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Town of Lexington, Massachusetts Tree Committee Minutes of Meeting of July 8,2010 A meeting of the Tree Committee was held on July 8, 2010 at 201 Bedford Street, Samuel J. Hadley Building, Room 125. A quorum of 6 was present. Members Present: John Frey, Jewel Kuljian, Gerry Paul, Anne Senning, Nell Walker, Jim Wood. Also, present: David Pinsonneault (Tree Warden), Deb Mauger (Selectmen liaison), Jane Beswick (Friends of Trees). Members Absent: Karen Longeteig. The meeting acted on the following items. 1. Approved minutes of June 10, 2010 with corrections. Appointed Gerry Paul as scribe. 2. Gerry explained a proposed amendment to the tree bylaw. We will ask for input from the Selectmen at their meeting on Monday July 12, 3. Tree Warden items: a. Statistics: 704 total sites, 579 closed; trees to plant 2109, planted 1374; trees to remove 876, removed 691. Fees of $22,550 have been collected for the 2250 inches of trees removed. b. Street tree planting is progressing. Trees have been planted on Fletcher Ave (4), Winchester Drive (6), the visitors center and all crab-apples have been planted. Sourwoods: 3 planted at Harrington, 2 on Winchester Drive. d. Newly planted trees are being watered and will be fertilized in the fall. e. Jane will contact Pat Goddard about watering of trees planted at schools. c. Dave will send information about Essellin tree to Jane. d. Dave reported that he has had no complaints about recent NSTAR pruning. e. Dave reported that some trees do die due to gas leaks but it is very difficult to prove this to National Grid. f. No update on Asian Longhorn beetle at Jamaica Plain. Dave's people inspect for the beetle when doing tree work. g. Dave, John and Jim will review the House bill No. 4791 to understand its impact on Ch. 87 and report back. h. There will be a Tree Nursery work day on Monday July 12, 8:00 am. 4. We agreed to discuss other options for Commemorative Tree markers and ways to streamline the process at our next meeting.