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a. Gang Chen is a 10 year resident of Lexington and a TMM. b. Gloria Bloom has lived in Lexington since 1965 and is also a TMM. c. Kathleen Lenihan, TMM and member of the School Committee, has lived in Lexington since 2000. d. Anne pointed out that members must be prepared to take on tasks of committee work. e. After guests departed at 9:15, TC voted unanimously to request of the Selectmen that the TC expand to 9 members, stating that we have identified 3 qualified members. If this expansion is approved,the TC recommends the appointment of the candidates named above. f. The chair will send invitations to all candidates, inviting them to join pending approval of(e) by the BOS. 5. Tree Management Manual updates a. The black text of Appendix C was approved in May. New red text incorporates the Town's response when Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) was found in town in August. Approved. b. Appendices D&E to these meeting minutes are Appendices VIII and IX of the Tree Management Manual: the Code of Federal Regulations for EAB and Asian Longhorn Beetle (ALB) respectively. For the printed versions, only the Massachusetts quarantine areas will be listed. Other areas can be found in the referenced URLs. Approved. 6. Best Practices Recommendations for Planting (Appendix F): the first section of the draft document, Tree Siting,was discussed. a. Anne disagrees that trees may be planted under wires. b. Further discussion of whether homeowners can refuse to have a tree planted in the right of way in front of their house is needed, preferably with Chris present. c. A vote was tabled until next meeting. 7. Meeting was adjourned at 9:30-ish.