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Town of Lexington Lexington Tree Committee Minutes August 8, 2013 A meeting of the Lexington Tree Committee was held on August 8, 2013, beginning at 7:30 AM, at the Samuel Hadley Public Service Building, 201 Bedford Street, 02420, Room 125. A quorum of 6 was present. Members Present: John Frey (Chair), Chris Filadoro (Superintendent of Public Grounds, Tree Warden), Karen Longeteig, Jewel Kuljian, Gerry Paul, Anne Senning, Jim Wood. 1. Jim Wood was appointed as scribe and the minutes of July 11, 2013 were approved as amended. 2. ByLaw tree removal applications and activity will be emailed separately by Chris Filadoro to the Tree Committee. 3. DPW Tree Forestry Staffing -Chris reported that advertisements have been published for one new and one old position. He is looking for one man with experience and one that can be trained in the Lexington system. 4. Cary Hall Tree Removal -An old Linden was removed and the Tree Committee recommended that the replacement tree come from the nursery if possible. 5. Two tree marking proposals for the 300 anniversary tree planted on the Battle Green were suggested. A granite marker and hanging tags. The desired outcome was to have a lasting identification of the Red Oak we planted. By a 3 to 2 vote with one abstention the Granite Marker was selected. Jim Wood will take the Granite Marker proposal to the Historic Districts Commission for their approval, and following this Chris Filadoro will take the proposal to the Selectmen for their approval. 6. Regarding the 50 tree fall planting, we changed the Honey Locust cultivar from Shademaster to Skyline. Jim Wood will coordinate with Schichtels Nursery to have each tree dipped in hydrojell and individually wrapped in plastic for shipping. 7. Toyota Dealership,Screening Tree's Removal- George Grey. Toyota Dealership owner called Chris Filadoro and represented to Chris that he was going to remove some private trees. Chris thought it would be all right as the building changes were not such to trigger the bylaw requirements. Grey also mentioned a letter written by the Tree Committee some 10 years ago. This discussion is of no consequence as Mr. Grey failed to mention to Chris the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) decision of February 12, 1988 when as a condition granting a Special Permit, stated "The planting of trees along Massachusetts Avenue and landscaping of a buffer along the residential zone to the west and along the MBTA right of way to the north will substantially minimize adverse impacts of this commercial use upon the residential land adjacent to the property and across Massachusetts Avenue, as shown on Scheme D." Scheme D shows both the Landscaping (Trees and Shrubs) which have been completely removed in violation of the Special Permits conditions.