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Town of Lexington, MA Lexington Tree Committee Minutes October 24, 2013 Special Tree Committee Minutes of October 24, 2013 The Lexington Tree Committee meeting was held, on October 24, 2013 at the Samuel Hadley Public Services Building, Room 125, at 9AM. Attending were John Frey, Chair, Gerry Paul, Karen Longetieg, and Jim Wood. Members absent: Deborah Mauger(selectmen liaison), Chris Filadoro(Tree Warden), Nell Walker, Anne Senning, Jewel Kuljian A quorum of 4 were present. 1. Jim Wood was appointed scribe. 2. Lexington Toyota tree screening recommendations were discussed to replace those trees cut down by Lexington Toyota on /about July 11/12, 2013. Enclosure 1 is the recommendation developed by the Committee. It is our intent to present this recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals. 3. Cumberland Farms - Redevelopment of the property is underway. A landscape plan dated April 5, 2013 was presented to the ZBA on April 11, 2013. Unfortunately the last Landscape plan the Tree Committee reviewed and approved was dated March 11, 2013. We will review the April 11, 2013, Decision of the Board of Appeals re Property at 324 Marrett Road, Map 32, Lot 16 to see how we might proceed. Respectfully submitted, Jim Wood Enclosure 1 to Special Tree Committee meeting of October 24, 2013, Tree Replacement at Lexington Toyota, 409 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA 02420, recommendation to the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals for replacement of Screening Street Trees to achieve Special Permit Conditions. 1. Agree that the screening tree replacement consist of 10 trees, and all be along Massachusetts Avenue. 2. That the trees shall be replaced in the same positions. Because Lexington Toyota poured /placed chemicals in the existing tree positions, the soil shall be remediated, in these same positions, to a depth of 2 feet and a nominal front to back length of 4 feet, a width of 4 to 5 feet or the actual hole front to back length and width if greater than these nominal dimensions. The front to back length shall be dimensioned from Massachusetts right of way such that the front of the hole begins on Lexington Toyota Property. 3. Replacement trees will be contained in 3 planting strips. One on either side of the telephone pole to the left of the dealership as viewed from the street. One tree will be planted on either side of the telephone pole as before, in its own planting strip. The 3 rd planting strip shall be contiguous from the left side of the planting hole to the right side of the 10 hole. 4. The planting strips shall be of "structural soil" and be 2 feet deep, 4 feet front to back, and a nominal 13 feet in length either side of the telephone pole(strips 1 & 2) and strip 3 (a nominal 133 feet -or the distance from the left edge of the 3 rd planting hole to 2 feet past the 10 planting hole). 5. Minimum tree caliper is to be 4 plus inches, and tree height to be a minimum of18 feet. 6. Recommended trees are 5 Honey Locust (Shademaster) and 5 Little Leaf Linden (Greenspire) Ground cover along all three structural soil planting strips shall be a low spreading juniper, Juniperus conferta (blue pacific). 7. Hedgerow and shrubs /groundcover in front of main building (display) to be recommended by the Design Advisory Committee, (DAC).