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1 � <br /> PC Exhibit L�� <br /> ����0��� <br /> 0 C T 1 2 2009 <br /> ' CITY QF ORQPlCI <br /> . <br /> NATURAL <br /> VISIONS <br /> LANDSCAPE DESIGN <br /> October 9,2009 <br /> Natural Visions Landscape Design,Inc. <br /> Mark A. Hauri <br /> 400 N.Robert St. <br /> Suite 250 <br /> St.Paul,MN 55101 <br /> RE: COLUMNAR BUCKTHORN HEDGE AT 3382 BAYSIDE RD. <br /> City of Orono <br /> We are recommending that the existing hedge around the property at 3382 Bayside Road not be removed. <br /> The existing hedge plant material is Columnar Buckthorn. It was planted for screening from Bayside and <br /> Crestview Road and is manicured multiple times per year to maintain its shape and height to provide <br /> excellent screening for the property. Replacing this hedge with new plant materials would be very costly <br /> and it would take years to grow to a comparable size and density. <br /> Columnar Buckthorn was an ornamental plant that was sold in Minnesota and is still sold in other areas of <br /> the country as such and in the late 1980s and early 1990s many companies installed this form of <br /> buckthorn for hedges like this one. Although Columnar Buckthorn still produces some fruit and will <br /> spread via the root system(especially when cut down), it tends to produce less fruit than Common <br /> Buckthorn especially when multiple trimmings are done to it throughout a growing season; as it is at this <br /> site. Furthermore,used as a screening hedge like this application, it is and will be maintained on both <br /> sides with lawn maintenance and gardening. This will stop any spread of new shoots from the roots,as <br /> demonstrated by the fact the Columnar Buckthorn used for this hedge has not spread even though the <br /> hedge has been in place for many years. <br /> Please review the attached pictures of the hedge on site. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> �-✓!�a�G /�. <br /> Mark A. Hauri <br /> Principal Designer and Founder <br />