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Home My WebLink About6.k. Tree City U.S.A. Re-Certification CITY OF ROSEMOUNT � EXECUTIVE SLTNIl�IARY FOR ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: December 21, 1999 AGENDA ITEM: Tree City USA Recertification AGENDA SECTION: CONSENT PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Parks and Recreation Director AGE i �� ATTAC�IlVIENTS: Proposal of application for recertification APPROVED BY: , 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 Ciry.of Rosemount identifying May 16, 1999 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 recertification indicates that we would continue with these types of programs and others in promotions of tree planting and protection. It is the Parks and Recreation Departments intent to join with committees, commissions and other Departments to further enhance our policies relating to the preservation of our trees and to continue to reforest the city. RECOMI��NDED ACTION: Motion to approve the application for recertification for the Tree City USA award. COi1NCIL ACTION: � � � ; TREE CITY USA � � � Application for Recertification � 1 Mail completed application with requested attachments to your state forester no later 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.) � E�S MAYOR ofthecityof RO�F.MniTNT , ' ('lStle—Mayor or other city official) � I herewith make application for this community to be officially recertified as a Tree City USA for 7 q q 9 having � . achieved the standards set forth by The National Arbor Day Foundation as noted below. �'e�� Standard 1: A 1�ee Board or Department , List board members,and meeting dates for the past year;or name of city department and manager. � DAN SCHULTZ, PARKS AND RECREATTON DTRF.CTnR � � ;� Standard 2:A Community Tree Ordinance Check one: �7 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 egpenditures............................................................................................... $ fi(� . 1�U � Community population........................................................................................................................... 1 � 5 n fl � Attach annual work plan outlining the work carried out during the past yeaz.Attach breakdown of community forestry expenditures. Standard 4:An Arbor Day Observance and Proclamation � Date observance was held MAY 16 , 19 9 9 Attach program of activities and/or news coverage.Attach Arbor Day proclamation. � �9�'��i, ��—zz ! � � Signature �tle Date ' � Please type or print the following: d Mayor or equivalent City Forestry Contact � Name: CATHY BUSHO Name: MARK JOOSTEN � . ,� 14t1e: MAYOR ' . �tle: PARKS FORESTER ,s Address: 28�5 145th STREET WEST Address: 28�5 145th STREET WEST ''' City,State,Zip: R 0 S E M 0 U N T M N 5 5 0 6 8 City,State,Zip: R 0.S E M 0 U N T M N 5 5 0 6 8 Phone#:_(js t _�� Phone#: 6 51-3 2 2-2 0 4 2 � NOTE:Application will not be processed without Standard 3 and 4 attachments. s . ; � ; Certification , j (To Be Completed By The State Forester) � � (Community) i 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�ee 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 Off'ice who should receive recognition material: a Name: UPSAddress: 3 � �tle: City,State,Zip: � Agency: Phone#• � t FORESTRY WORK PLAN / CITY OF ROSEMOUNT 1999 Our Arbor Day Celebration once again included a joint effort with Dakota Electric Association Utility Company. The City of Rosemount and Dakota Electric purchased 150 trees. These trees were anywhere from 5' to 14' in height and up to 1" around. These trees were handed out to the first 150 residents of Rosemount on May 16, 1999. 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, we are already making plans to continue this type of celebration for 2000. As for other related arbor activity, the City of Rosemount staff continued with cleanup associated with the storms in 1998. City staff removed and ground tree stumps. City staff also continued with the maintenance of boulevard trees, which included trimming and pruning. City staff also moved 22 trees from our tree nursery into newly developed parks and parks that have undergone maj or renovations. In another coordinated effort, a Dakota County work group, Sentence to Serve, woodchipped all trees on government property, boulevard and city parks. The City's Parks Forester has now completed a planting guide to help residents and city off'icials with the reforestation. These planting guides were made available at the Arbor Day Celebration and at Rosemount Community Center. BUDGET ITEMS PERTAINING TO THE FORESTRY ASPECT OF OUR DEPT: 1. 50% Parks Forester Salary ($38,576) $20,500 2. 1 Part tune Summer Parks maintenance $ 9,600 3. Trees and Shrubs � 5�� 4. Storm Clean Up and Pruning $15,000 5. Arbor Day Celebration $ 6�� 5. 10% of the Parks Programmer Salary ($40,000) 4 000� TOTAL $60,100 ' �. CIT'� OF ROSEM�UNT . PROCL�11l�lATlON . . . WHEREAS: Naiive Minnesotans and early pioneers depended upon existing forests to suruive in an often harsh yet beautzful land, as do Minnesota's current � residents and landowners; and � WHEREAS: The old-growth red and white pine forests in the North, the mature hardwood forests of the Southeast, and oak savannahs bordering the prairies in the South and West continue to change; and WHEREAS: Citizens must become stewards of their oum � environment by planting, maintaining and protecting trees so that the benefits trees provide throughout their life cycles continue to improve the quality of life that we as Minnesotans enjoy and depend upon; NOW, THEREF'ORE, I Cathv Busho � Mayor of the City of Rosemount, do hereby proclaim l�iay I5, 1999 sha.11 be obserued as "ARBOR DAI'� and the month of May to be �ARBOR JVIONTH"in Rosemount, Minnesota. Further, I urge all citizens to become more aware of the importance of trees in their well being, to partic:ipate in tree planting programs that will ensure a green Rosem.ount in decades to come, and to .� � piant, nurture, protect and wisely use �Rosemount's great treasure� of trees. 1 �" . � � � �� Mayor C y usho , Da e