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Town of Lexington Lexington Tree Committee Minutes January 26, 2012 A special meeting re Lexington 300th anniversary was held 7:30-9:30 a.m. at the Samuel Hadley Public Services Building, Room 125. A quorum of six was present. Members Present: John Frey (chair), Jewel Kulj ian, Karen Longeteig, Gerry Paul, Anne Senning, James Wood; Friends of Trees members Jane Beswick and Marie Roberts; Guest Jessie Steigerwald from Lexington 300 Anniversary Celebration Committee. Absent: Deborah Mauger (Selectman Liaison), Nell Walker, Chris Filadoro. Gerry Paul appointed scribe (Jim Wood took notes at end after Gerry left.) Karen Longeteig handed out copies of some ideas she had (see attached). Discussion on the items ensued with the following comments(following numbering of Karen's items). 1. Possibly do a drawing /raffle instead of /in addition to an auction. 2. We have to decide what we charge for medals -- do we want to make a profit. How do we tie medals to tree planting? Medals should have unique number for tracking. We should keep a tracking database of 300 trees which are planted. Could be tied to sale of medallions. Ask those who plant trees to send picture which could be put on Lexington 300 web site. Can capture email address for Friends of Trees. 4. Added South Lexington Association and East Lexington Association to list. 5. Possibly combine cemetery tree walk with historical discussion regarding cemetery. Also we could have short tree walks starting at Hastings Park location of the opening ceremonies. We continued discussion with the following: 6. Idea was raised on planting a 300th anniversary specimen tree on the Green and planting one or more trees to start a second row on the Mass Ave side to complement the existing two -row configurations on the Bedford Street and Harrington Rd. 7. We discussed how we could get school /student involvement. • Plant 1 tree at each school • Specimen tree on the Green. Grade 5 is studying the Battle Green over time - Perhaps they could participate in the selection of the specimen tree • Contact k -5 science coordinator: Karen McCarthy; perhaps she could include a Tree section in the curriculum 8. How to make it easy for a homeowner to plant trees: Choose 1 species as the "tree of the year" so homeowner does not have to make a decision. Provide links to web site /tree manual for homeowner who wants other