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Town of LexingtonLexington Tree Committee Minutes August 9, 2012 A meeting of the Lexington Tree Committee was held on August 9, 2012, 7:40 -9:40 a.m. at the Samuel Hadley Public Services Building, Room 125. A quorum of six was present. Members Present: Chris Filadoro (Superintendent of Public Grounds), John Frey (chair), Karen Longeteig, Anne Senning, James Wood, Jewel Kuljian, Nell WalkerMembers Absent: Deborah Mauger (Selectman Liaison), Gerry Paul The meeting acted on the following items: 1. Scribe: Karen Longeteig was appointed. Minutes: of July 12 were approved with two corrected spellings, "Eisenhauer" and "Meriam ". 2. Tercentennial and Tree Medallion: For funding, Karen will contact Deb Mauger and ask that permission be granted to use funds from the Tree Fund — as an item for the Selectmen's Consent agenda. For the use of any profits from purchases of the medallion, Chris suggested that we designate a tree - related charity, such as a scholarship, a gift, etc. He also noted that there is a "recognition" or PR value to the medallion, which could be used as gifts to deserving supporters of the tree cause, etc. Anne suggested we get the medallion copyrighted in the name of the Tree Committee. It was decided to get them numbered sequentially if possible; another suggestion was that we order "a few" and see how sales go. "A few" might mean 100 vs. the 300 envisioned. The price was discussed but never voted on, and ranged from $10 to $20. Karen moved, and it was seconded, that "The Tree Committee supports the project of a medallion for the Lexington Tercentennial." Unanimously approved. Jim asked what the TC will do to dedicate our Tercentennial Oak on the Green, on the 22 of September. We could also dedicate it on the actual anniversary next March. No action was taken. 3. Tree Management Manual: the work group of John, Anne, and Nell presented bound copies of the draft of the revised manual, the result of 26 meetings. TC members were asked to mark up any edits on hard copy and drop them off in the basket at the DPW by August 16 The next work meeting will be August 21 at 2:30 pm. 4. Tree Warden Agenda items: a. Chris will email us the numbers of calls, etc., according to the Bylaw. e. Nursery Work Date: John and Jim will arrange between themselves for burying the feedline. f. Tree inventory, tree maps, GIS: Chris stated the need to train or re -train people on the GPS system. Anne said she would arrange with Judy Seppala for a training session with MIS; Anne, John, Jim and Karen were interested in attending. Anne said the Inventory could be completed in one summer if we had a trained intern. h. Summer interns: Chris said that one intern, Eisenhauer, has been hired for the summer; the other, Coble, will stay on for fall planting. i. The money has been sent in for the Nickles commemorative tree. It will be installed in early September. John agreed to write thank -you note. Items b, c, d, and g were not addressed. 5. Friends of Trees (see item 4.i. above)