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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>BCN</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'> Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>This should be of interest to all.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Donnie <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Donnie Dann<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Highland Park/Lake County</span></font><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span
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class=cnnheadline31><b><font size=4 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'> is for the birds </span></font></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=articlefullsubhead1><font size=1 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>New bylaw hopes to stop bird and
building collisions </span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:red'>By <st2:GivenName w:st="on">STUART</st2:GivenName>
GREEN</span></font></b></span><span class=articlefullbyline1><b><font size=1
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=articlefullpubdate1><font size=1 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jan. 12, 2006 </span></font></span><font
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</span></font><span class=articlefulltext1><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A flap over thousands of migratory
bird deaths could turn <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Toronto</st1:City></st1:place>
into the world's leading defender of our fine feathered friends. </span></font></span><span
class=articlefulltext1><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>On Monday, the city's planning committee backed
calls for new policies respecting existing and new buildings as well as an
awareness campaign to reduce by half the number of migratory bird deaths caused
by collisions with windows. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>"Today is a huge day," said <st1:PersonName
w:st="on"><st2:GivenName w:st="on">Michael</st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn w:st="on">Mesure</st2:Sn></st1:PersonName>,
executive director of Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP). "This is
something we've been dreaming about for a long time; getting a partnership with
the city to work toward a lighting bylaw in order to save birds' lives." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>City staff estimates that as many as 10,000
birds are killed during the spring and fall migratory periods. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>The intent of the new policies and campaign is
to reduce that number while also reducing energy costs. New buildings will be
required to include bird-friendly design as part of the planning process while
existing building owners, particularly in the downtown core where mortalities
are highest, will be advised twice a year when to turn off the lights at night.
The program would have lights shut off between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. from
mid-March to early June and mid-August to early November. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>"Now that <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Toronto</st1:City></st1:place> is passing a bylaw, it will be the
first city in not only the continent but the world to do this," Mesure
said. "It's a win-win situation. Not only do birds get saved, but money
and energy get saved as well." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>The city has already taken a leading role in the
initiative. At Metro Hall a program is in place that has not only saved the
lives of hundreds of birds, but has saved the city $200,000 in hydro costs each
year simply by shutting off lights. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Ward 15 Councillor and committee member <st1:PersonName
w:st="on"><st2:GivenName w:st="on">Howard</st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn w:st="on">Moscoe</st2:Sn></st1:PersonName>
(Eglinton-Lawrence) called the initiative one of the more
"interesting" ones the city has undertaken. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>"Now when people say <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Toronto</st1:City></st1:place> is for the birds they'll mean
literally as well as figuratively," he joked. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>The problem is not limited to downtown, though. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>In Ward 38 <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Councillor <st1:PersonName
w:st="on"><st2:GivenName w:st="on">Glenn</st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn w:st="on">De
Baeremaeker</st2:Sn></st1:PersonName></st1:PersonName>'s (Scarborough
Centre) area, the mirrored facade of the <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Consilium Place</st1:address></st1:Street> office towers near the
Scarborough Town Centre may have been responsible for hundreds of bird deaths
as well. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>But not all councillors are convinced the plan
will work. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Ward 34 Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong (Don
Valley East) said he is concerned about the impact of building code changes on
the development industry. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>"We should know what the financial
implications are," he said. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>The issue goes to council for approval at the
end of the month.</span></font><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:navy'>Heather</span></font></st2:GivenName><font size=1 color=navy
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'> <st2:Sn
w:st="on">Ray</st2:Sn></span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=1 color=navy
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'> - <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Director, Resource & Partnership Development<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>hm. off: 905-985-2984<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cell: 905-718-1292<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=1 color=navy face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><a
href="mailto:heather@flap.org"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>mailto:heather@flap.org</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><a
href="http://www.flap.org/"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://www.flap.org</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=1
color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:navy'>Royal</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font size=1 color=navy
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Bank</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Plaza</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
size=1 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
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