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Board - Committee - Commission - Council: 2021 MAR -3 PM 4: 25
Trails Committee
Date: 2020-11-18 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
Members - Not Present:
Ian O'Leary
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 7:01pm.
1. Minutes from the meetings on October 13, 2020 were reviewed and approved.
2. Veteran's Way
Will met with Select Board member Karen Herrick (liaison to Cons Comm). She was
interested in what is going on but did not offer to help. Will said that the trail needs
to be re-flagged.
3. Work Days at Maillett
Maillett - work needs to be complete by End of Year (2020)
• Last ramp section off bridge
• Retaining wall and wood chips to even trail
• Bumpers on bridge ramps
Work days: Fri Nov. 27 - pre-fab, Sat Nov. 28 (with Dec. 4/5 as back up)
Still waiting for stock
4. Update on Grant
Kim is reconciling the expenses with invoices and payments. There is about $2,200 -
$2,400 left of grant money that we can spend. The group decided to purchase 1
picnic table (Park Master 8 feet long with one side that is ADA accessible) for the
meadow at Willow Street and 1 kiosk for Lowell Street trailhead (for a total of about
$2,100).
If we add a picnic table, do we need to add a trash barrel?
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Kim has to notify grant issuer about picnic table purchase.
5. T-Shirts
All members like the 01867 logo from the 5 logos that Justin Tu designed. Jean will
investigate t-shirt purchase with this logo.
6. Picnic Tables
Discussed and decided (see 4.)
7. New Business
• Maplewood - should we recycle the materials from there? What do we do with
concrete blocks?
• Kyle Turnow - trail volunteer who mentioned that he could design a way to
divert the run-off at the end of Hunt Street
• Jean is going to meet a Girl Scout troop at Bare Meadow on Sat Nov 21 to go
over Trail Adopter tasks (red trail plus UD benches)
• Should we apply for a new trails grant? Not yet, let's wait a year to evaluate
what we have and maintain existing trails.
Next Meeting: Wed, Jan. 6, 2021 at 7:00pm
The meeting was adjourned at 7:55pm.
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