Arbor Committee

MAPLE GROVE ARBOR SUBCOMMITTEE SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES INSPECTIONS CONFERENCE ROOM/OFFSITE MEETING August 3rd, 2021 - 10: 00 AM Call to Order The special meeting of the Arbor Subcommittee was called to order by Member Sarah Piket at 10:05 a.m. Members Present Don Varney, Marilyn Arnlund Members Absent None Also Present None Approval of Agenda and Sarah Piket made a motion to approve the agenda of Minutes the August 3rd meeting. The motion was seconded by Don Varney and passed unanimously on a voice vote. Sarah Piket made a motion to approve the minutes of the July 19th meeting. The motion was seconded by Don Varney and passed unanimously on a voice vote. Old Business None New Business Site Visits Subcommittee members re-visited sites that they had been to in 2018 and 2019 to see if tree conditions had changed. Additionally, the visited a few new sites that had been developed recently to assess tree health and compare actual landscaping to the plans approved by the Arbor Committee. Revisits: Fountains at Arbor Lakes (Lowe’ s – REI, Trustone CU) Several trees identified as missing a few years ago still not replaced. At least 17 trees recently removed (this summer). Stumps have been left in the ground which would indicate that replacements are not happening. There were approx. 10 new trees planted by Lowe’ s outer parking lot. Most if not all are struggling (likely need water), one is leaning badly. Several existing trees undersized and in poor health. Office Depot/PetSmart 3 trees had recently been planted in small islands near the stores. Arbor Subcommittee Meeting Minutes August 3, 2021 Page 2 Other islands were missing trees. Costco A few trees are in poor health but generally all the trees are in much better shape than across the road at Lowe’ s, etc. Many islands are larger ( more soil volume). What else was done different? Prestige Trees that were missing are still missing Trees that had died were not replaced. One Maple that was stressed now looked improved. One Maple now has tip die back The Spruce trees that were stressed and had yellowing branches are looking good. The bottom branches are dead however. The Hawthorn trees are now very stressed. One Elm is now dead and another one is almost dead. Bottineau Ridge The Elm trees are all dying; one is also leaning. The Pine tree that was turning brown on the bottom is now all dead on the bottom. Linden tree is now dead. The other Linden trees are in very poor health; the leaves are very tiny and the trees are visibly stressed. One Spruce is visibly stressed. The Crab Apple tree is very stressed and dying. Four birch trees...three trees are now gone and the last one is dying. Appears the water sprinkler system has been shut off. There are two islands that are covered with very tall mature weeds. New Sites: Wahlburger’ s 19 overstory trees identified on the approved plan. 1tree missing. 4 trees did not match plan (wrong species planted - fortunately none exceed the 20% limit) 5 trees were stressed (tip die-back) 3 have stag-heading and appear to be dying Next Meeting Additional site visits, determine September meeting schedule Adjournment Marilyn Arnlund moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by Sarah Piket and passed unanimously on a voice vote. The meeting was adjourned at 12:15 p.m. Arbor Subcommittee Meeting Minutes August 3, 2021 Page 3 Respectfully submitted, Sarah Piket, City of Maple Grove Arbor Committee