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Minutes of Lexington Tree Committee Thursday, April 13, 2017, 7:30 am Samuel Hadley Public Services Building, Room 125 Members Present: John Frey (chair), Jewel Kuljian, Karen Longeteig, Gerry Paul, Anne Senning, Nancy Sofen, Jim Wood, Chris Filodoro (Superintendent of Public Grounds) The meeting acted on the following items. The paragraph numbers reflect the order of items as they were discussed at the meeting 1.Nancy Sofen was appointed scribe.The minutes of the March 9, 2017 meeting were approved as amended. 2.Pleasant Street sidewalk: Members asked whether tree hearings had been scheduled, and noted that legal notices placed in the Minuteman is an outdated notice method. Can the Tree Committee be notified of upcoming tree hearings? Pleasant Street Tree Hearing is Monday, May 8 at 9:00 am in front of 41 Pleasant Street. 3.Tree Bylaw Amendment: The Committee recognized April 5 Town Meeting approval of Article 37 amending the Tree Bylaw. There was discussion of the “at risk” period while awaiting approval by the Attorney General, which typically occurs in August. Chris will host a meeting with builders at the DPW to educate them about the changes, and will begin enforcement when the AG rules on the bylaw. Gerry will ask the town clerk to notify the Tree Committee when that happens. 4.Arbor Day:The DPW will host an Arbor Day celebration on Friday, April 28 at 11 am at 201 Bedford Street. Invitations will be sent and this will be posted on the DPW web site. Someone from the Tree Committee will make comments about the tree species to be planted. The tree will be planted to honor DPW staff who have lost someone near and dear to them. 5.Tree Bylaw removal applications and activity: no action 6.8 Sherborn Road: Gerry Paul reports that boulders are still piled around trunk of a tree at Six Point Builders’ construction site at 8 Sherborn Road. Chris asks that we notify him when we see violations so that he can enforce protection provisions. Gerry will update the permission form to include important references to the bylaw and the Tree Management manual on the back side, highlighting the main issues that have come to our attention.