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RECEIVED Minutes of Lexington Tree Committee 2021 23 IIMov, 2AI laic "m TOWN CLERK 9/9/2021 LEXINGTON MA 1. Present: Jim Wood, Pat Moyer (minutes), Gerry Paul (chair), Nancy Sofen, Charlie Wyman (guest from Lexington Living Landscapes), Gloria Bloom, Martha Kvaal, Marc Valenti, Mark Sandeen (Selectman liaison), Mark Connor. 2. October 9 will be Re-Discovery Day in Lexington Center. It will run 10-3 pm. Gerry and others will "man"the table.We discussed what to have on the table. 3. Marc Valenti brought us up to date on tree-related projects of the DPW. a. town tree inventory ongoing and tree warden updating with newly planted trees b. tree canopy assessment with UVM ongoing c. fall planting discussed, contract not out; likely third week in October d. Mark or Chris will update the spreadsheet of 2021 construction sites today and share with us e. Marc Valenti agreed that the money from the Tree Fund could be used to reimburse Gerry for rental fees expended for the table, etc. at Discovery Day. f. a proposal will be coming to Town Mtg. in Spring to add additional staff for an "Assistant Superintendent of Public Grounds". 4. Annual Report of the Tree Committee approved by the group. 5. Minutes of 7/15, 7/21 and 8/12/2021 of this group approved. 6. We discussed with Marc Valenti that we had asked for an updated spreadsheet of construction sites active in 2021 and it was promised and not yet delivered. We also want to make sure the sites are conforming to the new bylaw approved at Town Meeting this spring.This moved to a discussion of what direction we as TC could take to improve cooperation with bylaw. a. create an ongoing table of committed items b. promulgate need to abide by new bylaw—document our expectations c. new bylaws and implementation should be on line—not having it this way is holding developers up d. should build a reservoir of information about sites where the law was not followed? For completeness, the initial report and subsequent emails concerning tree bylaw enforcement are attached. 1. Report to the Tree Committee on Tree Bylaw Enforcement Concerns 6.9.2021 2. DPW Director Response to Report 6.17.2021 3. Follow up questions, responses and clarifications 7.16.2021 4. Additional Follow-up Questions to DPW Director 7.23.2021 and later