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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I was one of the key consultants and felt that the case went very well and indeed did set a precedence for these matters and also tree protection. I disagree with comments made below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Jack Radecki RCA 342<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> CANUFNET <canufnet-bounces@list.web.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bohdan Kowalyk via CANUFNET<br><b>Sent:</b> February 23, 2024 5:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> Canadian Urban Forest Network <canufnet@list.web.net><br><b>Cc:</b> Bohdan Kowalyk <bohdan.kowalyk@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CANUFNET] Boundary Trees<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>From my reading of the case, the court seemed to be siding with a common sense approach rather than promoting a single way of treating all leaning trees if that is what the problem is.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bohdan Kowalyk<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div id=DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #D3D4DE 1.0pt'><tr><td width=55 style='width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=46 height=29 style='width:.4791in;height:.302in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-v1.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=470 style='width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#41424E'>Virus-free.<a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4453EA'>www.avg.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 10:19 AM Julian Dunster via CANUFNET <<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net">canufnet@list.web.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p>Hartley was an unfortunate decision as it clarified nothing of use and created a mess. The rest of Canada has largely ignored it in bylaws and case law. The rest of the world typically works with the base of the tree and the boundary line. <o:p></o:p></p><p>The messiness of Hartley and the silliness that results from it, is illustrated in Trees and The Law in Canada. <o:p></o:p></p><pre>Yours sincerely,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>On Behalf of Dunster and Associates Environmental Consultants Ltd.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Dr. Julian A Dunster R.P.F., R.P.P.., M.C.I.P., ISA Certified Arborist,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>ASCA Registered Consulting Arborist # 378, <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Honourary Life Member ISA + PNWISA<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://www.dunster.ca" target="_blank">www.dunster.ca</a> <a href="http://www.treelaw.info" target="_blank">www.treelaw.info</a> North American distributor for Rinntech <a href="http://www.rinntech.info" target="_blank">www.rinntech.info</a><o:p></o:p></pre><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed/2/21/2024 12:52 PM, Alison Bond via CANUFNET wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hello Canufnet:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>We’ve provided advice to our clients in the past about what would constitute a boundary tree in Ontario, based on the Hartley vs. Cunningham case (2013.) It seems that most municipalities use this interpretation (i.e., if any portion of the trunk up to the first branch crosses a vertical projection of the property boundary, then it is a boundary tree.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>As it has been more than 10 years since that case, I am wondering whether this has been successfully challenged or whether this is still the accepted definition? I am asking mainly to ensure that we are giving our clients correct information.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Alison<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Alison Bond </span><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:gray'>BSc MSc BLA OALA CSLA</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt'><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:gray'>Landscape Architect and Certified Arborist</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>ENVISION-TATHAM Inc.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt'><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>115 Sandford Fleming Drive, Suite 200, Collingwood, ON L9Y 5A6</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:fuchsia'><a href="mailto:abond@envision-tatham.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>abond@envision-tatham.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt'> I Tel: <a href="tel:7054450422" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>705.445.0422</span></a> I Fax: <a href="tel:7054442327" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>705.444.2327</span></a> I Cell: <a href="tel:7059942059" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>705.994.2059</span></a> I </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.envision-tatham.com/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:purple'>www.envision-tatham.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>This email may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. 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