HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974 03-12 Maplewood Adopts Diseased Tree Control Ordinance DISPATCH ' WIEGERT: SUBURB 'PICKED ON'
Maplewood Adopts ts isease
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roe Control Ordinance
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Maplewood City Coon- said he had discussed that was sufficient to• beat us," he predicted,
cilman Don Wiegert sug- the matter with state of- press us,"he said. "unless we go back to
gests that Maplewood is ficials. Meanwhile, the c i t y DDT."
being "picked on" by And he discovered, he c o u n c i 1 voted 5-0 to However, he said he
Minnesota's Department said, that North St. Paul a d o p t a diseased-tree was not advocating a re-
of Agriculture. and St. Paul had filed control ordinance. turn to the outlawed
He said at a recent "for m a 1 complaints" It authorizes the city chemical.
city council meeting that against Maplewood. to enter private property
Maplewood received no- "They had instituted to identify and remove
tice from the depart- programs for control," diseased trees and to as-
ment to adopt a "control he commented, "and sess the- costs to the
program" for Dutch here was a cmmunity property owners.
elm-diseased trees. not making any effort." But Wiegert said the
Other communities in But Wiegert insisted city seems faced with a
the seven-county Twin t h a t Maplewood was "losing battle."
Cities metro area wer- making some effort to "The elm beetle will
en't similarly notified, dispose of d i s e a s e d
he asserted. trees.
"Why have we been "N o b o d y came and
picked on," he inquired, asked us if we were op •
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"and not the 300 other erating a program," he
municipalities?" said. "We've taken care
Wiegert told of bring- of all spots but one."
ing up the issue at a According lo Bruton,
meeting of the League of Maplewood in the past
Ramsey County Munici- year or two has had 55 1
palities, only to find "no- "identified c a s e s" of
b o d v else was ap- Dutch elm disease.
proached." "I think the Depart-
Mayor Robert Bruton ment of Agriculture felt