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â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" W 7 /M» i ’ t ‘L '. blxcs 6 .2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29. 2008 . WATERLOO. 0EN§AR10 ‘9 SlKlzNEl‘fiDING 651‘ ”we Death of trees .. 7 ' «it. or a; .. . _ . l I . ‘ 3,11, . . I TIRE cant! I . whiter tire packages Mode mam. Minnow m U mounting. Installation, Chronicle Staff _ ,3, . balancing, nth-coon upgrade A battle is afoot in the city‘s north end over the fate ' . . ' ,. ' A value ”$2th we Won‘t f a grove of 40-year-old trees. . ,7 told you about our competitive it all started when Daniel and Judy Winarski' bought ‘ v , p ' 1 tin pricing yet. a piece ofland on Erbsville Road just north of laurel- \ v *‘ _7,,.,_. " l tl'll'ilv’ wood Drive, where they dreamed of building a house . . '- I 'FORBESWECENTRES'OO” Part of that dream included a grove of 40-year-old ’ j ,5? trees on the south end of the property. which would \ , 7 . . * j .. E‘ Bums serve as a buffer between the house and a new strip . 7, -7 . ' y t g ' mall development. > , " .. Womens top 10 They worked with the City of Waterloo and the mall ‘ - ~ . . 7 LI} A Page 19 developer to create a tree management plan to keep V ;.. -. them alive. ‘ J 1'1 ;- . 2 - But when construction began on the strip mall, the l ' ' " u ’ \‘ e . - adjacent property was graded right to the property . i ”I A . - v line and the tree roots were ripped up. effectively ‘ , '2 3", 'r : - killing the trees. ludy said. Contractors also nailed a ’ 5’ " . I _ 7 ». . fence to their trunks that was meant to protect the ‘ 7 trees. “We were counting on those trees being there." ‘ «t- . . l ' she said. ‘ . » x c 7 .7 Now the Winarskis and the city are in a dispute - I “ . g with Gateway Centre. the developer of the strip mall, _ . V." 055* , - -- g over the fate of the trees. . , i . ‘3‘ , A ,. ’ i The Winarskis have had three separate arborists ““ It ' i come and examine the trees, including Len Fay, the l O a ’ t} . t g h; . . City's manager of forestry and horticulture. ‘ 7 a , - ‘ ~ 7 7 Each one said that the trees were dead, 7 7' ; , g. ~’ ‘ . - 7 ,, ,’ Fay also recommended that the trees be removed 1" ’ ‘ l ,a ‘ ._ immediately due to safety concerns. «e . ”'33 4' ms On Tuesday. the Gateway Group ottered to replace a. 'e ‘-7,_. ‘F . ~ , a y _ 36 of the trees after being served with legal letters from l ‘ g: ,5: 4 fl - ' .. E A . Naked strips l 1:: iigklt was a change from their position earlier in I 2 Mg 3 . 7 ‘ _‘ a > ‘ away the layers On Monday, a spokesperson for the group said \ u ,, fl- 1‘- , - , .‘ ‘ .j‘ :A 0f31blmg Gateway had its own experts look at the site and ‘ ,. r 7 ‘ ”inlet-'79 . i, . 1 ~ . .. 7, , \ rivalry/Page 26 believes only 20 of the 37 trees are actually dead. .W ' . an ’ * i ‘ ‘ . .i 5 .- ? "Our position is that We should give the trees a ,, 5 3 "'3 - _ L; , " 33 ~72. : \ 8PM: growtng season to see if they'll make it." said lohn ‘ any" ‘ _ ’ he :3 -, ' (home. a representative from the company. . i «K r ' ‘ x . - ‘ < .. , ‘ "it these trees can he preserved. that‘s what we I _’ E 8" 1 o I“, V’ w ‘ ‘ / ‘ Game" Hawks should do," added Wally (Iiastko. his business pannt'r. . . if ‘ Shun)!“ the But on Tuesday morning. Judy received an offer to .4” “7 . > ,5: We -. ‘ i’i‘chaster replace trees shes skeptical of the offer. and the l 1‘. 7.: __ } Alaraude" Winarskis are still looking for ditSWt'rs and criticizing Oi .- - /P ‘ the City for taking so long to enforce its own policies . p “ as ’ .‘ v age 32 j lhe dispute reared its head in the summer and the i ’ " ' ‘ fl “Ha, Winarskis have been in tontatt Willi the (in sln(t‘ ‘ ' 9- ' e , c, s then. l .. “my havent been pleased with the response l\'t‘ii 7‘ ,1 .. r .. _ If _ . after a meeting With the mayor. the Winarskis feel that \ a l h 3" . ' ' e â€" ,1 I‘. ' ‘ 1 their (use isn't hemp, taken seriously ’ . -_ ; , ' _ , ,, ' ' . 1 "Has it come to a point that development dollars ‘ , ‘ 7" ~ L‘s "”_ . . i- ‘ ' . .7, -- Fr’ ‘ \ . ,7 "-‘r' ~“" are more unportatit to the (11V than its own lllllt‘n\7 l X» . a .,A ,2! & _ W & :13 . wondered Daniel, ‘ ~ 1"?" , ”3-1" , :f’f" ‘ And he believes that's because the City is kowtow- . ‘li‘ ”3*“. \ _ ,., . _,_ m mg to the development community. "These develop " ' ' ' ’ ‘ 7 ‘ ' ' , fl ers are coming in from out of town and they're getting l S int walk mm“ we 0 I" more attention than (Waterloo‘si own citiyens " p .< 4 1 After ”W ".ndiffercnt” reaction from tho city. mp isabeile Meissner, 2, picks out a walking stick as she prepares to take part in the third annual ‘s l Winarskis decided to take their fight public 331:3“: ‘" W290“ if (Natal: Wmmigénd: Kefwzlfd‘tmwtawaugloo Park and V 1‘ I s w own n - . 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