* ^ • • I I'I - Dear Mike, This letter is in reply to Mr Mitchell's letter to you dated 5/04/94 He is appearing to fabricate the facts regarding the tree which was cut down about three years ago First, we feel he is misinformed about which tree on the hill was cut down and in fact the tree that w as cut dowTi was on my property Second, the tree was dead! This is facL These facts can be corroborated by three families, two of whom w here direct adjacent neighbors to the Bucey family and the Smerlings and one family the Stinson's ,who live six homes to the north of the Bucey property About three years ago, the prior neighbor to the north Mr. Chuck Downey informed me that the tree on mv property was dead and had Ducth Elm disease. Since we were not aware of this disease ,we were frightened to hear it could spread to the beautiful trees we have on our lot and throughout the neighborhood Since the small tree (the size of an adults hand) was dead it was decided to cut it dowTi But before taking this action we sought the opinions of two other families about this dead tree. Before the small tree was cut down I asked for the three families to come and look at this tree. They all commented it was dead and needed to be cut down. The three families who were eyewitnesses to the dead tree were as follows: . Mr. BiU Miller (residence adjacent to the Smerlings on the south side of her property) 2691 Casco Point Road Wayzata, MN 55391 • Mr. Chuck Downey (now the Shutts residence) 2675 Shadywood Rd Orono, MN 55391