<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Sylvain,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There are border trees (close to the property line) and boundary trees (straddling the property line).</div><div class="">Obviously the latter gives you some challenges as a municipal arborist, particularly when the trees are in </div><div class="">hard-to-reach places. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In BC’s Lower Mainland I see wide range of ownership criteria for public / private trees. On the one hand,</div><div class="">there are a few cities (no names) that say “if we own 1 % of that tree, then it’s a city tree.”; some go up to 10 %</div><div class="">to make it a little more reasonable and rationale. Many keep it simple and say 50 / 50. That’s a slam dunk in</div><div class="">my mind (easily understood by homeowners). If the city owns <i class="">less than</i> 50 % of the boundary tree, then ownership gets murkier. I would hope that for rare, unique, or historic trees that your city has the power to retain and preserve hem, regardless of whether its 1% or 99 % ownership. In cases where the ownership goes back to the homeowner, then I would simply hope that you promote the ISA certifications, the ISA Best Practices and the TCIA, A-300 Standards to them. As urban tree managers, we‘re always trying to raise awareness in the public eye.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Best,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 21px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">John Martyn, Consulting Arborist</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">JPM Tree Service</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Since 1996</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Abbotsford, BC</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">604.789.4045</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="http://www.jpmtree.com" class="">www.jpmtree.com</a></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div></div>
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