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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-11-12 Town Forest Committee Minutes 31 October 1966 A stone bound was set , unJzr guidance of Surveyor Lawrence Webster , at the junction of four lots , three of which are owned by the Town of Reading, and the other by the Meadowbrook Golf Club . The Town lots shown on the Area Map as lots No. 15, 29 and 44. This bound is set in the middle of the brook in the swamp southwest of the Bancroft-Dividence Island . November 12 , 1966 4:25 PM A formal posted meeting was held at the home of committee member , Maurice H. Donegan, 21 Federal Street , Reading. Members present : James S. Perry , Chairman Benjamin E . Nichols , Secretary Maurice H. Donegan The minutes of the previous meeting on July 29 , 1966 were reaa and aNproved. Chairman Perry has talked with Sling Real Estate Company about obtaining a right of way from their development off Franklin Street to the wood road running toward the Cranberry Dam. The budget for 1969 of N2 ,000 . was discussed and voted. The work of previous years will be continued , including the purchase of 2 ,000 saplings to be planted in the Spring: possible road and trail work through the Forest toward the Cranberry Dam; thinning of trees ;=.nd general maintenance. Maurice Donegan suggested taking one area in the Forest and transplanting vari:us kinds of trees and shrubs of all sorts. Also , these mirht be set out along the roeds in the Forest . This would e a Conservation and Service project for the Boy Scouts of itaaain6. This project would be gooa for future generations to enjoy . Chairmen Perry continues to *:fork with the surveyors on a new map for the Town Forest . It was suggested asking the snow plow men of the Board of Public Works to block the Forest roads going in both directions from the Town Forest sign. This would solve the problem in previous years of automobiles becoming stuck in the snow , deep in the woods . There ass a discussion of the possibility of a new sign to be 1oc:: ted near the Pumping Station. This would show the joint activities of the 7€ ter -enertment and the Town Forest . The ;4eetin6 wtia aejouraea , uut not closed , at 5 ;2a YM.