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Board - Committee - commission - Council:
Trails Committee
Date: 2025-12-03
Building: Reading Town Hall
Address:
Purpose:
Attendees: Members - Present:
John Kastrinos - Chair
Brandy Hopkins
Dave Williams
Will Finch
Garret Alpha -Cobb -associate
Chuck Tirone staff liason
Members - Not Present:
Ben Ream
Others Present:
Zalen Puff - Boy Scout
Eric Smith - Scout advisor
Tom Armstrong
Bob Weiggel
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Conference Room
Session: Open Session
Version: Draft
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Dave Williams
Topics of Discussion:
Meeting called to order at 6:33pm
November meeting minutes approved 4-0
Zalen Puff - Town Forest Eagle Scout project presentation. Alligator Alley upgrade.
See handout. Questions about elevating the beginning so it won't be under water. Some
construction questions asked. Zalen asked to redo the design sketches. This proposal
approved pending design changes. 4-0
Evergreen trail - bird -house proposal from Mr. Tom Armstrong
Mr. Armstrong discussed his ideas for building and Installing several bird nesting boxes.
Styles discussed. Problematic in nailing boxes to trees in cemetery property. He will reach
out to ROLT to see about placing boxes on their property.
Current Proiects
a) Pinevale Trail - Trailhead put in at Warren St. entrance. Kiosk will be designed.
NEXT STEP volunteers will be building the three trail extensions in June.
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b) Sturgis Park - Weggel Memorial - Invasives have been taken out and wood chips
have been put down. Survey status due soon. We need the details from the survey
- elevation and topography - to plan the bridge design and then a budget
established.
c) Equipment purchase/rental for trails work, offer for funding from ROLT.
The Trails Committee would like to purchase a small ATV/Gator in conjunction with
the CONSCOM. There is a real need for a vehicle like this to haul materials in and
out of work sites, conduct site visits, etc. We will need approvals of committees to
move this initiative forward. Bob Weiggell fully supported the use of $17,000 of the
money he donated to ROLT, towards the purchase of a vehicle. We would store the
vehicle in the Mattera garage.
A motion was made to accept 17,000 from the Weiggell fund for the purchase of an
ATV type vehicle. Approved 4-0
b) Symonds Way/RECAL new trail - update. None.
d) 443 Haverhill Street - update. This project is on hold for now.
Future projects. Build a small bridge at Sturgis with our own funds. Explore the idea of an
easement at the end of the trail at Hemlock.
The next meeting will be on Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at the Reading Town Hall
The meeting was adjourned at 8:24
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