HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-10-26 Town Forest Committee Minutes 39 '
June 16 , 1969 Municipal Building
An informal meeting was held to discuss the possible
available lands which might have the joint use for
future school and Town Forest purposes .
The various committees represented at this meeting
are shown below with their representatives:
Town Forest Committee :
James S. Perry-, Chairman
Benjamin E. Nichols, Secretary
- Irving E . Dickey
Planning Board of Reading:
Uilliam Parker,III
Jeffrey Taylor
School Site Committee :
Russell Stone , Jr.
Conservation Commission:
Albert J. Schneider
League of Women Voters :
!Ira. Jane H. Calabar
Mrs. Francis L. Hayes
August 2 , 1969
Scout Gary Kendall from Troop 702 Reading Boy Scouts
continued his Conservation activities by planting
approximately 300 Scothh Pine saplings on the south-west
side of Scrub Oak Hill. He had his brother, David Kendall,
as his helper. Two days before this , Irving Dickey had
gone to the woods with Gary Kendall and showed him the
methods used to plant these saplings.
AuOust 16 , 1969
i.'a-rk i-abel from Soy Scout Y'roop 7:;2 led a party of Boy Scouts
including: hike Hanson, Steve Lea^ave and Cerry Feumann in
setting two granite posts as boundary markers iii the Town
Forest at points "2" and 110" as s:-.own on the map on Page 39-A.
Surveyor ;,awrenue "duoxy" auoster located cne exact points
for the Scouts.
Octooer 26 , 1969
At the sug;gestio-n o= the Board of Selectmen , the Town Forest
Committee met with Boy Scout Leaders at the Pumping Station
on Suneay afternoon to discuss the best method of handling
the problem of disturbances Tahile Scouts are camping in the
Forest . An undesirable element of yo:ng pebble with automobiles
hes been creating these problems.
The followiaL persons , representing their troops , were present
at tk_is meeti,14.
'7oyne 1-abel 'troop 702
John Fairchild. 704
ibseph Toner 70^
ubert C 'Hearn 728
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October i6 , 1969 (continued)
'?illiam Brown Troop 732
",lilliam Brogan 735
Leon LaFreniere 762
3ernard Dickman--S?eiL;hborhood Commissioner
James 3. erry , Chairman , TownForest Committee
Benjamin E. Nichols , Secretary of Town --orest
Committee , and active Stouter
John Louanis , Town Pumpint Station - ;ntireer
,11 agreed itould be br€t to install a „ate , w"r,-ich would
be 'rcpt u^ler pa;lock at all times , ,just beyond the filter
house at the beginning c° the causeway to the rest o` tYe
Tuan Forest . -.,nen Scout troops wish to use the 5'orest , they
vuill ,.,o to Cie �ontr-1 sire �"Ziun, bet a lire permit, an
Indian Pump for fire protection,and the key to the gate .
At the And of the camping trip, the pump and the key :;ill be
returned to the Central Fire Stttion. The Town Forest
Committee •-!ill ask the Board of ?nblic iorks to design and
install this tate , and this cost r!ill be paid from funds of
the To7m Forest Committee .
Also , a request -:rill be :.a. .e to the Boar:'.. of Public -forks
to dump some large rocks to close the ca rt road leading from
the lagoon to the road {;o`ng: to ?o-:nt one. These are to be
dumped a them siill be parking available on the Forest side
and on the ?later Pumping Station side .
The Town Forest Committee wi::.hes to encourage the use of the
Forest by Groups and individuals '-':o -/ill enjoy it and not
destroy any part of it . 'ii.0 ()Ll;; 'Lrpoae of tau late and the
barriers isace from large rocks is to keep out undesira�ie persons .
overiber 29 , 1969
:.:ark Habel frog. Boy Scout Troop 702 led another work party in
installing three more granite boundary posts along; the southern
boundary of ti.e Town Forest . These locations are shown as
points "H," "ETT and "D" as sk�_own on they.map on 2a,e 39-A.
The Scouts vrorking ineluded: Jim t,orris, Mike Hanson,
Steve Lo2ave and Jerry iieumann . Scouter -.fayne Habel was there ,
but the Scoots did the -work . Surveyor La^irence "Bucky" Webster
located he enact points for the €ranite posts .
TTovember 25 , 1969 uesd y oveninL�
l cecutive ssion held at ,come of Chairn�n Janos 3 . Perry.
cmbcxs preent inclu. ed :
James perry, Chairman
";en jamin L Ili holo, .;ecret Wry
irvinL, B . Dickey
Benjamin a . S'.ichols moved tho ariausl budget of j2 ,OCO .00 for
re;;ulrr maintenance of roads, tn..ils _ad clearirj. . Tt was
so voted .