HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.m. Tree City USA RecertificationCITY OF ROSEMOUNT
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: December 18, 2001
AGENDA ITEM: Tree City USA Recertification
AGENDA SECTION:
CONSENT
PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Parks and Recreation Director
AGE
ATTACHMENTS: Proposal of application for recertification
APPROVED B
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It is time to apply 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 program to promote protection of our natural habitat and our trees.
Part of the attachment includes a proclamation by the City of Rosemount identifying May 5, 2001 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 of recertification
indicates that we would continue with these types of programs and others in promotion of 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.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to approve the application for recertification for the Tree City USA
award.
COUNCIL ACTION:
TREE CITY USA
Application for Recertification
Mail completed application with requested attachments to your state forester no Iater than December 31.
The TREE CITY USA award is made in recognition of work completed by the city during the calendar year.
Please provide information for the year ending.
(Some states require information in addition to that requested on this application. Check with your state forester.)
As Mayor of the city of Rosemount.
fi4tle — Ma_vor or other city official) '
I herewith make application for this community to be officially recertified as a Tree City USA for ol , having
achieved the standards set forth by The National Arbor Day Foundation as noted below. (year)
Standard 1: A Tree Board or Department
List board members, and meeting dates for the past year; or name of city department and manager.
Parks & Recreation Department — Dan Schultz D' or
Standard 2: A Community Tree Ordinance
Check one: xG Our ordinance as last submitted is unchanged and still in effect.
Our ordinance has been changed. The new version is attached.
Standard 3: A Community Forestry Program with an Annual Budget of at Least $2 Per Capita
Total community forestry expenditures ............. :............................ ........... .......................................... � 60 , 600
Communitypopulation. ... ....... ......... ........ ........ . ........ ...... ............................... .............. ........ 1 5 500
Attach annual work plan outlining the work carried out during the past year. Attach breakdown of community forestry expenditures.
Standard 4: An Arbor Day Observance and Proclamation
Date observance was held ............. Kay 5 , 2001
Attach program of activities and/or news coverage. Attach Arbor Day proclamation.
Mayor
Signature Title Date .
Please type or print the following:
Mayor or equivalent City Forestry Contact
Name Cathy Rl,sho Name: Mark Joosten
Title: Mayor Title: Park Forester
Address: _2.3- 7- 5- 145th .._Street West Address: 2875 14 h Street We
City, State, Zip: Rpsemnnnt MN 55068 City,State,Zip: Rosemount MN 55068
Phone #: 5 1-4231411 Phone #: 65 1- 322 -2042
NOTE: Application will not be processed without Standard 3 and 4 attachments.
Certification
(To Be Completed By The State Forester)
(Community)
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 recertified as a Tree City USA, for the calendar year, having in my opinion met the four standards
of achievement in urban forestry.
Signed
State Forester Date
Person in State Forester's Office who should receive recognition material:
Name: UPSAddress:
Title: City, State, Zip:
Agency: Phone #:
FORESTRY WORK PLAN / CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
2001
Our Arbor Day Celebration once again included a joint effort with Dakota
Electric Association Utility Company and new sponsor, SKB
Environmental. The City of Rosemount, Dakota Electric and SKB
Environmental purchased 175 trees. These trees were anywhere from 5'
to 14' in height and up to 1 " around. These trees were handed out to the
first 175 residents of Rosemount on May 5, 2001. We were able to give
away all of the trees and had to actually turn away a few residents. The
Mayor of Rosemount read the Arbor Day Proclamation. This years
Arbor Day Celebration_ was well received by the residents, and once
again, we are already making plans to continue this type of celebration for
2002.
City staff also continued with the maintenance of boulevard trees, which
included trimming and pruning. City staff also moved 24 trees from our
tree nursery into newly developed parks, parks that have undergone major
renovations. Also, a company was hired to move 24 trees to different
areas in the city.
BUDGET ITEMS PERTAINING TO THE FORESTRY ASPECT OF OUR DEPT:
1.
50% Parks Forester Salary ($40,000)
$20,000
2.
1 Part time Summer Parks maintenance
$10,000
3:
Trees and Shrubs
$ 5,000
4.
Pruning /Trimming /Moving of Trees
$15,000
5.
Arbor Day Celebration
$ 6,000
5.
10% of the Parks Programmer Salary ($46,000)
$4,60 0
TOTAL $60,600
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, 2001 is the 129 anniversary of the holiday and 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
home, fuel for our fires, and beautify our community, and
Whereas, trees, wherever they are planted, are a source of joy and
spiritual renewal.
Now, Therefore, I, Cathy Busho, Mayor of the City of Rosemount, do hereby claim
May 5 2001 as the 9 1h Annual celebration of 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 day of
Mayor