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Trails Committee Meeting

Tuesday, August 4 2020 at 8:00 PM
Other: See Agenda, Specified in Agenda ,


This meeting was posted Thursday, July 30 2020 at 9:30 AM

Agenda

The following agenda was added or modified on 2020-08-03 09:07:37 by mbouchard@townofgroton.org.

The following agenda was added or modified on 2020-07-30 12:55:26 by npierce@townofgroton.org.

 

Groton Trails Committee
Meeting Agenda
4 August 2020
On-line Zoom Meeting, 8:00 p.m.    

 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89135043280?pwd=M3RoSUQwRXhxajRmY2NrRHl0ei9idz09


Chair: Paul Funch
Secretary: Jason Remillard
8:00 Call to Order
8:00 Minutes
a) (8:00) Approval of 19 May 2020 minutes
(8:05) Governance
a) (8:05) Officer elections for FY21
b) (8:10) Committee size
(8:20) Reports & Discussions
a) (8:20) Trail projects status
i) Microburst storm damage - Gamlin area (Dave Happ, Jack Petropoulos), Integrity Way (Hemlock Grove), Gamlin Picnic Area, Wharton Plantation, Baddacook (Shattuck Homestead)
ii) Gibbet Hill - trail from Shattuck St. (Lila McDougall); bridge construction support to Bruce Easom
iii) Skinner Forest – new trails and trail closures (GCT)
iv) Whispering Brook - trail re-routing (vote)
v) Sorhaug-Trimper trail status (Erik Tobies)
vi) RDAs for Sorhaug - Chestnut Hill loop trail; geo-textile ground stabilization (vote for expenditure of funds); new loop
vii) Stoddart easement - trail completion (GCT)
viii) Brush mowing - Groton Hills, MS XC, Hurd, Johnston, Scarlet Hill, B&PRR ROW, Sorhaug, Longley II, Still Meadow
ix) Others - Town Forest; SqRRT – clean-up support; McLain’s Woods bench & sidewalk; request for full funding of RTP Act of 2020; Grotonfest fee refunded
b) (8:45) Trail signs
i) Scarlet Hill - Meredith Scarlet
ii) NRWA grant - Wharton Plantation, Town Forest, NRRT
iii) Gibbet Hill (vote)
c) (8:55) Donations to GTC (Alex Woodle and Lynda Moore; John LeBlanc)
d) (9:00) Website and Mapping
9:30 Adjournment

 

If there was previous agenda for this meeting it is below

 

Groton Trails Committee
Meeting Agenda
4 August 2020
On-line Zoom Meeting, 8:00 p.m.
Chair: Paul Funch
Secretary: Jason Remillard
8:00 Call to Order
8:00 Minutes
a) (8:00) Approval of 19 May 2020 minutes
(8:05) Governance
a) (8:05) Officer elections for FY21
b) (8:10) Committee size
(8:20) Reports & Discussions
a) (8:20) Trail projects status
i) Microburst storm damage - Gamlin area (Dave Happ, Jack Petropoulos), Integrity Way (Hemlock Grove), Gamlin Picnic Area, Wharton Plantation, Baddacook (Shattuck Homestead)
ii) Gibbet Hill - trail from Shattuck St. (Lila McDougall); bridge construction support to Bruce Easom
iii) Skinner Forest – new trails and trail closures (GCT)
iv) Whispering Brook - trail re-routing (vote)
v) Sorhaug-Trimper trail status (Erik Tobies)
vi) RDAs for Sorhaug - Chestnut Hill loop trail; geo-textile ground stabilization (vote for expenditure of funds); new loop
vii) Stoddart easement - trail completion (GCT)
viii) Brush mowing - Groton Hills, MS XC, Hurd, Johnston, Scarlet Hill, B&PRR ROW, Sorhaug, Longley II, Still Meadow
ix) Others - Town Forest; SqRRT – clean-up support; McLain’s Woods bench & sidewalk; request for full funding of RTP Act of 2020; Grotonfest fee refunded
b) (8:45) Trail signs
i) Scarlet Hill - Meredith Scarlet
ii) NRWA grant - Wharton Plantation, Town Forest, NRRT
iii) Gibbet Hill (vote)
c) (8:55) Donations to GTC (Alex Woodle and Lynda Moore; John LeBlanc)
d) (9:00) Website and Mapping
9:30 Adjournment

If there was previous agenda for this meeting it is below

The following agenda was added or modified on 2020-07-30 12:55:26 by npierce@townofgroton.org.

Groton Trails Committee
Meeting Agenda
4 August 2020
On-line Zoom Meeting, 8:00 p.m.    
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89135043280


Chair: Paul Funch
Secretary: Jason Remillard
8:00 Call to Order
8:00 Minutes
a) (8:00) Approval of 19 May 2020 minutes
(8:05) Governance
a) (8:05) Officer elections for FY21
b) (8:10) Committee size
(8:20) Reports & Discussions
a) (8:20) Trail projects status
i) Microburst storm damage - Gamlin area (Dave Happ, Jack Petropoulos), Integrity Way (Hemlock Grove), Gamlin Picnic Area, Wharton Plantation, Baddacook (Shattuck Homestead)
ii) Gibbet Hill - trail from Shattuck St. (Lila McDougall); bridge construction support to Bruce Easom
iii) Skinner Forest – new trails and trail closures (GCT)
iv) Whispering Brook - trail re-routing (vote)
v) Sorhaug-Trimper trail status (Erik Tobies)
vi) RDAs for Sorhaug - Chestnut Hill loop trail; geo-textile ground stabilization (vote for expenditure of funds); new loop
vii) Stoddart easement - trail completion (GCT)
viii) Brush mowing - Groton Hills, MS XC, Hurd, Johnston, Scarlet Hill, B&PRR ROW, Sorhaug, Longley II, Still Meadow
ix) Others - Town Forest; SqRRT – clean-up support; McLain’s Woods bench & sidewalk; request for full funding of RTP Act of 2020; Grotonfest fee refunded
b) (8:45) Trail signs
i) Scarlet Hill - Meredith Scarlet
ii) NRWA grant - Wharton Plantation, Town Forest, NRRT
iii) Gibbet Hill (vote)
c) (8:55) Donations to GTC (Alex Woodle and Lynda Moore; John LeBlanc)
d) (9:00) Website and Mapping
9:30 Adjournment

If there was previous agenda for this meeting it is below

Groton Trails Committee
Meeting Agenda
4 August 2020
On-line Zoom Meeting, 8:00 p.m.
Chair: Paul Funch
Secretary: Jason Remillard
8:00 Call to Order
8:00 Minutes
a) (8:00) Approval of 19 May 2020 minutes
(8:05) Governance
a) (8:05) Officer elections for FY21
b) (8:10) Committee size
(8:20) Reports & Discussions
a) (8:20) Trail projects status
i) Microburst storm damage - Gamlin area (Dave Happ, Jack Petropoulos), Integrity Way (Hemlock Grove), Gamlin Picnic Area, Wharton Plantation, Baddacook (Shattuck Homestead)
ii) Gibbet Hill - trail from Shattuck St. (Lila McDougall); bridge construction support to Bruce Easom
iii) Skinner Forest – new trails and trail closures (GCT)
iv) Whispering Brook - trail re-routing (vote)
v) Sorhaug-Trimper trail status (Erik Tobies)
vi) RDAs for Sorhaug - Chestnut Hill loop trail; geo-textile ground stabilization (vote for expenditure of funds); new loop
vii) Stoddart easement - trail completion (GCT)
viii) Brush mowing - Groton Hills, MS XC, Hurd, Johnston, Scarlet Hill, B&PRR ROW, Sorhaug, Longley II, Still Meadow
ix) Others - Town Forest; SqRRT – clean-up support; McLain’s Woods bench & sidewalk; request for full funding of RTP Act of 2020; Grotonfest fee refunded
b) (8:45) Trail signs
i) Scarlet Hill - Meredith Scarlet
ii) NRWA grant - Wharton Plantation, Town Forest, NRRT
iii) Gibbet Hill (vote)
c) (8:55) Donations to GTC (Alex Woodle and Lynda Moore; John LeBlanc)
d) (9:00) Website and Mapping
9:30 Adjournment

The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will have been discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.