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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-05-14-TREE-min Lexington Tree Committee Minutes for May 14, 2009 Attending: Jewel Kuljian John Frey, Jeanne Krieger, Dave Pinsonneault, Karen Longetieg, Gerry Paul, Jim Wood 1. Jim Wood was appointed as scribe. 2. The minutes of April 16, 2009 were approved. 3. Tree Wardens Agenda items-Dave Pinsonneault 3.1 By-Law Report-639 sites visited, 506 sites closed, 794 trees to be removed, 587 trees have been removed, 1927 trees to be planted, 1201 trees have been planted, total diameter-inches removed 1104, resulting in $ 11,040 in fees collected since 8/04/08 Tree Nursery-Town water is on, all trees have irrigation drip line installed. A listing of what trees were planted and in which row/hole was handed out. 3.2 John Livsey reported on the following planned action for the Butterfield and Old Reservoir Dams. Dam stabilization will be accomplished by driving steel sheet piling into the dam and then capping with concrete. This method will result in the maximum number of trees to be preserved on the dam. This summer all of the scrub trees will be removed. Next 1-2 years all required trees and stumps will be removed to allow equipment to operate on the dam tops. 3.3 Tree Inventory Update-Interns Fred MacDonald (a Clark senior) and Yianni Laskaris (a Northeastern junior) will be working through June 30, 2009. More volunteers would be helpful for tree inventory and for locating future planting areas for maturing trees in the Nursery. 3.4 Belfry Hill-All trees and shrubs scheduled to be planted have been planted. Belfry Hill workday is Saturday May 16, 2009 and volunteers are needed. Tasks are the pulling of Garlic Mustard, cleaning up trash, and removing as many invasive species as time allows. 3.5 Planting locations for Matt Foti donated trees. Anne Senning developed a planting location plan, which will be sent to Matt. 3.6 Recommended tree list for the Tree Manual-No action has been taken on revising the existing tree list. When it is completed we will print the number of Tree Manuals that the available $1200.00 will allow. 3.7 Battle Green Master Plan Meeting-John Frey and as many other Tree Committee members that can make it will attend the meeting. th 3.8 Lexington received the Tree City USA for the 20 year at the ceremony in Sturbridge MA on 5/08/09. 4. Friends of Trees-Gerry, Jewel, John will work on obtaining volunteers for the Belfry Hill workday. 5. Web site-Karen will update the site with the Winter Moth information. Respectfully submitted by scribe, Jim Wood