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Minutes of the Lexington Tree Committee July 15, 2021 Held virtually via Zoom Present: Tree Committee members: Gerry Paul (chair) and Mark Connor(co-chair),Jim Wood, Gloria Bloom, Nancy Sofen, Pat Moyer, Marty Kvaal(scribe), Mark Sandeen (Select Board), Dave Pinsonneault (DPW Director), Marc Valenti (DPW Manager of Operations), Chris Filadoro (Tree Warden) Guest: Charlie Wyman (Sustainable Lexington Committee) The meeting was called to order at 7:31am am. ACTIONS: - The minutes of the meeting on June 10 2021 were approved. (Sofen 1"; Bloom, 2nd) - Motion approved that the Tree Committee recommend to the Select Board that it not approve removal of the tree at 5 Fulton Road - (Paul, 1't; Sofen,2nd) TREE BYLAW ENFORCEMENT-DISCUSSION WITH DAVE PINSONNEAULT In reponse to Tree Committee (Sofen) email of July 10, 2021 with clarifications to questions (attached). #3 Why has the replacement inch provision of the bylaw not been enforced fully since its adoption in 2017? DP: Will check with Chris. #4 Why has the protection of remaining trees not been enforced? DP: Will check with Chris. Agrees that affected trees need to be protected. E.g.,Abernathy Road and 8 Eliot Road. If builders don't comply,the town remedies the situation and bills the builder for materials and labor. We need education of the builders on the bylaw requirement. Chris has plans to meet with the builders. Nancy Sofen volunteered to make copies of the relevant sections of the law for DPW to hand out to builders. #6 Will you agree to transparency and reporting of 2021 bylaw enforcement? DP: Working now on a new spreadsheet. Will send a copy to the Committee for feedback in the next week or two. Waiting for the State's Attorney General to approve changes made by Town Meeting in spring 2021. Dave agreed to respond to Nancy Sofen's email by tomorrow (July 16). TREE WARDEN UPDATE: Marc Valenti - Will send list of spring tree planting. - Tree inventory to begin July 191H - The University of Vermont is at work on the tree canopy study. - The DPW is drafting a memo to the Select Board on the tree at 5 Fulton Road. - The DPW is working on a proposal for replacement trees that had plaques on the Green. Will need Select Board approval.