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Lexington Tree Committee Town of Lexington, Massachusetts 201 Bedford Street, Samuel Hadley Public Services Building, Room 125 Minutes, Meeting of March13, 2014 Attendees: John Frey (Chairman), Jewel Kuljian, Gerry Paul, Anne Senning, Jim Wood. Absent:, Karen Longeteig, Nell Walker, Deb Mauger (Selectman’s liaison) Chris Filadoro, (Superintendant of Public Grounds). Gerry Paul took his turn as scribe. 1. Minutes of the February 13, 2014 meeting were approved as amended. 2. Tree removal activity – postponed. 3. Town Tree Inventory plan – Anne will follow up with Chris on the status of hiring interns. 4. Spring Tree planting – the plan is to order 10 each of: Tulip trees, Sweet Bay Magnolia and Redbud. In addition thanks to the hard work of Anne Senning, Nell Walker and John Frey, 35 trees in the nursery have been identified as suitable for spring planting. 5. List/mapping of trees planted last fall – Anne will follow up with Chris to get the list. 6. Norway maples as protected trees – Matt Foti suggested that Norway Maples only be protected under the bylaw if they were intentionally planted as opposed to “volunteers” which grew from accidentally sown seeds. Discussion ensued and the Committee indicated it would consider this further at a future meeting. 7. We invited Dave Cannon (Assistant Town Engineer) to discuss the status of the Concord Ave sidewalk and the removal of trees. He indicated that his work was just beginning and there is a question of whether the sidewalk will be installed this summer or next. He is currently in the process of contracting with a certified arborist to assess the condition of trees which may be impacted. He agreed to let us know when an arborist has been chosen. Dave agreed with our strong recommendation that a “meandering sidewalk” should be considered. We also asked that other possibilities be considered to save trees including the width of the roadway and bump outs. 8. We asked Matt Foti if he could contact Paul Mazerall, a previous Lexington Tree Warden and invite him to a future Tree Committee meeting. We’d like to hear about Paul’s experience with set-back planting and other issues. Matt agreed to contact Paul. 9. John explained that Lorrie Hall from Duxbury contacted him for information about our Tree Bylaw and he answered her questions. 10. For Arbor Day, we recommend planting two trees at Buckman Tavern: a Swamp White Oak and a Sugar Maple. If the Swamp White Oak is not available we recommend planting a Tulip Tree in its stead.