[CANUFNET] Cost-Sharing Programs with Homeowners

[Azadeh Rashvand]

Hi Shelley,

The Town of Richmond Hill's EAB Management Strategy (2011) includes a treatment program for two types of Town-owned trees:

	-	The treatment of specimen ash trees, i.e., large ash trees that provide a special amenity to the community and having a truck diameter of 		greater than 50cm, and
	-	The treatment of the largest and healthiest 50% of ash trees along streets predominantly lined with ash trees, where the average trunk 		diameter is greater than 20cm.

In 2011, Richmond Hill also developed a separate program which allowed residents to pay for the treatment of Town-owned ash trees that didn't qualify for the Town's treatment program. The program involves a permitting process which allows property owners to arrange for Town-owned ash trees adjacent to their property to be treated with TreeAzin at their own expense. There is no fee for property owners to apply, however, they must submit a completed permit application and await approval from Town-staff before proceeding. You can access the application through the following link:

http://www.richmondhill.ca/documents/treeazin_permit_application.pdf

Since the development of the "Resident Pay Program", we have received only around 10 applications and most of them haven't continued with the treatment process.

There are other resources related to Richmond Hill's EAB program on the following page:
www.Richmondhill.ca/EAB


Hope this helps.

Best regards,
Azadeh

Azadeh Rashvand, B.Sc., M.E.Sc., EP
Natural Environment Coordinator 
Environment Services  |  Environment & Infrastructure Services 
T 905 771 5540  |  Azadeh.rashvand at richmondhill.ca  |  Richmondhill.ca 
  

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From: CANUFNET [mailto:canufnet-bounces at list.web.net] On Behalf Of Shelley Vescio
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2016 11:53 PM
To: Canufnet
Subject: [CANUFNET] Cost-Sharing Programs with Homeowners

Hello,
I am interested to hear about programs that cities have initiated to share the cost with homeowners of treating municipal trees for EAB.  I would like to know how successful they have been, what percentage of the cost that homeowners pay, what trees are eligible and what difficulties have been encountered.

We have recently discovered EAB in Thunder Bay and City Council wants me to explore cost-sharing opportunities. Any information would be helpful.  Thanks.

Shelley Vescio RPF
City Forester
Thunder Bay, ON

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