Trails 7/15/25

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Richmond Trails Committee
 7-15-25
 Present: Alison Aiken, Ben Feinson, Mike Donohue, Trum Rittling, 
and Jean Bressor, Hannah Harrington (late arrival)
 Community Member - Greg Western - Cross Vermont Trail
 Public Comment - none
 Welcome new RTC member Trum Rittling
 Discuss mowing: coordinate with Greg Western of CrossVT, 
reimbursement for volunteers’ gas, develop a schedule for JBR and 
Rivershore, and others
 Greg reported that he uses a string trimmer and a walk behind 
brushhog to keep the Johnnie Brook Trail trimmed.
 He recommends cutting back the brush at the beginning of the season.
 Trimming the boardwalks once a month
 Ben asked about purchasing a string trimmer for committee use.
 Ben offered to coordinate working on the trails - weed whacking and 
mowing to keep the trails open
 Will put it out on Front Porch Forum
 A suggestion was made to create a Barcode/sign on the trail about how 
to help keep the trail mowed/weed whacked
Open Meeting Review - discussed rules of Open Meeting and where to 
find information online.
 Discussed completing ethics training and signing form.
 Rivershore Trail work date planning - there is a bridge that has been 
found and we can coordinate putting back.  Two other bridges need 
work.
 Thursday July 31st 5:30 - ‘til done and August 2nd 9am - ‘til done - 
for work days - Alison will post on FPF, Mike will reach out to RMT 
and Ben will contact RRC
 Lung Ta - Fellowship of the Wheel dealt with the difficult areas except 
for one. 
OJR update - will get an update from Callie and Tyler
 Reach out to Conservation Committee about purchasing a weed 
trimmers that has several features
 Approve minutes - committee approved them
 Approve up to $50.00 for the gas cards to reimburse volunteers for 
mowing/trimming - committee approved this