<div dir="ltr"><div>We recently called out for information on municipalities where there was protection for trees on private property and we appreciate all the responses we received.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Because the City of Edmonton's Administration has been historically presenting reports to Council that are not in favour of bylaw protection<b>, </b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><font size="4">we are still looking for statements from people in larger municipalities with trees on private property protection to say what is working in their city or why the bylaw has been good for their city</font></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>If you can support us in Edmonton by providing us with a statement, please email it to the <a href="https://www.ervcc.com/" target="_blank">Edmonton River Valley Conservation Coalition</a> as soon as possible to me or to <<a href="mailto:ervccinfo@gmail.com" target="_blank">ervccinfo@gmail.com</a>><b><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Here are the typical reasons why our city administration has not been in favour:</div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-6e9767e9-7fff-120e-b2d0-92da29f8b1b2"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">1. The need for additional staff & resources</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">2. Increased permitting timelines</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">3. Increased development fees</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-3863b13a-7fff-3995-4b7d-000f2b18c911"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">All this equals “barriers to development” and the City of Edmonton Administration prefers an education approach</span></span> .</font><span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">thank you!</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Wendy Allsopp</font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><b><div><b><br></b></div><br></b></div>