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    <p>Many municipalities have an option to notify private landowners
      of a perceived problem, and if the homeowner does not take action
      the municipality may, and send the charges to the homeowner for
      payment. Failure to pay means the cost is added to the property
      tax owing.</p>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Yours sincerely,

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

<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.dunster.ca">www.dunster.ca</a>             North American distributor for Rinntech <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.rinntech.info">www.rinntech.info</a></pre>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/15/2025 10:10 AM, jackandali
      jackandali wrote:<br>
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      <p><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Thank
          you for this Julian. I should have clarified that the mandate
          followed the inquest. I remember that this discussed by the
          MAUFS committee of ISA Ontario. Do you have a comment on
          private trees targeting public areas in terms of any action
          required by the municipality? </span></p>
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      <p><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Jack</span></p>
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        <p>AI was the expert witness who testified for the family in
          that inquest.  I agree that the recommendations were solely
          for RGB. <br>
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        <pre class="moz-signature">Yours sincerely,

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

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        <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/11/2025 8:56 AM, Michael
          Richardson via CANUFNET wrote:<br>
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          <p>The RBG inquest was specific to RBG and does not include a
            mandate for municipalities, conservation authorities, parks
            and institutions managing large populations of trees.  A
            plan text reading of the <i>Verdict for Coroner's Jury</i>
            and the <i>Verdict Explanation</i> does not indicate any
            recommendations that are to be applied outside of the RBG.</p>
          <p><br>
             </p>
          <p>18 recommendations were made by the Jury and commented on
            by Dr. Wolski, the Coroner for Ontario.  These were largely
            implemented by RBG and Ian Bruce.</p>
          <p>Reading the documents one must be very careful to interpret
            the language, specifically risk; ISO 31000 defines risk as
            "the effect of uncertainty on objectives" while risk is used
            to indicate likelihood of failure, danger, unsafe, hazard
            etc. in common language usage.<span
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          <p>Michael</p>
          <p><br>
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          <p id="reply-intro">On 2025-09-11 10:17, Donald Cameron via
            CANUFNET wrote:</p>
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                  A mandate was given at the coroner's inquest in 2005
                  towards the development of Tree Risk Assessment
                  Policies as a result of the unfortunate child death on
                  an educational trail at the Royal Botanical Gardens.
                  At that time, I was retained by the coroner. This
                  mandate was for municipalities, conservation
                  authorities, parks and institutions managing large
                  populations of trees. I would like to know in the case
                  of municipalities how private trees targeting public
                  lands are being evaluated and monitored?  Sadly, I am
                  in the middle of this now.<br>
                  Secondly, I would appreciate any opinions on what the
                  average homeowner is expected or should know about
                  trees at risk on their properties. I do know about
                  Property Standards ans associated bylaws.<br>
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