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<br />LexingtonTreeCommittee <br />TownofLexington,Massachusetts <br />201BedfordStreet,SamuelHadleyPublicServicesBuilding,Room125 <br />Minutes,MeetingofJuly10,2014 <br />Attendees:JohnFrey(Chairman),KarenLongetieg,GerryPaul,AnneSenning,JimWood,JewelKuljian <br />andChrisFiladoro(SuperintendentofPublicGrounds).Absent:DebMauger(SelectmanLiaison),Nell <br />Walker.JimWoodwasappointedasscribe. <br />Agendaitems. <br />1.MinutesoftheJune12,2014wereapprovedasamended. <br />2.BylawTreeRemovalapplicationsandactivity.Chrisreviewedthestatusoftreeapplicationsand <br />statusandwillprovidethereporttoJohnFrey. <br />completeTreeInventory.Chrisisstillresearchingcontractorsto <br />3.ProgressonhiringContractorto <br />completetheinventory. <br />4.a)Spring2014treeplantingupdatedsummary.Anneprovidedalistoftreesscheduledfor <br />plantingduringtheSpringof2014.56treeswereplannedofwhich52wereplanted.4tulip <br />treesremain. <br />b)Plant4TulipTreesASAP.Sincewehad4tuliptreesleftoverwerequestedthatChrisandhis <br />teamfindlocationsfortheTuliptreesandplantthem. <br />c)Question:20footsetbackmeasuredfromcurborfromrightofway?Wediscussedthe <br />methodofmeasuringthesetback. <br />5.WateringofNewlyplantedStreetTrees.Chrissaidthatthewatering <br />truckwasoutthreetimesaweekwateringthenewlyplantedtreesusingtheͻƓĻĻķƌĻͼ <br />approach. <br />6.KatahdinWoodssitemeetingwithKurtShillington6/23/14rePinOakremovalforSolarPanels. <br />DuetoJohnFreysefforts6ofthe10PinOakswillbesavedandtwoGreenAsh.Arborvitaewill <br />beplantedtoreplacediseasedHemlocksandPines. <br />7.TreesrequestedbyGarettBurke,46BrandonSt.toscreenToyota <br />lightsfrombikeway.ChrishassaidtheTownhastheresponsibilityand <br />authoritytomaintaintheMinutemanBikeway.JohnFrey,Karen <br />LongetiegandJimWoodwillworkonalandscapeplanfor/ŷƩźƭ͸ƭ <br />approval.TheLexingtonDPWwillprocureandplanttreesto <br />implementtheapprovedlandscapeplan. <br />8.EarlyorderingforFall2014BarerootTrees?EarlyplanningaheadforSpring.AnneSenninghad <br />suppliedJimWoodalistofTreeswhichshouldnotbeconsideredduetodiseasesandinsect <br />susceptibility.JimWoodistosupplyadraftlistoftreestothetreecommitteeforfallplanting <br />consideration.FollowingthisasimilarlistwillbepreparedforSpring(2015)planting. <br />9.TreeNurseryRenovationplan?TheTreeCommitteehadageneraldiscussiononthistopicand <br />offeredthefollowingcomments. <br /> <br />