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UPPER CHARLES TRAIL COMMITTEE
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 7:05 PM
Room 211, Town Hall, 18 Main St., Hopkinton, MA
MINUTES
Members present: Bob Snyder, Ken Parker, Jane Moran, Mike Resteghini, Eric Sonnett, Jeff
Barnes
Members absent: John Coutinho, Barry Rosenbloom, Gary Trendel
Associate member present: Dave O’Brien
Guest: Finley Perry, Steven Zieff
1. Hopkinton Crossroads Redevelopment presentation: Finley and Steven presented an overview
of their Parkwood Road development plan. They discussed the traffic mitigation benefits of their
plan, their holistic intent for their space, and their interest in an outcome that improves
Hopkinton trail connectivity on both sides of Route 495. The issues of getting over or under
Route 495 were discussed briefly. Finally they noted that they viewed this meeting with UCTC
as the “start of a conversation”.
2. Conway master plan developments: no discussion.
3. 501c3 developments: Ken met with Tim Kilduff of the Hopkinton 26.2 Foundation. Tim
offered to assist the UCTC to form their own 501c3 under the “umbrella” of the existing 26.2
Foundation. Eric made a motion to have the respective chairmen of UCTC and 26.2 Foundation
work together to create a plan that would result in the establishment of a Hopkinton-UCT 501c3.
The motion was seconded and carried unanimously.
4. Planned site walks: Noting that planned walks are rarely carried out because of the busy
schedules of UCTC members, Ken suggested some “do it yourself” walks at various sites. He
reminded everyone to beware of permissions before setting out.
5. Connecting with other boards and commissions: Eric reported that the Parks and Rec
Commission expressed favor with locating a “trail hub” at the site of the no-longer-proposed
town hockey rink. The Mastroianni development master plan has been presented to the Planning
Board. Mike, Ken, and Jane will keep track of future Planning Board reviews of the Mastroianni
proposal.
6. State funding for trails: Ken spoke to an aide to Senator Karen Spilka. She was interested in
how the UCTC planned to spend the state provided funds. We will submit our master plan and a
record of our projects and expenditures to date to satisfy this request. We believe that the Center
Trail improvements are impressive with respect to the money spent on them.
7. Pod Consulting: no discussion.
8. Golf shirts: no discussion.
9. Executive session: postponed to next meeting.
10. Approval of 9/3/14 UCTC minutes: the minutes were approved unanimously as submitted,
with typos corrected.
11. Meeting was adjourned at 8:42 PM.
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Approved: October 1, 2014
Documents used at the meeting:
Meeting agenda
“Crossroads Redevelopment” slides from Finley Perry
Draft minutes of 9/3/14 meeting