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Home My WebLink About2019-10-30 Trails Committee Minutes Town of Reading nECEIVtD Meeting Minutes OVIN CLERKiat ili ?i OC7 ,c Board - Committee - Commission - Council: 3 rn 3; I a Trails Committee Date: 2019-10-30 Time: 7:00 PM Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: Open Session Purpose: General Business Version: Final Attendees: Members - Present: Tom Gardiner lean Jacobs Dave Williams Will Finch Ben Ream Kathy Kelly John Parsons Members - Not Present: Others Present: Kim Honetschlager - Town Representative Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jean Jacobs 5 Qk y (2� Topics of Discussion: The meeting was called to order at 7:05pm. 1. Minutes from the meeting on October 2, 2019 were reviewed and approved. 2. Winter Walk We discussed and decided to hold a Winter Walk with Walkable Reading with a tentative date of Sunday, January 26, 2020. 3. Maillett/Aberjona Project Will went out after the recent rain and saw that that water was not too high. Next sections to be done: • 10 foot ramp from the bridge heading toward Hunt St. • boardwalk through the muck (2 - 10 R sections) DPW has 12 inch corrugated pipe. We can ask them to cut into 5 foot sections. Tom will get them from DPW. Kim will order the supplies for the 2 - 10 ft. sections through the muck. 4. Work Days After recent wind storms there are several trees down on trails in Bare Meadow, Kurchian, Town Forest, and Pinevale. • Sat. Nov2: trail maintenance day - meet at Mattera Cabin at 9am • Sat. Nov 16: Aberjona ramp build day - meet at Mattera Cabin at 9am Page I 1 5. Hats, Shirts, Banners lean investigated the cost of shirts and banners (hats are a lower priority). The cost of tech fabric short-sleeve shirts is about $250 for 14 shirts. The cost of a 5 ft X 2.5 ft banner is about $50. lean also presented a possible logo for the Reading Trails Committee. The committee decided to table the logo idea for the time being. 6. Branding We would like to get information about markers to put on kiosks, trail head markers, and fiberglass trail markers. Kathy will do some research. Next Meeting: Tue. Dec. 10, 2019 at 7:00pm The meeting was adjourned at 8:12pm. Page 2 09m, Town of Reading Meeting Minutes Board - Committee - Commission - Council: Trails Committee Date: 2020-03-09 Time: 7:00 PM Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: Open Session Purpose: General Business Version: Final Attendees: Members - Present: Tom Gardiner Jean Jacobs Dave Williams Will Finch Kathy Kelly Ben Ream Members - Not Present: John Parsons Others Present: Kim Honetschlager - Town Representative Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jean Jacobs g2Cvr }'CfiG/J' Topics of Discussion: The meeting was called to order at 7:03pm. 1. Minutes from the meeting on December 10, 2019 were reviewed and approved. 2. New Resident's Day Tuesday, April 7 5:30pm - 7:30pm at the library. Dave will handle the table. Ben may join him. Materials to bring: Town-wide map, QR code that links to Trail Maps page, trail guides. 3. Friends and Family Day Saturday, June 13: 10:00am - 3:00pm. We will have a table. Details will be worked out as it gets closer. 4. ROW: Haverhill and Lenetta Haverhill - too marshy Lenetta - no through access to Eastway 5. Shirts, Banners Jean will see if she can get the proposed logo created by a graphic arts student. Banner - get quote assuming logo is created (5 R wide X 2.5 ft high with grommets) 6. Work Days April 17 - cutting April 18 - site work day April 24 - cutting, pre-fab Page 1 1 April 25 - site work day May 8 - prep May 9 - site work day May 29 - prep May 30 - site work day Fridays prep/pre-fab days - 2:00pm at the cabin Saturdays - 9:00am at the cabin, 10:00am for volunteers at the site 7. Tools We need more Ryobi batteries (heavy duty), 4 foot level, drill indexes, loppers. Kim, Tom, and Will will go shopping. Next Meeting: TBD The meeting was adjourned at 8:12pm. Page 1 2 Town of Reading (aml Meeting Minutes Board - Committee - Commission - Council: Trails Committee Date: 2020-05-21 Time: 7:00 PM Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: Open Session Purpose: General Business Version: Final Attendees: Members - Present: Tom Gardiner Jean Jacobs Dave Williams Will Finch Kathy Kelly Ben Ream John Parsons Members - Not Present: Others Present: Kim Honetschlager - Town Representative Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jean Jacobs Topics of Discussion: The meeting was conducted via Zoom and was called to order at 7:05pm. 1. Work Dates Kim will ask permission from the Town Manager if we are allowed to do work on the trails. NO outside volunteers (or only experienced volunteers) and only 6 people at one time (use time slots). Have Moynihan drop lumber at the end of Hunt Street. Work on trails first 3 weekends in June (depending on permission and materials). Should we cut the decking at the cabin? (Only need 2 people for cutting.) Tools missing! Maybe we should get new locks for the garage? Need a new chop saw. And we need drills, batteries, and battery charger. John Kastrinos - new volunteer and possible liaison with mountain bikers? 2. Who is available on Work Days Wait until we get approval from Town. 3. Scope of Work Start work from Hunt Street side (2nd crew from other end, if necessary). Do cutting at cabin? 4. T-Shirts Wait until tools have been purchased before deciding on t-shirts, banners, etc. Page I I Other tools needed: • Weed whacker • Blades for saws • Varying lengths of levels • Buckthorn puller Pine Ridge Trail - boardwalk needs work - side project by Kathy? Question: Can the Trails budget (that expires on lune 30, 2020) be delayed due to the pandemic? Next Meeting: June 9, 2020 at 7:OOpm The meeting was adjourned at 8:07pm. Page 1 2 aTown of Reading Meeting Minutes Board - Committee - Commission - Council: Trails Committee Date: 2020-09-16 Time: 7:00 PM Building: Location: Address: Session: Open Session Purpose: General Business Version: Final Attendees: Members - Present: Tom Gardiner Jean Jacobs Dave Williams Will Finch Ben Ream John Parsons Kathy Kelly Ian O'Leary (new member) Members - Not Present: Others Present: Kim Honetschlager - Town Representative /7 Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jean Jacobs Topics of Discussion: The meeting was conducted via Zoom and was called to order at 7:OOpm. 1. Minutes from the meetings on June 9, 2020 were reviewed and approved. 2. Work Days Decking is not available until late October. We have enough stock to build the frames for 2 sections over the quagmire (one 12 ft section and one 10 ft section). Fri, Sep 25: meet at cabin at 2:OOpm to cut joists and pre-fab headers Sat, Sep 26: meet at Willow Street at 9:OOam with materials 3. Maintenance Days • Pinevale o Trees down and bridge/boardwalk maintenance needed o Boy Scouts interested in helping, John will meet them Sun, Sep 20 • Town Forest - Alligator Alley o Old sections need new joists (there are no center joists) o There is a new Town Forest member who is Assistant Scout Master. Tom will ask him if there is any interest from the scouts in replacing sections. • Bare Meadow o Bridge behind cemetery is in bad shape. Possible scout project? Should we put down anti-skid material as temporary fix? Page 1 1 • Kurchian o There are trees down and trash on the trails. o The trail needs to be widened near the Fairchild Drive trailhead. o Tom, Kathy, and Ben will work on these issues Fri, Sep 18 at 2:OOpm 4. T-Shirts Not yet 5. Postings at Trailheads There was some discussion about dog etiquette vs. dog rules. Chuck said he can't get signs printed for trailheads. Issues with bikes and motorized vehicles causing trail erosion (current drought is making it worse). Need signs (few words as possible) to put at trailheads. Will talked to Cons Comm about"no bike" signs. Cons Comm wants to talk about it. Jean will draft a possible sign with symbols and wording from DPW and Cons Comm list of rules. New Business: • DPW help o Letter to Select Board about how much help we get from DPW: trees, stone dust, wood chips, fill for Bare Meadow, kiosk at Hunt St., etc. o Jean will draft a letter and send to Tom for editing. • UD Bench o John wants to ask UD (Understanding Disabilities) to maintain the area around the bench on the trail at Bare Meadow that leads to the viewing platform. He has been maintaining it. • Higgins o Widest trail is not marked (it is mostly wet or underwater but it gets a lot of use) o Should we rebuild the bridge on that trail (the one furthest from Birch Meadow)? • Veteran's Way o Developer needs to re-establish trail easement o Site visit on Mon, Sep 21 at 1:00pm - Will plans to be there, and maybe Tom • Open Space Planning (Town - future) o Trails should have input on this topic Next Meeting: Tues, Oct 13 at 7:OOpm The meeting was adjourned at 8:20pm. Page 1 2