OLD LYME TREE COMMISSION
SCHEDULED MEETING, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2018, 4:00 pm
TOWN HALL MEZZANINE CONFERENCE ROOM
52 LYME STREET
Record of votes
ATTENDANCE
Members present: Joanne DiCamillo (regular), Michel Gaffey (regular), Joan Flynn (regular)
Members absent: Emily Griswold (regular), Anne Bing (regular)
Ex-officio members absent: Thomas Degnan, Tree Warden
CALL TO ORDER: 4:04pm
CLERK’S REPORT: vote
The minutes of the May 17, 2018 meeting were approved as written.
BUDGET REPORT: no vote
Paid invoices
2017-2018 final balance
OLD BUSINESS: no vote
Dogwood trees at town hall, memorial flowering cherry at the police station, two oak trees along the shore
List of young trees - update from members on weeding, chairman’s report on pruning, fertilizing and mulching them
NEW BUSINESS: no vote
Communications from town hall
5/22 - 2 Library Lane resident reported tree about to fall on power lines.
6/4 - 9 Lake Drive resident requested removal of a large pine in front of property.
6/5 - 112 Sill Lane resident reported 2 large dead white ash trees.
6/5 - 10 Ferry Road resident requested planting of new trees to replace 4-5 trees taken down on Ferry Road in 2017.
6/8 - 7 Browns Lane resident reported a dead tree in front of property at roadside with large branch hanging over the road.
6/15 - 5 Portland Road resident reported large old oak tree overhanging power lines and several homes.
6/26 - 50 Grassy Hill Road resident requested action on remaining portion of large tree in front of property after a section was removed by Eversource last year when it fell on power lines.
7/12 - 55 Hawks Nest Road resident requested removal of tree on town right-of-way. The tree was recently trimmed in June following an evaluation by the tree warden.
7/16 - tree warden’s meeting with Eversource
MEMBERS REPORTS: no vote
Ornamental cherry at police station - edging and mulching - Michael Gaffey
ADJOURNMENT: vote
The meeting was adjourned at 5:14 pm.
Next scheduled meeting will be held August 16, 2018 at 4:00 P.M. in Old Lyme Town Hall
Martha Hansen, Clerk
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