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Lexington Tree Committee Town of Lexington, Massachusetts 201 Bedford Street, Samuel Hadley Public Services Building, Room 125 Minutes, Meeting of April 10, 2014 Attendees: John Frey (Chairman), Jewel Kuljian, Gerry Paul, Anne Senning, Jim Wood, Karen Longeteig, and Jane Beswick. Absent: Nell Walker, Deb Mauger (Selectman’s liaison) Chris Filadoro, (Superintendant of Public Grounds). Karen Longeteig took her turn as scribe. Agenda items: 1. Minutes of the March 13, 2014 meeting were approved as presented. 2. Bylaw Tree removal activity – postponed. Chris Filadoro was attending a playground safety seminar out of state, and could not attend the meeting. 3. Town Tree Inventory plan – postponed. 4. Interns – postponed. 5. Spring 2014 Tree planting – t a. Article extolling street trees went to Minuteman and will hopefully be printed today (it was.) b. postponed 6. List/mapping of trees planted last fall – Anne will follow up with Chris to get the list. 7. Concord Avenue new sidewalk: Jim will call Dave Cannon (Assistant Town Engineer) to see if an arborist has been chosen yet. 8. Arbor Day plans: Jim talked to Matt Foti, who offered to donate a tree for planting for Arbor Day. We wanted a Swamp White Oak, Tuliptree, or Sugar Maple. Given the severe winter and late spring, Matt’s Swamp White Oaks in the New Hampshire nursery are still covered with a foot of ice. If he can dig it, he will, but if not, he will have to use two Tuliptrees which are here “down below”. 9. a. Norway Maple status in Tree Maintenance Manual? Gerry moved that we leave Norway Maples as “protected” in the Tree Management Manual. It passed 5 to 1. b. Discussion of Karen’s question, “Does the Town have an obligation or duty to clear volunteer invasive tree species such as Norway Maple and Tree of Heaven from Town Rights- of-Way, when such trees are negatively impacting abutting property owners?” The Committee came to the consensus, but didn’t vote an official policy, that: