The city wants to let the public know how it plans to regulate trees on private property.

While the city waits for the province to let it know whether it will grant it the authority to control what happens to trees on undeveloped properties, councillors on the civic community services committee told bureaucrats Tuesday it wants them to initiate public consultations on its existing bylaw and future plans to regulate trees on private residential properties.

Coun. Cindy Gilroy said the public consultations are necessary because many Winnipeggers don’t realize the city already has the authority to determine what happens to trees on private properties “adjacent to a street” through the bylaw process.

Gilroy (Daniel McIntyre) said while councillors want to protect the city’s tree canopy, that

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