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Trails Committee
Date: 2023-08-02 Time: 6:30 PM
Building: Mattera cabin Location:
Address: 1481 Main Street Session:
Purpose: Version: Draft
Attendees: Members - Present:
Kathy Kelly
Thomas Gardiner
Timothy Kirwan
Ben Ream
John Kastrionos
Dave Williams
Members - Not Present:
Will Finch
Ray Vallicourt
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Kathy Kelly
Topics of Discussion:
1. 6:30PM meeting called to order and approved 6/23 minutes
2. Fall Workday: Waiting on Will Finch to set a date
3. Library Open House 10/3/23 5-7PM: Kathy and Dave will manage our table.
4. Town Forest Day: We are waiting on more information before deciding to attend
5. Trail Blazing: We voted to purchase new aluminum blazes for ourtrails
6. Communication: Reminder that all TC communication to town administrators should go through Kathy
7. Priority List:
• Flooding in garage is still not resolved. Fidel and Chuck will visit Matters Cabin to assess our
situation
• Pinevale, Lenetta Lane, and Higgens Woods boardwalks and trails completed
• Repair to Cranberry Dam trail completed
• Trail blazing will begin with Bare Meadow in the Fall
• Kathy is looking into creating OR codes for all our maps
• Will will order stock for our Fall projects
• Repair of boardwalk in Bare Meadow by Wood End Cemetery has been approved for Charlie
Mace. Fall/23 Eagle Scout project
8. Conservation Update: Chuck Tirone not present
9. Other:
• We agreed to purchase a pop-up TC sign for marketing. Tim Kirwan will look for options and
report back
• There are several cinder blacks and a plastic block that need to be removed from the Town
Forest. TBD when
• Kathy will look into expanding on our existing logo
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• Budget: TC: $2,951.58
ARPA: $38.99
Gifts: $314.43
Total: $3,305.00
10. Adjoum: 7:35PM
Next Meeting September6, 2023
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