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• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT~"7N -Office of Environmental Services, Oakdale STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />OF ~E MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: February 16, 1995 ,~.. <br />ti ra <br />R ~•' <br />ro: Roger Busch ~~' • <br />;..,. <br />Maintenance Permits :~ <br />• District 3, St. Cloud ~- ' <br />FROM: Robert Slater '~ <br />Forester <br />Forestry Unit <br />PHONE: (612) 779-5104 <br />sue.lECT: C.S. 7106, USTH 169, MP 159. Request to remove trees along US 169 <br />in Elk River. <br />I reviewed the site on the morning of February 15, 1995. The trees in question are in <br />groups of 3-5 trees. These trees were, in the past, part of a continuous planted row <br />of red (Norway) pine. The row was cut around 1989, leaving the present groups. The <br />remaining trees are in good condition with average form. <br />TREE APPRAISAL <br />Ave. Basic No. of Species Condition Location Tree <br />Tree Value Trees Class % Class % Value <br />7.37" 730 38 Red Pine 50 60 8322 <br />Average tree value: $219 per tree. <br />Approximately 24 trees (value $5256) are in the area to be regraded. <br />Note: This appraisal is based on the Guide for Plant Appraisal by the International <br />Society of Arboriculture and the Landscape Tree Valuation from the Agricultural <br />Extension Service, University of Minnesota. <br />RECGr1~iMENDATiGNS <br />If you allow removal of these trees the developer should be requi-red to replant with <br />trees and shrubs of equal value. Another option is to make available to the city of Elk <br />River cash for use in the landscape partnership that they are participating in with <br />MN/DOT. I am available. to work out the details of either the landsca~ring or how to <br />work the exchange of money- for use in the landscape partnership with Elk .River. <br />Please feel free to give me a call if you have any questions. <br />rs <br />cc: L. Foote • <br />L. Holm <br />P. Walvatne <br />D. Gullickson <br />