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Meeting Minutes
Board - Committee - Commission - Council: Trails Committee
Date: March 6, 2024
Building:
Address:
Purpose:
Attendees: Members - Present:
Time:
6:30pm
Location:
Mattera Cabin
Session:
Open
Version:
Final
Kathy Kelly chair
Ray Vaillancourt
Tim Kirwan Associate
Thomas Gardiner associate
Ben Ream
Will Finch
John Kastrinos associate
Members - Not Present:
David Williams
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Others Present:
Tara Gregory Town meeting Member
Chuck Tirone Conservation
Bruce Shick Mystic Link Trail Alliance
Joy Hartwell Mystic Link Trail Alliance
Hobbit Mystic Link Trail Alliance
Kim Honetschlager Ipswich River Watershed Association
Martha Moore Conservation Committison
At French Bay Circuit Trail
Nancy Doctor Town Forest Committee
Pat Biggs
Bruce Mackenzie
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Ray Vaillancourt
The meeting was held at Mattera Cabin and brought to order at 6:30 pm
Topics of Discussion:
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Approved unanimously
Mystic Link Trail
members of the Mystic Link Trail Alliance shared their vision and plans for a trail route
that connects the Bay Circuit Trail at Ward reservation in Andover to The Tri -community
Greenway in Stoneham. This trail would pass through Reading, including Bare meadow,
the Town Forest, and possibly Mailiet-Sommes.
Budget
Currently at $3169.45 budget
Gift Fund $314
No update on our request for funds this year
Friends and family Day
Kathy announced that Friends and Family Day is June 6. We will plan for it at a future
meeting
Priority list
The following items were added to the priority list:
Town Forest Boardwalk
Water runoff yellow trail Bare Meadow- water bars
Evergreen Trail haverhill St
Adjourned at 7:47pm
Next meeting April 3.
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