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into the Tree Fund for our planting projects. On the question of whether the Conservation Commission takes precedence over the Tree Committee, Chris said the answer is "no ". The CC may put a special Order of Conditions on the site, but the Tree Bylaw still holds. Chris also noted the lag in the "Closed Out" numbers. He will work on closing the gap. b. Budget/Forestry division additional arborist request: Chris said it had been approved by the Town Manager. There will probably be some internal shifts of workers. c. Meeting time /date review: After discussion, it was decided to keep the same "second Thursday" and 7:30 a.m. time. d. Tree Bylaw amendment proposal: Selectman Norm Cohen is reviewing our draft. e. DigSafe process: postponed. L GPS training: Anne will follow up. g. Location for 2013 Arbor Day tree planting: John and Karen will go see Hastings Park and Clark Street to make recommendation to Garden Club. h. Info on high school Fitzgerald Field tree - cutting: Postponed to better weather. i. Nursery: In a general review of nursery procedures, Chris said he would like to buy more trees commercially for ordinary street -tree use, and use our nursery for rare and smaller trees. The reason is to get larger, "landscape- sized" trees for the streets. He said our nursery tree stock needs to be reviewed and root -bound items composted. After much discussion the following was moved, seconded and approved unanimously: That Chris will come back with a strategy, with a chart and numbers, on how to get 130 trees in the ground for 2013: i. Evaluate our own nursery; cull and identify stock ready to go out ii. Order bare -root trees for spring and fall dormancy planting iii. Order in advance a quantity of balled & burlapped trees to be held (watered, fed) at a commercial nursery and to be withdrawn as needed, for non - dormant planting. John noted that TC members will have to aid Anne in vetting the potential planting sites. Anne will extract the 265 potential sites so they can be divided up and visited. At Chris's request, Anne will also write some PR inviting the public to request a street tree planting in front of their houses. (These could be either street trees or set -back trees, depending on suitability of sites.) - Nursery order: Jim said our suppliers couldn't get two of the trees, Maackia and Cotinus. He will email the list around to rest of Committee to recommend exact cultivars of the ones that Bailey's does have. - Species to be planted in nursery this spring: Although species have been selected and numbers assigned, this may need re- evaluation after Chris comes back with the Strategy.