[CANUFNET] Cost-Sharing Programs with Homeowners

[Alice Casselman]

Hi folks

Found a new startup company that is capable of sensing gases in the air and reporting. Would like to ask this company if they would be interested in doing this on both treated and untreated streets to share the results with taxpayers on those streets so that they might be interested in lowering the temperature is or decreasing pollution   -   that is help pay for replacement removal treatment to maintain the shade,other ecological services and Personal Health of their street.
And of course it would cost money!

Alice

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> On Aug 8, 2016, at 11:35 AM, Azadeh Rashvand <azadeh.rashvand at richmondhill.ca> wrote:
> 
> 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 
>   
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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