Feb. 27, 2015, 4 a.m.

A RARE moment of heated debate in the Corangamite Shire chamber has ended with a controversial street tree policy being adopted.

A RARE moment of heated debate in the Corangamite Shire chamber has ended with a controversial street tree policy being adopted.

Councillors were asked to adopt the Urban Street Tree Asset Management Plan, which sets out a framework to address issues around species selection, tree removal, protection and maintenance in towns around the shire.

The elm tree avenue in Camperdowns Manifold Street and the towns botanic gardens and the arboretum are exempt from the policy.

There were 10 submissions to the policy, with most saying it was flawed, too cumbersome and difficult to understand and lacked expert advice by qualified arborists.

An initial eight-week consultation period late last year failed to attract any submissions. A second consultation period in February this year had greater success.

Cr Ruth Gstrein moved an alternative motion to defer the decision until a later date so the policy could be reviewed, saying the council needed to listen to the community.

I think this document needs to be fine tuned. I think we can get a much better outcome if we looked at it again, Cr Gstrein said.

We owe it to the community to get it right the first time, rather than keep going back and reviewing.

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More than 1,600 new trees could be planted each year in Durham, in hopes of offsetting the loss of hundreds of elderly willow oaks.

At the request of City Council member Steve Schewel, the Durham Environmental Affairs Board recently released its tree report, which calls for the annual planting of 1,680 trees over the next two decades to offset an annual removal of 750 decaying ones. This new plan would add 500 trees in for every 300 out.

A large portion of Durham's shady expanse is composed of willow oaks that were planted in the 1930s and '40s, when public officials maintained close ties to the Duke Forest. But most of the oaks are approaching the end of their 80 to 100 year lifespan, and must be cut down. That could force the city to revise its previous tree policies.

Durham has historically replaced trees at the request of homeowners. Residents split the cost of their new tree with the city and agree to water it. It's a sensible system, but one that benefits more affluent and organized neighborhoods, and penalizes others, particularly low-income areas and those with high percentages of renters.

Alex Johnson, Durham's Urban Forestry Manager, says that he receives the most calls from residents of Trinity Park and Watts-Hillandale. Of 255 replacement requests filed in 2014, more than a third were on either North Duke, North Gregson or Green Street.

"If you take a walk around these communities, you'll notice a lot of smaller, younger trees. If you take one in Northeast Durham, Park Avenue or Hyde Park, you'll see nothing but old, dying trees," Johnson says. "Following a service on-demand model keeps me within my means but it doesn't serve an underserved community."

The tree report frames the willow oak die-off as an opportunity to create a more equitable system. An Urban Forestry Master Plan would use air quality and population data to identify the Durham neighborhoods that would most benefit from a new canopy.

But trees provide more than just shade: they've been linked to significant social, economic and health benefits as well. An average mature tree intercepts 10,000 gallons of polluted storm water and 48 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Over its lifetime, a tree emits enough oxygen to support two people. It increases residential property values, draws customers into shopping areas and lowers crime rates, according to the tree report.

Local groups like Keep Durham Beautiful and Duke Park Neighborhood Association have assisted in nearly 90 percent of the city's recent tree plantings.

"Volunteers are one of the main reasons Durham is able to plant so many trees with such a small budget," says EAB chair Elizabeth Chan. "I expect that they'll play a huge role in future replanting."

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Beginning Wednesday, the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department will cut down 25 trees on the north side of Capitol Parkway from Randolph to 27th Street to prepare for renovation of the Billy Wolff Trail this spring.

Twenty-nine trees planted along the trail last year will not be affected, and new trees will be planted when construction is complete.

The section of trail to be renovated was part of the first one developed in Lincoln in 1979. It is one of the last sections of the Billy Wolff Trail that is 8 feet wide, and the project will widen it to10.

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