Groton Trails Committee

Meeting Agenda

21 July 2026, 7:00 p.m.

Conference Room 112 - The Groton Center – 163 W. Main St., W. Groton

 

Chair:  Paul Funch

Vice Chair:  Britt McKinley

Clerk:  Bob Fournier

7:00     CALL TO ORDER

VOTE:  To approve 16 June 2026 minutes

 

7:05     REORGANIZATION

 

7:15     REPORTS

1. (7:15) Trails Maintenance since last meeting – chainsawing, mowing, clearing of

Keyes Woods, Priest Family, Scarlet Hill, Gibbet Hill, McLain’s Woods, Shepley Hill

1. (7:20) RDA submitted for Scarlet Hill trail drainage improvement; cost estimate
2. (7:30) Social Media – Request to listserver for assistance with monitoring parcels
3. (7:35) Maple Ave subdivision CA – Design trails layout to connect to Maple Ave and GCT’s Hayes Woods
4. (7:40) Website and Maps
5. (7:50) Sign Subcommittee
6. (8:00) Eagle Scout Project – equestrian bridge over Nod Brook in GCT’s Shepley Hill
7. (8:10) Letter of Support for Paananen’s application to participate in UMass-Amherst’s Keystone training program

 

8:15     DISCUSSIONS

(8:15)         Groton Conservation Forum – discussion and planning for next year; Lecture Grant

(8:30)         Paugus Snow Trackers’ email

 

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.