Resolution 82-2998CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO. 82 -2998
A RESOLUTION ORDERING ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE
BY REMOVING CERTAIN INFECTED ELM AND /OR OAK
TREES IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE CITY OF
HOPKINS.
WHEREAS, pursuant to City of Hopkins Ordinance No. 79-467 and pursuant to
M.S.A. Chapter 18, and pursuant to Chapter 4, Rules and Regulations of the
Department of Agriculture (AGR -101 -120), the forester of the City of Hopkins has
found conditions indicating the presence of Dutch Elm or Oak Wilt infestation
exist and have existed upon the following properties:
1. 44 5th Avenue South
2. 133 9th Avenue North
3. 226 Van Buren Avenue North
4. 26 7th Avenue North
5'. 312 Wilshire Walls
$163.01
$116.44
$108.50
$295.8q
$260.41
WHE,notice of such findings has been given to the owners of record of
the premises; and
WHEREAS, no part of said infected trees has been removed or otherwise
treated.
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Hopkins, as follows:
That the premises of said infected trees, which are in number as listed and
have been and are duly marked and are located as listed, constitute a public
nuisance as more fully set forth in the provisions of Hopkins Ordinance No. 79 -467
M.S.A. Chapter 18, and Rules and Regulations of the Department of Agriculture
(AGR 101 -120), and such nuisances are hereby ordered to be immediately abated by
the cutting and removal of all such infected trees thereon.
It is further ordered that a Notice of the intention of the Council so to abate
said nuisance shall be published once and a copy thereof mailed to the affected
property owners, which Notice shall specify that action upon this Resolution shall
be taken at a special meeting of the City Council to be held on March 2, 1982,
such publication to be not less than one week prior to the date of such meeting.
The Council at such meeting shall hear all property owners with reference
to the above matter. It is further Resolved that a copy of this Resolution shall
be mailed immediately to the owners of the property involved herein.
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Hopkins, Minnesota, at a
regular meeting held the 16th day of February, 1982.
J. Scott Renne, Robert F. Miller,
City Clerk Mayor
Joseph C. Vesely,
City Attorney