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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">In Cambridge (Ontario) we<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Do you appraise publicly owned trees internally? Or is it done externally by a private consultant?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><span style="color:#1F497D">A: We do both; we have staff trained for appraisals, and in contentious situations we get a second appraisal from a private consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Do you use the tree appraisal methods set forth in the <i>
Council of Tree and Landscape Appraiser’s Guide for Plant Appraisal,</i> 9<sup>th</sup> edition? Or do you use another method?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="color:#1F497D">A: We use the CTLA 9<sup>th</sup> edition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Do you use the species ratings development by your regional plant appraisal committee? Or do you have species ratings specific to your city?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="color:#1F497D">A: We use the species ratings developed for our region<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>For municipalities in the Pacific Northwest, do you use the unit tree cost ($/cm<sup>2</sup>) provided by the regional plant appraisal committee in the 2<sup>nd</sup> edition of the PNW’s supplement? Or do you use another value?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="color:#1F497D">A: n/a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>If you have adopted a unit tree cost ($/cm<sup>2</sup>) that reflects municipal labour costs, what value do you use?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="color:#1F497D">A: As we are using a replacement cost method for the $/cm^2 rate, we add any additional labour (removal, stumping, administration, etc.) costs outside of tree replacement
onto the total.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">Brian Geerts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">Manager of Forestry & Horticulture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">City of Cambridge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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