Removal of City-Owned Trees -
1 Shaftesbury Avenue (Midtown)
The Toronto Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report (July8,1998) from the
Director of Development & Support - Toronto Parks and Recreation, City Hall Office:
Purpose:
An application has been received from Mr. John Quinn, Ferris & Quinn Associates, Landscape Architecture and Urban
Design, 11 Church Street, Suite 302, Toronto, Ontario, M5E 1W1 , for City Council to consider removal of
twenty-nine City owned trees.
Recommendation:
That tree removal be approved on the condition that:
(1)the applicant pay for the value of the trees, removal costs and replacement costs still to be determined; and
(2)the applicant plant fifteen new trees in turf on Shaftesbury Avenue and plant three trees in sidewalk tree pits on the
Shaftesbury Avenue City Street allowances upon completion of the project in accordance with Planting Plan L2
prepared by Ferris & Quinn Associates Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, date stamped July 3 , 1998 by
Urban Development Services.
Background:
This request for tree removal forms part of a Site Plan Approval application filed with Urban Development Services
for the purpose of facilitating construction of a new residential housing development.
Comments:
Thirty-seven trees along Shaftesbury Avenue form a row of seven Poplar, nineteen Manitoba maples and eleven
Norway maples which have diameters ranging from 8 to 28 centimetres. These trees essentially form a hedge row and
have likely grown from seeds as they do not form a typical street tree planting. The condition of these trees are: one
tree is dead; seven trees are in poor condition; twenty-one trees are in fair condition; and eight trees are in good
condition. The twenty-nine trees in fair and good condition are the subject of this removal request.
Mr. Quinn reports that the 37 City owned trees are in direct conflict with the proposed housing excavation and the trees
cannot be protected during the construction of the new residential housing.
The applicant proposes to plant fifteen new red oak trees in turf and plant three new red oak trees in sidewalk tree pits
along Shaftesbury Avenue as part of the landscape improvements associated with this project. The planting of these
new trees will enhance the streetscape in this area and be a significant improvement over the existing conditions. I
therefore recommend approval for removal of these trees subject to conditions set out in this report.
Contact Name:
Warren Quan
Email: wquan@city.toronto.on.ca
Tel: 416-392-1940
Fax: 416-392-6657