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Lexington Tree Committee Town of Lexington, Massachusetts 201 Bedford Street, Samuel Hadley Public Services Building, Room 125 Minutes, Meeting of December 13, 2012 Attendees: John Frey (Chairman), Gerry Paul, Anne Senning, Jewel Kuljian, Karen Longeteig, Jim Wood and Nell Walker (Tree Warden). Also present was Keith Ohmart (Citizens for Lexington Conservation). Absent: Chris Filadoro, (Superintendant of Public Grounds), Deb Mauger (Selectman's liaison). Gerry Paul took his turn as scribe. 1. Minutes of the November 8, 2012 meeting were approved as amended. 2. Karen estimates that about 40 300 anniversary medallions have been sold. Additional locations for sale of medallions suggested were: Buckman Tavern, Spring Town Meeting and Crafty Yankee. 3. Anne updated us on the status of the Tree Management Manual: the illustrations are blurry and are being redone. 4. Tree Warden's agenda items: a) Tree removal activity - Chris's summary is attached. b) The DPW program improvement request for an additional arborist was presented to the Selectman. c) Gerry and Jim presented potential warrant articles for spring town meeting. Gerry will update list with agreed changes. d) Karen will call the High School athletic director and possibly the Town Recreation director to determine why a London Plane tree was cut down at the high school Fitzgerald athletic field. e) The Dig -safe process is now being handled by the Tree Committee. Jim Wood will be making the Dig -safe calls. f) Jewel updated us on the Setback Program status. We agreed to continue to limit the number of trees per site to one. The Committee expressed their appreciation for Jewel's outstanding work. g) For the fall street tree planting, 11 street trees were planted. Additionally, 6 Blue Spruces were planted at Larchmont Inc. h) Judy Seppala will train volunteers on the use of the new tablets (with GPS and camera) to be used for the tree inventory. Tentative dates are: Tues 3/26 9:00 am with Tues April 2 as alternate.