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Tree Committee Meeting — 7:30 AM June 10 , 2021 Attending: Gerry Paul (Co-chair), Mark Connor(Co-chair), Pat Moyer, Nancy Sofen, Gloria Bloom,Jim Wood, Marty Kvaal. Marc Valenti (DPW), Chris Filadoro(DPW), David Pinsonneault(DPW), Mark Sandeen (SB), Charlie Wyman (Sustainable Lexington/Lexington Living Landscapes). Agenda Items: 1. Appointed Gerry Paul scribe and approved the Meeting Minutes of May 13 and May 27, 2021 Tree Warden Updates: 2. Chris reported that spring planting is complete. He will send a report next week on planting locations and species. 3. Tree Inventory-Chris reported that the kick off meeting with Arbor Pro took place. Work will start July 15. 4. Marc reported that the kick off meeting with UVM for the Tree Canopy Assessment took place about 3 weeks ago. There will be a delay in the original scheduled to allow for the use of aerial photography that will be performed this summer to complement the 2014 and 2018 surveys; the report will now be available by the end of the year. The Committee agreed that a slight delay in exchange for 2021 data was a good tradeoff. 5. 120 East St Tree Hearing—Chris reported that the applicant for the tree removal has withdrawn his request. 6. 5 Fulton Rd Tree Hearing—will be held June 21 at 8:00. 7. Gerry and Chris reported that the former Tree Nursery will be used as a native plant nursery. It is doubtful that any trees will be salvaged as they have grown for many years in planting bags and will have significant root girdling. Committee Topics: 8. The Tree Bylaw Enforcement Report (see attached) created by Nancy Sofen was discussed. Dave Pinsonneault will respond to all the issues raised in the report by Friday June 18 and any further action by the Tree Committee will be postponed until after we receive the report. Dave indicated that they will be starting the process to implement the Viewpoint Cloud work to implement Article 33 passed at Town Meeting. It cannot be made live until the Attorney General approves the article. He also indicated that the DPW will request an additional employee for the Forestry Dept. in the FY 2023 budget and expects it will be favorably received by Town Management. The possibility of a part-time employee in the interim was discussed; there are limits on what funds could be used for this. There was a discussion concerning the need to more strictly enforce the protection of remaining trees at bylaw sites. 9. 2021 Priorities/Projects/Assignments