[CANUFNET] Tree Maintenance of City trees

[Gorby, Erin via CANUFNET]

Hi Paul,

The City of Coquitlam very occasionally allows residents to hire a private contractor to prune a City-owned tree. Generally, this occurs on un-maintained, un-inventoried City trees which were planted by a homeowner on City property at some point. It is on a case-by-case basis, with a City arborist engaging with the resident to agree on a pruning regime and a contractor. There is no roster list, but we encourage the homeowner to use our City contractor.  In almost all cases, the homeowner bears the cost of the service.

Cheers,

Erin Gorby, B.Sc., M.F.C., ISA-certified arborist
Urban Forestry Services Supervisor
City of Coquitlam
3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam BC V3B 7N2
Office: 604-927-3482 Fax: 604-927-3405
E-mail: urbanforestry at coquitlam.ca

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Dear CANUFNET members,

During a recent Council meeting, one of our councillors asked whether our City would entertain allowing homeowners to engage and hire the private tree care sector for tree maintenance of City trees as an option to expedite the tree maintenance process. In other words, if the homeowner didn't want to wait for the City to provide the maintenance of the city tree (which could take between 6 months to a year or more to complete), they could have the option to call a tree care contractor directly and theoretically, have the work done much sooner.

So my question(s) to the group is, does your City, Municipality or Region allow for this, and if so;


a)      Do you provide a approved 'roster list' so to speak of who they can use to have the work completed?

b)      What checks and balances do you have in place to ensure that the work is done by one of the approved vendors?

c)       Does the homeowner pay for this service directly and 'out of pocket' or does your program reimburse them partially or fully for the completed service?

Look forward to hearing from many of you. Thank you.

Paul Giroux, RPF
City Forester/Manager of Forestry and Natural Areas
Parks Department
2450 McDougall Street, Windsor, ON  N8X 3N6
Office: 519.253.2300. ext. 2760.
Email: pgiroux at citywindsor.ca<mailto:pgiroux at citywindsor.ca>


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