Arbor Committee

Chair Address: Mary Parenteau 12800 Arbor Lakes Pkwy Committee Members Maple Grove, MN 55369 Marilyn Arnlund Julie Gamber Phone: Bob Henke Arbor Committee Agenda 763-494-6040 Frank Kampel September 8, 2022, 7 p.m. Cody Lensing Mayor’s Conference Room Website: Rachael Lamsal maplegrovemn.gov Emma Molls Sarah Piket Donald Varney Jake Wanek 1. OPENING BUSINESS A. Call to Order 2. OATH OF OFFICE Rachael Lamsal Emma Molls 3. A. Approval of Agenda B. Approval of Minutes – August 11, 2022 Regular Meeting 4. SPECIAL BUSINESS Heidi Nelson Presentation - Maple Grove Community Center renovation and expansion project 5. OLD BUSINESS A. Fall Tree Sale Update B. Hy-Vee North Funds 6. NEW BUSINESS A. Addison Dahmer 7. AREA REPORTS 8. ADJOURNMENT  REQUEST FOR ARBOR COMMITTEE ACTION MEETING DATE: September 8, 2022 PREPARED BY: Jesse Corrow, Associate Planner AGENDA ITEM: Oath of Office – Agenda Item 2 RECOMMENDED ARBOR COMMITTEE ACTION: Administer the Oath of Office to Committee Members Lamsal and Molls. COMMENTS: City Council approved the appointments of Rachael Lamsal and Emma Molls to the Arbor Committee at their meeting on Monday, September 6, 2022. The Oath of Office will be given to Rachael and Emma and their terms will expire on December 31, 2024. Welcome Rachael and Emma, and thank you for serving on the Maple Grove Arbor Committee! ATTACHMENTS: None  REQUEST FOR ARBOR COMMITTEE ACTION MEETING DATE: September 8, 2022 PREPARED BY: Jesse Corrow, Associate Planner AGENDA ITEM: Approval of Agenda and Minutes – Agenda Items 3A and 3B PREVIOUS ACTIONS: None RECOMMENDED ARBOR COMMITTEE ACTION: Call by Chair ________________ for any additions or revisions to the agenda. Motion by Committee member ________________, seconded by Committee member __________________ to approve as proposed or approve as amended the agenda for the September 8, 2022 regular meeting. Motion by Committee member __________________, seconded by Committee member ______________ to approve the minutes of the August 11, 2022 regular meeting as presented or as amended. COMMENTS: Click or tap here to enter text. ATTACHMENTS: None  Maple Grove Arbor Committee Regular Meeting Minutes August 11, 2022 Town Green Meeting Room 7 p.m. Call to Order The regular meeting of the Arbor Committee was called to order by Chair Parenteau at 7 p.m. Members Present Chair Mary Parenteau, Don Varney, Bob Henke, Frank Kampel, Marilyn Arnlund and Julie Gamber. Members Absent Sarah Piket, Jake Wanek, Cody Lensing Also Present Councilmember Hanson, Jesse Corrow Approval of Agenda Item 4D – City Forester was added by Chair Parenteau. Motion Don Varney, second Bob Henke to approve the agenda. Vote all ayes. Motion passed. Approval of Minutes Motion Frank Kampel, second Julie Gamber to approve the minutes from June 9, 2022. Vote all ayes. Motion passed. Old Business Hy-Vee North Funds Ideas were discussed on appropriate uses of the money. The committee would like to pursue a parcel of land along the west side of I-94 in order to preserve the trees. Staff believes the owner would want more than the available $67,150 and will research the potential of purchasing the land as well as the possibility of acquiring an adjacent piece of T-zone property located on the Tri-Care site. The Arbor Committee feels Tri- Cares owners should donate the land to the city because of the difficulty accessing the property and previous unauthorized tree removal on the site. The committee agreed that if purchased by the city, the property should become forest preservation area and designated a T-Zone. Corrow stated that both properties are already in a T-Zone but he will research further. Another option discussed was replanting dead or dying trees within Central Park. Committee members agreed that the money should be spent on acquiring and preserving new land and not spent on park property. Ed’s Buckthorn City Council approved a proposal by Ed’s Buckthorn Control to treat the city’s forest preservation area. The owner provided examples of his previous work, including 10 acres in Minnetonka Mills park as a comparable project. Work will begin this fall in the forest preservation area. Parade Recap Since the Smokey Bear costume did not work out, the committee would prefer the inflatable Smokey Bear for future events. Varney will research further. The trees and shrubs provided by Grove Nursery looked good were good. Henke suggested that a pine or spruce tree is included next year. City Forester Chair Parenteau was curious on the status a new City Forester Position. Corrow said the City Administrator will discuss this with the council but does not feel it will be part of the 2023 budget. The new position will be seriously considered as part of the 2024 budget. Councilmember Hanson suggested City Forester job descriptions from other cities should be provided to the City Council for review. Committee members felt the job descriptions have been collected by the Arbor Committee. Job descriptions will be analyzed by Joe Hogeboom to see if there would any crossover with current staff positions. New Business Adopt a Street The Arbor Committee decided they will meet at Basswood Elementary on Tuesday, August 30th at 5 p.m. to pick up litter along Vicksburg Lane. Corrow will send a reminder. Parenteau asked about parking lot being blocked off so people cannot dump there and stated there is no access to the park preserve from that parking lot. City staff uses the lot for parking when mowing the ditches and for snow storage. Corrow will talk to staff about removing the curb cut, installing boulders or installing signage as a deterrent for the dumping. New Arbor Committee Parenteau and Corrow interviewed six applicants for the two Members openings on the committee. The two new members will be appointed by the city council ahead of the next Arbor Committee meeting on September 8th. Area Reports Henke suggested that Police Department should better communicate with neighbors when police involved incidents occur. Cited an occurrence in the Boundary Park neighborhood from the previous week that involved many squad cars and a police helicopter.  City Administrator Nelson will be at next meeting to present on the Community Center expansion project and Addison Dahmer will also attend to talk about her girl scout project. Parenteau reported that the trees planted by MNDOT at the I- 94 and Maple Grove Parkway interchange look awful. Corrow will find out if city staff is supposed to be watering and maintaining these trees. Adjournment Motion by Bob Henke, second Don Varney to adjourn the meeting at 8:10 p.m. Vote all ayes. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Marilyn Arnlund, Arbor Committee Member  REQUEST FOR ARBOR COMMITTEE ACTION MEETING DATE: September 8, 2022 PREPARED BY: Jesse Corrow, Associate Planner AGENDA ITEM: Fall Tree Sale Update - Agenda Item 5A PREVIOUS ACTIONS: At their meeting on April 14, 2022, the Arbor Committee approved the list of trees available for the 2022 fall tree sale. RECOMMENDED ARBOR COMMITTEE ACTION: Click or tap here to enter text. COMMENTS: Below is a tally of the trees that were ordered, 83 trees were ordered this year compared to the 74 trees that were ordered in 2021. The ordering period has closed and the tree pick up date is scheduled for Saturday, September 10 from 8 – 10 a.m. Trees Trees Species Ordered Available River Birch 10 10 Dakota Pinnacle Birch 9 20 Hackberry 5 5 Ironwood 8 10 Greenspire Linden 7 10 Northern Red Oak 4 10 Swamp White Oak 0 10 Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea 25 25 Spring Snow Crabapple 7 10 Zestar Apple 8 20 Grand Total 83  REQUEST FOR ARBOR COMMITTEE ACTION MEETING DATE: September 8, 2022 PREPARED BY: Jesse Corrow, Associate Planner AGENDA ITEM: Hy-Vee Funds - Agenda Item 5B PREVIOUS ACTIONS: At their meeting on June 12, 2022, the Arbor Committee discussed options on how the spend the $67,150 cash-in-lieu received from Hy-Vee for excessive tree removal at their property at 9960 Maple Grove Parkway. RECOMMENDED ARBOR COMMITTEE ACTION: Continue to discuss possible uses for the funds. COMMENTS: Forest Land Near Tri-Care Site: The Arbor Committee discussed allocating this money towards the purchase a 13-acre parcel of forested land that is located just north of Menards and alongside I-94. Securing this property would make it possible to put certain designations on the property in order to preserve this forested area. The Parks Department’s is also interested in acquiring this property because it is identified by their comprehensive plan as a future conservancy park, this is also shown on the attached Northwest-610 Master Plan. City staff has reached out to the property owner in the past but the owners are not very motivated to sell and the parcel may be priced out of reach at this time. The adjacent adjacent T- zone property on the Tri-care site is also being considered as part of the conservancy park in order to preserve additional forested area. ATTACHMENTS: Northwest-610 Land Use Master Plan     Land Use Master Plan          
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‚             I         30 DRAFT Northwest-610 Master Plan - Page 15     „  ­  REQUEST FOR ARBOR COMMITTEE ACTION MEETING DATE: September 8, 2022 PREPARED BY: Jesse Corrow, Associate Planner AGENDA ITEM: Addison Dahmer – Agenda Item 6A PREVIOUS ACTIONS: Click or tap here to enter text. RECOMMENDED ARBOR COMMITTEE ACTION: Click or tap here to enter text. COMMENTS: Addison Dahmer is from the Girl Scouts Troop 16206. As part of her Gold Award Project, Addison would like to present her ideas to the Arbor Committee. ATTACHMENTS: Click or tap here to enter text.  REQUEST FOR ARBOR COMMITTEE ACTION MEETING DATE: September 8, 2022 PREPARED BY: Jesse Corrow, Associate Planner AGENDA ITEM: Area Reports – Agenda Item 7 PREVIOUS ACTIONS: None RECOMMENDED ARBOR COMMITTEE ACTION: The area reports section of the agenda provides an opportunity for any Committee member to report any item in the city that needs staff attention. Arbor related items will be forwarded to the appropriate staff member with a response provided at the next meeting. COMMENTS: ATTACHMENTS: None