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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am not really in the Edmonton loop on this but I
do know that the asset management people here did include trees (i.e.
replacement value). The value is huge!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hope this helps</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ross</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=IWilson@kelowna.ca href="mailto:IWilson@kelowna.ca">Ian Wilson</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=canufnet@list.web.net
href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net">Canadian Urban Forest Network</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:35
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CANUFNET] Trees as public
assets</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=344032616-12122007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Our city is
currently going through a process to account for all of our public assets -
apparently this is now required under provincial and/or federal law. I'm
assuming that other cities across Canada must be doing the same thing, if you
haven't already. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=344032616-12122007><FONT
face=Arial size=2>So we're looking at all of our park benches, buildings,
land, etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=344032616-12122007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=344032616-12122007><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, when it
comes to trees, I've been told that trees are not part of the process, at
least at this point. I think this is probably because the accountants
don't really understand trees as assets, and that they have a value (and that
they appreciate over time, rather than depreciate). I believe that
the same issue came up in the United States a couple years ago and that the
U.S. cities did end up accounting for their tree assets as
well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=344032616-12122007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=344032616-12122007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Assuming that some
of you are going through this same process, my question is, are any of you
submitting your tree asset values? We have already done the necessary
appraisal calculations for our tree inventory and I suspect that some of you
have done so too.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=344032616-12122007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=344032616-12122007><FONT face=Arial size=2>thanks,
Ian</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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lang=en-ca><SPAN lang=EN-US
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Certified Arborist</SPAN></DIV>
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