- Minutes Approval
- Approved
- Treasurer’s Report
- Need to remove trifold line item
- no plans to do onsite events where it would be needed
- approved
- Huguenot Update
- Latest proposal is over 700k
- work with contractors to lower price
- reach out to other contractors who haven’t submitted bids
- design changes to bring down cost
- expecting to in 350 – 500k range
- possibly use different styles of concrete to blend in with surroundings
- still have time to get started this year
- Diversity/Equity/Inclusion
- Tricia reached out to community members
- Andrew Alli helped moderate
- others joined via social media links
- possibly donate time to help with roll clinics at bellemeade pool
- make those valuable experiences for people that don’t have paddling experience
- work projects that highlight POC / Indigenous accomplishments in the park and not just slavery, etc
- better integration with fishing community
- more conversations around DEI topics
- February Park Project Report Back
- Sawmill Island
- Complete
- Sawmill Island
- March Park Project 3/20 & Projects List
- Assembling three fish cleaning tables at Ancarrows near parking lot
- Wood will be precut, JROC needs to assemble
- Spanish translation will be done by office of multicultural affairs
- plenty of trash to cleanup around the area
- Need to keep asking if other languages are needed in addition to Spanish
- possibility of a QR code that can have additional translations
- JRPS can have up to 25 people in a work project
- Social distancing and masks still required
- Possible additional work on sawmill to fix eroding canal wall
- water needs to be below 8ft or so
- RO and Keep Virginia Cozy are going to cleanup Pipeline in late May
- Go Grant: Safety in the Park/River
- 20k grant for brochures and updated bilingual signage for safety
- ask for 5k upfront to start project
- Falls of the James Report
- South River and Rappahannock extension were both approved as Virginia Scenic Rivers
- six more rivers are up for consideration
- Friends Report
- looking for executive director
- paid position
- 2nd printing of photo book
- looking at replacing floating dock at belle isle quarry pond
- completed conservation easement inspection
- Bryce/Trails Report, Visitation Numbers
- Bryce moving into new position at senior superintendent of south district
- hiring new super of JRPS
- visitation:
- 2020 most visited year
- 2021 february 82k YTD 199k
- volunteers
- americorp volunteer to work on trails/greenways and invasive species removal
- VCU student will be an intern
- Invasive species
- been able to use companies
- indirect grant
- Operations
- replaced kiosk at wetlands and Manchester side of TPOT
- bought new used dump truck
- salamander crossing happening at Riverside drive
- Next year possibly have an official event
- Trail
- reroute at Pump House for new paved path that connects to bridge
- Pump House
- work to path leaky roof
- work to get ADA path installed
- Education
- submitted grant for 150k/year for next 3 years
- get richmond public school students into the park to increase environmental literacy
- Zeke Report
- ELECTIONS!
- Board Expectations Proposal Amendments
- Attend all of the executive meetings is removed from proposed bylaw changes
- will be considered at a later date
- Attend all of the executive meetings is removed from proposed bylaw changes
- Executive Board
- President Nominees
- Matthew Rosenberg
- Vice President Nominees
- Greg Velzy
- Treasurer Nominees
- Sally Wetzler
- Secretary Nominees
- Natalie
- Approved
- President Nominees
- Board Members
- Sam Albert
- Shane Harper
- Chris Hull
- Shawna Shade
- Jen Jimenez
- Patrick Griffin
- Kevin Tobin
- Board Expectations Proposal Amendments
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