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Lexington Tree Committee Town of Lexington, Massachusetts 201 Bedford Street, Samuel Hadley Public Services Building, Room 125 Minutes of February, 16, 2017 Meeting Attendees: John Frey(Chairman), Jewel Kuljian, Karen Longeteig,.Gerry Paul,Anne Senning, Nancy Sofen, James Wood, Chris Filadoro(Tree Warden). Jewel Kuljian acted as scribe for Anne Senning. 1. Minutes of the January 12th meeting were reviewed and approved.. 2. By-law Tree removal applications and activity: Chris to update this information. 3. Tree Management Manual Update. Decision to review this at a later time. The up- dated Tree Manual has to be approved by Selectmen prior to Town Meeting. 4. Chris reported on the 24 trees from the Fall 2016 tree planting. Trees were planted on irrigated town land, primarily at Lincoln Park. 5. Warrant articles for Tree Bylaw changes for Spring 2017 Town Meeting. CLC candi- date question. The warrant article was submitted to the Selectmen. The Tree Committee had already voted on the terms for a proposed bylaw amendment and today’s discussion re-opened that to consider new options. The Tree Committee moved to accept items 1,2,3, and 4 but not 5. The REPLACEMENT TABLE remains the same. Nancy has a question about D. Can the page numbers be changed? There also may be some changes to number 3. The Tree Committee gives Nancy the right to make small changes. See attached: AMEND GENERAL BYLAWS - TREES. 6. Latest on the tree inventory. Can ISA risk assessment for be used for David Rines’ work? No answer today. 7. Approval of removal of pavement squares for Spring tree planting on Mass Ave. be- tween Bloomfield and Percy? No answer to date. 8. Dave Cannon’s Visit at 8:30 am regarding the Pleasant Street sidewalk, Bedford Street crosswalk tree removals. Sidewalk easements on private property to avoid tree removal? Dave Cannon arrived early with maps to share the status of the above projects including, sidewalks, drain work, and trees to be removed and/or up for evalua- tion. Bartlett Tree is the evaluator on this project(formerly belonged to Matt Foti). Pleasant Street: There will be a new sidewalk and grass strip. In some places the grass strip is very narrow. It was suggested that setback trees be used in some sections across from Wilson Farm. Specific large trees were discussed with a request made to attempt to save as many of the large trees as possible, discussing several with Dave. There is a budget to replant trees for this area and Dave will come back to the Tree The Tree Committee would like to see Committee to consult about this situation. some big Oak trees planted when others have to come down . There is also drain