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Hamel, Minnesota 55340
RESOLUTION NO. 74- 2I, I:PLEMENTING A TREE DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAM
4HEREAS Laws of Minnesota 1974, Ch-pter 355, Section. 66, and rules
and regulations of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture promulgated
pursuant thereto, require each municipality in the metropolitan area
to implement a tree disease control program;
NOVA,, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Medina City Council does
hereby enact Ordinance No. 152, an Ordinance Relative to Trees and
Tree Disease;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that areas platted into lots of one acre or
less are hereby designated as the disease control area for Medina;
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Medina does hereby adopt
the following tree disease control program:
1. Inventory. The three inspector shall est.mate the number of
elms, oaks and other trees within the disease control area and report
the same to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture;
2. Inspection. Prior to April 15 of e-ch year, the tree inspector
shall check all private and public property within the disease control
area for wood or logs that could serve as disease breeding sites. He
shall check all oaks in the disease control area for disease at least
once during each growing season and all elms at least twice (by July 1
and August 15).
3. Other areas. The tree inspector shall inspect trees for disease
outside the disease control area as time permits, and he shall enforce
the provisions of Ordinance No. 151 in such areas. He shall conduct
regular patrols of village streets and roads during which he Ex shall
watch for evidence of tree disease. He shall use appropriate means,
including distribution of informational Material, to warn property
orners of tree disease.
4. Records. The tree inspector shall keep all records required by
tree disease rules and regulations of the Minnesota Iepartment of
Agriculture and shall make required reports to the department and the
City Council.
Approved by the Medina City Council this 3 day o
Donna Roehl, Clerk
7n4(e. 1974.
Wayn Neddermeyer, May