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wm'tzituxi CHleCLB - Wednesday, lime to, eon - 5 City ' ts m' $286 000 [aim f win rm (1 pl] , C 01‘ ter StO _ e ~. W . ‘ - . normal operating expenses. tree replace- thosetreesweiedamagedor ’~ - _ ‘ £1,;$ew.) men! or canopy restoration, and loss of Since tree restoration is an he!“ cost ‘ ' .- . J -- ’3‘ in; ”w . income, wages, profits or revenue. for provincial funding, the city is actively : ", . . "‘1 5““ ”" " ' MW - The fund is only available to municipali- seeking other funding or grant opportunities ’ , 33c. ' f '. .- ties that did not declare an emergency and to help cover those costs. The city has - - ti. . ' ., ’ ' ‘ ‘ apply for Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance already been denied an application under ' - h ’ ,t ' 4 a Program. To help pay for the cleanup. the the TD Friends of the Environment grant city used $254,000 from its $300,000 storm and were told the application did not fit the q reserve fund. established in the last budget intent of the program. process The city had applied for $l5.000 to help Waterloo's tree canopy took a beating in facilitate community tree planting events 20B, when nearly 2,000 trees were darnawd and would have kicked in $10,000 ofiis own or lost as a result of the April ice storm, the money. Waterloo plans to apply for the it) July Windstorm and the December ice Green Streets grant later this year or early storm. The 1,943 trees does not include next year to help fund replanting efforts green spaces or woodlots and the city still “We're still looking into any other plant hasn't been able to determine how many of ing programs that come up." Kacey said. The city is looking to the province to help pay fordarnage incurred by December's Ice storm. featunng - - . ”WYO BYlAllnslAOKSON move forward with the application last Chronicle Staff week. ' if \M f 7 When the ice storm hit late last year, r11 he city has submitted an expression Waterloo North Hydro received its first of interest in applying for nearly reported power outage at 3 am. on Dec. 22 W $300,000 in provincial funding to help and as many as 9,300 people in Waterloo cover some of the trusts associated with the were without power over the course of the December ice storm that downed trees and storm as freezing rain weighed down tree cut power throughout Waterloo. limbs and Wind and snow caused them to by Under the Ontario Ice Storm Asststance break. Program. Waterloo will apply for $286,000 to The City estimates the total bill from the .- 1» .3 fl . . . . cover the costs of contractors and other ice storm could top $1 million, including '- V I} 3 I a 3‘ a.- | internal expenses assotiatcd With the $335,000 in initial costs and another " .. if cleanup $650,000 in replanting costs. The province . 5 ' Q ' l N “Most of it is for the contractors to clear has stipulated which costs are eligible and 7 a" 2 [hr roadways, the paths and the parts where ineligible for funding. ,i_ . ’~"- ‘7' there were safety concerns.” said ('assandra Eligible costs include (1N5 of immediate 1- .. l. " ’ ’ ' "i Pact-y. a financial analyst With the city emergency response (such as warming cen- 3. . r “ - the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Hex), cleaning fallen trees and broken ' 3" 3 Housing established the It 0 Storm Assn branches from roads. sidewalks and other " » t tam 0 Program in response- to “member's routes to protect public health and safety. ‘ ' ' . 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