Dutchess County/Putnam County AT Management Committee

New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
Announcement & Agenda for 167th Meeting
Monday, November 26, 2001 7:00 PM East Fishkill Library

0. FYI and FYA items will circulate (see below)

1. Review and approval of minutes of the 166th meeting, October 15, 2001.

2. Meeting Centerpiece: This is our last meeting for 2001. We will therefore do some planning for next year. First, we will schedule our meetings for the first half of 2002. Second, we will review our goals for this year and set some preliminary goals for 2002 (we will finalize this list at our first meeting next year). FINALLY, and MOST IMPORTANT, Please bring some small item of refreshment so we can have a small holiday celebration.

3. Other business, short updates, etc.:

A. Acquisitions and Survey update

B. DOT project update (Jim Haggett)

C. Cell tower update, if any

D. First week of hunting season observations

E. Water Testing and well-related plans and problems

F. Telephone Line at Dover Oak Tree update, if any

G. Others?

4. Reports (please keep them short! or skip if nothing new to report!)

A. Area Supervisors Summaries: Jane Geisler, Frank Dogil, Mike Arthur, Jim Haggett, Walt Daniels

B. Other reports – ATC Regional Meeting Report (Ron, Walt)

5. Other communications & announcements as time remains: If he arrives in time, we may meet with Steve Anderson, the Putnam Valley Town Historian, to discuss a military history site he has identified on the NPS corridor adjacent to the Trail.

6. Adjourn (planned for 9:45 PM)

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Information, Comments, & Notes

All Committee members, please attend this meeting; or please call the Chairman (Ron Rosen: 845/454-4936 (be persistent) or 454-1721 (leave a message if not in) if you CANNOT attend.

FYI items:

Poughkeepsie Journal (approximately) printed our Hunting Season press release!; Dutchess County Planning Federation Newsletter (11/01); AMC/CT October 2, 2001 Meeting Minutes

Bergen Record article 11/6: Tory Tract’s purchase in Ringwood Area; Copy of letter to Don Owen from DEC (New Paltz) re Telergy Fiber Optic Cable (Route 22) accepting input through November 16, 2001.

REMINDERS & MISC ITEMS.

1. MEETING SCHEDULING Bring your calendar (and holiday refreshments) to this meeting so we can schedule meetings for the first half of 2002!

2. Reminder to SUPERVISORS, Maintainers, and caretakers: The fall trail maintenance period ends at the end of this month. Please make sure all volunteers have CURRENT maintenance forms in hand, and remind them that the forms are due to the supervisors by November 30. Supervisors' reports and the volunteers' forms are due to the chair, Ron Rosen, by December 14.

3. Monitors and Supervisors: The fall Corridor Monitoring reports are due to the supervisors by December 1st! Supervisors' reports are due to the Chair by February 15th.

4. Be alert to possible fire hazard declarations! At the time of this notice, a fire is burning on Schaghticoke Mountain in the vicinity of the AT’s views to the south. NY and CT companies are responding