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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Alex,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The issue of ownership and
responsibility of trees that are, in part, on City property has been on-going for
us in Saskatoon. If you check out the City of Toronto website you’ll see
they have a form they use titled ‘Consent to Tree Maintenance For
Boundary Line Street Trees’. I’m not sure what their experience is
with using this form but in Saskatoon we have the same form. We also define a ‘Straddling
Tree’ in our City Council Policy (I’ve attached it). There are
still cases that come up that are complicated. Generally, when trees are more
than 50% on our property we keep them on our inventory and maintain them, even
if a home-owner may have planted the tree. Presently in cases where the tree is
less than 50% on City property we may or may not maintain these trees depending
on the situation and whether the tree is currently in our inventory. Most
home-owners want us to continue to maintain these ‘straddling’
trees given the choice. To make things complicated there are times when home
owners want a straddling tree removed, and this can become an issue. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>We recently had our solicitors
department comment on what our responsibility may be in these various
situations and they responded by telling us with that with ‘straddling
trees’ there is duel ownership therefore the two parties should enter
into an agreement as to who will do what with the tree. Even though an owner
signs this form they tell us there may still be liability should a catastrophic
event happen, not related to “an act of god”. We were also told
that if we made an error by planting on private property we must make an effort
to maintain these trees. In cases where home-owners planted on our property we do
take ownership of these trees and have an obligation to maintain them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I hope this is helpful. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";
color:#1F497D'>Michelle Chartier<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Urban Forestry - Supervisor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Infrastructure Services - Parks
Branch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>City of Saskatoon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="mailto:michelle.chartier@saskatoon.ca">michelle.chartier@saskatoon.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>office-975-2757<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>fax-975-3034<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> canufnet-bounces@list.web.net
[mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alex Satel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> December 19, 2011 8:40 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Canadian Urban Forest Network'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CANUFNET] Municipal tree ownership/responsibility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Peter and Tim,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you for your replies.
It’s interesting to compare the two approaches in Ajax and Gananoque.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I wonder if any other municipal
foresters or arborists might have more to add to the discussion. I’d be
very interested to hear a bit more about how these issues play out in your
communities, especially if your approach varies from either of the towns
we’ve already heard about. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Alex<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Alex Satel,
MFC<br>
</span></b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>ISA Certified Arborist
ON-1353A<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Urban Forest
Innovations Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>1248 Minnewaska
Trail<br>
Mississauga, ON L5G 3S5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>T: (905) 274-1022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>C: (416) 452-8054<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'><a
href="mailto:asatel@ufis.ca"><span style='color:#31849B'>asatel@ufis.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'><a
href="http://www.urbanforestinnovations.com/"><span style='color:#31849B'>http://www.urbanforestinnovations.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> canufnet-bounces@list.web.net
[mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Peter Murray<br>
<b>Sent:</b> December 14, 2011 4:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Canadian Urban Forest Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CANUFNET] Municipal tree ownership/responsibility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Alex;
In our 5,000 size community, Gananoque, even accurately determining the street
allowance can be a problem. The town works department generally paces off
the street boundary, and if the tree is anywhere close to it, the
town will maintain it if the tree centre is say less than 1/2 meter
inside the boundary. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The tree treatment
required and the hazzard are taken into consideration when determinig action. I
am not aware of any written policy on this . Peter Murray,
chairman, Urban Forest Committee</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:a.satel@utoronto.ca"
title="a.satel@utoronto.ca">Alex Satel</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a
href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net" title="canufnet@list.web.net">'Canufnet'</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Wednesday, December
14, 2011 2:15 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [CANUFNET] Municipal
tree ownership/responsibility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I am interested to know how your community determines tree
ownership and assigns responsibility for maintenance, particularly with regard
to street trees. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Many communities operate on the principle that if 50% or
more of the stem is on public property, the tree is a City asset and a
municipal responsibility. Does your community work differently? If so, do you
maintain street trees if less than 50% of the stem is on municipal land, or if
only if the tree is wholly on City property? Has your community at any point
transitioned from one approach to another, and if so, did that significantly
change the workload for your forestry crews?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Any insights into this issue would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your consideration, and best wishes for the holidays.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>--Alex<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Alex Satel,
MFC<br>
</span></b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>ISA Certified Arborist
ON-1353A<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Urban Forest
Innovations Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>1248 Minnewaska
Trail<br>
Mississauga, ON L5G 3S5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>T: (905) 274-1022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>C: (416) 452-8054<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'><a
href="mailto:asatel@ufis.ca"><span style='color:#31849B'>asatel@ufis.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'><a
href="http://www.urbanforestinnovations.com/"><span style='color:#31849B'>http://www.urbanforestinnovations.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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