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Tree Committee Meeting 1.7.21 Held via Zoom Minutes of the Lexington Tree Committee January 7, 2021 Held virtually via ZOOM Present: Gerry Paul (chair), Jim Wood, Gloria Bloom, Mark Conner, Nancy Sofen, Pat Moyer, Mark Sandeen (Select Board liaison), Chris Filadoro (Tree Warden), Marc Valenti (DPW Manager of Operations). Absent: Marty Kvaal Guests: Rick Reibstein, Charlie Wyman (both from Sustainable Lexington Committee), David Ernst The meeting was called to order at 7:33 am. The minutes of meetings held on March 12, 2020 and December 10, 2020 were approved. Tree Warden and DPW Operations Updates Fall 2020 planting of 104 or 105 trees is complete. Joel Custance is finalizing the spreadsheet, which will be sent to us. Last month when only one company had bid on the Tree Inventory RFQ, Chris reached out to Davey Resource Group who had done the first parts of the inventory. They will submit a bid. Marc and Chris have a call scheduled next week with the town's GIS provider, town staff GIS coordinator and Jarleth ONeil Dunne of UVM to compare what data we already have and what else might be needed for the Tree Canopy Survey. Chris walked the town center with Joel Custance and John Livsey to see which existing trees might be transplanted to elsewhere in town before work on the Center Streetscape begins. Bids for the project go out soon with work starting just after Patriot's Day. Matt Foti may be able to help with air spading and moving the 18 trees that they hope to transplant. There will be tree hearings; notices with QR codes for more information will be posted on the trees. Chris and Marc met with Julie Krakauer from IT. Tree Bylaw permits are now active in the town's Viewpoint Cloud system.