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Lexington Tree Commi?ee Minutes 1.11.24 1.Mee?ng was held on zoom and began at 7:32 AM. Present: Mark Connor, co-chair, Pat Moyer, co-chair and minutes, Barbara Tarrh, Gerry Paul, Jim Wood, Nancy Sofen, Gavin Grant. Also present: Alicia Morris, Charles Hornig, Charlie Wyman, Joe Pato (ex-oﬃcio). 2. Minutes of 11.26.23, 12.7.23, and 12.21.23 were approved unanimously by vote. 3. We reviewed most recent itera?on of our proposed Bylaw Amendments, now named Ar?cles 34, 35, 36, presented by Nancy Sofen. (appended). Discussion centered mainly around the wording of Ar?cle 35, meant to ensure some mi?ga?on plan?ng at construc?on sites; occurs in) street frontage areas; and whether the details of the proposed changes were in scope (which at the end we felt they were, but this will be reviewed by the Moderator). 3. Barbara Tarrh reported on the mid-mee?ng with Dave P which occurred yesterday. a. She noted that 7 London Plane (Plantanus Hybrida) trees planted at Diamond under the direc?on of Shawn Newell, to encourage teachers NOT to park in a certain area, were planted too closely together and are likely to do poorly. She will work with Shawn to get them be?er spaced. b. Replacement for elms removed this fall from Depot Sq.(they were judged to be too suscep?ble to dropping limbs, and rot was discovered inside). Dave men?oned replacements might include Kentucky Coﬀee Trees, or oaks, possibly scarlet oaks. It was recalled that Dave had previously assured us a part in selec?on of the replacement. It was also recalled that we have minuted a desire to be part of all tree selec?ons on public land. We are s?ll commi?ed to that enterprise. As such, Mark and Pat will write to Chris and Dave, sta?ng same. We’ll come prepared to next mee?ng ready to discuss possible selec?ons for this area. c. The mee?ng with IT regarding deﬁciencies in the tree permit document will hopefully occur a?er Tim Goncalves returns from paternity leave, week of 1/22. Dave will inform us. d. Discussion of plan?ngs around new roundabout of Bedford/Hancock/Harrington—those islands will have no trees; vegeta?on will be selected by DPW and Garden Club. A bumpout at Mass Ave and Harrington may have trees; we would hope to be part of selec?on (see b). e. Landscape design for the yard in front of the visitor center. Di?o. The 2011 master plan for the Ba?le Green, approved by the Select Board, does not include these grounds. f. There is a plan to have a mee?ng between Building Inspector, Chris F., and Nancy g. Mark ﬂoated his idea for a 2025 bylaw ini?a?ve to expand the Tree Protec?on zone to the ﬁrst 10 feet of the setback (ie beyond the ROW). h. Dave will be on 2 of the groups par?cipa?ng in planning for the new LHS: site safety, and sustainability. Mark noted that the area of construc?on is con?guous with much publicly used park-like land and walking trails, and that the site should conform to those uses.