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Co cil Resolution
Presented
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, the Ci�y has financed the removal of djseased trees as part of
its Shade Tree Disease Contro1 Program; and
WHEREAS, the Cjty has provided a 100 percent subsidy to residential
property owners for the cost of diseased tree removal ; and
WHEREAS, the S�ate of M�nneso�a has, in the past, provided a substantial
portion of �he costs associa�ed with removal of diseased trees; and
WHEREAS, the recent cutbacks in State and Federal assistance have placed
�he Ci�y in a position where it must examine its priorities and identify
al�erna�ive funding sources; and
WHEREAS, the Sta�e funding for Shade Tree Disease Control has been, and
is expected �o continue to decrease; and
WHEREAS, the City can no longer afford to provide total subsidies for
residen��a1 diseased tree rerrroval ; now, therefore, be it � •
RESOLVED, that the St. Paul City Council has determined that benefited
residen��al property owners will be responsible for some portion of the cost
for remova1 of diseased trees identjfied after January 1, 1982; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that appropriate City officials will present alternatives
for handling residential tree removal no later than November 1, 1981
to the Ci�y Counci1 for review and approval .
COUNCILMEN Requestgd by Department of:
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Hunt COMMUNITY SER
Levine In Favor
Maddo��
McMahon
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Tedesco
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Date: September 24, 1981
lo: MAYOR GEORGE LATIMER �
Fxo�2: THOMAS J. KELLEY
F,E; ` RESIDENTIAL TREE REMOVAL BUDGET AND SUBSIDIES . .
ACTTON REQUESTED: _
City Council direction to re-establish residential tree removal
bi1lings or assessments. '
PURP�SE AND RATIONALE FOR THIS ACTION:
City Council' has determined that residential property owners will be responsib1e
for a portion of the costs for residential disesaed tree removal beginning
wi�h trees identified as diseased after January 1, 1982.
FI?`d1�I�ICIAL IP�7PACT: �
A f�inding p1an for partia1 subsidies to residential property owners is
being requested by Council no later than Novemper 1, 1981.
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