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REGULAR P'IEETIN� OF THE OROP�O COUP�CIL, APRIL 24 , 1979 Page 20 <br /> Dick Benson, City Adriinistrator, presented the 1979 SHADE TREE <br /> City Council with the Diseased Shade Tree Program PROG�M* <br /> for the 1979 season, dated April 19 , 1979 , which <br /> states : <br /> The diseased shade tree program for the 1979 . <br /> season will basicallv rertain the sar�e with sorme <br /> minor changes. � <br /> The control zone will rernain the same, that being <br /> everything south of ��Jatertown Road east to Orono <br /> Orchard Road where it will be south of I�ighway 12 <br /> to the eastern border. <br /> All areas in the control zone will be surveyed <br /> three (3) times during the season. <br /> In the non-control zone, inspections will be made <br /> as requested by the resident. <br /> The subsidy program will remain the sarf►e, $25 per <br /> tree on a 1/2 acre lot in the control zone. <br /> At this time, it is unknown whether there will be <br /> a state wide subsidy Proc?ram. <br /> I= there is not going to be any subsidy fror_► the <br /> state, we can adjust our program accordingly. <br /> As has been the problem in the past few years, the <br /> disposal site problem still exists and is becor.iing <br /> more critical each year. <br /> Recently, you were given a packet from Hennepin <br /> County outlining the disposal program for 1979. � <br /> One probler► that has been increasing steadily over <br /> the past few years is the individual requests <br /> and calls frorn the resident to the forester. f <br /> 24r. Beach states that it is impossible to keep <br /> up with the calls because of the r.iany individual <br /> requests and many tines the questions asked do <br /> not pertain to diseased elms. In fact, if he is <br /> going to be able to respond to all requests of <br /> the resident, he would have to employ an assistant. <br /> This , of course, is going to increase the cost of <br /> the progran. <br /> I feel that the best way to eliminate unnecessary <br /> calls that do not pertain to diseased shade trees, <br /> is to have all calls directed to the City office <br /> and screened before they are given to tne forester. <br /> This does not mean that the resident will not Yie able <br /> to contact the forester but should decrease the un- <br /> necessary calls. <br /> (Continued) <br />