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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-02-13-TREE-min TownofLexington LexingtonTreeCommitteeMinutes February13,2014 AregularmeetingoftheLexingtonTreeCommitteewasheldonFebruary13,2014,7:30am9amatthe SamuelHadleyPublicServiceBuilding,Room125.Aquorumof5waspresent.Memberspresent:John Senning,JimWood,ChrisFiladoro(PublicGrounds Frey(chair),JewelKuljian,GerryPaul,Anne Superintendent,TreeWarden.MembersabsentDebMaugerSelectmenliaison,NellWalker,Karen Longeteig. 1.JimWoodwasappointedasscribe. 2.TheTreeCommitteeminutesofJanuary9,2014wereapprovedasmodified. 3.ChrisFiladoropresentedthecurrentstatusoftreeremovalactivityandstatus.Itisincluded herebyreference. 4.TreeList/MappingofFall(2013)TowntreeplantingDPWcompletedthelistbynameand positionmappingofnewlyplantedtrees.ThiswillbeprovidedtoAnneStoupdatetheTown treeinventory.AnneSwilldocumenttheprocedureforupdatingtheinventory. 5.TowntreeinventoryInternsvsContractingout.Currentplanistohireinterns.ChrisFworked withlefCourt,TreeWardenCambridge,MAonlanguageforadvertisingforInterns.Heplansto sendouttheseadvertisementsbeforeournextmeeting.Previousinternscamefrom Northeastern,Clark,andBrandeis 6.JimWnotedhewashavingdifficultyfindingRedbudandSweetbayMagnolia(Moonglow cultivar)sources,eitherbarerootorB&B.Thefollowingnurserieswereadvancedbythose presentaspotentialsources.NortheastNursery,Schictels,Shemin,Weston. 7.TreeCityUSAgrowthawardDeferred 8.ArborDay(4/25/2014)JimWtofollowupwithMattFoti,GardenClub,HistoricalSociety,Tree Committeetoselectandsiteuptotwotrees(preferablyoaks)forplantingattheBuckman Tavern.MattFotihasvolunteeredworkingwiththeGardenClubinthepastforArborDaytree planting. 9.SolarPanelsvs.TreesAmyNewmark&BobHeingartnerΑTheypresentedtwoconcernsabout treeremovals.1.TheTreeReplacement,landscapingwithsmallertrees,onsmalllotsdoesnot starttoreplacethelarge,oldermaturetreesthatarebeingtakendown.Recommended requiringlargertreereplanting.TheTreeCommitteelargelyagreeswiththissentiment.ChrisF. notedthatwheretreescanbereplantedherequiresЌͼcaliperperthebylaw.Concern2. ControlofTreeRemovalwhenSolarPanelsarebeinginstalled.RecommendedthattheTreeby lawsectiongoverningteardownsand50%additionsbeexpandedtoincludelanguageto arebeinginstalled.GerryP.saidwecouldlook control/mitigatetreeremovalwhensolarpanels atstudiesretreeremovalandsolarpanelinstallationtoseewhatthetotalsystemtradeoffsand considerationare. 10.JimW.wasaskedtofollowuponToyotareplantingschedulereSpecialPermitZBAcompliance direction. RespectfullySubmitted,JimWood