OLD LYME TREE COMMISSION AGENDA
SCHEDULED MEETING, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018
TOWN HALL MEZZANINE CONFERENCE ROOM
52 LYME STREET
4:00 PM
Record of Votes
ATTENDANCE – no vote
Members present: Joanne DiCamillo (regular), Anne Bing (regular), Michael Gaffey (regular) Joan Flynn (alternate)
Members absent: Emily Griswold (regular)
Ex-officio members absent: Thomas Degnan, Tree Warden
Guest: Nicholas Vallas - Bartlett Tree Company
CALL TO ORDER: the meeting was called to order at 4:00 P.M.
OLD BUSINESS – vote
Chairman Joanne DiCamillo authorized Joan Flynn, Alternate, to vote in place of Emily Griswold.
Dogwood trees in front of town hall – approved recommendation to Mr. Degnan, Tree Warden, for structural pruning of the three dogwood trees in front of town hall.
ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN - vote
Joanne DiCamillo was elected Chairman of the Tree Commission for 2018.
CLERK’S REPORT - vote
Approval of meeting minutes: February 15, 2018 were approved as presented.
BUDGET REPORT - no vote
Balance
NEW BUSINESS - no vote
Communications:
3/15 - 33 Sill Lane - resident reported dead/dying tree by the roadside on Mill Lane
3/12 - 5 Hillside Road - sugar maple and Norway maple marked for removal by tree warden. Not certain they are town trees.
3/1 - 58 Buttonball Road - new resident reported dead tree in front of home
2/28 - 11 Longacre Lane - resident reported a large tree leaning over wires across from the mailbox at 30 Saunders Hollow Road
2/22 - 7 Sill Lane - ash tree and sugar maple marked for removal
2/21 - 12 Library Lane - resident reported 6/7 small dead trees lining the road in front of home
2/20 - 4 Hillwood East - resident would like to remove a tree that her arborist believes is on town property
Pruning estimates - vote
Review and approved pruning estimates for the dogwood trees at town hall, the ornamental cherry at the police station, a white oak located on Hawks Nest Road and an oak at the corner of Liberty and Prospect
MEMBERS’ REPORTS - no vote
Mrs. DiCamillo - follow up to member’s suggestion for tree planting adjacent to Rogers Lake Dam
ADJOURNMENT - vote
The meeting was adjourned at 5:35 P.M.
Next scheduled meeting will be held MAY 17, 2018 at 4:00 P.M. in Old Lyme Town Hall
Joanne DiCamillo, Acting Clerk
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