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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-03-05-TREE-minTown of Lexington Special Tree Committee Meeting Tuesday, March 5, 2013 The Special Meeting of the Tree Committee was held on March 5, 2013 at the Samuel Hadley Public Services Building, Room 125. Six members attended. Members Present: Chris Filadoro, Tree Warden/ Superintendent of Public Grounds, John Frey (Chair), Jewel Kuljian, Gerry Paul, Anne Senning, Nell Walker and James Wood. Friends of Trees /Commemorative Trees: Jane Beswick Members Absent: Deb Mauger(Selectmen Liaison) and Karen Longeteig Jewel Kuljian was appointed as scribe, and the minutes of the February meeting were approved as amended. 2. Cumberland Farms(Gulf Station) at Marrett Road and Waltham Street. The Tree Committee voted "Yes" indicating they are willing to participate in the landscape plan for the Cumberland Farms site. 3. Tree Event proposal for Lexington 300th Celebration Karen Longeteig will attempt to re- schedule one of the Tree Walks originally scheduled for late March. She has a conflict on the date. 4. Tree Warden. The Tree Committee is requesting copies of tree removal work orders for Town owned trees twice yearly from the Tree Warden on July 1 and January 1 each year. Gerry and John met with Carl Valente and he suggested that the issue of tree planting goals is to be addressed during the Selectmen's "Goal Setting" session in June. 5. Review and decide about ordering trees for planting in Lexington's Nursery, directly to the street, and setback sites. Review and decide on a plan for evaluating trees Presently existing in Lexington's nursery for either planting out to street and setback sites or for removal /composting. Chris wants trees placed on streets and setback areas to be approximately 1 1/2" to 2 "" caliper DBH to make a better presentation in the community. The order to Bailey's Nursery will be canceled by Jim Wood due to sizes currently available. He will place an order at Schichtel Nursery for 1 1/2" to 2" bare root trees that can be planted in the fall as well as in the spring. Page 2 Town of Lexington Special Tree Committee Meeting Tuesday, March 5, 2013 Chris would like to cut back on the number of trees planted out from the Tree Nursery and to reserve the Nursery for specimen trees "to manage the situation better ". He suggested that we determine how many trees can be planted out from the Nursery this year. He would like to plant more bare root trees. Regarding the goal of planting 130 trees he would like to plant out sixty five trees in the spring and the remainder in the fall. He would like to do direct bare root planting in the fall (late October /November) for street and setback trees. The order is to be placed in June. A date is scheduled for Wednesday, March 20th at 7:30 a.m. to evaluate the root system of earmarked trees and make decisions about how to handle the findings. The goal is to determine the trees that are viable to keep in the nursery. Chris, four Forestry staff and the Tree Committee will be there on this day. At the request of Chris, the Tree Committee voted to give the authority about the number of trees to be planted at each site to the Tree Committee member /s working with residents regarding street trees and setback trees. Jim Wood will be working on the Dig Safe plan for smooth operation and communication with Tree Committee members, the Tree Warden, and for DPW record keeping for street trees, setback trees, Commemorative Trees and other planting sites. He will stake the locations, make the appropriate markings, and contact Dig Safe for all trees to be planted. A large number of requests are coming in from the article published in the Lexington Minuteman for two weeks in a row. A similar article with more photos is also to be published in the Colonial times. 6. Set approximate date (in March ?) for planting Nickles' commemorative tree. Jim will contact Dig Safe so this tree can be planted as soon as possible. There was no remote participation. The meeting was not recorded. Respectfully submitted, Jewel Kuljian, Scribe Next regular meeting: March 14, 2013 at 7:30 a.m. at Samuel Hadley Public Services Building, Room 125.