Trails Committee
Thursday, October 8 AT 5:30 PM
Town Hall Meeting Room
AGENDA
- Changes to the agenda
- Public Comments
- Approve minutes from 9/10/2026
- Eagle Scout Daltyn Hurley – Project followup as needed
- Mowing – contract w/ White Acre Farms; approve additional fall cleanup on Hoot, Toot & Whistle needed
- Financial Report
- Update on budget – Elynn L.
- Donations
- Hoot, Toot & Whistle (HTW) update
- DRB project permit expires 9/29/2026 after 3 years; new permit application underway (Joanne); submittals to Zoning Administrator Alex M. & emails to VT; possible DRB hearing on October 19, 2026 at 5 pm
- Meeting with Saladino Property Maintenance, Gretchen, Joanne & Carol for (including estimates on muddy section in Segment 3 north of parking area); Segment 1 estimate to finish; how to divide up for upcoming limited grant funding
- Recreational Trails Program (RTP) grant – Fall, pre-application materials came out September 29
- Long-Term HTW Trail Maintenance/Maintenance Plan – need plan / funding
- Possibly approve allocating Donorbox funds for the Recreation Trails Program grant match
- Work Bee plans/priorities
- Health & Safety
- Review Action items remaining
- Access Agreement Project with UVM intern update – info needed Mid-December to UVM; startup end of January 2027
- Trail Mapping – Steve B emails with Jeff Nugent, WIndham Regional Commission
- Miscellaneous
- Emails – Elynn is key person for website updating, email monitoring, googlegroups, etc. to work with Alan Baker (Update HTW Accessible description on website trail descriptions)
- Mapping – Jeff Nugent (our mapping/GIS contact at Windham Regional Commission)
- New Business
- Knotweed issues on HTW
- Vermont Museum of Natural History – Wildlife festival on Sept 20 summary
- Order signs for new parking area: 1) Wilmington Trails 2) donations from GRH and Rotary Club of Deerfield Valley
- General sign issues: Jeff’s trailhead signs and how to mesh with existing trailhead signage with trail names
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Minutes, Trail Committee