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• On Saturday July 23, 1994, I was cleaning up debris in the yard (lakeside) when I decided to inspect the remaining evergreens by the lake for any additional damage from the last windstorm on July 19. It appeared to me that one of the tree tops was leaning more than I remember. • I contacted Les Todd and he reviewed the trees with me on July 23. He determined that one tree top was broken, another one and possibly two were cracked and one very large evergreen was partially uprooted. The large evergreen, if the wind was from the west, could fall into the corner of our living room. Also, the fear was that we would have another domino effect as with the other evergreens....one fallen tree would dislodge the next. • The remaining evergreens were removed on July 26, 1994. • Again we had Dave's Stump Removal grind the stumps. • One thing noted by Les Todd and myself was the weak root structure of the blue spruces. Les said that between the rich black soil and ample water (yard has had various sprinkler systems for a number of years), the trees did not need to develop deep root systems to find water. I was told by Otten Bros. and Gustafson Design, Inc. that blue spruces do not have deep root structure systems. • Feeling sick about the loss of trees and knowing that we needed to develop a plan for landscaping the area, we contact Cradit and Associates, Inc. of Minneapolis, the firm that developed the plans for our home addition. Jim Cradit recommended that we contact Dale A. Gustafson, of Gustafson Design, Inc. � We met Dale at our home and discussed options. To date, we have hired his services to help us develop a plan for the felled tree area and the lakeside of our property. He asked us if the city required a permit to remove the trees and I told him I didn't know; I thought we only needed a permit to cut down live trees, not uprooted or damaged trees. I told him I knew the city ordinance that says that no live trees can be cut down that are 3 inches or more in diameter, within 75 feet of the lakeshore. • Based on Dale's instruction, I placed a call to you earlier this week. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 471-7310. � , � � �� �