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<br />February 22, 2016 <br /> <br /> <br />GreenCorp Host Site Selection Committee <br />Minnesota Pollution Control Agency <br />mngreencorps.pca@state.mn.us <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Dear GreenCorp Host Site Selection Committee, <br /> <br />On behalf of the City of Orono, we wish to share our support for the Hennepin County Green <br />Corps Grant Application. The City is fully committed to partnering with the County on the <br />implementation of this grant. <br /> <br />The City has had a long time goal of gaining a better accounting of our natural assets; in <br />particular, the trees that line our streets and comprise our parks. If the grant is awarded to the <br />County it would be our intent to complete as thorough an inventory as possible of the trees that <br />line the County and City collector roads. In addition, the City would like to inventory the trees <br />in our natural parks. The gathering of this data will allow the City to make more informed <br />decisions about mitigation measures with respect to threats such as Emerald Ash Bore, Dutch <br />Elm Disease, and Oak Wilt. It would also allow us to assess the health of our natural parks and <br />prepare plans to sustain or improve them. <br /> <br />As a long standing partner with Hennepin County, we support your efforts to improve the natural <br />environment in our Community. Projects such as this are essential to making our Community a <br />better place. <br /> <br />Thank you for considering Orono as a partner in this important endeavor. If you have any <br />questions, please contact me at lmcmillan@ci.orono.mn.us or 612-840-8484. <br /> <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Lili Tod McMillan <br />Mayor, City of Orono <br />