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October Meeting Minutes

posted on October 25, 2017

  • Treasurer’s report
    • Approved
  • Meetings Minutes
    • Approved
  • Fountains
    • Tredegar Fountain needs plaque verbiage
    • 16k total cost
    • 6k already fronted from JROC and JRPS
    • Need to find cost for plaque
    • Needs to include Venture, JRPS, Greg Hawkins, JRPS
    • Needs notification for cold water activation 3-5 seconds
      • Can use same verbiage from BLVD 12 month fountain
      • Motion approved for up to $500 for two plaques for new fountain
  • KOTJ
    • Katie has completed posters
      • Nathan and Crew will post laminated posters around park
    • Need volunteers
      • Need to be there at 7am
      • Need to keep cars out of lot
      • Boat drop off only
    • Zeke found out it was $1,200 a day to rent lot by 14th St
    • 2 packet pickups friday and saturday at vasen
      • Friday 6-8 ( not confirmed )
      • Saturday 5-7 ( not confirmed )
    • Coastals is supposed to send volunteers for on water support
    • Trinity, Collegiate, and OAP will send people
    • ~2k needed for shirts
      • Joey will front money to be reimbursed by JROC
      •  400 shirt run
      • Approved
    • Day before KOTJ is swim run rva
      • Looking for volunteers
      • Need to look out for mismatched trail markers
    • SportsBackers has bibs for competitors
      • Kayakers need to have number on arm tri style
    • Need a PA system
    • Requesting 10-15 course marshals from Hands On
    • Reach out to WRIR & WNRN
    • Post posters at REI, Walkabout, Crossroads, Coqui, other venues
    • Safety
      • Sweeps will do safety check after each segment
    • Security
      • Volunteers and booth vols will watch stuff at reedy
  • Nathan report
    • ~1.5 mil visitors YTD
    • Hiring another maintenance staff
    • Hiring another program manager 1
    • Received large grant to provide watershed education to kids
    • New director of City Park’s Dept
      • Supposed to start at the end of the month
  • Events
    • 14th st and cable
  • Committees
    • Access
      • Still raising money
    • Events
      • Busy
    • Projects
      • Potentially remove steel from river near Powhite
        • definite hazard
        • Might need access from third parties
      • Reedy creek parking lot fence is in bad shape
        • Possibly remove fence
        • no longer a theft deterrence
        • potentially replace with split rail along buttermilk
      • Access to sawmill island off of access road needs to be rebuilt
      • Deal with steps at climbing wall off of t-pot
  • Trails report
    • Continue to work on jump park at Gilies park
      • Working with community to meet their needs
      • Beginner through advanced
      • BMX track as work
    • formal trail starting at ancarrows and poop loop
    • Trail building classes being offered

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