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UPPER CHARLES TRAIL COMMITTEE
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 7:03 PM
Room 211, Town Hall, 18 Main St., Hopkinton, MA
MINUTES
Members present: Bob Snyder, Ken Parker, Jane Moran, Mike Resteghini, Barry Rosenbloom,
Eric Sonnett
Members absent: John Mosher, Gary Trendel, Jeff Barnes
1. Ken has not received a response from Ken Weismantel to his query as to whether Ken
MacDonough is a valid appraiser for the town of Hopkinton. Hence there has been no
progress on the Wyckoff property appraisal. The committee discussed the merits of placing
the bike trail on the east side of Hayden Rowe Street, including certain permutations of that
idea, without reaching any conclusion.
2. Mike moved that he call Ken MacDonough to arrange an appraisal of the Wyckoff
properties. The motion was approved unanimously.
3. Because Ken will be out of town on March 5, Eric moved that the next UCTC meeting be
rescheduled from March 5 to March 12. This motion was approved unanimously. The
meeting room on March 12 is TBD.
4. Eric suggested that Ken contact the Planning Board to find out what Legacy Farm trails have
so far been approved by that board. Ken agreed to do so.
5. Eric moved that UCTC sponsor a Town Meeting article to accept the Croft property
easement. The article verbiage would be prepared by Elaine. This motion was approved
unanimously.
6. UCTC was asked by the Town Manager to prepare a year end summary that includes the
committee mission, progress in the past year, and goals for next year. Ken had prepared a
draft report and passed it on to the committee by email. His draft was generally approved by
the committee. Some minor verbiage changes were suggested.
7. Ken will present a Hopkinton UCTC overview at the March 8 symposium in Ashland. Barry
has sent his announcement PDF to UCTC members who will help distribute the
announcement to appropriate groups.
8. Barry has received a quote from a lawyer regarding 501c3 set up fees. A discussion followed
regarding the desirability of having a small management group making the decisions. Jane
and Barry will work on a draft of the articles of organization for the Friends group that will
own the 501c3.
9. Ken is interested in developing a walking trail from Hayden Rowe Street to Joseph Road on
the Hughes property. Eric cautioned about the passive/active use of Hughes or any similar
properties. The Open Space Committee has adopted “passive/active” as a descriptor of all
open space. Ken will look into this.
10. Ken will invite Peter Lagoy to attend the March 19 meeting to tell us about his Center Trail
improvement experience and what he thinks that UCTC should do to extend it further.
11. The committee agreed to notify abutters about the Town Meeting article mentioned
previously in item #5. We will ask Elaine for the list of abutters to contact.
12. The draft minutes of the 1/15/14 meeting were unanimously approved as submitted.
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Meeting was adjourned at 8:31PM.
Approved: March 12, 2014
Documents used at the meeting:
Meeting agenda
Draft Minutes of 1/15/14 meeting
2/12 email from Barry Rosenbloom with symposium announcement attached
2/17/14 email from Ken Parker with draft summary of 2013 UCTC accomplishments attached