Town of Groton
Meeting Notice

Town Clerk
173 Main Street
Groton, MA 01450
(978) 448-1100

Trails Committee Meeting

Tuesday, May 16 2023 at 7:00 PM
The Groton Center, 163 West Main Street Groton, MA


This meeting was posted Thursday, May 11 2023 at 9:41 AM

Agenda

Groton Trails Committee

Meeting Agenda

16 May 2023, 7:00 p.m.

Conference Room 102 - The Groton Center – 163 W. Main St., W. Groton

Chair:  Paul Funch

Vice Chair:  Wanfang Murray

Clerk:  vacant

7:00     Call to Order

7:00     Approval of 18 April Minutes

7:05     Meeting location for remainder of 2023; hybrid vs. in-person only

7:10     Reports

  1. (7:10) New Member (Paananen); Member resignations (Magliozzi, Charlebois); former applicants (Kellie Walsh, Peter Jeffrey); new applicant (Tom Montilli); guest Kevin Richardson
  2. (7:30) Trail Projects
    1. Nashua Riverwalk – 4/24: New DCR Commissioner (Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo)
    2. Eagle Scout Project – Matt Valenta (Groton Woods bog bridges) – site walk and RDA
  • Trail Maintenance – Town Forest NE quadrant (cleared trails; Sudar Mayyappan), Town Forest (chainsawed 6 trees); Gamlin Crystal Springs (trail markers); Northwoods, Longley II, Cronin (cleared trails); Sargisson Beach (leaf blowing)
  1. (7:45) 25th Anniversary Planning – adventures/activities; patch
  2. (7:55) Website and Interactive Map – GoogleDocs maintenance register

8:00     Discussions

  1. (8:00) Parcel listing and stewardship updates – links to locations
  2. (8:10) Nashua Riverfest – June 11
  3. (8:15) Grotonfest – September 30
  4. (8:20) Attention to Town Boards/Committees/Commissions issues (Planning Board, Conservation Commission*, Stewardship Committee*, Complete Streets Committee*, Sustainability Committee, Park Commission, Town Forest Committee*, Greenway Committee, Williams Barn Committee, Destination Groton Committee, Groton Conservation Trust Stewardship Committee*, Friends of Nashua River Rail Trail, Squannacook Greenways)
  5. (8:30) Stoddart Trail enhancements (Danielle & Peter Haley request)
  6. (8:40) Casella Parking Area and Re-routing of Initial Trail
  7. (8:50) Re-routing and re-marking of Eliot Easement to Shepley Hill trails
  8. (8:55) Discussion with NEFF (Corey Wrinn) re: RDA for Keyes Woods

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.