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A4 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, May 9, 2001 Shell Park trees relocated by developer By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Trees that just last weekend stood majestically on the former Shell lands, are now watching over Shell Park's skateboard park and east soccer field. Thanks to a developer's gesture of goodwill, a few of Oakville's mighty oaks -- as well as white pine, cedar, red maple, white ash -- have found a new home in Shell Park. Officials from the Town of Oakville and Metrus Development Inc., the company developing the former Shell lands, were in Shell Park Monday to witness the transplant of the first 15-ft. evergreen. It was the first of 50 trees to be transplanted from its development land to the park. Metrus is paying the bill -- $15,000 -- for a large tree spade and the man power to transplant the trees, which have an estimated value of another $15,000. Fast Forest Inc., owner of the $170,000 80-inch diameter tree spade. is performing the transplanting. One-third of the 300-acre Metrus will be saved as a woodlot open to the public as trail and creek walkways. The development includes 28 new streets and 1,400 new homes. "These 50 trees were outside of the large wooded area to be preserved," said Oakville Parks & Recreation's assistant director of operations Chris Mark. "Companies like Metrus not only have the will to improve our communi ty, but the means," he said. "It's a community service to try to keep as much greenery around our pro ject as possible," said Metrus Development Inc. vice-president Bob Hooshley. The transplanted trees were all deemed healthy enough to relocate, said Town landscape architect Brett Lucyk. The Metrus initiative is part of the Parks & Recreation Department's new Community Connections program. "Partnerships are not always about money. They're about finding ways of working together for a stronger com munity," said Mark. He called the tree rescue "an initia tive that will save valuable tree resources while benefiting Shell Park." Lucyk said the trees are "instant shade" for Shell Park's skateboard park and eastern soccer field and will buffer new homes from the park. With site plan work now underway, construction will begin in early 2002, said Hooshley. "We still get people tearing a strip off us, but people don't realize what a good arrangement we got with this developer," said Ward 1 Councillor Ralph Robinson. Other initiatives that have happened thanks to the Parks & Recreation-initi ated Community Connections H a l t o n L in e n O u t l e t A n n u a l T e n t S a le O n ly 2 W e e k s Left Unbelievable Blowout Pricing On Assorted Comforters < £Duvet Covers with Shams in Twin, Double & Queen at up to 7 0 % o f f Regular Retail $79.99-$ 159.99 IWM k|rtU/$1 0 W- $d 0 " I# " 7 from O v e nM it t s& QQ P o tH o ld e r s ·# # e Assorted Bed Skirtsn n < ·. 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