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Town of Reading
Meeting Minutes
RECEIVED
TOWN CLERK
READING MASS.
Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Trails Committee 2011 FEB 23 A'�' I
Date: 2017-01-09 Time: 7:00 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: General Business
Attendees: Members - Present:
Tom Gardiner - Chair
Dave Williams
Will Finch
Ed Crowley
Jean Jacobs
Members - Not Present:
John Parsons
Others Present:
Session:
Ginny Blodgett - Walkable Reading
Ace Foulds - Walkable Reading
Virginia Adams - Walkable Reading
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jean Jacobs (
Topics of Discussion:
The meeting was called to order at 7:09pm.
1. Minutes from the meeting on November 9, 2016 were reviewed and approved.
2. Winter Walk
Members of Walkable Reading (WR) were present to discuss plans for the upcoming
Winter Walk co-sponsored by WR and the Trails Committee.
The Walk will be held Sunday, Jan. 29 at ipm in Bare Meadow. Meet at the cabin.
Will, Jean, and Ginny will be walk leaders. If there is snow, there may be cross-
country skiers and snowshoers. There will be refreshments in the cabin after the
walk. Jean will add information on the Trails Facebook page and Patch. Ace will add it
to the WR Facebook page and Ginny will add it to the Chronicle.
3. Walk Reading Weekend
WR and Trails discussed possibly changing the date of Walk Reading Weekend to the
fall or early May to boost participation. Will will talk to Cons Comm to see if they will
have a booth at the Street Faire. If so, maybe we can publicize there.
4. Budget Meeting with Selectmen
On Thursday, Jan. 12 the BoS will be discussing FY 2018 budgets that affect the
Trails Committee. Tom and Jean volunteered to go to the meeting. Possible projects
that we can discuss (if necessary): Xavier/Boyd lot trail, new trails in Kurchian
Woods, boardwalk to Ipswich River in Town Forest.
5. New Trail in Town Forest
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Will and Kim discovered a newly blazed trail in the Town Forest. It is similar to the
Overlook Trail and is northeast from it. It has yellow blazes and goes along the river.
No one from Trails nor Town Forest Committees knows who did this.
6. Trails Conference
Tom will email conference leader to volunteer our committee as presenters for the
fall conference.
7. Kurchian Woods
A resident and abutter to the Kurchian Woods sent an email about slippery leaves
and trash on the trails. Jean will investigate.
8. Annual Report
Dave will take data from Kim and any additional information from the rest of us to
create a report. Dave will send it to us for comments before submitting it.
Next Meeting: Tuesday, Feb 21, 2017
The meeting was adjourned at 8:03pm.
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