<div dir="ltr">Interesting proposal Julian, working from under trees to get them better protected. I will work on it . 🙄<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;line-height:13pt"><span lang="FR-CA"><font style="font-size:11pt">Since 2002 and not 2005, the new City of Montreal is divided into 19 boroughs, each of which is able to pass tree preservation by-laws mainly on private land via zoning by-laws. But the situation is quite distinct from one borough to another, as you point out.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;line-height:13pt"><span lang="FR-CA"><font style="font-size:11pt">Thus, many of us agree that much remains to be done. Such as avoiding too great a disparity in the wording and application of by-laws from one borough to another, sometimes even from one side of the street to the other. And this, in the quest for greater equity among all citizens.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;line-height:13pt"><span lang="FR-CA"><font style="font-size:11pt">For tree protection measures, some boroughs have been particularly innovative in adopting a management plan for the local urban forest. The Central City undertook to revise an existing tree protection specification during the work, but the project was not completed.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;line-height:13pt"><span lang="FR-CA"><font style="font-size:11pt">In Outremont, the smallest borough with 24 000 citizens, we are in the process of revising the zoning by-law to improve the preservation of existing trees, both public and private, when work of any kind must take place in their immediate environment.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;line-height:13pt">The area of the new MIL campus of the Université de Montréal has been planned and built to offer a better future for trees: continuous tree pits, biodiversity, choice of large species, suspended sidewalks, etc.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;line-height:13pt">Now, we are trying to get involved in projects when the sheet is still white, so we can put ahead trees necessities and long-term growing needs. As I said, we are trying...</p></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"> </span><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:red">SVP, prendre note de ma nouvelle adresse de courriel :</span></b><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma"><b> </b></span><font color="#1155cc"><a href="mailto:bruno.paquet@montreal.ca" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">bruno.paquet@montreal.ca</a></font><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"> <br></span><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><b><br></b></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Bruno Paquet</b></font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Cadre sur mandat</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Arrondissement d'Outremont</span><br></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">514 943 1287</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le mer. 17 févr. 2021, à 14 h 00, Julian Dunster via CANUFNET <<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net" target="_blank">canufnet@list.web.net</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Well now, I know that some Montrealers like to be part of an
underground movement, but maybe in boroughs not burrows.</p>
<p>It is quite an image - les urban forestieres scurrying around
underground in burrows, popping up here and there to manage the
trees :)</p>
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<p>In all urban areas the problem is exacerbated because urban
planners and engineers leave no room for trees. So, until there is
a more viable land base where we can grow trees, this will always
be an issue. Change the urban design paradigm to allow for more
land set aside for trees!<br>
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<pre 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
Honourary Life Member ISA + PNWISA
North American distributor for Rinntech
<a href="http://www.dunster.ca" target="_blank">www.dunster.ca</a>
<a href="http://www.treelaw.info" target="_blank">www.treelaw.info</a>
<a href="http://www.rinntech.info" target="_blank">www.rinntech.info</a>
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<div>On Wed/2/17/2021 9:33 AM, Ethier Elaine
via CANUFNET wrote:<br>
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<div>In Montreal, when burrows were legal municipal entities, all
had bylaws depending on the amounts of parks, their use and
value of the residential realty. Westmount, Outremont, Town of
Mont Royal, the Golden Mile and some Garden cities were ahead in
applying innovative methods of green protection and city scapes.</div>
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<div>As cities went into a major fusion to become almost an entire
city island, many new protection initiatives have been put in
place with the fusion, 2005 was the year marking urban forestry
Best practices with new bylaws. The Mount Royal heritage has its
own protection plan as it is a emblematic parc. But for other
burrows, there is a fifteen year gap in restoring, updating  or
renewing street tree project. In highly densely populated
burrows, no new plans, street trees are replaced in the same
manner as planted 40/50 years ago, the same small rectangular
pitch. </div>
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<div>In residential areas, Street corners are treated with new
approaches but not as many tall trees have space. The approach
is for citizen gardening take over. </div>
<div>Large tree removal is rarely appreciated for it’s wood mass
value unless it’s a remarkable speeches. Parc Jean Drapeau on a
historical island had massive cuttings of mature trees without
consultation. There is a lot of this happening with the greater
montreal TOD plan and the REM. All natural benefits are replaced
by economic rendering for the cost of these infrastructure.</div>
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<div>The urban canopy will not have the same biomass, populations
of our Nordic zone will have less tree canopy per inhabitants
than in the past. Announces of planting trees are welcome but
the size of the selected mature height and spread are tailored
down because of vertical building density. The human scope for
major construction are trees just tall enough for two stories.</div>
<div>Montréal has planted massively in parc all over, the Emerald
Ash Borers are devastating street scapes. </div>
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<div>Many boroughs (Park Extension/Hochelaga
Maisonneuve/Rosemont/Montreal North to name a few) have limited
their bylaw to propose, when issuing permit for tree removal, to
plant a high dimension indigenous tree if and when possible. So
Yellow Birch is coming back to town as alley or street trees
because they are tall trees.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Elaine Ethier
<div>Plani Gester</div>
<div>Aménagement, foresterie urbaine</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">Le 17 févr. 2021 à 10:19, Wood,
Crispin via CANUFNET <a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net" target="_blank"><canufnet@list.web.net></a> a écrit :<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">Hello Folks,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><u></u>Â <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">A question
or two for the municipalities if I may:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u>Â <u></u></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" type="A" start="1">
<li style="margin-left:0in">How
does you municipality protect trees when
<u>designing </u>(not constructing) streetscape
renewal projects? i.e. Do you have policy, strategy,
orders of council etc?<u></u><u></u></li>
<li style="margin-left:0in">How
does your municipality compensate for mature trees
removed during capital construction (do you have a
calculation of value, and is it published in policy,
bylaw or strategy)?<u></u><u></u></li>
<li style="margin-left:0in">How do
you plan for new green infrastructure in the Road
Right-of-way (do you have landscape design standards,
streetscaping standards, policy to protect or enhance
green infrastructure)?<u></u><u></u></li>
<li style="margin-left:0in">Are
your current tools working?<u></u><u></u></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u>Â <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any responses are appreciated<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u>Â <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,85,140);text-transform:uppercase" lang="EN-CA">Crispin Wood, MSFM</span></b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,85,140);text-transform:uppercase" lang="EN-CA"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(109,160,205);text-transform:uppercase" lang="EN-CA">Superintendent of Urban Forestry<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(109,160,205);text-transform:uppercase" lang="EN-CA">Road Operations & Construction<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(109,160,205);text-transform:uppercase" lang="EN-CA">Transportation & Public Works<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(139,184,232);text-transform:uppercase" lang="EN-CA">(902) 225-2774
</span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red;text-transform:uppercase" lang="EN-CA"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:17.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,85,140)" lang="EN-CA">HΛLIFΛX</span></b><span style="font-size:17.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,85,140)" lang="EN-CA"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(109,160,205);text-transform:uppercase" lang="EN-CA">PO BOX 1749</span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-transform:uppercase" lang="EN-CA">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(109,160,205);text-transform:uppercase" lang="EN-CA">HALIFAX</span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-transform:uppercase" lang="EN-CA">
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</span><a href="http://www.halifax.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,85,140)" lang="EN-CA">halifax.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,85,140)"></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-transform:uppercase" lang="EN-CA"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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