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MEETING AT VICTOR TOWN HALL

March 19, 2015


ATTENDANCE: Dave Wright, Chauncy Young, Pete Ingalsbe, Ralph Weber, Wizzy Geno, Carol MacInnis and Suzy Paquin.


Meeting called to order by Dave Wright at 7:40 p.m.


MINUTES of February 19th meeting, Motion to approve the minutes by Pete, seconded by Wizzy, Chauncy abstained – Approved


TREASURER’S REPORT: Ralph Weber

As of 2/28/15:

Note: to date, $4,077 has been donated to the Nat Fisher Memorial Fund and is included in the savings figure above.

Motion to approve the financials by Wizzy, seconded by Carol - Approved



MEMBERSHIP: Pete Ingalsbe

He sent out an email to all those that were due: 10-current month; 23-6 months or less; and 25-over 6 months for a total of 58 emails. Right now there are 53 due to renew. 269 total active members.


Note: Ralph needs to get Paypal notifications of the donations.



PUBLICITY: Dave Wright

Dave noted that the next hike is scheduled for Fishers Park, Wangum Road on April 11th. A press release was sent out for the hike with everyone meeting at the tennis courts 9:00 a.m. He has also updated the phone message.



EDUCATION: Ralph Weber

Ralph said that he was contacted by the Victor Elementary regarding a first grade outing/field trip. He will get the details and let Wizzy know so she can ask for volunteers. The first grade outing will probably be in June.


Dave noted that we may be able to get someone from Friends of Webster trails to come and speak at our May hike. Dave will see if he can contact any members to see if he can schedule something.


Bob Lasher - Educational search regarding the Hemlock Woolley Adelgid, Saturday, March 7th at 9:00 a.m.

Six people came to help search for the bugs and unfortunately some were found on the trees in Bentley Woods. Chauncy spoke to the Nature Conservancy and told them where the bugs were found. Bob will post it on the Invasive Species Alert website.


Bob will be going to Letchworth again on 3/28. If anyone is interested in going you should bring binoculars, a clip board and a GPS if you have one. He would probably leave in the morning around 8 or 9 a.m.


Note: Bob will write something for the next newsletter.



VOLUNTEERS: Wizzy Geno

No report at this time.


Dave received an email from EMS about their Club Days for spring. He will forward to Wizzy.



NEWSLETTER: Dave Wright

Dave has started working on the spring issue. He has a page reserved for trail maintenance. The cover will be info on the PTNY Grant. It will be 8 or 10 pages. Any suggestions for articles please send to Dave.

(Newsletters now have limited print copies, available at the library, town hall, village hall and some sponsor locations. Anyone can access past and current newsletters on the VHT website.)


Dave mentioned that there will be a pancake breakfast at Stoney Ridge Farm, County Road 28 in Farmington. This will be on 3/22, 3/23, 3/29 and 3/30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Springwater Trails volunteers to cook. This will be in the newsletter.

Note: Chauncy will email new business card info to Dave for newsletter.



TRAILMASTER: Carol MacInnis

Carol thanked everyone for the card and to Chauncy for shoveling a path to her birdfeeder. No report at this time.


Dave passed around a packet from Ann Aldrich, Chair of the Historic Advisory Committee, which was put together and sent to the corporate headquarters of the Bass Pro Shop asking them to keep in mind all the history regarding the property when it is developed. Bass Pro Shop likes to work with the community and incorporates history into the decorating of the store.



TRAIL BOSS: Chauncy Young

There is a tree down on the Omnitech trail and another one in Ganondagan.


Chauncy is working on the maintenance schedule. There are 14 sections to be worked on and 56 maintenance days. It will be done in the next day or so.


Note: Chauncy will send to Dave for the newsletter.


He has not picked up the equipment from Larry’s yet. He proposes to put a notice on Meetup sometime after 4/18, before the first scheduled maintenance on 4/29, asking people to sign up and walk certain trails and report back letting him know of any issues in case he needs to rearrange the schedule.


Chauncy noted that he would like to talk to Brian and see if P&R will take over the maintenance of MaryFrances Bluebird Haven and the entrance to 1,000 Acre.



LAST HIKE:

The last hike was at Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation Area on March 14th. There were 7 hikers, 3 met in Victor and 4 met there. Everyone snowshoed as the snow was soft. Thank you to Chauncy & Suzy for loaning their snowshoes. They hiked around for a couple of hours.



OLD BUSINESS:

Funds collected to date are $4,077


Chauncy returned the four 24” sono tubes. There was a 10% restocking charge.


No request for Chauncy to sign-off.


We received the check last month. We announced awarding of the grant. We need to meet with the consultant, Ed Flynn of LaBella Associates, to discuss a plan and then Dave will set up meeting times.


The rezone on the property has been approved. They are scheduled to come to the Farmington Planning Board in May. Nothing new on the bridge.


No news from Dave Coleman yet.


Dave suggested looking at Friends of the Webster Trails website. They have it set up very nice with a list of all their trails. You can print their maps two different ways.


No new information.


We will do this at the end of the next meeting on 4/16.


Note: Chauncy will print out the reports for 2014.



NEW BUSINESS:

Dave passed around the following:




Motion by Chauncy to contribute to the Rochester Cross-Country Ski Foundation in the amount of $50, seconded by Carol – Approved


Note: Ralph will send the donation, PO Box 482, Mendon NY 14506.


VHT has already committed to the ultra marathon for that date.


This will take place at FLCC Victor Campus starting with a continental breakfast. Then there will be three loop trail hikes, two groups out simultaneously in the morning and one group out after the pizza lunch.


Note: Dave will send something to American Hiking Society to register our hike and for NTD t-shirts.



NEXT HIKE:

The next hike will be on April 11th at Fishers Park, Wangum Road. Everyone will meet at the tennis courts at 9:00 a.m. This hike is suitable for children and should be approx two hours.



NEXT MEETING:

Thursday, April 16, 2015, 7:30 p.m. at Victor Town Hall.



Pete noted that Ted Fafinski announced that he is retiring as Supervisor for the Town of Farmington. Last night at the Ontario County Republican Committee meeting, Pete announced that he will be running for the position of Supervisor. There will be a Primary in September. This will mean that he will not be available in August. Good Luck Pete!



Motion to adjourn was made by Ralph at 8:53 p.m. and seconded by Pete.


Respectfully submitted by Suzy Paquin



Schedule of 2015 Hikes/Outings:

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