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<br />TownofLexington <br />LexingtonTreeCommitteeMinutes <br />February13,2014 <br />AregularmeetingoftheLexingtonTreeCommitteewasheldonFebruary13,2014,7:30am9amatthe <br />SamuelHadleyPublicServiceBuilding,Room125.Aquorumof5waspresent.Memberspresent:John <br />Senning,JimWood,ChrisFiladoro(PublicGrounds <br />Frey(chair),JewelKuljian,GerryPaul,Anne <br />Superintendent,TreeWarden.MembersabsentDebMaugerSelectmenliaison,NellWalker,Karen <br />Longeteig. <br />1.JimWoodwasappointedasscribe. <br />2.TheTreeCommitteeminutesofJanuary9,2014wereapprovedasmodified. <br />3.ChrisFiladoropresentedthecurrentstatusoftreeremovalactivityandstatus.Itisincluded <br />herebyreference. <br />4.TreeList/MappingofFall(2013)TowntreeplantingDPWcompletedthelistbynameand <br />positionmappingofnewlyplantedtrees.ThiswillbeprovidedtoAnneStoupdatetheTown <br />treeinventory.AnneSwilldocumenttheprocedureforupdatingtheinventory. <br />5.TowntreeinventoryInternsvsContractingout.Currentplanistohireinterns.ChrisFworked <br />withlefCourt,TreeWardenCambridge,MAonlanguageforadvertisingforInterns.Heplansto <br />sendouttheseadvertisementsbeforeournextmeeting.Previousinternscamefrom <br />Northeastern,Clark,andBrandeis <br />6.JimWnotedhewashavingdifficultyfindingRedbudandSweetbayMagnolia(Moonglow <br />cultivar)sources,eitherbarerootorB&B.Thefollowingnurserieswereadvancedbythose <br />presentaspotentialsources.NortheastNursery,Schictels,Shemin,Weston. <br />7.TreeCityUSAgrowthawardDeferred <br />8.ArborDay(4/25/2014)JimWtofollowupwithMattFoti,GardenClub,HistoricalSociety,Tree <br />Committeetoselectandsiteuptotwotrees(preferablyoaks)forplantingattheBuckman <br />Tavern.MattFotihasvolunteeredworkingwiththeGardenClubinthepastforArborDaytree <br />planting. <br />9.SolarPanelsvs.TreesAmyNewmark&BobHeingartnerΑTheypresentedtwoconcernsabout <br />treeremovals.1.TheTreeReplacement,landscapingwithsmallertrees,onsmalllotsdoesnot <br />starttoreplacethelarge,oldermaturetreesthatarebeingtakendown.Recommended <br />requiringlargertreereplanting.TheTreeCommitteelargelyagreeswiththissentiment.ChrisF. <br />notedthatwheretreescanbereplantedherequiresЌͼcaliperperthebylaw.Concern2. <br />ControlofTreeRemovalwhenSolarPanelsarebeinginstalled.RecommendedthattheTreeby <br />lawsectiongoverningteardownsand50%additionsbeexpandedtoincludelanguageto <br />arebeinginstalled.GerryP.saidwecouldlook <br />control/mitigatetreeremovalwhensolarpanels <br />atstudiesretreeremovalandsolarpanelinstallationtoseewhatthetotalsystemtradeoffsand <br />considerationare. <br />10.JimW.wasaskedtofollowuponToyotareplantingschedulereSpecialPermitZBAcompliance <br />direction. <br />RespectfullySubmitted,JimWood <br />