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Board - Committee - Commission - Council: 2025 APR I l Ph 12: 50
Trails Committee
Date: 2025-03-05 Time: 6:30 PM
Building:
Mattera Cabin
Address:
1481 Main Street
Purpose:
Monthly meeting
Attendees:
Members - Present:
John Kastrinos
Will Finch
Members - Not Present:
Kathy Kelly
Ben Ream
David Williams
Ashley Gross (Associate)
Brandy Hopkins (Associate)
Others Present:
Tom Gardiner (Associate)
Charles Tirone
Location: Matters Cabin
Session: Open Session
Version: Final
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: John Kastrinos
Topics of Discussion:
1. Meeting called to order at 6:40 pm.
2. Chair motioned to promote Tom Gardiner from Associate to Interim Member for the
meeting, to ensure a quorum. Motion seconded and approved.
3. January meeting minutes were approved 3-0.
4. Tree blazing/kiosk removal letter was discussed - letter will be edited and sent to
Chris Cole, Mike Kessman, and Mike Hannaford.
5. Recap of Pinevale site visit - conditions were obscured by snow. Chuck, Will, Brandy
and Ben attended the Pinevale site visit/walk-through. Lots of snow obscuring the
trail. Preferred alignment is a straighter route that provides more buffer to abutters.
Materials that will be needed include around 170 ft of boardwalk for the section of
standing water and wetlands; it will require either a Request for Determination of
Applicability (RDA) or a Notice of Intent. The Conservation Commission has $7000
from a developer for Pinevale conservation area improvements that can be used for
this project but the money will not be available until the development is complete.
The funds could be reimbursed. Topic to be continued at April meeting.
6. Chuck and Will will return to Pinevale to flag a route for the boardwalk - tentatively
scheduled for Thursday, 3/27, 10 AM, meeting at the end of Warren Avenue.
7. The trail to Maille-Sommes from Hunt Street needs work to improve access - a layer
of wood chips at a minimum. Discussion of schedule for completing the work to be
continued at the April meeting.
8. Chainsaws - John agreed to reach out to DPW to see if Committee members can
take part in their next session of chainsaw use and safety training. Request to be
appended to letter (topic 4 above).
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9. Tablesaw being donated to the Trails Committee - may need to rent a truck to
transport it. Topic to be continued at the April meeting.
I.O.New equipment purchases - Will Finch put gather a materials list that would create
120 ft of boardwalk. The trails committee voted to spend up to $3500 on materials
approved 3-0.
ll.Budget update - budget request is due end of April. Template letter is available on
Google docs.
12.Conservation report - plan to build a deck on the back of Mattera cabin will take up
most of our Next Step volunteers' time; therefore, we will need to rely on Committee
members and other volunteers for Trails Committee projects.
13.New Troop 702 Eagle project under consideration - re -building steps in the Town
Forest. Steps at Lot 5 should be used as a template. The landscape timbers will
drive the step dimensions.
Adjourn: 7:45 PM
Next Meeting Wednesday April 2nd 2025
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