- November Meeting Approval
- Approved
- Treasurer’s Report
- KOTJ Insurance will be refunded
- Approved
- Huguenot Flatwater
- Numbers haven’t changed
- Construction has to be delayed a year
- Fall construction window doesn’t open until November
- delays due to city procurement / env issues / summer peak season
- Need to communicate delay to donors
- MMPF is aware of delay / not a problem
- Can funds be invested to offset increase in costs?
- Reaching out to representatives in city
- new banner for HFW area
- possibly start formal written campaign to push project forward
- update website with info regarding delay
- December Work Project
- 12/12 @ 9am to 12pm at Tredegar parking lot
- Greg and Matt Mason to meet to review work to be completed
- Invasive species remediation on Tredegar St to restore viewshed and stairs
- 25 person limit on volunteers due to COVID limits
- Can spread out volunteers
- Bring leather work gloves and sturdy shoes
- people will be sent to Belle Isle to cleanup there
- Gifts For Hillcrest
- 5 on each side
- Hambrick books as a gifts & poinsettia
- up to $400 approved for gifts
- Growing Our Community / Philosophy
- Will polled membership
- overall feeling is to keep JROC as a worker bee in the park
- variability of how much fund raising we do to support projects
- Want to be an inclusive group that represents diverse users
- Getting back to roots of work projects
- JROC recognizes we are a homogenous group
- highly focused on whitewater community
- diversity of sports / activities could lead to greater membership diversity
- JROC created to engage community when park did not have the budget
- engage with people in the park
- people don’t know how to get involved with JROC
- Setup at First Break and teach people how to safely navigate rapids around the area?
- Help people potentially conquer fear of water
- Education around the cleanliness and pollution levels in the James
- Go to group events and tell people about JROC
- Fisherman have a lot of knowledge to share
- Safety in the Park / River
- Working on safety map brochure
- Should be bi-lingual
- possibility of a grant
- Virginia Outdoors Foundation
- need to find out if JRPS has applied
- Update park signage to be bi-lingual
- Inventory & categorize current signs in park
- Teresa to become Facebook admin to post safety related information
- Working on safety map brochure
- Events:
- KOTJ
- Sticker added to banner to announce the race is virtual
- A lot of packets that haven’t been picked up
- Have until Monday Dec 13th
- Will mail out packets to out of town racers
- Shawna willing to do another pickup
- January Work Project
- Vauxhall island and adjacent islands
- plastic trees as per Tricia
- possible to do broader flood cleanup
- river level dependent
- lots of sediment build-up at 14th & Ancarrows
- Falls of the James
- Dec 10th at VHS history lecture
- Venture Richmond Brown’s Island presentation is live
- Friends
- Bill Draper book available
- Scenic River
- Photos are up at Main St station
- KOTJ
- Park Reports
- Bryce is out on paternity leave
- Bryce is out on paternity leave
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