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Lexington Tree Committee Town of Lexington, Massachusetts 201 Bedford Street, Samuel Hadley Public Services Building, Room 125 Minutes, Meeting of July 12, 2018 Attendees: John Frey (Chairman), Gerry Paul, Jewel Kuljian, Jim Wood, Pat Moyer, Anne Senning and Chris Filadoro (Tree Warden) 1. Gerry Paul took his turn as scribe. and minutes of the June 14 meeting were approved as amended. 2. Chris provided the following updates: • Provided an up-to-date list of Tree bylaw sites. • Indicated that the Tree bylaw procedures were followed at 27 Clarke St ( a site where there has been significant community interest). • At the Grove Street development, Chris approved the removal of 8 hazard trees of the 20 Town trees the builder wants to remove. The builder will discuss the issue of the other 12 trees with the Planning Board which has requested that a sidewalk should be installed where most of the 12 trees are located. • Chris will provide a list of trees planted (location, species, and date planted) in 2017 and 2018 in the next few days. He indicated that to date he has provided Matt Foti with approximately 65 planting locations for the spring 2018 planting. 3. Elect new Chairman on John's retirement: Gerry will act as acting chairman for the next month. Pat will follow up with Nancy to see if she is willing to be chair. 4. Search for candidates for open Tree Committee position: Anne will write an article for the Minuteman and the Colonial times on John's retirement and on the fact that there is an opening on the Tree Committee. We will all try to identify possible candidates for the opening. Gerry will see if the Selectmen's office will post the opening. 5. Tree Management Manual update. The committee approved the following appendices: Tree Bylaw, Chapter 87 and Scenic Roads. Next regular meeting: August 9, 2018, 7:30 a.m. at DPW