Dutchess County/Putnam County AT Management Committee
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
Announcement & Agenda for 171st Meeting
Tuesday, June 17, 2002 7:00 PM East Fishkill Library Cross Conference Room

REMINDERS and MISC ITEMS!

1. MEETING SCHEDULE for the rest of 2002:

• Monday, July 29 PICNIC
• Monday, Sept. 23, EF Library
• Wednesday, Nov. 13, EF Lib.
• Monday, Dec. 30, EF Library

2. Does anyone have any reports of damage from the recent heavy storms (including the fringes of the Pawling tornado?). So far, nothing has been reported back to Ron Rosen...

3. It’s that time of year again —supervisors should have received Trail Maintenance reports by now (the reporting period ended on May 31). Supervisor’s Reports are due to the Chair on June 14th (or bring them to this meeting). Remind your maintainers that June is prime season for getting the trail in shape for the hiking season.

4. The East Hudson Trail Crew will be working on the Appalachian Trail over Canopus Hill doing sidehilling, rock cribbing, and waterbars. We will meet at the Garrison Train Station at 9AM. Please let me know if you are coming by train so that we wait for it. There should be one that arrives at 9:06AM (leaves 7:53 from Grand Central). As usual bring water, lunch, work gloves and friends. There is limited parking at the trailhead. We will start from the Chapman Road end

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

1. Review and approval of minutes of the 170th meeting, Apr 29, 2002. The minutes of the last meeting can be found on the web at www.nynjtc.org/committees/trailscouncil/at-committees/DP/index.html 

2. Meeting Centerpiece: Sara Ohliger will fill us in (briefly) on her full range of activities in her Americorps position with the Dutchess Land Conservancy–believe it or not, her water testing for us is only a small part of her entire job there. She will explain some of her watershed education duties as well!

3. Other business, short updates, etc.:

A. Acquisitions and Survey update

B. DOT project update (Jim Haggett)

C. Water Testing & Water Project Update

D. Telephone Line at Dover Oak Tree update

E. Public Lands Corps summer 2002 plans–See Note 2

F. Alvarez encroachment (Hosner Mtn.) Follow-up

G. Other items?

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

5. Other communications & announcements as time remains

6. Adjourn (shoot for 9:30 PM)

Information, Comments, & Notes

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

2. The Public Lands Corps program has been funded for this summer via YRDC, and Ms. Jessi Grillo and Mr. Christopher Lane have been selected as the Americorps leaders for this project. Chris Florack of ATC will be training them June 6 and 7, and they have begin assembling the youth crew(s). The leaders have been invited to come to this meeting. In any case, if you have suggestions for priority work for the crew, such as boundary painting or POSTED signing, please bring your ideas to this meeting! Although all locations are possible, those within an hour of Poughkeepsie are likelier to work for them.

FYA items:

• President’s Retreat (June 21-23, 2002) information–does anyone have any thoughts, opinions, concerns that Ron Rosen or Jane Daniels should bring to the meeting?
• Info on work party at RPH Shelter July 12th-14th

FYI items:

• Spring 2002 FROGS newsletter
• NPS Environmental Review Project List from Don Owen
• Group Use Permit for New Milford High School (May 17-18)-cancelled due to weather
• Dutchess County Planning Federation newsletter
• May 23 water testing results (Sara Ohliger) ALL 4 NEGATIVE!
• NPS Rivers and Trails Program update and brochure "Working with Communities"
• AMC Southern New England Trails Office new address
• Poughkeepsie Journal article 5/30 featuring area hikes (Jane Geisler & Ron Rosen mentioned)
• CT/AMC Trails meeting 6/4/02 Agenda and May 7, 2002 meeting minutes
• Inquiry to NYNJTC & Walt Daniels’ answer regarding information posted at shelters, etc.
• International Coastal Cleanup announcement for September 21, 2002
• Dutchess County Tourism’s new website announcement
• Articles forwarded by Neil Zimmerman on ATV trails and National Scenic Trail acquisition funding
• June 6 NYNJTC Trails Council agenda.
• NYNJTC ATV Problem Report on Hammersley Ridge
• Request from Bob Demchuk to assist with saving Merritt Park (Putnam County)