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Resident urges Isanti to revise ordinance after emerald ash borer found in city-planted boulevard tree
Summary
A resident told the Isanti City Council that a city-planted boulevard ash tree has emerald ash borer and urged revision of Ordinance 2-6-4; council agreed to have the city attorney review the ordinance and follow up.
Keith Kohler, a resident of Isanti, told the Isanti City Council at its March 4 meeting that an ash tree planted by the city in the public boulevard near his house is infested with emerald ash borer and that he has received no satisfactory response from city staff after repeated requests.
The issue matters, Kohler said, because he believes the city ordinance (2-6-4) places responsibility for right-of-way trees on homeowners while state guidance and the League of Minnesota Cities indicate cities retain duties of care for trees in public…
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