A big THANK YOU to the Minneapolis Tree Advisory Committee for their clear and forward-looking recommendations!
Jason Stone Diamond Lake --- Elizabeth Wielinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The committee had 6 recommendations... > 1) FUND sufficiently the removal of all marked public diseased elm > trees within 20 days ( per cost estimate the forestry budget would need > to be increased by $2.6 million annually) > 2) ENFORCE the presently existing system to assure removal of all trees > marked for Dutch Elm disease on private property within 60 days ( state > statute already on the books) > 3) SEIZE the "teachable moment" created by the current highly visible > tragedy to inform City staff members, residents and property owners on > the multitude of economic and environmental values of the Minneapolis > trees and the actions they need to take to protect our Minneapolis > Urban Forest investments from harm. ( Get the Media going on this.) > 4) ASSURE allocation of resources needed to sustain adequate pruning > cycles on public trees necessary for health and safety reasons, i.e., > every two years for young trees and every four years for all other > public trees. (This would be done during winter by the same foresters > taking down diseased trees in the summer and would be part of the $2.6 > million.) > 5) INVEST needed capital in the next generation of City trees to retain > the public tree population of the Minneapolis Urban Forest essential to > maintain Minneapolis property values and other economic benefits. > (Again part of the $2.6 million.) > 6) FACILITATE cooperative approaches to link interested property owners > with the providers who are available to properly treat elms with > systemic fungicides to prevent infection by Dutch elm disease. (Yes, > vaccinate your trees, cost and service providers could be linked via > the MPRB website or something of the sort) REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
