Email from Colleen McLaughlin - 19225 Oxboro Ave N - Ditch mowing and tree trimming 09 30 251
Kyle Morell
From:Colleen McLaughlin <mclarsky@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, September 30, 2025 2:03 PM
To:Charles Fischer; Kyle Morell
Subject:Re:
Dear City of Scandia,
Your recent mowing activities were way over the top. You mowed raspberry and black cap berriy patches
that we have had for 20 years to make jam and berry sauce. Mowing more the 5 - 7 feet is unnecessary
and damaging. It removes privacy and the natural vegatation. We moved out here for our views and
secluded nature of property. Due to poor past mowing and trimming practices we lost 3 oak trees over
100 years old. We complained and the city paid to remove them. The public works left dead
limbs/brush behind; the diameter of these limbs is 3,4,5 inches in diameter, indicating it has never been
mowed in the past the City has never come this far onto our property, to maintain the safety of the
road. It has not been any part of any regular or continued maintenance therefore trespassing. I have
spent enough time cleaning up left debris and repairing damages to our property. Including painting and
recutting damaged limbs on these oak trees to prevent the spread of oak wilt that could kill remaining
oaks. During this last mowing event public works employees left behind deep ruts on both sides of the
street. Mowing on wet soil puts our remaining trees roots in danger; how is this maintenance ? It
appears to be damage and destruction. Our property is filled mature oaks. I have counted at least 10
other dead trees on oxboro in recent years. Cutting and removing trees and native vegatation on the
steep slope on the east side beyond 5 feet is damaging the stability of the slope changing the
topography, adversely affecting my property.
In addition, City forces aglreessively trespassed onto private property along the south end of Oxboro
Ave.
I cannot attend the meeting on October 1st so please include this in the public comments on new
mowing ordinance. I am 100 percent against new mowing procedures
Colleen Kordosky
On Sep 25, 2025, at 12:02 PM, Colleen McLaughlin <mclarsky@gmail.com> wrote:
CITY OF SCANDIA
ORDINANCE NO.: 2025- 11
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 198, ALSO KNOWN AS CHAPTER 155
OF THE CITY CODE, 8. 0 VEGETATION AND LAND ALTERATIONS REGARDING
GRADING, FILLING, AND RETAINING WALLS
The City Council of the City of Scandia, Washington County, Minnesota hereby or
dains:
2
Alterations of topography are only allowed if they are accessory to
permitted or conditional uses and do not adversely affect adjacent or
nearby properties