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Oakdale tree board recommends flexibility, repayment options as council reviews private‑property abatement rules
Summary
After a staff briefing on Chapter 22, Article 6 and Emerald Ash Borer impacts, the City of Oakdale Tree Board told council it favors allowing documented extensions to the 20‑day abatement deadline and exploring repayment options similar to street assessments to ease homeowner cost burdens.
Marge Seggstetter, acting chair of the City of Oakdale Tree Board, led a substantive discussion after staff presented Chapter 22, Article 6 — the city’s disease control and tree‑trimming ordinance and its implications for private‑property trees.
Board members told staff and the City Council liaison they want more flexibility in the ordinance’s 20‑day removal requirement for nuisance trees on private property, and they recommended the council consider a repayment/assessment option to help homeowners cover removal costs.
Corey (staff liaison) summarized the staff memo and described how other nearby municipalities handle private‑property nuisance trees, noting consistent features: a written notice, a 20‑ to 30‑day window to abate, city removal if homeowners do not comply, and assessment of costs to the parcel if invoices go unpaid. City forester Tim Melhorn provided cost estimates the memo used: a full backyard removal with stump restoration for a roughly 22‑inch…
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