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<p>The incentive should be that the applicant gets approval - non
conforming applicants don't.</p>
<p>But, we should not lose sight of other issues. Putting my planner
hat on for a moment, society loves to talk about sustainable
housing, affordable housing, environmentally sustainable designs
etc. It is all fabulous in principle. Sadly, it all costs money,
so although urban foresters and arborists may see the value of
tree retention, the horrid truth is that the costs of implementing
it all simply gets passed on to the buyer as additional costs per
square foot. It may well add long-term value to the development
and the neighbourhood, but reconciling that with affordability is
not always easy. That being said, if affordable housing plans
would employ design professionals that knew how to design tree
friendly spaces and actually plant trees with long-term potential
to survive, we would all be better off. But very few planners know
much about trees, and many care even less, so until we have them
on side not a lot will change...........</p>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">On Behalf of Dunster and Associates Environmental Consultants Ltd.
Dr. Julian A Dunster R.P.F., R.P.P.., M.C.I.P., ISA Certified Arborist,
ASCA Registered Consulting Arborist # 378,
ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified
BC Wildlife Danger Tree Assessor
Honourary Life Member ISA + PNWISA
North American distributor for Rinntech
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.dunster.ca">www.dunster.ca</a>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/19/2017 7:16 AM, Shawn Gurney via
CANUFNET wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m joining this conversation late but have
a question for the group. Is anyone successfully employing
incentive based approaches to tree protection and replanting
as their primary Urban Forest sustainability tool? Not the
type of incentive realized by not being fined nor the type of
incentive felt when one is trying to recoup their security
deposit. I’m talking the “direct benefit to the customer”
type of incentives such as reduced property taxes or utility
charges for sustaining healthy canopy cover and pervious
surfaces or tree vouchers for new trees. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040">Shawn
Gurney,
</span></b><b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040">Dipl.
Tech.</span></b><b><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040">Urban
Forester,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040">Parks,
Recreation and Culture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040">(604)
853-5485 lcl. 5884</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#404040"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Yard" height="82" width="276"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#76923C">“Look
deep into nature, and then you will understand
everything better.” ~Albert Einstein<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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