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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Time: 630 PM
Location: Mattera Cabin
Session:
Version: Draft
Chuck Tirone (conservation)
Garrett Alpha -Cobb trail adopter)
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Dave Williams
A8:r7
Topics of Discussion:
The meeting was called to order at 6:33pm.
Kathy introduced Garrett -Cobb as a new trail adopter in Bare Meadow.
Motion to approve the Sept. minutes. Approved 4-0.
Work on the Evergreen Trail will be this weekend. Sunday at 9:00am. Meet at Kylie Drive.
Kathy has marked it out. It will be 4 feet wide.
Updated Town Forest map is good to go. Kathy will laminate it. We will use it at the New
Residents meeting to be held at the Reading Library on Oct. 22.
Will reviewed the work he and Ben did on rebuilding a section of the Bare Meadow
boardwalk near Haverhill St.
Future projects. Hunt St. trail is very wet and muddy in times of high water, and due to the
beaver dam. We will need to address this. Chuck shared his experiences with dealing with
beavers. A beaver deceiver is something to consider. We will meet Fri., Oct. 25 at 9:00 and
the new Maillet-Soames parking lot and begin the process of building a beaver deceiver.
Reclamation of trails at Lobs Pound Mill and Marion Woods. Just need some clean-up in the
area and invasive removal. More gravel for the parking area.
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Trails Committee
Date: 2024-02-10
Building:
Mattera Cabin
Address:
1481 Main Street
Purpose:
Attendees:
Members - Present:
WIII Finch
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Dave Williams
Kathy Kelly
Tom Gardner
Members - Not Present:
Ben Ream
Others Present:
Time: 630 PM
Location: Mattera Cabin
Session:
Version: Draft
Chuck Tirone (conservation)
Garrett Alpha -Cobb trail adopter)
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Dave Williams
A8:r7
Topics of Discussion:
The meeting was called to order at 6:33pm.
Kathy introduced Garrett -Cobb as a new trail adopter in Bare Meadow.
Motion to approve the Sept. minutes. Approved 4-0.
Work on the Evergreen Trail will be this weekend. Sunday at 9:00am. Meet at Kylie Drive.
Kathy has marked it out. It will be 4 feet wide.
Updated Town Forest map is good to go. Kathy will laminate it. We will use it at the New
Residents meeting to be held at the Reading Library on Oct. 22.
Will reviewed the work he and Ben did on rebuilding a section of the Bare Meadow
boardwalk near Haverhill St.
Future projects. Hunt St. trail is very wet and muddy in times of high water, and due to the
beaver dam. We will need to address this. Chuck shared his experiences with dealing with
beavers. A beaver deceiver is something to consider. We will meet Fri., Oct. 25 at 9:00 and
the new Maillet-Soames parking lot and begin the process of building a beaver deceiver.
Reclamation of trails at Lobs Pound Mill and Marion Woods. Just need some clean-up in the
area and invasive removal. More gravel for the parking area.
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Reclamation of the Schneider Woods trail off of Haverhill St. Rarely used, needs lots of
work. We'll take it off the priority list.
There is an easement at 443 Haverhill St. into the Cedar Swamp. If this isn't
used/developed (established), it may "disappear".
500 West St. ROLT property. A trail needs to be built. Parking an issue, but should be
doable. Several bridges would need to be built.
Connector trail from Washinton Park to Pinevale. New developers gave money for work.
Land use summit on Sat. Oct. 19. To be held at Mattera Cabin 1-3?. CONSCOM, Trails,
Town Forest, ROLT, Community Development Director,
a select board person, and more will be in attendance.
Steps have been built from the new Town Forest parking area to the new trail paralleling the
road. Chris Cole has asked the Trails Committee to pay for these stairs.
We have $4,200 in our account.
Meeting adjourned at 8:04
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