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<p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><em>Sent on behalf of Paul Giroux <pgiroux@citywindsor.ca></em></font><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear CANUFNET members,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">During a recent Council meeting, one of our councillors asked whether our City would entertain allowing homeowners to engage and hire the private tree care sector for tree maintenance of City trees as an option to expedite the tree maintenance
process. In other words, if the homeowner didn’t want to wait for the City to provide the maintenance of the city tree (which could take between 6 months to a year or more to complete), they could have the option to call a tree care contractor directly and
theoretically, have the work done much sooner.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So my question(s) to the group is, does your City, Municipality or Region allow for this, and if so;</p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span>a)<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";">
</span></span>Do you provide a approved ‘roster list’ so to speak of who they can use to have the work completed?</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span>b)<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";">
</span></span>What checks and balances do you have in place to ensure that the work is done by one of the approved vendors?</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span>c)<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";">
</span></span>Does the homeowner pay for this service directly and ‘out of pocket’ or does your program reimburse them partially or fully for the completed service?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Look forward to hearing from many of you. Thank you.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Paul Giroux, RPF</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">City Forester/Manager of Forestry and Natural Areas</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Parks Department</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2450 McDougall Street, Windsor, ON N8X 3N6</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office: 519.253.2300. ext. 2760.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: pgiroux@citywindsor.ca</p>
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