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Minutes of Lexington Tree Commi?ee 10.19.23 1.Mee?ng called to order at 7:33 AM. Present: Mark Connor, co-chair, Pat Moyer, co-chair and minutes, Barbara Tarrh, James Wood, Nancy Sofen, Gerry Paul, the 4 other members; Joe Pato, Select Board, Charlie Wyman, Todd Rhodes, and towards the end, Ma? Fo?. 2.Minutes of 9.14.23 mee?ng were approved as revised, unanimously. 3. We reviewed the mid-mee?ng with Dave Pinsonneault, Barbara and Pat. We discussed that our support of moving the Conte bike shop bus stop (see 9.14 minutes) may have been premature, not fully informed. Mark suggested we delay weighing in on ma?ers such as the bus stop as many factors not yet known to us may impact the decision. We want to come out In favor of saving and suppor?ng trees. Dave at the mid-mee?ng indicated that was his goal as well. We discussed the IT/permi?ng process and prior issues with it. We debated having IT manifest the new system to the Tree Commi?ee, vs. leaving it to the future working group. The consensus was not now to invite the IT director to a full TC mee?ng, as he will present to members of the mid-mee?ng, hopefully in November. He will likely also present to the future working group. The en?re commi?ee strongly wishes to understand the document and its problems, and would like a separate presenta?on. Tree Inventory update will happen over the winter, and then be released to the public. No quote from UVM re Canopy requests; Valente is the go between. There is a need to get a quote so that it can go into the budge?ng process. Valente is applying pressure. UVM is slow. Where it would go into the budget is unclear. Bylaw changes have been presented to Town Counsel, and will be reviewed with Town Manager, in a monthly mee?ng, at some point. The trees treated for EAB in 2019, per Dave, appear all to have survived but one. Town trees are inspected for health every 3 years by members of the Forestry team, on a rota?ng basis. Status of Chung memorial tree, ﬁrst choice on the Ba?le Green. We discussed the memorial tree process. If anything goes on the Ba?le Green—it must be approved by Select Board. It is in the hands of DPW and Town Manager now, and both appear to be ac?vely engaged, per Pat, who is in regular contact with Ms. Chung and others involved. We discussed fall plan?ng. Dave told us that 45 trees might get planted, but has in the past commi?ed to plan?ng 70 trees each fall and spring. In contrast, the Tree Statement of Concern proposed an annual 250 tree goal. We appointed Jim Wood to work with DPW to ensure the current commitment is delivered. Among his du?es will be inves?ga?ng the status of setback tree requests from denizens of the Town.