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Lexington Tree Committee Town of Lexington, Massachusetts 201 Bedford Street, Samuel Hadley Public Services Building, Room 125 Minutes, Meeting of January 14, 2016 Attendees: Nancy Sofen, Jewel Kuljian, Gerry Paul, Karen Longeteig, Anne Senning, Chris Filadoro (Superintendant of Public Grounds, John Frey (Chairman), Jim Wood. Gerry Paul took his turn as scribe. 1. Minutes of the December 10, 2015 meeting were approved as amended. 2. Tree removal activity – postponed. 3. Final status of Fall 2015 tree planting. Chris reported that all trees have been planted. 4. We agreed to plant 40 large, 20 medium and 10 small trees in the Spring. Anne will send Jim a list of medium size trees she has identified. A group will meet at the DPW onThursday Jan 21 at 3:00 to choose all the tree species. 5. Tree inventory a) Chris has received a bid from David Rines and sent it to procurement. He will identify 2 more potential vendors to bid on the work. b) Chris will invite Davey Tree to present their system and services to the Committee. The focus will be on how we can integrate their system with the Town's system. We will invite a representative from the Town's IT department to attend. 6. The builder at 90-92 Grant Street is waiting for approval from the Conservation Commission. We have a commitment from the builder to replant a minimum of 25 canopy trees and make payments to the Tree Fund. 7. Arbor Day - We are looking forward to working with Jane Beswick of the Garden Club to choose a location and tree species. Chris suggested Lincoln Field as a possibility 8. The two Warrant articles are with Town counsel. Chris will schedule a Public Hearing on the articles. 9. Nancy reported on progress with the Website. The Committee agreed that it did not have to review the changes that Nancy makes. Gerry will send Nancy statistics extracted from the Town annual reports on tree plantings and removals. 11. Gerry reported that the plaque on the Dolberg commemorative tree was reattached with compression springs to allow for tree growth. We agreed we should monitor the other commemorative trees to see if other plaques need attention.