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• <br />~~~,RBUI~1y~, <br />~~ <br />e a <br />COUNTY TREE. BOARD <br />Rd. 5 <br />MN 55309 <br />T?~ O ~Q <br />SteYS Ach <br />City of E!k River <br />13065 Orono Parkway <br />elk Rtaer, tIRN S533a <br />Dear Steve, <br />On May 2, 1995, I met with you, Gary Schmib, a i developer of Lafayette Woods Windsor <br />Devaaopment to review the development and walk the site. I primarily focused on assessing <br />the health and. condition of existing trees, revs species composition, and determining <br />location of flees relative to proposed roads end ho lots. The following is a summary of my <br />obser~atioris and recommendations. , <br />1. Oak Wilt <br />• The development has 2 or 3 large areas wi <br />drought. Using oak wiM aerial phctography and inv~ <br />be inferked with oak wilt toFaiing about 20-30 act <br />determined this summer after the site more tltoroi <br />located in the north-rentral portion of the develc <br />healthy oak within tt:e infection center, it would bs <br />large infected area and remove a!I oak within R Re <br />my understanding that the developer wishes tc <br />development, heginring this fall. 7tre dev®bpPr vv <br />Wilt Cost-Share Pronram vrttich pays fur 75% of <br />X1000-$2000). <br />Rc~ rtr»ng ii: !ate=,h:. r :ril; b:gi,^. ~;a:ftir~g ail <br />within the devetoprnen± Gnc:e all sties are diagno <br />total cost Treatment of these sites c:an tx3 done <br />pemsiHing). <br />Foloowiny the treatment of all oak wit( sites; wr <br />and recommend which trees should be removes <br />monitored for 3 years to identify future tree remove <br />2. Uak wilt preverrfiun. <br />!dcally, any oak should nn! tie fa?unrd to+.twc;nn <br />onto frnrrte: <br />- cover all open oak wounds wiiti ire: prr6tt <br />• -cover all Frrshiy rut oak si.umps with tiro p:cii <br />- review these points with ap marl;ioery r>F.erntl <br />' Since there is a rwnskterab!r, arnnunt of c>Ftk wilt <br />chance of starting new c><~k wiir is incrc:~sed by a <br />M:ay of .fungi. -R;c:re:fon:, if txrsiafe, heyin work u <br />Ih mortality caused firm oak wilt and/or <br />es, a total of about 5 or & sites appear to <br />ee rrnp). P, morn. exact number can be <br />inspected. The lamest infection center is <br />rt. Although there are a few porkets of <br />rand more economical to treat this as 1 <br />ing oak wilt sites are relatively small. It is <br />d and control all oak wilt sites in the <br />eligible to participate in the County Oak <br />of costs up to approved limits (between <br />d ar;ta; and iio.^.t;iy :s I iniactiai cr:rit^rs <br />proposal can be obtained to determine <br />e free July t to mid November (snow <br />mark alt newly diseased trees from 1995 <br />I disposed of. The development will be <br />I recheck control lines. <br />,luly 1(i. If work Is shrrfrd wlthln this <br />y existing within 1 cello of this ama, thr. <br />times when dcveloprrx:nt is occuriny in <br />tv ih'. <br />