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Yes. >> Yes. >> I open the uh section of the meeting is the comments from the public. If anyone would like to discuss anything, please come forward and I'll address your question. >> Hello.

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And what I'm thinking now is I remember after supertorm Sandy, people were really clear of these old trees, many of them healthy. And you can understand the temptation to

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do it. But we might lose a lot of healthy old trees can be replaced. And I wonder if there's any guidance that you can give to people about when they're considering

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taking down trees determining health me versus, you know, possible threat. Um what are your thoughts on that? >> I would hope that they were using a reputable tree company that that that company does have arborist uh that would

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do a tree assessment before any kind of work was done. So um that is up to that specific company that they use as far as our guide follow. So outside of that obviously they touch anything that's borrow

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jurisdiction um as far as kind of really you know accountability to the homeowner. I mean, that's something I would look into if they're trying to trees, but I would hope that they're using some of these tree companies would be able to adise some of

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the current. >> Okay, that that's really reassuring. I didn't know they would do that. I kind of thought it might just take the business. >> Well, I mean, it depends what kind of company that they're using. I know there's been a lot of kind of scam type companies that have come through the burrow since this storm, you know, going

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doortodoor, you know, quoting large amounts of money. Homeowners kind of fell into those, you know, predicaments to try to get things done in a quick manner. Those are probably not from a reputable arborist. So, I had

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one thought I had, you know, think There's a lot of cost associated with these trees, right? And I think maybe one, like Mike says, a lot of these trees are on private land. So, we're sort of limited because we're just only municipal land. But one role might be

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that we could educate people about the benefits of trees because I think often what happens with trees is people don't think about the 50, 60, 100 years that the tree is there sucking up water, providing shade for people that are walking on the street. and then it cost $2,500 to take it down

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and they say, "Oh, that's a lot of money." But my economics background says if you factor that out over a 100 years or 50 years or 60 years, all of a sudden the cost is not right. So because the cost hits all at once, people sort of feel that and they kind of take the trees for granted. So personally, I've

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said this before, I think I think Sue Rickardelli actually said one time we could have a booth at the farmers market or something like that. I mean, it's an idea. I'd certainly be willing to go do it just to try and talk to people. you know the benefits of trees so they don't just see them as threats.

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>> So I know we gave the kind of you know shade tree overview in the last plans talk article and there's been you know things from the garden club as well in the plain talk kind of giving the benefits of the tree of trees as a whole. I mean there's something else that I maybe we could just kind of

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continue to put something in the kind of monthly or the quarterly PL just as a friendly reminder to everyone pretty much everyone in the burrow gets that uh specific newslet that consideration.

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>> That's a great idea. Okay, thank you. Anyone else? Okay, seeing as there's no one else, um I'm going to close uh this portion of the meeting. Moving

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forward, no updates budget. Great. Um, miss, before the foresters report, just from a communication standpoint, just want to kind of share how everything's been going so far posttorm and how things will continue to

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go. Um, obviously commission up here has a report from the office of emergency management on what was kind of documented whether down hanging and wires and damage to property or vehicles. Um so that has

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been kind of the priority there. So as far as kind of the cleanup efforts, um the first kind of response piece is our road department. They're running two shifts a day doing chipping and then cutting. Um they work all weekend and

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they're going to continue to do that for the foreseeable future. Um I know there is uh kind of work and looking into kind of some shared resources from some other count that weren't impacted as much as as ours was. So these are kind of things that are being done. We do have lists of

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kind of what was impacted monitor the work that's being done. Um and at some point once all the work's done a full comprehensive report and kind of think of ways to move forward to replant those affected areas.

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Moving forward to the foresters report. Dave unfortunately is not here this evening. Can I ask a question? >> Yeah, sorry. Just for clarity. So you said the budgets okay? >> So are all all of these trees that are

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listed here on the chiefs report? Those are all those are all done by. >> So the the goal that's being done EPW is doing everything humanly possibly they can to Sure.

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>> Anything that was obviously there's things that are listed on wires. GCP had to do a lot of work to obviously restore power and things as such. So this list and anything that's going to be reviewed as a memo that says storm is not being

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imped ordinances in conversation with the mayor. That's how that's will not come out of our budget. We will continue to do our regular work as we see fit which is what's listed on here figures and

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obviously when we continue to do more assessments as we go through and res have to try to identify whether storm or not storm but we will go through kind of storm process for the next few weeks as far as

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where did the funding come from to take down the other trees or you're not If you emergency plains, Mars County, all the towns Hopefully that's what happens. >> So they be FEMA funds Frank we're going

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to be reimbured for for this but it's not affecting our budget. No, this is not we've had plenty of conversations that this is our focus is only our regular work and pull out anything else that you know department hasn't seen wasn't listed here outside

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of that we're just kind of contin I'm sorry I just I want to make sure I'm clear on what the process is. So one of the memos that came through said storm on them thanks That's not coming out. Correct. No. So those are really what I did

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there. So some of those are on this list and some things that are outside the list. What I was doing is just so visibility as a commission to everything that's going

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for visibility. So if you see, you know, you're see this list pretty much here, but if you're seeing We're trying to figure that out. Did you guys see it somewhere? based on what I saw and I not saw what I

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was told yet there was an emergency situation My other question I guess is how are we going to obviously like there's other things that maybe aren't as clear

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or whatever. So how are we going to identify the storm that needs to I know you said no to this not make sure that my concern is just you know I don't know what

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deadlines for it has to be by a certain time or window what it is otherwise There's really no window on it. I mean the focus is clean and half. So as they're going through

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the pickup, they're also doing anything that's not for the next >> correct listing. These are obvious starting today. So we just use our judgment. There I saw I thought

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I didn't know what the money report was unable to make it even swamps instead of the burrow. Uh so 264 this is the recycling center. Uh there

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is a dead tree that was hanging over one of the dumpsters. 24 to 365. Um I spoke to the resell and believe it was property. I spoke with a homeowner at that

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location and informed them that there's no property behind 643 Hillside Avenue. Uh this was taken care of within a day of it happening. Um the school's kind of

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d like building 2644. between the top of the country of this. So the recommendation to go in and prune the top

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trees is two trees uh 12 248 Hilton Road in front of house. Uh this isn't county was already called and 264 2646 33

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claims that shed property there just 2647.

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This is from American Road. There's a tree that's wire concern work. >> No. I just said something. Unfortunately, there's no 2648

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res00 trees right here. Um the same thing 2650 uh 346 don't know which tree that was like You'll see a lot of

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neighborh 2651 community parks authority stated that there was a tree to the left picture. Um so that is a 24 to 36 removal

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and removal of 240 I'm just ask so wonder if they're done at the same time because So you know I know last year

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this area I would say yes area that we should probably I just want to see what you think. 26529. Some of these trees we actually

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have two trees at 1200 each00. 53. Okay, that's it. >> 2658. >> Yeah. This should

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should be the trees. I put them both on. So, one country needs to be 24620. Then I'm going to work this right now. 265. This is the road.

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This tree has actually been in the past and still has a lot of debt. The recommendation is removal 36 plus 36 26 56

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there. 24 36 26 57. This is actually >> a lot of um this weekend they shift as So they

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shipping works of paper 26 268. Uh this was not country list once we get to kind of business section

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One here by the entrance of the library. They can cut the trade. No problem. 26 24 36 on 95. tree is not 246. So

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everything that's regular work to approve I second. I pulled everything for this meeting. So we focus storm damage goal

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process that we can go through. So as far as new business obviously some of these other look at the way that the town was impacted obviously the entire town was impacted but there was some of the impacted more than others

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seems to be really where the entr came down, whatever you want to call it, but it just a lot of things that are hanging on some of these other They aren't

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just 26 59 Greenwood Road 3260 Park. 261 came down. There was some 62.

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Um This was extremely large as well. Karen has gotten some phone calls when picked up and things. I would really appreciate patience on

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the efforts department. They're getting everything. as quickly as humanly possible if not physically work hours into a weekend. So just some

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kind of clean up effort there will continue once the storm clean up is done. So rush prior that brush will be picked up during the clean

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right now too, right? I believe that is these different things. Um here in the bur we are putting everything restorative.

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Thank you. I thought you 26 36. So this is going to be the rest of the storm. Yes. So in the property,

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so I wasn't sure which wire. >> No. So, you can't reach was coming in and going around started today. >> We should figure out 264 last year's

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piece in the back. She stated that property damage 265 range from down. All these

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2666 road damage but wedged in between two other trees Probably one of the most interesting trees that got damaged by road

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tree. break two small rooms out68 52 the resident stated tree that's leaning across it's a tree that's now taking worm

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so That was just >> there. Correct. >> 2669. The reser between 35 property on the trees. 671. This is

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Drive 2672. actually all the trees home from that property pretty damage. So there's that tree that fell

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there's trees again 34 and 42 that's just I went out there. This was an email that I received. Yeah, I wrote this downirect.

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>> How does work? Because I was told One of the res and that he has not allowed it. >> So beyond the own prior to that.

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>> The homeowner who has the tree on their yard and then follow that great protection of everybody. I saw that one too. That was really one of the smallest streets in the

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probably the most impacted street in the entire Um everything kind of pushed over from the boots. This is just forever leftwise

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will be put through. They're trying to take as much of this out as they possibly 2675 my favorite memo. Four of the large trees along the pond

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have fallen into the kind of little retention basis basin there. Uh three of the other ones are leaning held up by other trees. the area. This is going to kind of be like a

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phases that I have for the tree that fell across the road there. 36 cleaned up what they could but the reason

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that's Office question from one of the residents about this on that area. >> They are having marking trees. Do you know because one of the residents on either Thompson who had all that said

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>> one of the res and then the other questions going Thompson might reach out asking if neighbors have trees that are dead now. Do you know the respons treat that on property. I really hope

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that that take accountability and kind of remove it. Um, so >> my experience has been when insurance companies usually ask that it doesn't touch or something like that.

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person then the insurance I would highly suggest concern. It's usually Just a question. Officer doesn't

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do that. It's always insurance. I was just suggest I know they're watching so that any other Can you see it? The half of the tree.

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>> Yes. As I find out more about any Please obviously let me know um and I'll continue to kind of provide updates as I'm given them from department on the phone with everyone

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constantly since this has happened between departments. question 45 road I don't Second, we might want to add that on there.

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different. >> Okay. So in that part there were removing everything with >> it. Anything else related to damage?

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Let's receive it. But I just let you know before that's going on. question. So stop by 7:40. So we still have

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or anyone else. I just have a couple business. So, there's a tree at the corner northwest corner of Styles Avenue and we talk about

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that. I wanted to thank Ivy and Billy for here for figuring out a way to save it. Unfortunately, the block. So I just want to let people know about one thing

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issue but especially troop was upset. That's not necessarily our job, but maybe change the

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John and myself let us know obviously it's construction over that true is

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by all trees that are ins I understand what happened which is that they had the work already but in any case I just want to let people know that that is what's going on

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the best I did pretty hard to save. So I was hopeful that I sent everything and then

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there was also a little problem. So a lot of time. I was trying to think, you know, a lot of people talking about what we might do,

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not the trees coming down our fault, but what we do in order to try and proactively get in front of some of these issues. So, I just was wondering

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ideas that might make a difference. I said a lot of trees down trees. those trees in half. It wasn't like a couple. And so there's

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crazy and it was it was information. I think the second half of the year in the budget, you know, whether or not it'll probably budget

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I was going to say you have to maintain your make sure talking about things like don't know storm behind my house and

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see We can't do that. We have to be maintaination. Thanks for sharing. I think we got so two things that I thought of. So one is I was looking I was trying to look and see you know what we have for mitigation

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practices management and I know we have office we don't have as far as I'mware about four steps, right? Okay. One of the things that might be in there would be

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more regular dist and we should be watching them because you know I don't like to If you go down like I do, you know, that's not important to maintain someone like that.

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to cut back on their spend for work and so unfortunately we oft in the head. I told you guys about that

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for a cost analysis. The other thing is that I want to mention is I was reading when I was reading the old management plan I noticed that right after one of the things they learned from the damage in Sandy was that they need more

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train and so was that either a member of the commission or a member should go I think that next year we're not going to be seeing something

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right now better. So, you know, I think that went to the conference last, you know, I don't think our faults, but I think we should be doing everything trying to

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do a better job. I feel so back. I will help person even if someone would just work or something like that

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in terms of what we're looking at and how I I'm sorry. wonder. Okay. I think we do more talc issues

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process. So I think that's a longer Cess don't have any They don't have the person to go around the book saying that

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you want someone process We don't have time. >> Anyone else have anything? He asked me to get back to me. >> Those are from us. >> It's from from the fall and from the spring. These

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are the memo from Can I check it?