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A meeting of the Lexington Tree Committee was held on May 9, 2019, 7:30-9:30 a.m. at the Samuel Hadley Public Services Building. A quorum of seven was present. Members Present: Gerry Paul (chair), Gloria Bloom, Jewel Kuljian, Pat Moyer, Nancy Sofen, Anne Senning, Jim Wood, Chris Filadoro, (Tree Warden Superintendent of Public Grounds), David Pinsonneault(Director of Public Works) delivered some information before the start of the meeting. The meeting acted on the following items: 1. Anne Senning was appointed as scribe. We agreed to move our June and July meetings to the third Thursdays (6/20, 7/18)to accommodate conflicts on the original dates. 2. Jewel Kuljian announcement. Jewel, after serving on the Tree Committee for most of its existence, announced that she is considering retirement. Members of the Tree Committee thanked her for all her excellent contributions and dedicated work, and wished her well in what they hoped would be a relaxed future. 3. Review of Minutes of April ll, 2019. Minutes approved with changes. 4. Inventory Status: Chris Filadoro, Tree Warden and Superintendent of Public Grounds reported the Tree Inventory status. Chris is still working the issue identified in Oct. 2018 of inadequate GPS accuracy. Chris will arrange for a demo of the new inventory program at our June 20 meeting. 5. Tracking Tree Removals On Bylaw Sites But Not In Setback: Discussion; the Bylaw covers setback trees only. Additional trees not in the setback maybe cut after the original plot plan is submitted. So it is not as straight forward as we had hoped to track removals not in the setback 6. Watering/Survival: East Lexington Corridor State Project is under warranty. Foti will water the Spring 2019 planting. (2017/2018) survival rates will be determined by observing which trees survived annually. 7. Selection of Bare Root Species for Planting Spring 2019: Chris Filadoro announced the following species for Spring 2019 spring planting; 10 Ginkgo biloba, (Ginkgo), 14 Halesia carolina, (Carolina silverbell), 15 Cladrastis kentukea(Yellowwood), 15 Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweet gum), 10 Platanus x acerifolia Bloodgood' (London plane tree), 10 Sorbus x hybrinda oak leaf(Oakleaf Mountain Ash), 2 Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Dawn redwood). 8. Status of the Setback Tree Planting Program: Chris Filadoro outlined the 2019 system of tree planting used by the Lexington Forestry Department. Chris gets emails from the public requesting setback or street trees, which he passes onto Joel Custance, Chief Forester. Joel finds locations for trees on streets and public properties. Matt Foti, private contractor,plants the trees. There has been no need to advertise currently, as the Forestry Department is working on a backlog of locations.