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Town of Lexington, MA Lexington Tree Committee Minutes October 10, 2013 A meeting of the Lexington Tree Committee was held on October 10, 2013, from 7:30 to9:30 a.m. at the Samuel Hadley Public Services Building, Room 125. A quorum of xxx was present. Members Present: Chris Filadoro (Superintendent of Public Grounds) John Frey (chair), Jewel Kuljian, Karen Longeteig, Gerry Paul, Anne Senning, Members Absent: Deborah Mauger (Selectman Liaison), Jim Wood, Nell Walker Guest: Matt Foti (Lexington citizen and arborist), Mary Hosmer Fanucci (Sidewalk Committee liaison) The members acted on the following items: 1. Scribe: Karen Longeteig was appointed. Minutes of September 12, 2013 were approved as corrected including re- numbering. Gerry Paul will send out minutes of the special meeting of September 17 There were also corrections to minutes of August 8 as noted in the 10 /10 agenda. 2. Bylaw activity: Chris Filadoro will submit these data by email. 3. Tree Budget: Chris will submit a Program Improvement Request of $45,000, enough for 70 trees planted by contractors. The request will go through DPW process; there may be 5 or 6 other requests. They will be discussed and prioritized. The top projects then go to the Board of Selectmen. The goal for the year 2014 -15 is to plant 130 total trees; the remainder will be setback trees done in- house. 4. Fall Tree Planting: Jewel Kuljian has a list of 7 setback trees to be planted this fall; Anne Senning has another list of 4 setbacks and 8 street trees. Chris said we need 31 more sites in addition. John Frey and others said they could come up with more sites. Chris suggested a deadline of October 25 which would allow time for DigSafe and then planting to commence on November 1. 5. Tree Nursery: Chris said the nursery will be cleaned out this fall, and consolidated. He also as the row stakes with big numbers stored in his office. 6. Commemorative Tree: There is a proposal from the Nickles family to fund a Littleleaf Linden to replace the large one removed from in front of Cary Hall.