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Minutes of the Lexington Tree Committee Meeting October 9, 2008 Present: John Frey, Chairman; David Pinsonneault, Tree Warden; Committee members: Jewel Kuljian, Karen Longeteig, Gerry Paul, Anne Senning, Nell Walker. Absent: Jeanne Krieger, Jim Wood 1. Appoint Nell Walker as scribe and approve the minutes of Sept. 13, 2008. 2. Tree Warden’s agenda items and Bylaw report: David Pinsonneault a} Bylaw report: 615 sites visited/470 closed; 754 to remove/522 removed; 1,814 to replant/1,156 have been planted. As of 8/4/08 $4200 collected in fees, which goes to the General Fund. b) (1) The $7200 award recently received from DCR for our April 2008 grant application must be used October 2008 forward. (2) New DCR grant available: The state encourages us to select planting areas (neighborhoods) where tree planting is welcomed. Mapped planting sites are available on Grant, Fletcher and Mass. Ave. The 2008 intern inventory documentation is the basis for a planting plan. Anne, John and David are in charge of the grant application, due 11/1/08. c) 2008 fall tree planting locations: 34 sites are designated on major streets: Mass. Ave., Waltham St. and Worthen Rd. A crew working from detailed inventory maps selected sites for fall and spring planting. Project is funded by the $24,000 tree budget voted by Town Meeting. d) Homeowner Tree planting agreement. D. Pinsonneault drafted specs enabling owners to request a tree in their front yard. The tree will be the sole responsibility of the property owner after one year. The draft was accepted and will be incorporated into the Tree Manual after Town Counsel looks into the legal aspects. e) Tree Nursery : Dave P. wants to postpone 2009 spring additions. We should be charting the survival rate, doing more operational planning and maintenance and looking at good nursery practices. Example: rodent damage to stems is evident and needs a solution such as expandable trunk guards. Management options should be discussed. f) Bittersweet Eradication Day Sept. 20: Volunteers cut down many large vines near Middleby Rd./Bridge School, but no volunteer had a license to apply herbicide. Next Bittersweet Day: Sat. 10/25/08. g) Discusssion w/Dave Cannon (postponed) 3. Gerry Paul and FOT are working on more extensive plans re invasives, perhaps using the Lincoln Park invasive management plan, now underway, as a model.