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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Trails Committee
Date: 201 3 -- 05-II0__6�,,,� /�
Building: pl,0 -4 "fA OAIO
Address:
Purpose: Regular committee meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
Tom Gardiner
Will Finch
Dave Williams
Terry Selle
John Parsons
Jean Jacobs
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Time: 7:00 PM
Location:
Kim Honetschlager - Town Representative
Bob Connor - ROLT
Dick Svirsky - ROLT
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: lean Jacobs
Topics of Discussion:
No meeting minutes were available for approval. Need to bring April 9 meeting minutes to
next meeting.
Discussion Items:
Birds Before Breakfast Walk
- 2 people have RSVP'ed so far.
- Dave will submit an article to the Chronicle on Monday, May 13.
- Dave's wife will start setup at 7:OOam.
- Dave will get paper products (plates and napkins). There are cups in the cabin.
- Dave will send email to the group to finalize food and drinks.
- The cabin is reserved.
- Terry and Tom will bring coffee makers. Dave will bring coffee.
- Kim will bring scones, Dave will bring fruit, Jean will bring coffee cake and juice.
- Will will be at the cabin around 6:45am. Jean will be there about 7:OOam.
Sledge Woods Walk
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Trails Committee members (Will, Dave, Tom, and Jean) and a ROLT Representative
(Pat Lloyd) walked the site on Sunday, April 28.
The project is fairly straightforward, consisting of a 30 ft. span of bridge /boardwalk
for a stream crossing and trail clearing and blazing. It connects to the Kurchian
Woods trails.
We may be able to use materials left over from the Kurchian Boardwalk project.
The committee is planning to purchase a gas generator to use for this project from
the Kurchian grant.
Boardwalk/bridge sections should be 10 feet long and 4 feet wide.
The committee thinks that it will take 2 -3 weekends to complete this project.
Projected work dates: Sunday, June 9, Saturday June 22, and Sunday June 23.
Sunday, June 9 begin construction at Mattera at 9:OOam.
Johnson Woods
- Bob Connor asked the committee if we would consider this project. It could be done
in sections.
- The Developer made an off -hand remark about purchasing all the materials. The
Trails Committee would have to come up with a cut list.
- Concern was raised that this project benefits the Johnson Woods residents, not
necessarily all Reading residents (no trail - specific parking for non - Johnson Woods
residents) so it may not be a good project for this group.
- The committee's decision was to postpone further discussion on this project until the
fall when the Sledge Woods and possibly Pinevale projects have been completed.
Grace's Project
- Jean discussed the Trails Workshop that Grace hosted and Jean was a speaker.
Attendance was pretty good (15 -20 people in each of 2 sessions) and some
additional Trail Adopters signed up.
- The trail part of Grace's project needs engineering consultation first.
Friends and Family Day (Saturday, June 15)
- The group decided that the theme should be similar to Earth Day "Kids and
Adopters ".
- Will will bring a turtle.
- We need to have maps available.
- We also need to bring a canopy (Kim will check on this).
Other Notes
- There was a question as to whether we can donate materials for Sam Rodda's
project on Kylie Drive. Only if we have extras.
- There is a Town Forest Committee meeting on Thursday (May 9) that will be
contentious as there are several groups that have different ideas about Town Forest
use.
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The meeting was adjourned at 8:50pm.
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