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Reading Trails Committee T _ C L U
June 11, 2008 Minutes R U A ,DING, M
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Present: Joan Hoyt, Tom Gardiner, Dave Williams, Charles Donnelly Mora.XQg SEP -q A1131'
Susan Giacalone
Absent: Alan Rosh
Visitor: Bob Burrows
Members introduced themselves and their backgrounds. The selection of a chairperson
was postponed until the next meeting since one member wasn't present. The question was
raised whether an Associate Member could be the chairperson. Dave volunteered to find
the answer to this question.
Next Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday June 24, 2008 in the First Floor Conference
Room.
It was agreed that the following meeting was scheduled for July 22, 2008 at 7 PM.
Charles will post this meeting.
It was agreed that Dave would contact the Friends of Reading Recreation to see if they
are interested in running an Adopt-a-Trail program.
Charles will look into the state trails grant program which has an October I application
_ deadline and try to determine what can be done to improve chances of having a
successful application.
Joan will talk with Kim regarding either names ofpeople who had volunteered at the
Trail Building project or Friends and Family Day.
Dave will distribute to members the draft Trail Standards Handbook that Mark Wetzel
has worked on.
It was mentioned that some people may be intimidated to explore the Bare Meadow area
since the trail entrance wasn't clearly marked.
The suggestion was made to consider having a Boy Scout Trail Day or Cub Scout or Girl
Scout events in the future.
It was agreed that before our next meeting individuals would look at the Policy
Establishing a Reading Trails Committee to see what each of us would like to be
involved with.
It was suggested that we publicize our work on a regular basis by emailing info to
interested members of other Reading organizations.
Respectfully submitted,
Charles Donnelly Moran