HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.h. Tree City USA Recertification ROSEM T T
OUNT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CITY COUNCIL
City Council Regular Meeting: December 20, 2011
AGENDA SECTION:
AGENDA ITEM: Tree City USA Recertification Consent
PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Parks and Recreation AGENDA NO. 6.h.
Director
ATTACHMENTS: Application APPROVED BY:
0131
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to approve the application for recertification for the
Tree City USA award.
ISSUE
The time has come for the City Council to once again consider applying for our recertification as a
distinguished Tree City, USA. Tree City, USA is an award given to those cities that depict an honest and
active prograrn to promote protection of our natural habitat and our trees.
Part of the attachment includes a work plan and a proclamation by the City of Rosemount identifying
April 30, 2011 to be Arbor Day and the month of May to be Arbor Month. City staff worked to complete
a variety of programs including an Arbor Day program and tree give away, tree plantings and other nature
programs. This application for recertification indicates that we would like to continue with these types of
programs and others to promote tree planting and protection.
It is the Parks and Recreation Department's intent to join with the Commissions, Council and other
Departments to further enhance our policies relating to the preservation of our trees and to continue to
reforest the City.
BACKGROUND
Each year the City applies for recertification as a distinguished Tree City, USA, and proclaims the month
of May to be Arbor Month and a specific day in May to be Arbor Day.
SUMMARY
Staff is requesting City Council approval to apply for recertification for the Tree City USA award.
4
Page 1 of 1
itcH
Tree City USA
2011 Application for Certification 1r:: CI" USN
The Tree City USA award is in recognition of work completed by the community during the 2011 calendar year.
As Mayor or Equivalent of the Community of Rosemount
I herewith make application for this community to be officially certified /recertified as a Tree City USA for 2011, having
achieved the standards set forth by the Arbor Day Foundation as noted below.
Standard 1: A Tree Board or Department
Dan Schultz Tree Board Chairperson 651- 322 -6012 dan.schultz @ci.rosemount.mn.us
Standard 2: A Community Tree Ordinance
I Our community ordinance is on record
Standard 3: A Community Forestry Program with an Annual Budget of at Least $2 Per Capita
Total Community Forestry Expenditures $68400
Community Population 21874
Per Capita Spending $3.13
Standard 4: An Arbor Day Observance and Proclamation
y Official Arbor Day proclamation is on record
Mayor or Equivalent Signature Title Date
Application Certification
To Be Completed By The State Forester:
Rosemount
The above named community has made formal application to this office. I am pleased to advise you that we reviewed the
application and have concluded that, based on the information contained herein, said community is eligible to be certified
as a Tree City USA community, for the 2011 calendar year, having in my opinion met the four standards required for
recognition.
State Forester Signature Title Date
)
. O)
rh r l ay k "�c�uYiciaCior t tX. (
..,..�.. -+.w
http: / /portal.arborday. org/ TreeCityPrintForm. aspx? OpportunityID= 8c2f2,637- 4ffh- e011 -90... 12/8/2011
FORESTRY= WORK PLAN / CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
2011
Our Arbor Day Celebration once again included a joint effort with Dakota
Electric Association Utility Company. The City of Rosemount and Dakota
Electric purchased bare root trees that were anywhere from 5' to 14' in
height and up to 1" around. In 2011, we increased the number of trees
handed out from 150 to 180 trees. Rosemount residents received the trees
during our Arbor Day celebration on April 30, 2011. We were able to give
away all of the trees. The Mayor of Rosemount read the Arbor Day
Proclamation. This years Arbor Day Celebration was well received by the
residents, and once again, plans are in the works to continue this type of
celebration for 2012.
A landscape project was done at Schwarz Pond Park. Forty seven trees,
including oak, birch, pine and tamarack were planted, along with 30 shrubs,
58 ornamental grasses and 135 perennials. The project included
constructions of a new trail from the park parking lot to a newly
constructed fishing pier.
Trees were planted at Central Park and Family Resource Center. The
trees had been growing in the City's nursery . in Erickson Park and would
soon have been too large to move. Three trees were planted at Central Park
in hopes of providing a little more shade to the area around the shelter
building. This area had been identified as needing more shade. At the
Family Resource Center. at total of eleven trees were planted along the
boulevard and along the south and east sides of the playground. The trees
were moved by a local tree moving contractor.
Two ceremonial Pine trees were also planted. One was planted at the
Rosemount National Guard Armory to be used and decorated as a Yellow
Ribbon tree to honor the troops and their families. The second tree was
planted at the city owned Steeple Center to be used as the City's holiday
tree.
Along with the above mentioned special projects, City staff also'continued
with the maintenance of boulevard trees, which included trimming,
pruning, watering and mulching over 1000 trees. City staff also planted
and relocated trees from our tree nursery into existing parks and other areas
throughout the city.
BUDGET ITEMS PERTAINING TO THE FORESTRY ASPECT OF OUR DEPT:
1. 50% Parks Forester Salary ($48,000) $24,000
2. Part time Summer Parks maintenance $10,000
3. Trees and Shrubs $ 6,000
4. Pruning /Trimming /Moving of Trees $18500
5. Arbor Day Celebration $ 3,900
6. 10% of the Park Supervisor Salary ($60,000) $ 6,000
TOTAL $68,400
4 ROSEMOUNT
MINNESOTA
PROCLAMATION
Whereas, In 1872, J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of
Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees,
and
Whereas, this holiday, called Arbor Day, was first observed with the planting of
more than a million trees in Nebraska, and
Whereas, Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world, and'
Whereas, trees can reduce the erosion of our precious topsoil by wind and
water, cut heating and cooling costs, moderate the temperature, clean
the air, produce life - giving oxygen, and provide habitat for wildlife,
and
Whereas, trees are a renewable resource giving us paper, wood for our homes,
fuel for our fires, and beautifying our community, and
Whereas, trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic
vitality of business areas, and beautify our community, and
Whereas, trees, wherever they are planted, are a source of joy and spiritual
renewal.
Now, Therefore, I, William Droste, Mayor of the City of Rosemount, do hereby proclaim
April 30, 2011 as Arbor Day in the City of Rosemount and I urge all
citizens to celebrate Arbor Day and to support efforts to protect our trees
and woodlands, and
Further, I urge all citizens to plant trees to gladden the heart and promote the
well -being of this and future generations.
Dated this Thirtieth day of •hril, 2011
Mayor _ r e .