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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1985

MEAN TEMPERATURE

MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE

MEAN DEW POINT

TOTAL EVAPORATION

15.4 DEGREES CELSIUS

13.8 DEGREES CELSIUS

11.0 DEGREES CELSIUS

0.2 DEGREE CELSIUS BELOW NORMAL

0.6 DEGREE CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL

1.2 DEGREES CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL

69.0 MM

=

35.6 MM BELOW NORMAL

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 23.3 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON

JANUARY 23

MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 8.8 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON

JANUARY 10

COMMITTEE REVIEWS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR STANLEY

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AT TODAY'S MEETING OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MEMBERS REVIEWED THE POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR THE STANLEY AREA.

IT WAS NOTED THAT THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS WERE DESIGNED TO TAKE AWAY ALMOST ALL THE ROADSIDE TREES NOT ONLY WITHIN STANLEY BUT ADJACENT TO THE ROADS WHICH MAKE UP THE STANLEY APPROACHES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL SAID THAT THIS MATTER CAME INTO FOCUS AFTER THE PROPOSAL TO FELL A BANYAN TREE AT STANLEY MARKET ROAD WAS BROUGHT TO COUNCIL'S NOTICE BY A MEMBER,

+ IT WAS POINTED OUT BY DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES THAT IN ITS PRESENT STATE THE TREE WAS UNLIKELY TO LAST FOR TOO MANY YEARS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+HOWEVER, MEMBERS CONSIDERED THAT REMEDIAL TREATMENT INCLUDING THE RAISING OF GROUND AROUND THE BASE OF THE TRÉE AND THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL TOPSOIL, MIGHT WELL ALLOW THIS TREE TO BE A FEATURE OF THE LANDSCAPE FOR PERHAPS 20 YEARS OR MORE.

+ IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE COUNCIL WILL BE APPROACHING THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH TO SEE IF THE LAND ON WHICH THE TREE STANDS COULD BE RE-ZONED AS PUBLIC OPEN SPACE SO THAT IT COULD TAKE THE NECESSARY REMEDIAL ACTION, AND TO MEET THE CLEARLY EXPRESSED VIEWS OF THE RESIDENTS OF STANLEY, +

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