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Date: 2018-01-23 Time: 7:30 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: General Business Session:
Attendees: Members - Present:
Tom Gardiner - Chair
Will Finch
Jean Jacobs
Dave Williams
Members - Not Present:
John Parsons
Others Present:
Kim Honetschlager - Town Representative
Larry Kornetsky
Ginny Blodgett - Walkable Reading
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jean Jacobs
Topics of Discussion:
The meeting was called to order at 7:30pm.
1. Minutes from the meeting on Nov 28, 2017 were reviewed and approved.
2. Winter Walk
The walk will be held on Jan 28, 2018 at fpm at Materra Cabin.
Jean will add the walk to the Trails Committee Facebook page.
Articles were published in Reading Rec magazine and the Chronicle.
Walkable Reading is taking care of the refreshments.
Kim talked to the police but they said that there's no place to put a caution sign on
Main Street.
Will and Everett will direct traffic in the parking lot.
Will and Jean will lead the walks.
3. Next Project
• Larry mentioned a tree leaning on the Pine Ridge trail at the top of the hill
from the boardwalk. The Town Forest committee should take care of it.
• Jean will let Kim know where the split tree is that Susan Bowe pointed out.
• Should we reblaze the Town Forest?
o We need a plan that matches existing Boy Scout kiosks as much as
possible.
o Trails committee members should walk the trails and talk about it at
the next meeting.
o Tom will ask TF committee for input.
• Bridge in Bare Meadow near cemetery is in disrepair.
• Sponsor a Bird Box building day? (Dave)
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4. Grant for Maillett Trail
Time is running out for application.
Conservation is interested in this project.
Issue is with sewer easement.
Make the bog bridge 36 inches wide?
Start project from Hunt Street.
Possibly get Boy Scout to do the 45 ft. bog bridge on top of T
Kim will talk to the Town Engineer and email the grant group to see if sewer
easement is acceptable.
5. Annual Report
No one has asked for it.
Next Meeting: Tues Mar 27 at 7:30pm
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30pm.
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