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Lexington Tree Committee Meeting Minutes September 10, 2020 7:30AM 1. Jim Wood was appointed as scribe and the minutes of August 13, 2020 were approved. The meeting was conducted via Zoom. Meeting Attendees -Tree Committee: Gerry Paul (Chair), Gloria Bloom, Pat Moyer,Jim Wood, Mark Connor, Nancy Sofen; Martha Kvaal (Tree Committee Candidate), Mark Sandeen (Select Board liaison); David Pinsonneault (Department of Public Works Director), Chris Filadoro (Tree Warden & Superintendent of Public Grounds), Sustainable Lexington: Marcia Gens, Richard Reibstein. Tree Warden Updates (items 2 thru 6) 2. Fall 2020 Planting Plans - Planting of 70 trees is planned for this fall. Two bid packages are in preparation, one is for the purchase of 70 trees and the second is for the labor to plant the Town provided trees. Both bid packages should be released close to the end of September. 3. Tree Inventory Status -A bid package to complete the Tree Inventory is planned for release by the end of September. The inventory of street trees is not expected to be complete until the summer of 2021. Additional discussion followed regarding the benefits of putting Precinct 7 thru 9 tree inventory on line resulting in the following motion. "The Tree Committee requests that the complete-to-date Tree Health Assessment (Tree Inventory) be made available now on-line for access by the Public." Motion passed 5-0. Dave Pinsonneault supported this and said he would provide, in the next week, a date when on-line access would be available. 4. Chris Filadoro said that the $72K has been received for the removal of solar canopies from facilities and is in the Tree Fund. 5. Planting of 497 Concord Ave mitigation trees. A total of$ 16,800 was received and Chris F. said it costs $500 -$700 to plant a tree. So we will plan on planting about 30 mitigation trees. 6. Status of the 5 Fulton Road, Chapter 87 Situation. The tree in question is a multi-trunk white pine. Dave Pinsonneault opened the discussion by saying it was a hazard tree under Chapter 87. In addition, he stated that both Chris Filadoro (Tree Warden) and Joel Custance (Town Arborist with 30 years experience) had examined the tree and found it to be a hazard.. Chris F. said he had also done a video of the decay. The question came up regarding documentation when a tree is designated a hazard and the reply was for internal assessments documentation is not necessary.