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. VI. New Business A. Walkable Community Workshop Update Brad Martens, Recreation Supervisor, stated that Steve had applied for a grant and received it. Path improvements were indicated on the survey as an area of need. National speakers will be in attendance. Invitations were sent to all residents within a mile of Silver Lake Road & 694. We have received 29 responses from those planning to attend. The public is invited. Don Heinrich stated he appreciates the effort on Brad's part. Jason commented that Brad has done a great job on this proje!?,. B. " Urban Forest Update . <:0~~f/;~:::',>,:,::,:,:,: Rick Wriskey, City Forester gave the Urban Forest ~.' e sta.tegthey are still working on cleanup from the storm. Over 1 ,000 tree~~e lost'.. any boulevards, parks and open space areas lost trees. 26,500 cllbic yards.,~fw was chipped. S1. Paul district energy used this material for heau.ng ir1S~t:if!, . Bids for removal of this wood material came in at $30,00P;+,$200,OpO. We received a bid of$O.OO .,',11\,""""""'\ ........ if we held on to the wood material longer thaf'Ye,b:1d planned. We were very .~:<,'f:}J)',;, fortunate to have the Dahlke site. We are now plairtrt!g on boulevards and in parks through May. We received som~insur~~~f~oney which has gone a long way to . help with replacem~nt trees. 'llitre was' ' e .sale last Sa~day. We s.old about 80, 8' trees. In prevIOUS y s' 0-70 httle more this year. Apnl had a high number of reques phon ere 190 calls received in April on various topics. There""I~ral beetles that we need to be concerned about; the Emerald Ash Bon;: g.theA~~aJlJong-homed beetle which bores into maples, elms and other :~'.II i~:. "':".<::''';;'" '\~:":' .ed new,~ormation from a U.S. Forest Service study done in Mi1UJ~p' e~Gtli-se of the last year. It deals with an in-depth costlbenefit "'is of tree... .:func 109.S and.. contributions in our urban setting taking into '/:<Y:, "::<}\:)~ ) .; ',:' ":~} c. eration cffbon dio,de removal, storm water abatement, seasonal savings of coolin d '*ring costS and property value increases. The results indicate that for an av ee over the course of 40 years the return is more than three times e.costof enance. The estimated value of the street trees alone in polis into the millions of dollars. Attention to the results and methods of this study will be ongoing with New Brighton's street trees in mind. Parks, Recreation, and Trails Strategic Plan Greg Ingraham, of Ingraham and Associates, stated the intent of this meeting is to give an overview of this document and for the Commission members to hear from the experts. The intent of the document is to improve rec. reation from facilities _ and operations. The Executive Swnmary is the primary piece of this and is wherew you have spent most of your time. The document can be bound or printed in individual pieces. We want to have this as a changeable, editable, living document. We would like to get Commission feedback, your priorities and your approval.