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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Trails Committee
Date: 2014 -01 -21 Time: 7:00 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: Regular committee meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
Tom Gardiner
Will Finch
Terry Selle
Dave Williams
Jean Jacobs
Members - Not Present:
John Parsons
Others Present:
Bob Connors - ROLT
Brandon Lee - Boy Scouts (and his father, Quen Lee)
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jean Jacobs
Topics of Discussion:
Called to order: 7:07pm
Meeting minutes from November 2013 were submitted and approved.
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1. Brandon Lee - Eagle Scout Project
• Plan is to build 24 ft. long boardwalk in Town Forest on Pine Ridge Trail.
• Designs and materials were discussed.
• Brandon will meet with us before the Winter Walk to look at materials that the
Trails Committee has in the Materra cabin.
Brandon should meet with town engineers to go over design.
• He should bring his proposal to the Town Forest Committee and the Conservation
Commission.
2. Winter Walk
• Walk is scheduled for Feb. 9 at 1:00pm at Materra cabin.
• Jean will send the information to the Chronicle, Patch, and Advocate. Tom will
contact Walkable Reading, RCTV, and ROLT. He will also put up some posters.
Dave will contact Reading Rec.
3. Sledge Woods trailhead sign
• A trailhead sign was made for ROLT by Atticus Habel for the Sledge Woods trail.
He wants guidance on where to put it and how to install it. We suggested that he
waits until the ground thaws.
4. Upcoming Projects
• Pinevale - finish remaining work? We will plan more in the spring.
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5. Rerouting trail in the Town Forest
• Discussion about rerouting a trail slightly to avoid Troop 702's Turkey Roast area.
• Maybe need better blazing and signage.
Discussion around whether bikes should be banned from Town Forest.
The next meeting will be held on Monday, March 10, 2014 (NOTE: meeting was originally
scheduled for March 11).
Meeting was adjourned at 8:22pm
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