- March Minutes Update
- 10% of all proceeds go to JROC from 7 Hills that day
- Sally and Katie will attend event Saturday
- Match donation is for individual donations
- Minutes approved
- Treasurer’s Notes
- Approved
- Boats and Brews money received
- Projects
- Trash Awareness Campaign
- Nick and Nate presenting
- Partnered with VCU for next level community service
- Original ide was to raise money for JRPS
- Better to raise awareness for fishing
- Waste disposal
- Made cards that contain info on pollution levels and methods to remediate those problems
- Ancarrow’s landing 9 – 1pm April 8th
- Riverside Outfitters will be there as well to provide boat safety lessons
- Looking for help to pass out cards
- possible prizes like bass pro gift cards
- send email blast notifying membership
- Pump House Park Project
- A lot of rot to be fixed
- Film company happened to be shooting there and they rebuilt the ramp
- Approved to clear that money from project list as it wasn’t spent
- Whistle Stop Theatre
- Grass roots effort to raise money for JROC
- Waiting on them to write check to JROC
- 14th Street Trash cans
- How do we get people to bring trash to can?
- How do we get people to pack trash out?
- Removed 42st can and people brought trash to trail head
- Several cans that serve little to no purpose
- Portojohns may start being used as trash cans after can removal
- Removing trash cans may hinder others from helping to clean up
- How do we measure success?
- May be transition period where trash gets worse
- June meeting JRPS staff will come back and report if trash can removal was successful
- GRTC Final Plan
- Final plan eliminates stops along the JRPS system and BLVD
- Still working for a stop around Tredegar St
- Possible once an hour service
- Possible circulator route that may spur off of broad st route
- Current routes where chosen for frequency not quantity
- Promotions
- 7 Hills even starts at 3pm
- Share 7 Hills event on our FB page
- Add event to JROC home page
- Go buy beer
- India Pale Lager
- The Takeout
- Events
- Gear Swap
- Add Facebook boosted event
- $75
- Needs
- Tables
- Tape
- Change
- Banners
- Squares
- Sign up sheets
- Pens
- phones with internet connection
- tags
- canopies
- coat hangers
- Add Facebook boosted event
- Goatacado
- giving a percentage of sales to JROC
- need a JROC member to man taps 6pm – 11pm
- looking for update on percentage
- share Goatacado FB event when it is posted
- Photoshow
- April 29th at Stone
- Put on by Home On The James
- 12pm – 6pm
- 20+ photographers participating
- Spring photos from JRPS
- $50 approved for boosted Facebook post
- Trifold Display Panel
- Katie will make panel
- motion approved for $125
- max will send photos to katie
- Gear Swap
- Access Subcommittee
- Putting together grant proposal to Dominion Foundation
- Grant amount unknown
- average grant is between 13 and 27k
- Putting together grant proposal to Dominion Foundation
- Events Subcommittee
- Not pursuing James River Run
- Pursuing King of the James
- Projects
- Belle Isle climbing wall
- Still waiting for cable
- rest of material is cut and ready to go
- Pavers for 14st
- picking them up in two weeks
- Belle Isle climbing wall
- Fountain Report
- Tredegar
- Timmons group is working on designs
- Year round fountain costs $6k
- Venture Richmond will pay for install
- will be places near parking lot near granite curb stones
- Motion to pay for half of fountain up to $3k
- approved
- remaining funds from Greg Hawkins account to be used
- will have Greg Hawkins plaque
- Pony Pasture fountain needs to be updated
- Tredegar
- Trails Report
- Trails are in great shape
- new construction at gillies creek of skills park
- working with group who has been working there for years
- bridge update on northbank trail
- Economic Impact Report
- has info from 32 businesses
- jrps constituted a third of their revenue
- please share report, it is public
- 33.5 million dollars generated by park for community
- shows what this park means to the community
- only looked at 3 of 7 indicators due to time constraints
- Friends is undertaking a joint master plan and has been accepted
- ranges from 225 – 250k to develop master plan
- FOJRP starting fundraising campaign
- Pony Pasture
- service roads resurfaced
- mix of community feedback
- bathroom roof is being rebuilt
- service roads resurfaced
- Asking for $235 to reimburse Tyler Twyford for climbing class
- Motion carried
- Richmond City Council
- friends releasing press release
- attending all city council meetings
- individuals have 5 minutes to speak during budget meetings
- looking for JROC board member to speak, must live in city
- council looking to cut park budget
- T-Pot
- Transient audience that takes load off of other areas
- decking and rails have been coming loose
- possible faulty install
- southside is closed due to non-compliant ADA asphalt
- Trash Awareness Campaign
- Zeke Report
- Amy Robinson, assistant to Parker
- Meets with Betsy and Parker about doubling fines
- Fines go “Straight to Nate.”
- Funds should not go into general fund
- Coordinate volunteer organization, possibly into umbrella group
- Possible quarterly meetings of all the groups
- Amy Robinson, assistant to Parker
- Max Report
- Got placards made for JROC projects
- Can be placed on past projects
- 50 smaller signs
- 6 larger signs
- working on project to remove concrete slab that forms sieve at 4th drop
- might have access to bateau and equipment
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