- October Minutes
- Nathan report should state 450k for grant
- minutes approved
- Treasurer’s Report
- Tredegar Fountain is paid
- 29k available in account
- 43k total in account
- Still need $2,366
- One week of facebook ads targeting giving to JROC around Turkey day
- $100 FB ad approved
- Green River below 5ft project funds released back into general account
- KOTJ Report Back
- ~110 race participants
- that is around capacity, any more and transition needs to be relocated
- Determine dates for next year’s race
- investigate usage of Forest Hill Park for transition area
- In River clean-up
- Proposed for June 9th
- Same day as Chesapeake Bay Clean The Bay day
- JRPS is having a clean Reedy Creek day in accordance
- Symphony playing on Brown’s Island with a light show ????
- November/December Work Projects
- Belle Isle work is a small group project due to site constraints
- Reedy Creek fencing project
- Getting rid of chain link and replaced with split rail
- Had less break-ins
- break-ins are still an issue at other lots
- other methods to deter crime can be implemented
- fence needs to be replaced either way
- motion for replacing fencing at reedy the november project
- motion approved, set for the 18th
- December project, need to meet with DPU
- put down signage enforcing no parking on road
- also moving rocks
- motion approved for December 16th
- Hillcrest Gifts
- Didn’t give out gifts last year
- newer residents are more accepting of traffic
- no gifts this year
- December Meeting
- Held at Legend
- Subcommittee reports
- Access
- Need plans to get grants to fully fund construction
- Events
- Boats and Brews
- January 27th
- All money going to JROC for river access for area that sportables can use
- Need help running computers cueing the videos
- Need help culling/rating submissions
- Need an M/C
- Raffle made a lot of money, looking for raffle items
- Boats and Brews
- Access
- Tredegar Fountain
- Downstairs at JRPS HQ
- Finalizing location and time for installation
- Installation should start in the next few weeks
- Venture also looking at water feature on Brown’s Island
- Trails
- Northbank Dog leg bridge reconstruction
- Trail will be closed for a few days
- Signs will be posted ahead of construction
- looked for alternatives to closing trail but no good options
- bridge is in dire need of replacement
- Trails 101 at november 18th with RVAMore here at JRPS hQ
- RVAMORE received IMBA grant to raise trail at huguenot flatwater
- Possible work with MORE on this project
- Dogwood Dell will be directional by the end off the year
- Northbank Dog leg bridge reconstruction
- Nathan report
- over 1.5 million visitors
- July’s numbers are missing – SNAFU
- received 10k grant for invasive species mitigation
for implementation of existing completed plan
- Tyler Tywford is on full time now
- New director announced for City Parks Dept
- Been in job for a week
- VCU started mural project on Texas beach tower
- Hopefully will mitigate grafitti
- Could possibly expand to other towers
- Started 11/1
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