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Town of Lexington Lexington Tree Committee Minutes October 13, 2011 A meeting of the Lexington Tree Committee was held October 13, 2011, 7:30-9:30 a.m. at the Samuel Hadley Public Services Bldg., Rm 125. A quorum of five was present. Members Present: John Frey (Chair); Karen Longeteig; Deborah Mauger (Selectman Liaison); Gerry Paul; Nell Walker; David Pinsonneault (Tree Warden/Manager of Operations)55; Chris Filadoro (Public Grounds Superintendent). Members absent: Jewel Kuljian, Anne Senning, James Wood. The meeting acted on the following items: 1. Nell Walker was appointed as scribe, and the minutes of Sept 9, 2011 were approved as corrected. 2a. Due to time constraints, agenda items 2d -2f were moved up to the usual Bylaw Tree applications and activity. The Tree Warden's report is included in Item 2d. 2b. Builder adherence to the Tree Bylaw is an important question that has continued over a period of time in committee discussions (see Tree Committee minutes of 9/8/2001). Deb Mauger was asked if a DPW employee could help us work out the builder adherence to the tree Bylaw.Dave P. committed to finding a way to give visibility to approved Tree Removal Applications (possibly emailing his spreadsheet). He also said he would explore forwarding of notification of building commissioner granting occupancy. 2c. Nursery. The brush fixed cutter is to be delivered to John's driveway off Rhodes St. To do: schedule work days at nursery. All. Anne reports 90 trees to tag before leaf fall. Setback and street trees will be cleared by DigSafe prior to planting. Water main repaired by Jim and John after Sept. 15. Realign irrigation row valves to avoid mechanical damage. Repair or install new fabric weed barrier. Stake and prune appropriate trees. All. Chris has the tree watering list. See 2e. John and Anne did a search for additional tree planting locations. At Maple and Mass. Ave traffic island, storm Irene downed a Norway Maple. Dave P. sees this as a "visibility issue ", thinking not to replace it. 2d. There have been the following Tree removal applications and activity since July 22: Total calls 776 Total closed 686 Total to remove 965 Total removed 838 Total to plant 2338 Total planted 1756 Since 08/04/08 a total of 3,683 in. permitted diameter were removed and a total of $36,830 collected.