Hello, this is an update on the northside tornado recovery efforts for the city of minneapolis. Today is tuesday june 28th, I'm galvang, since the may 22nd tornado. The city has removed thousands of fallen trees from streets parks and boulevards in north minneapolis.

However, it's up to homeowners to remove any trees that fell on their property and that removal can be costly to help folks who have difficulty affording tree removal. The city of minneapolis can remove the tree and assess the cost to the property taxes that will spread the cost of tree removal over five years.

If you have a tree down on your property and would like the city to remove it and assess the cost call 3-1-1 for information for people who handle the tree removal themselves, the city can pick up the large tree debris on the north side. Just stack the large tree debris in the boulevard between the sidewalk and the street and then call 3-1-1 to arrange a pickup day.

Meanwhile, neighborhood clean sweeps have helped remove a lot of demolition and construction debris from the storm during the two saturday clean sweeps that took place in june, around 700 000 pounds of debris were picked up by volunteers in north minneapolis.

No additional clean sweeps are scheduled for the north side. At this time, however, the city will continue to work with neighborhood groups. In the event, more clean sweeps are needed to keep on top of all the latest information on the north side. Recovery go to the city's website.

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