Mine Falls Park Advisory Committee

Mine Falls Park Advisory Committee- Sept. 9, 2013 Minutes ATTENDEES: Pam Anderson, Greg Andruskevich, Dick Gillespie, Ed Moran, Joshua Segal, Sherm Sewall, David Silva, Mark Soucy, Peter Testa, Nick Caggiano TOPIC LEAD DISCUSSION / CONCLUSIONS 1. Call to order Greg: - Meeting called to order by committee chairman Greg Andruskevich at 7:00 PM at the DPW Bldg. - Motion to accept the minutes for the June and August 2013 meeting as submitted was passed unanimously. 2. Park/Rec Nick - MFPAC member jacket needs should be available from inventory. He will check. - "Lining" Lincoln Park parking lot is "on the schedule" - Mowing is ongoing. Dick G. warned: "Don't mow the knotweed!" - Issues of "Canal water" use at the High School and Soifert Fields were discussed. Nick will contact Pennichuck for details. - The problem of erosion of the green trail near G44 and methods to mitigate it (without paving) were discussed. - Feedback on the paving done on the Yellow Trail and the Whipple St. entrance was mostly positive. - Pastore family, formerly of Nashua, would like to donate some money for benches. Nick indicated that MAP could not accept such a donation, but if the MFPAC deemed it appropriate, it could by done with existent park funds. - A request to put benches on the overlooks east of the N. 7th St. entrance was discussed and unanimously rejected. - Inserts to complete the new signs are proceeding at a snail's pace. 3. Chairman's notes Greg - Greg mentioned he received a thank you note from Jim Rust, re the late Carol Rust - A new kayak launch was discussed. Sherm S. suggested a wooden access ramp that he has seen elsewhere and he will get us a photo for next month's meeting. - Kudos to the team leads for the August Trail Day 4. Old Business All. - Included in Nick and Greg's reports 5. New business All - Trail Day, Sept. 21: * Registration: [Lead: Peter Testa (just for the beginning), Mark Soucy] * Gatehouse (Lead: Pam Anderson) * Orange Trail Steps: (Lead: Dick Gillespie) * Red Trail Continuation: (Lead: Greg Andruskevich and Ed Moran) * Mulch the Soifert Monument Area and clean up "The Triangle": (Lead: Dave Silva) - Trail day leads to get their equipment lists to Dave Silva by Monday, the 16th. Dave in turn will give one collated list to Nick - Consider calendar change for 2014: Eliminate Feb. Meeting; Add a July meeting - Kudos to the summer interns 6. - The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 PM  2013 Meetings: Jan 7, Feb 4, March 4, April 1 , May 6, June 3, No July meeting, Aug 5, Sept. 9, Oct.7, Nov. 4 , Dec 2, Jan. 6, 2013  WEB SITE: http://www.gonashua.com  2013 Trail Days April 20, May 18 , June 15, No July Trail Day, Aug. 17, Sept. 21, Oct.19, Possible Volunteer Day Nov. 16  Page 1 of 1