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Meeting Minutes
Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Trails Committee
Date: 2015 -03 -31 Time: 7:00 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: General trails business
Attendees: Members - Present:
Tom Gardiner - chair
Dave Williams
Will Finch
Jean Jacobs
John Parsons
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Location: Conference Room
Ginny Blodgett - Walkable Reading
Everett Blodgett - Walkable Reading
Ace Foulds - Walkable Reading
Gina Snyder - Walkable Reading
Virginia Adams - Walkable Reading
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jean Jacobs
Topics of Discussion:
The meeting was called to order at 7:04pm.
Minutes from the meeting on January 21, 2015 were approved.
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1. Birds Before Breakfast Walk led by Dave Williams - Sunday, May 3
The walk is scheduled for 7:00am - 9:00am at the Materra Cabin. Will will get there
early to open up. Mary Williams and Jean Jacobs will bring food. John will bring a
large coffee maker. Tom will bring juice. Other items needed: cream, sugar,
napkins, and plates. Jean will post information on the Facebook page and on Patch.
We can firm up plans in the next meeting before the walk.
2. Russ Cohen (wild edibles)
There was some discussion about whether having Russ come this spring was a good
idea. The walk would be on a weekday and there was concern about turnout. Dave
will talk to him to see if we can put it off until next year.
3. Viewing Platform Repairs
Work day is planned for April 11 at 9:00am to replace the rods that had been stolen.
Meet at the cabin.
4. RCN -May 13
We decided that we would like to participate in RCN's request to talk about the
Trails Committee for 5 minutes on RCN. We will firm up plans at our next meeting.
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5. Sun setting the committee
We decided that we do not want to sunset the Trails Committee.
6. Walk Reading Weekend
Walk Reading Weekend is scheduled for Sat /Sun May 30/31. Currently planned
walks:
• Sat 10:OOam at Pinevale - led by Tom Gardiner
• Sat 1:OOpm at Wood End School (Town Forest) - led by Jean Jacobs
• Sun 6:30am at Lobs Pound Mill (bird walk) - led by Dave Williams
• Sun 1:OOpm? at Parker Tavern - led by Walkable Reading
WR will talk to Selectmen about declaration of the weekend.
Gina Snyder will create a newspaper article. She will send to Advocate and
Chronicle. She will also send it to Jean to post on Patch.
Ace will talk to RCTV about publicizing it.
Jean and Ace will add info about the weekend to their groups respective Facebook
pages.
WR will put signs up at Earth Day (4/25) and Bike Recycle (5/9) events.
Scouts: Tom will contact Boy Scouts and Virginia will contact Girl Scouts to
encourage participation.
Tom will talk to the Dog Walkers.
WR will put flyers up around town.
Tom will contact FORR.
How to record mileage - Jean will investigate
Jean will send flyer to Laura Engelson for schools
Lawn signs? - no, may be too expensive (Everett will check into pricing)
YMCA: Tom will talk to Denis
Churches: Everyone should post a flyer at their church
7. Friends and Family Day - June 13
We decided not to participate in this event.
8. Dog Waste in Town Forest
Dog waste in the snow on the trails in the Town Forest had been reported to a Trails
Committee member. Maybe we should have someone from the TFC hand out flyers
on dog etiquette at Strout Avenue during Walk Reading Weekend.
9. How to attract new members to the Trails Committee?
We need one more voting member. We can have any number of associate members
(non- voting). Put information about membership on Facebook page.
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 29.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:23pm.
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