A Salmon Arm resident suggested ideas for an urban forest strategy for the city after 37 mature maple, fir and cedar trees were cut down around a property neighbouring his.

91裸聊视频淩ecent densification in the North Broadview neighbourhood and around Salmon Arm in general has raised the issue of how the community manages the forested environment in our treed community. I am not alone in expressing some concern about how the tree cover in our city is being managed as development proceeds,91裸聊视频� wrote resident John Crook in a May 5 letter to city council.

He said trees were felled next door to his home on 30th Avenue NE as a result of a municipal requirement to put in place half a road and a right-of-way for future road development.

91裸聊视频淭his development might be an object lesson which could be useful in forming an urban forest strategy for Salmon Arm, possibly as an environmental sub-component of the next OCP (official community plan),91裸聊视频� he wrote.

Crook pointed out that the 37 trees cut down around the perimeter of the 1.5-acre property by far exceeded the number felled on the rest of the site.

91裸聊视频淪o much for tree conservation since it was all for future City road works. With some creative road and sidewalk placement many of these trees could have been saved.91裸聊视频�

He said six trees of note were felled in the middle of the property: one mature chestnut; one 80+ year-old oak; one 30-year-old spruce planted by the previous owner and his son; and three mature fir trees.

91裸聊视频淚 strongly suggest that the Environment Committee look into a strategy for replacing mature trees which are cut down, often on what will become City property once the development is finished. The City might consider the 91裸聊视频淔ire Smart Landscaping Guide91裸聊视频� to determine what sort of fire resistant trees can be transplanted (possibly 3 or more for each tree felled) without causing a safety threat or fire hazard in Salmon Arm. Fire Smart does not require all trees to be removed from a development site, so it is important to have a strategic think about how best to manage Salmon Arm91裸聊视频檚 urban forest, and find a balance between forest fire protection measures and other treed environmental considerations,91裸聊视频� Crook wrote.

He also asked if trees are felled from lands which are intended for municipal roads in new developments, should the city not be responsible for taking measures to replace them as part of the urban forest along city roadways and on city lands.

91裸聊视频淚deally, developers might offer trees to their clients on the lots they sell to add to attractiveness of the lots.91裸聊视频�

As for his home, he said this summer will reveal 91裸聊视频渋f the sun shining through missing trees will excessively heat our older and un-air-conditioned house. Until now, the temperature dropped comfortably by mid-afternoon once the sun was shaded by the trees to the west. One estimate of the cost of air conditioning our house came in at over $6,000.91裸聊视频�

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Coun. Sylvia Lindgren, chair of the city91裸聊视频檚 environmental advisory committee (EAC), told council she met with Crook, who 91裸聊视频渟eems like a pretty educated and reasonable kind of guy.91裸聊视频�

She said she was bringing up the letter 91裸聊视频渂ecause I think it speaks to the concern we91裸聊视频檙e hearing from a number of people in the Salmon Arm area.91裸聊视频�

Lindgren noted Salmon Arm has a beautiful tree canopy.

91裸聊视频淚 think it would be fairly close to unanimous that we don91裸聊视频檛 want to lose that ambience and that shade protection,91裸聊视频� she said, adding a reminder that the EAC did a review of the 91裸聊视频榯ree removal bylaw,91裸聊视频� which made a recommended change to 91裸聊视频榯ree preservation bylaw.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚 hope that in the not too distant future we91裸聊视频檙e able to work collaboratively with staff on alternatives to just cutting down trees and not replacing them, such as perhaps moving sidewalks one way or another so they go around the trees, or infrastructure, having a tree bank so that trees get replanted after they91裸聊视频檝e been cut down, things like that.91裸聊视频�

A lot of creative solutions are being used in other municipalities and she hopes Salmon Arm will follow in their footsteps, she commented.

Mayor Alan Harrison thanked her, adding, 91裸聊视频淲e do look forward to the recommendations from the EAC coming back to council.91裸聊视频�

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