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Town of Lexington Lexington Tree Committee Minutes April 14, 2011 A meeting of the Lexington Tree Committee was held on April 14, 2011, 7:30-9:30 a.m. at the Samuel Hadley Public Services Bldg, Rm 125. A quorum of seven was present. Members present: John Frey, (Chair), Jewel Kuljian, Karen Longteig, David Pinsonneault, (Operations Manager), Gerry Paul, Anne Senning, Nell Walker, James Wood. Also Jane Beswick, Friends of Trees and Commemorative/Memorial Trees. Member Absent: Deborah Mauger, Selectman Liaison. The meeting acted on the following items: Nell Walker was appointed as scribe, and the minutes of March 10, 2011, were approved as corrected. Tree Warden David Pinsonneault’s report: 2a. There has been the following Tree removal applications and tree activity as of April14, 2011 Total calls: 742 Total closed: 641 Total to plant: 2263 Total planted: 1531 Total to remove: 939 Total removed: 767 Since 08/04/08, a total of 3211” in permitted tree diameter was removed and total $32,110 transferred to the General Fund. Tree Inventory: 2b. The inventory will most likely not use college interns this season. There has Been no word from the DCR at this time. We plan to continue the inventory of public trees using Tree Committee Members and other volunteers. The inventory will use a hand-held computer with a GIS database. Each eligible tree will be recorded establishing: location, species, common and botanic name, date planted, accession number and also a FID number. Nursery: 2c. April23 is the big day for new trees. Preparation includes removing pipes and weed barrier to allow new holes to be dug; finalize planting day guidelines for volunteers; trunk cones are particularly of benefit to reduce trunk and bark wounds from animals; make tree tags with common and botanic name, date planted in nursery and FID #. The final order shows ninety native species from Bailey’s Nursery: Species Qty Price Total Acer sac Fall Fiesta® Sugar Maple PP11,119 Wh 6' 10 $18.55 $185.50 Carpinus caroliniana Blue Beech 5' 10 $23.90 $239.00 Cercis canadensis MN Strain Redbud 4' 10 $16.10 $161.00 Halesia carolina Silverbell 1" 10 $29.15 $291.50 Magnolia Moonglow® Sweet Bay PP12,065-white Ct #5 Cl 10 $29.25 $292.50 Platanus x acerifolia Bloodgood Planetree OR 6' 10 $18.30 $183.00 Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak 6' 10 $26.75 $267.50 Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak 5' 10 $22.50 $225.00 Ulmus americana Valley Forge American Elm OR LB 6' 10 $18.60 $186.00 TOTALS 90 $2,031.00 This new stock will spend three years in the nursery with each root ball in its special grow bag. Volunteers 2d. : Planting day requires a number of volunteers, since there is a protocol of guidelines to plant a bare root tree and many hands are needed. Three rows out of 20 will receive final prep: (root pruning, Hydrogel root bath, check of correct i.d.tag and proper planting Warrant Article 31: The Tree Bylaw 2e. Gerry Paul, who successfully guided the Bylaw change through 2011 Town Meeting, described the campaign to have the Bylaw apply to all