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April 2018 Meeting Minutes

posted on April 4, 2018

  • March Minutes Corrections
    • Tyvek map donation final is $1,066
    • minutes approved
  • Treasurer Report
    • $5k from 20 for 20 match
    • $22,654 available funds
    • approved
  • Projects
    • Christian Wood Donation
      • we will pass the hat and donation will be on behalf of JROC membership
      • not using JROC member funds
    • Volunteer Insurance
      • $240 renewal
    • JROC Scholarship Ideas
      • Ask Penelope about programs that could benefit from a scholarship
      • Potential tie-in with GroundWorksRva
    • Project Funding Process
      • consider approving blanket $1k for each monthly work project
    • Huguenot Flatwater Report Back
      • New rails on stairs and bridge
      • Possibly the most solid bridge in the park
    • National Trail Day
      • Poster and Brochures
      • Motion Approved for $200 to reimburse printing costs
    • Upcoming Projects
      • April 21st Gear Swap
      • May 19th – 21st Riverrock
        • Should have a table
        • raise funds for the huguenot ramp projects
      • June 2nd
        • National Trails Day
      • June 9th
        • James River cleanup for festival of the river
  • Earth Day Gear Swap
    • Volunteers
      • Should arrive at 8:30am
      • Martha
        • Brining tent
      • Brian –
        • bringing tent
      • Matt
        • Brining extra squares and iPads
        • bringing table
      • Riley –
        • bringing tent
    • Three tents
      • One for checkin
      • one for checkout
      • one general
    • Extra KOTJ shirts
    • Goatacado
      • Handing out flyers to promote event at their location
      • We are the beneficiary of some amount of sales
  • KOTJ
    • still nov 11th
    • Will hear back in two weeks from a local brewery about sponsorship
    • Starting registration earlier this year
    • Katie can get flyers for Riverrock to promote the race
    • $150 approved for new promotional art
    • Possible happy hour for sponsors
  • Subcommittees
    • Access
      • Plans are moving along for construction
      • Permits cost estimate $17,150
      • Possibly get some art work to promote at events
      • Small handouts explaining the project
    • Projects
      • Get more info from park users
      • Sept: Huguenot flatware port o john rebuild for accessibility
      • Oct: Turn bottom steps into stone texas beach tower steps
      • Nov: Continuation of Oct project
      • Dec: Possible vauxhall island cleanup
      • How to partner with other groups?
        • Joint quarterly meeting with other friends groups.
      • Better promotion on FB page before projects
        • Possibly setup invites
      • Fund Approval Process for park projects
        • Budget for $7k a year for projects as restricted funds
        • That equates to roughly $1,000 per project
        • Estimates for projects must be in the month prior to project date
        • Projects and project funding are contingent on board approval
        • Motion approved
      • Query park users of where they live on national trail day
      • Possibility of week day projects
    • Promotions
    • Events
  • Tredegar Fountains
  • Trail Report
    • Belle isle Skills park work day
    • Work on buttermilk by 22nd st
    • This coming Saturday new access trail near 26th st
    • Dogwood dell work on 28th of April
      • One Direction
    • National Trails Day
      • JROC will be at Reedy Creek
      • 8 – 12 
      • Party at pump house trail head parking lot
  • Visitation Numbers
    • 129k people in park 
      • down slightly YOY
      • March was pretty cold
    • Possibly chart user data on website
  • Nathan Report
    • TPot
      • 97 lights damaged
      • 20k for replacement lights
      • Hopefully reinstalled by june 9th
    • Tyvek maps are in production
    • Invasive Species Task Force
      • 20k in grants for management plan
        • ~10k for replanting
        • ~10k for mitigation
      • Focusing on seed bearing trees that broadcast seeds
    • Machester Wall
      • 14k grant through GroundWorkRVA for improvements
      • Dedicated path for people to get to flood wall
      • Kiosk
      • benches
      • will happen over the summer
      • Peter from peak experience hosting an event there this weekend
    • Conservation Easement
      • Vauxhall Island
        • Finally being turned over to JRPS
        • Goat Island also coming into easement
    • Master plan
      • Community Foundation donated 20k
      • at 75k of 250k funding goal
      • working to create connection between health, wellness and park
    • Programs
      • Program brochures are printed
      • All SOL correlated
  • Zeke Report
    • The cookies were delicious
  • Attendance
    • Will Isenberg: 2 hours
    • Matthew Rosenberg
    • Michael Burton
    • Weston Spivey
    • Michael Gee
    • Riley Gorman
    • Brian Mulcher
    • Greg Velzy
    • Garett Sabotka
    • Jen Skryzpek
    • Katie Lemmert
    • Martha James
    • Margaret Maslak: 2 hours
    • Zeke Zebrowski

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