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<br />Minutes of Lexington Tree Committee <br />Thursday, May 11, 2017 7:30 – 9:00am <br />Samuel Hadley Public Service Building, Room 125 <br />Members Present: John Frey (Chair), Anne Senning, Jim Wood, Karen Longetieg, Chris Filadoro <br />(Superintendent of Public Grounds) Invited guest, Elaine Quinlan <br />The meeting acted on the following items: <br />1.Jim Wood was appointed scribe. The minutes of May 11, 2017 were approved. <br />2.No update was available for Bylaw Tree Removal applications and activity. <br />3.The Tree Warden, Chris Filadoro said we should start planting around May 15, 2017. Since we <br />have gone to B&B trees instead of Bareroot there was a small increase in price. DPW will handle <br />Dig Safe calls from this point. Approximately 35K has been spent from the Tree Fund, leaving <br />about 5K. Chris raised the question of whether or not we should go with B&B or Bareroot in the <br />future. <br />4.Arbor Day had two celebrations, Chris Filadoro, recommended that we have only one celebration <br />and expressed frustration that both were not held on Arbor Day. Our Lexington Garden Club <br />joined the one held at Cotton Farm. DPW celebrated Arbor Day by planting two trees. Chris <br />would like the Garden Club and DPW to take ownership of future celebrations, and he will initiate <br />this conversation with the Garden Club. <br />5.The official hearing on the Watertown Street Tree concluded there was no reason to remove the <br />tree. Greg Shenstone asked the Tree Committee to save tree roots when sidewalks are done. Chris <br />Filadoro was comfortable with planting squares, but the number and places for them have not been <br />decided. Silva cells were broached as another solution. \[The use of Silva cells or tree vaults was <br />discussed in the context of new plantings in sidewalks, not related to sidewalk installation around <br />the existing Watertown Street tree.\] <br />6.Tree Manual: Anne Senning suggested we change the name of our manual to “Tree Manual” <br />th <br />which was agreed to by the Tree Committee. The 4 manual will be a hybrid of paper and online <br />references allowing more information with less paper. Re Page 3, page numbers in the manual <br />th <br />may change and the wording for Publisher of the 4 edition, should be shown as the “Town of <br />Lexington”. Anne Senning also moved that pages 1-4 be approved as amended. Motion was <br />passed unanimously. <br />7.Commemorative Tree Program: The Tree Committee web page already lists Chris Filadoro as the <br />contact person, so no changes are necessary. <br /> Tree Committee meeting was concluded at approximately 9:00am. <br /> Jim Wood <br />