VICTOR HIKING TRAILS

MEETING AT Mickey Finn’s

June 19, 2014

 

ATTENDANCE:  Dave Wright, Chauncy Young, David Coleman, Carol MacInnis, Larry Fisher, Jeff Hennick, Pete Ingalsbe, Wizzy Geno.

Meeting called to order by Dave Wright at 7:52 p.m.

Dave asked for a moment of silence in memory of Nat Fisher.

In lieu of flowers, an additional $100 will be added to Nat’s memorial fund.

Dave thanked Jeff for chairing last month’s meeting.

Pete volunteered to take notes of this meeting.

 

MINUTES of May 15th meeting:

Motion by Larry; seconded by Carol.  Approved.

 

TREASURER’S REPORT:  Chauncy Young

As of 5/31/14:                                               

Checking and savings - $9,620

Other assets - $1,498                                 

Total assets - $11,118

            Note: to date, $2552.00 has been donated to the Nat Fisher Memorial Fund.

            $125.00 collected in donations at NTD.

Motion by Jeff, seconded by Larry.  Approved report.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT:  Pete reported we currently have 240 members. 50 are due for renewal. 16 new members as a result of the hikes on National Trails Day.

PUBLICITY:    Press release was sent out for the June 12th hike in Naples.

EDUCATION:   Ralph emailed Dave that he is still working with the Naples historian to have someone at the hikes in July and August. Chauncy said he would contact Jerry Colyer to see if someone from the local geology club could attend. 

VOLUNTEERS:  Wizzy got lots of good feedback at NTD. She sent thank you notes to all that helped. On June 26th VHT will be at the Concert in the Park at Mead Square helping to raise money for the Food Cupboard. September 6th we will be at Hang Around Victor Day. New will need help manning our booth. October 23rd we will have a table at Town Hall for the Town’s Health and Wellness Fair. Need something for a raffle prize. (Membership, license plate holders?)

Students from Rochester School of the Deaf are looking for a project.

NEWSLETTER:    The summer newsletter will be completed and sent out after this meeting.  Please submit any articles/pictures to Dave W. prior to September 18th for the autumn issue.  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.

TRAILMASTER:   Scout project at High Point to re-route the Seneca Trail will start on Saturday, June 21st. Another project will be done in Lehigh Crossing Park. A third project is planned for Ganondagan. Painting of the mural on the Auburn Trail will be done on Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

TRAIL BOSS:  Made some repairs to the Billy Goat mower. Purchased another gas-powered hedge trimmer. Need more volunteers on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

LAST HIKE:  Eight plus two more enjoyed a short hike at Mendon Ponds Park during the ADK Outdoor EXPO. We had 90-100 for NTD. 16 did all three hikes.

OLD BUSINESS:

Tree signs on Monkey Run Trails can now be verified by trail maintenance workers. Farmington applied for a new trail grant for the Auburn. They are working on a bridge to connect Lillybrook Court with the Auburn Trail.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

We received donations from The North Face, L.L.Bean, CNB, Mickey Finn’s, Tri Running and Walking and several other local businesses for the NTD raffle.

Construction is starting on High Street.

L.L. Bean has several free outdoor activity clinics. And weekly hikes.

Burroughs Audubon Nature Club is having an open house and book sale on June 21st.

Consider joining the GVHC (only $8/year) for hiking opportunities.

RG&E notified us that they will be spraying the vegetation along the trails.

Crescent Trails had a nice article in their newsletter about our trails joining at the town line.

Discussed how to use the Nat Fisher Memorial funds. Several projects were discussed. Replacing the bridge over the creek by the ball field in Fishers Park (the one that Nat was always fixing) was selected. Motion by Chauncy, seconded by Larry and approved. We need to get approval from the town and then permits from DEC/ ACOE. Will likely be a 2015 project.

Dave sent a letter of support to Jack Marren for the Community Connectivity Project to add sidewalks near the school.

 

NEXT HIKE:

The next hike will be Conklin Gully in Naples on July 12th. Car pool from Town Hall.

NEXT MEETING:

Thursday, July 17th, 7:30 p.m. at Victor Town Hall.

Motion by Dave, seconded by Larry, VHT pay for one round of refreshments. Approved.

Motion to adjourn was made by Larry at 9:10 p.m..

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

David Wright

 

Dave Wright from Pete’s notes.

 

Dave forgot to ask if anyone can join Bob Lasher on Sunday, July 20 to look for insects on Hemlocks in Fishers. This would be training for Letchworth Park in the fall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule of ’14 hikes/outings:

Jul 12 – Conklin Gully creek walk

Aug 9 – Grimes Glen creek walk

Sep 6 – Hang Around Victor Day

Sep 13 – Lower Genesee River bike ride

Sep 28 – Seneca Trail Challenge Hike

Oct 11 – Keuka Lake Outlet Trail on foot

Oct. 23- Town of Victor Health and Wellness Fair at Town Hall

Nov 8 – Monkey Run/Bluebird Sanctuary

Dec 13 – Dryer Road Park