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Minutes October 14, 2004
Lexington Town Tree Committee
Lexington, MA
Present: John Frey, Chairman, Jim Jones, Karen Longeteig, Susan Solomon, Anne Senning, Scribe, David
Pinnsoneault, Superintendent Public Grounds. Absent: Nell Walker, Jim Wood, Jeanne Krieger, Selectmen Liaison
Minutes of 9/9/04 meeting accepted.
Minutes of 9/16/04 meeting will be emailed or sent to all committee members. They had been sent to John but his
e-mail was down.
Report by John Frey from Board of Selectmen Committee Chair Meeting 10/13/04. Open Meeting Laws: Meeting
announcements should be posted in advance. Emails should be used for information only. Working sessions should
be less than a quorum (4). Records should be brief, but include all actions. Use of town counsel is discouraged;
committees should work through their committee liaisons. Warrant articles are due by December 31, 2004, but
should be submitted as early as possible.
Report from David Pinnsoneault, Superintendent of Public Grounds
Since October 1, 2001 there have been 216 calls. 141 were resolved, i.e. either no trees were effected or they met
the requirements of the by law. 316 trees were approved for removal. 724 trees required to be replanted.
In the Forestry Division, since January 1, 2004, 98 trees were removed, 100 trees were pruned, 17 trees were
planted, 3 trees were treated.
Email from Greg Shenstone was discussed. D Pinnsoneault will follow up on this matter.
Report by John Frey on Meeting with Dawn McKenna, John Frey and Jim Wood. Suggestion was made that
funding for the initial phase of the Tree Inventory come from the Town DPW and MIS budgets as it primarily
comes under those areas.
Report by Anne Senning on the 9/23/04 meeting at Tufts with Denise Castronovo and Sherri Brokopp of the
Community Forest Partnership, Jim Jones, John Frey, Karen Longeteig and Anne Senning of the Lexington Tree
Committee. Reviewed levels of ESRI software, transfer of files from CAD to GIS, and the continuing CFP /
Lexington Partnership.
Report by Karen Longeteig on Tree Identification Training Sessions 9/29/04, 10/5/04. Two sessions were held in
which participants identified specimens of branches with leaves with the help of several books and human
resources. Training session for measuring took place 10/11/04 with Jesse from CFP. Second scheduled 10/14/04
with Sherri from CFP.
Report by Anne Senning on 10/05/04 meeting, Kathy Miller, Matt Perry, New England ESRI representatives,
Connie Rawson, David Bordenca, Jan Comey, MIS department, David Pinnsoneault, DPW, Peter Karalexis,
Engineering department, John Frey, Susan Solomon, Anne Senning, Tree Committee, Sherri Brokopp, Community
Forest Partnership. Issues: Tree inventory project, license cost and CFP grant, Lexington AutoCAD layers,
projected completion 3/2005, conversion to GIS, level of ESRI software needed for Lexington, cost, timing of
installation, integration with existing software.
Discussion of supplies for four Inventory kits instead of two since a paper survey will be done for the pilot project
this fall.
Memorial Tree Brochure. Report by Karen Longeteig that brochure is on hold until Jeanne Krieger’s report about
funding mechanism for the Selectmen’s Tree Gift.
Committee voted to send two Tree Manuals to Newburyport Tree Committee.
Next meeting November 18, 2004 (postponed from our expected date of November 11 because of the holiday on
that day.)
Submitted by Anne Senning