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UPPER CHARLES TRAIL COMMITTEE
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 7:02 PM
Room 211, Town Hall, 18 Main St., Hopkinton, MA
MINUTES
Members present: Bob Snyder, Barry Rosenbloom, Jane Moran, Eli Post, Eric Sonnett, Ken
Parker, Jeff Barnes
Members absent: John Coutinho, Kelly Karp
Associate member present: Brian Fitzgerald
Trail wardens present: Mike Boelsen, John Gardner
Citizens present: Norton Kaplan, Peter Herbert
1. FY17-18 Budget discussion: Barry presented a draft budget that was discussed at some
length. Several adjustments were made, resulting in a final “ask” of $51,440.00. This amount
includes $400.00 for security cameras. HUCTC members voted unanimously to support this
budget request.
2. Town Manager meeting follow-up: Jane will present the above-cited budget to the Town
Manager next week.
3. Goals update: The HUCTC Goals document was revisited. The title was changed to “Goals”
from “FY17-Goals”. Goal #2 was reworded to “Evaluation of project considering connection
route from Center Trail to the Milford town line using the east side or the west side of Rte.
85.” $30K will be budgeted toward this project for next year.
4. Milford north, next steps discussion: Eli walked the committee through his “Milford North
Explorations” handout. Eli will contact the property owners listed on his handout. Eli will be
assisted by other HUCTC members to make these contacts.
5. VHB Feasibility Reports discussion: This discussion was generally moved out to the next
meeting. Norton Kaplan, apparently speaking on behalf of Mr. Gorman, declared that Mr.
Gorman had not been contacted about these studies. Peter Herbert spoke about his concerns
about bike routes going through Teresa Road and then added a concern about privacy rights,
should cameras be deployed on Center Trail.
6. The public meeting was adjourned at 8:32 PM.
Approved: January 4, 2017
Documents used at the meeting:
Meeting agenda
FY18 Draft Budget
HUCTC Goals document
“Milford North Explorations” handout