Chairman: Paul Funch

7:00 Call to Order
7:05 Welcome, Appreciation, and Kick-off
a) Chairman’s comments
b) (7:10) Comments from Mr. Dick O’Brien, Chairman, Montachusett Regional Trails Coalition and Chairman, Massachusetts Recreational Trails Advisory Board (MARTAB)
c) (7:20) Questions & Answers
7:30 Tools and Resources
a) Groton’s Interactive Trails Maps ( www.grotontrails.org )
b) Groton’s GIS site ( http://mapgeo.com/grotonma/ )
c) Groton’s 2011 Master Plan (http://www.townofgroton.org/Town/TownDepartments/LandUseDepartment.aspx ; link to Master Plan on bottom left of page)
d) Groton’s 2012 Open Space & Recreation Plan (http://www.townofgroton.org/Town/BoardsCommittees/ConservationCommission.aspx; under Documents

7:45 Discussions
1) Strategy for developing Trails Vision
a) Scope of Report, Organization of Report, Type of Recommendations of Report
i) Numbers of projects of what types
ii) Benefits (numbers of people, populations served, value)
iii) Costs (time, money, complexities involved, human resources)
2) (8:15) Brainstorming of Projects to be Included in Report
3) (8:40) Preparations for Next Meeting
a) Personal selection of projects to research
b) Initial research
c) Presentation to committee of initial findings
4) (8:50) Summary and Wrap-up
9:00 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.