- December Meeting Minutes
- Approved
- Treasurer’s Report
- Hillcrest gift expenditure being removed as line item
- present Ralph’s book to JRPS as gifts of JROC
- approved
- HFW Update
- Meeting with Mayor on Tuesday to examine procurement issues
- Reached out to Kristen Larson who spoke to Mayor Stoney
- HFW project can possibly be constructed by a contractor who is already approved by city
- engaged with 3 contractors through DPW
- all have expressed an interest in completing the project
- all said Huguenot would need to be shutdown
- 2 – 4 month job
- high-water could be a construction impediment
- construction windows for disturbing water
- nov 16 – feb 15th & jun 16 – sept 15
- disturbs migratory fish population
- December Work Project Report
- worked out marvelously
- good JROC and community turnout
- KOTJ Report
- Matt and Shawna working to send out last packets
- event was a big success
- January Work Project
- options
- 1/16 Vauxhall Island
- riverside can lend canoes for hauling trash and rafts for people
- Parks and recreation has a 9 volunteer limit
- 1/16 Giant trash pickup
- Ancarrow / Mayo Bridge / others
- 1/16 Vauxhall Island
- options
- 14th st improvements
- requesting $695
- 20t round river rocker
- 2x parking bumpers
- approved
- parking bumpers need to be replaced
- need heavy equipment to dump gravel
- requesting $695
- Book discussion: Black Faces, White Spaces
- Teresa willing to guide us through a book discussion
- Safety in the park
- Grant to Virginia Outdoors Get Outdoors
- Details will come in February
- $20k ask for bilingual sign and maps
- buoys will be back at zdam once water levels go down
- Falls of the James Report
- working on getting signage on I95 over the James River recognizing the James as a scenic river
- 4 other rivers up for scenic designation this year
- Friends Report
- Bill Draper book sold out
- might do second printing
- sold ~900 books
- Projects List
- Bryce / Trails / Visitation Report
- Visitation
- Most visited year in history of park
- 2.1 million
- Service roads / causeways rehabilitation
- staff at multiple locations to even gravel
- erosion control work at belle isle, focus on rapid side
- work on highlighting historical sites on belle isle
- DWR access
- permit required if person is not otherwise credentialed
- includes bloaters / floaters
- lease agreement from 1984 that seems suspect
- areas of JRPS may be removed from list
- Visitation
- Zeke report
- Tricia talked with him before Christmas.
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