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