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Lexington Tree Committee Minutes of October 13, 2022 Meeting was called to order at 7:30 AM via ZOOM Attendees: Tree Committee Gerry Paul (Chair), James Wood, Pat Moyer, Gloria Bloom, Barbara Tarrh, Mark Conner, Nancy Sofen, Joe Pato (Selectboard Liaison), Dave Pinsonneault (DPW Director); Guests: Dan Miller, Richard Reibstein. 1. Jim Wood was appointed scribe and the meeting minutes of September 15, 2022 were approved. Forestry Department 2. Spring Planting List-Dave P said he would provide the list tomorrow. Dave P. also said that there will not be a fall planting this year because money was needed from the Tree Fund to cover the $140K planting plan for the areas where 24 of the 37 white pine trees were removed. Dave committed to provide financial reports for the Tree Fund and Forestry Department. When asked about tennis court construction he said this would not harm or interfere with the tree planting project. 3. Tree Inventory Status. Dave indicated that there were still some things to work out before the inventory was made available to the public. 4. Tree Canopy Assessment Report – Dave said it was difficult to connect with the UVM but expected to meet with them in the next 1 to 2 weeks. 5. Removal of public shade tree at 149 Adams-Tree Company called Tree Warden who agreed the tree was a hazard tree and gave permission to take it down. 6. Article 33 Implementation- IT Status. The implementation should be ready in two weeks, some changes in program-final review underway. Then the Tree Committee could review and sometime after that a meeting would be scheduled with developers. 7. Solution to the problem of developers removing trees after permit is issued (additional tree removal fee is now lost). This was discussed last May. Dave will look into it and report back.