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Groton, Connecticut municipal meeting: Copp Family Park Board of Overseers/Groton Parks Foundation - May 5, 2021. Click on the link below to view the agenda.
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Good
to
see
you
hope
your
families
are
all
doing
well
and
in
good
health,
and
at
this
point
I'm
going
to
introduce
the
chairman
of
the
cop
overseers
board,
who
will
run
the
initial
portion
of
the
meeting,
but
wait
wait
one
second
here
we
have
one
additional
agenda
item
for
the
groton
cars
foundation.
Business
under
new
business
there'll
be
an
item
three
fundraising
event
for
2021.,
so
we
get
to
two
expect
a
number
three
sorry
dom
I'll.
Let
you
take
it
from
here.
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D
Thank
you.
So,
first
of
all,
thanks
for
inviting
me
I'm
a
representative
for
tritone
trails,
and
I'm
here
this
evening
to
update
you
on
what's
happening
with
triton
trails
and
my
other
agenda
item
is
I'm
asking
for
support
and
for
us
to
partner
together
to
advance
the
tritone
trip.
So,
as
many
of
you
know,
this
is
quick.
This
is
more
of
an
update,
but
this
is
just
a
quick
overview.
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D
Conservation
easements
were
procured
from
two
landowners
in
order
to
join
two
lead:
ledger,
open
space
properties
and,
and
we've
been
working
with
a
town
of
preston
to
serious
some
signage
because
we
actually
connect
to
the
peacock
trail
as
part
of
the
connecticut
forest
and
park
association
as
well,
so
the
the
tri-town
trail
another
and
intersects
with
that
trail
as
well.
So
over
the
course
of
the
last
year
since
2019,
we
have
been
building
a
trail
and
in
2020
we
actually
opened
the
first
1.2
miles
of
hiking
trail.
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D
So
I've
been
meeting
with
mark,
for
I
don't
know
how
many
years
four
or
five
years
and
I've
always
and
we've
also
been
in
touch
with
the
bluff
point
park
manager.
So
in
granton
you
know
that
the
town
of
groton
received
a
connecticut
connectivity
grant
and
part
of
that
grant
was
a
bicycle
lane
on
peak
pequot
road
and
that
actually
connects
bluff
point
to
route
one
and
that
would
really
assimilate
or
coordinate
with
that.
D
First
part
of
the
tritone
trails
coming
out
of
glove
point
and
then
the
reason
we're
working
with
the
state,
the
eep
and
the
park
manager
at
wolf
point
is
we're
looking
to
get
trail
signs.
That
actually
say.
Tri-Town
trail
trail
signs
on
it,
because
that
is
actually
the
start
of
the
tri-town
trails
and
we've
had
endorsement
from
towns
and
from
the
southeast
in
cog
as
well.
So
we're
hoping
to
move
forward
with
that
as
well.
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So
our
vision,
and
why
I'm
here
to
you
tonight
is
because
we
envisioned
the
first
part
of
this
trail
in
the
southern
section
would
be
to
contact
lovepoint
to
hawk
family
park.
And
that's
why
I'm
here
today
to
say
I
would
like
to
partner
with
you.
The
tritone
trails
would
like
to
work
with
you
and
we'd
like
a
formal
endorsement,
and
if
we
could
work
together
to
move
forward
on
that
southern
part
of
the
tritone
trail.
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I
have
an
interesting
piece
of
information
for
you
as
well.
This
morning,
representatives
of
tri-town
trail
actually
were
invited
to
meet
with
the
groton
utilities
staff
and
the
purpose
of
that
this
was
an
initial
meeting
and
the
purpose
of
that
was
to
explore
options
around
the
regional
trails
and
how
we
can
work
together.
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D
And
that
came
about
because
there
are
a
couple
of
board
members
actually
in
grant
utilities
that
live
in
the
city
of
groton,
who
I
had
approached,
and
they
said
you
know
we
should
talk
about
this
again
and
at
the
board
meeting,
they
directed
the
staff
at
rotten
utilities
to
at
least
have
an
exploratory
meeting
with
tri-town
trails.
That's
how
that
came
about
so
we're
we're
hopeful
and
it
was
a
positive
meeting
and
they
continued
to
say.
Let's
continue
to
meet,
but.
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A
And
grant
parks
foundation-
you
know,
have
been
very
strongly
supportive
of
that,
and
we
know
eventually,
it's
part
of
the
trail
would
actually
go
through
the
cop
property,
but
we
also
know
you
know
what
mark
probably
has
been
banging
his
head
on,
and
I
was
before
him
with
trying
to
get
something
to
happen
with
groton
utilities,
which
has
always
been
a
challenge,
but
so
I
don't
know
I
guess
this
is
your
meeting
dom?
So
don't
let
me.
I
I
I
think,
over
the
years,
we've
certainly
listened
to
you
folks
and
been
supportive
in
it
and
consensus
of
the
board
that
we
really
did
want
it
to
to
happen
and
and
support
it.
But
now
I
think
what
you're
calling
for
is
an
official
motion
and
vote.
Would
I
think,
I'm
entertaining
that.
I
think
I
would
be
happy
to
hear
that,
so
we
can
officially
get
it
on
record
as
supporting
the
project.
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The
town
alleged
actually
had
two
properties-
one
that's
directly
across
the
street,
from
the
preston
community
park
and
up
down
the
road
about
a
half
or
three
quarters
of
mile
is
something
called
joe
clark,
farm,
okay
and
the
original
plan
was
to
follow
the
brook
down
and
connect
those
two
properties.
However,
there
were
a
lot
of
wetlands,
so
we
actually
had
to
go
to
landowners
and
ask
for
easements,
and
that
took
three
years
like
I
said,
we
delivered
a
lot
of
potted
plants
and
did
a
lot
of
talking.
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F
D
A
good
alternative
as
a
walking
possibility,
and
then
you
have
that
depot
road
as
a
possibility
for
a
bike
lane.
So
how
we
progress
is
really
we
always
say
in
every
step
of
the
way.
It's
all
a
matter
of
planning
and
figuring
out
what
works
and
now
that
we're
meeting
with
rotten
utilities.
Are
we
still
going
to
say
we're
going
to
go
across
the
street
at
route
1
and
go
on
to
north
road,
or
are
we
going
to
stay
where
the
boardwalk
is
and
cross
and
there's
some
plan
right
by
the
rotten
human
services?
D
And
I
understand
that
grant
utilities
is
also
working
with
the
eastern
connecticut
conservation
district
on
doing
some
pollinator
fields
and
and
rain
gardens
and
things,
and
so
that
might
be
a
time.
So
at
this
point,
we're
looking
at
options
but
that
bicycle
lane
along
depot
road
was
really
you
know
a
big
bonus
for
us.
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D
A
Yeah,
just
let
me
introduce
brian
brian,
has
submitted
a
grant
proposal
for
a
new
pump
track
in
groton,
which
would
actually
be
built
on
town
land.
Hopefully
you
all
received.
It
was
quite
a
lengthy
amount
of
paperwork
that
you
got
via
brian,
but
I
invited
him
to
come
tonight
to
make
his
presentation
so
that
we
can
discuss
his
grant
request.
You
know
later
on
in
the
meeting
so
brian
the
floor
is
yours.
G
The
point
of
this
of
the
title
on
the
side
or
the
subtitle
is
it's
a
centralized
location
in
in
the
town
of
groton,
but
this
kind
of
a
facility
is
rare
in
new
england
and
and
very
rare
in
connecticut,
there's
only
one
other
that
exists
one
other
public
pump
track
in
in
connecticut
that
we
know
of
at
this
point
down
at
madison.
So
we
expect
to
also
have
a
regional
draw
of
individuals
and
families
that
will
come
into
groton
to
use
this
facility.
G
G
One
of
10
out
of
almost
50
applications
this
this
round.
So
a
really
great
success
for
the
town
after
many
years
of
not
of
not
really
competing
or
receiving
these
kinds
of
grants.
So
so
that
facility
is
shown
in
green.
So
everything
there
is
part
of
that
that
new
bikeway
and
and
it's
it's
alongside
the
tri-town
trail,
which
is
shown
in
red
on
on
depot
road
and,
like
you
said
it
might
try
town
might
by
detour
over
to
the
the
boardwalk
and
the
boardwalk,
is
orange.
G
That's
the
eastern
shoreline
path,
so
you
can
see
all
of
these
bicycle
multi-modal
facilities
really
come
together
at
our
site
and
it's
not
a
coincidence.
Of
course
we
were
aware
of
this.
We
went
through
a
town-wide
screening
of
of
potential
sites,
and
this
is
the
one
that
emerged
as
the
best
candidate
it's
in
the
center
of
town.
It's
near
nearby
schools,
it's
adjacent
to
mountain
bike
areas,
many
of
the
same
people
that
were
riding
a
pump
track
or
riding
on
the
trails
of
of
bluff.
Point
haley
farm.
G
It's
within
a
neighborhood
revitalization
zone,
as
you
might
know,
the
the
sometimes
referred
to
as
fort
hill,
neighborhood
or
paquanic
bridge
neighborhood
there's
over
a
thousand
dwellings
there.
There
are
many
families,
children,
many
many
underserved
folks,
there,
a
lot
of
kids,
who
could
benefit
from
having
a
fun
and
healthy
facility
that
will
take
up
much
of
their
time,
they're
outside
of
school
or
on
weekends,
and
I
know
this
firsthand
from
being
from
riding
around
down
there
myself
talking
to
some
of
the
kids
that
are
on
little
bmx
style
bikes.
G
G
You
ask
10
year
old
boys
and
probably
girls
too,
and
they
know
exactly
what
it
is,
because
they've
been
watching
red
bull
rampage
on
youtube
and
all
these
other.
You
know
extreme
sports
shows,
and
they
are
just
they
would
be
so
excited
the
kids.
I've
talked
to
are
so
excited
to
hear
that
this
is
coming
to
their
neighborhood.
G
So
here's
a
closer
view
of
the
site:
it's
the
paquonic
bridge
boardwalk
park.
So
it's
an
existing
park.
There's
a
small
playground!
There
there's
a
parking
lot.
There
there's
a
concrete
sidewalk
that
goes
kind
of
around
the
perimeter
of
where
we
were
where
we're
going
to
build
the
the
pump
track.
It's
already
got
a
lot
of
infrastructure
and
that's
very
important
and
valuable
for
for
the
for
the
project.
G
G
But
there
there's
nothing
radical
in
here.
These
are
all
like
one.
Two
three
feet
high
and
these
sweeping
corners
have
10
foot
radii,
and
you
just
use
your
momentum
to
increase
your
speed
and
to
learn
how
to
ride
a
bicycle
with
a
higher
degree
of
skill
than
you
could
probably
learn
in
most
other
kinds
of
of
riding
experiences.
G
So
we've
been
working
with
some
different
people
who
have
experience,
designing,
pump
tracks.
We've
done
a
lot
of
research
and
a
lot
of
of
coordination,
we're
working
with
the
new
england
mountain
bike
association.
Of
course,
we're
working
closely
with
the
parks
and
rec
department
mark
berry
has
been
very
helpful.
G
Jessica
patterson
has
been
very
helpful
in
in
his
office,
and
what
we
have
here
is
is
a
is
a
circuit
and
it's
about
all
told,
maybe
a
quarter
of
an
acre
once
you
put
a
fence
around
it,
it
has
to
be
fenced
because
it
gets
closed
down
in
the
winter
it's
made
out
of
dirt.
These
are
shaped
mounds,
based
on
geometry.
G
This
is
a
close-up.
Each
each
line
perpendicular
to
the
track
is
the
peak
of
one
of
these
mounds
or
rollers,
and
then
you
can
see
the
profiles
alongside
and
we've.
We've
looked
at
all
kinds
of
pump
tracks
and
we've
seen
ones
that
are
really
boring
and
we've
designed
one
that
will
be
very
challenging
for
everyone
for
anyway,
and
anyone
can
learn
to
ride
it.
So
so
a
a
a
seven-year-old
who's
just
learned
how
to
ride
a
bike.
G
G
Here's
a
view
from
the
street
this
may
look
familiar
in
the
far
left
is
the
underpass
entrance
to
bluff
point.
You
can
see.
We've
already
got
so
much
of
the
infrastructure
here,
the
parking
is
there.
We
think
there's
power
and
possibly
water
on
the
site,
and
you
know,
speaking
of
groton
utilities,
I've
submitted
a
request
for
assistance
from
them,
hoping
that
they
will
help
us
with
providing
water
and
power
and
and
waiting
on
a
reply,
and
this
is
what
they
look
like.
G
You
can
see
in
the
top
right.
Here's
a
here's,
a
kid
he's
going
through
the
the
the
radius,
the
the
berm
as
it's
referred
to
and
you're
riding
on
a
very
steep
angle,
but
you're
going
fast
enough
that
you
just
stick
to
it
and
then
you
can
see
the
rollers
or
the
consecutive
mounds,
and
you
know
these
are
all
dirt,
which
is
how
ours
will
be
built.
So
it'll,
look
very
similar
to
these.
G
Maybe
a
couple
shade
trees,
it's
a
very
exposed
site,
we'll
take
care
of
drainage
with
you
know,
like
rain
garden
type
areas
to
protect
the
runoff
that
goes
into
the
aquatic
river
and
we'll
recognize
donors
so
we're.
Currently
in
a
fundraising
campaign
we
have
a
gofundme
page.
We've
received
some
grant
money.
We've
received
quite
a
bit
of
private
money.
G
I
just
learned
today,
for
example,
that
the
chelsea
groton
foundation
is
granting
us
five
hundred
dollars.
We've
received
by
my
last
count
around
twelve
thousand
dollars
in
private
pledges
and
donations
actual
money.
We
have
the
gofundme
page
it's
currently
last
time
I
checked
at
1300.,
so
we're
yeah.
G
I
think
we're
closing
in
on
20
000
of
committed
funding
and
we're
hoping
to
raise
55
000,
and
if
we
can
raise
more,
then
we'll
be
able
to
afford
amenities
like
a
like
a
maybe
a
shade,
pavilion
and
some
benches
and
and
possibly
a
few
other
things
that
will
just
make
it
more
comfortable
and
enjoyable,
and
we
we
are
very
excited
that
the
community
is
getting
behind
us
that
we're
getting
great
pr.
For
example,
the
there's
an
article
that'll,
hopefully
supposedly
be
published
in
the
day
tomorrow
about
it.
G
I've
been
talking
to
kim
drelic,
I
think,
is
how
sure
her
name
is
pronounced.
A
journalist
covers
fairs
and
groton
and
spent
quite
a
bit
of
time
reaching
out
with
her
and
providing
her
with
information.
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
that-
and
I
look
forward
now
to
any
of
your
questions
and
thank
you
very
much
for
your
attention.
G
E
G
G
The
the
the
reason
that
it
must
be
closed
down
in
the
winter
is
because
when
the
soil
is
frozen
or
covered
in
snow,
or
you
have
freeze
thaw
effect
going
on
these,
these
tracks
just
have
to
be
closed
down.
You
can't
use
them
if
we
could
raise
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars.
This
could
be
a
paved
track.
There
are
companies
that
make
them
out
of
asphalt.
You
can
you
can
just
google
pump
tracks
and
within
five
seconds
you'll
see
what
a
paved
pump
track
looks
like
that
would
be
open
year
round.
G
That
would
be
spectacular
for
the
town.
If
we
could
do
that,
but
being
realistic,
we're
saying
no,
we
we
just
don't
see
how
we
can
raise
that
much
that
doesn't
preclude
this
from
ever
being
paved
though.
If
the
community
embraces
it
and
it
becomes
so
popular
and
the
demand
calls
out
for
a
year-round
facility,
then
we
could
come
back
and
look
at
that,
but
in
the
winter
time
it
needs
to,
you
can
see
just
about
every
public
pump
track
has
a
fence
around
it.
That's
that's
soil
like
this.
G
Would
be
taking
care
of
some
of
the
maintenance
so
so
like
actually
maintaining
the
track
surface
and
sculpting
in
the
spring
and
just
getting
it
all
tuned
up
that
would
be
nemba
parks
and
rec
would
be
responsible
for
basic
grounds
maintenance,
which,
in
my
conversations
with
with
mark
we've,
talked
about
how
important
it
is
to
minimize
that
so
the
the
greenery
would
be
like
a
wildflower
grass
mix.
That
really
only
needs
to
get
cut
like
once
a
year
like
say,
like
haley
farm
meadow
mixes.
You
you've
probably
seen
that.
E
G
Good
question:
I
can
well
I'll
just
tell
you,
rather
than
going
back,
we've
got
topographic
information,
it's
right
around
12.,
so
it's
out
of
the
flood
zone,
it's
not
in
the
100-year
flood
zone
and
it's
basically
high
and
dry
and
there's
really
there's
really
great
infrastructure
on
this
site.
There
are
there's
like
four
storm
drains
that
are
that
are
to
the
west
of
our
site,
so
we'll
be
able
to
connect
to
those
with
piping
if
we
need
to,
but
most
of
the
runoff
is
just
flowing
over
land
to
those
drains.
E
I
chair
the
groton
shellfish
commission
and
the
aquanic
rivers
are
primo
area,
so
I
I
guess,
I'd
be
a
little
concerned
if
rain,
gardens
or
detention
basins
can't
handle
everything
that
we're
putting
any
type
of
storm
water
into
the
river
there.
With
the
current
concerns
we
have
with
fecal
coliform
for
the
shell
fishing.
G
G
So
we
can
create
these
rain
gardens
and
because
the
property
is
at
elevation
12,
there
should
be
decent
permeability.
If
we
were
much
closer
to
the
groundwater,
it
might
be
a
little
more
difficult,
but
I
think
that
would
be
our
goal
is
to
detain
and
treat
this
all
before.
If
any
of
it
does
run
off
to
the
river
that
is
clean
by
the
time
it
gets
there.
C
B
G
G
I
G
Yeah
well,
if
you
want
a
bike
like
that
kid,
in
the
top
right,
you're
going
to
have
to
place
an
order
and
and
bikes
are
like
12
months
out
at
least
right
now,
so
I
would
go
ahead
and
place
my
order
for
that.
New
they're
called
dirt.
Jumpers
they're
really
fun,
but
you
could
actually
ride
any
almost
any
kind
of
bike
except
your
expensive
road
bike.
I
wouldn't
recommend
it,
but
other
kinds
of
bikes.
G
You
can
you
can
ride
in
here,
but
you
know
it'd
be
in
the
best
of
all
worlds:
we'd
be
under
construction
by
say
end
of
summer.
If
we
could
raise
the
funds
quickly
enough-
and
that's
because
you
know
my
firm
will
be
involved
myself
and
I'm
lucky
to
have
two.
My
partner,
chad,
frost
and
and
tim
mcgee
who's
done,
the
drawing
so
far
we're
all
bike
riders.
We
can't
wait
to
get.
C
G
Here
and-
and
we
can,
we
can
expedite
the
contracting
and
the
construction
etc.
You
know
since
we're
doing
this
all
privately
we're
raising
the
money
privately,
you
know
we,
we
don't
have
to
go
through
the
bidding
and
and
all
that
kind
of
red
tape
that
the
town
would
have
to
if
it
were
doing
it
right,
mark
right.
C
H
G
Is
also
going
to
go
to
deep
for
a
cam
coastal
area
management
review
you
know
just
because
of
the
nature
of
the
site,
but
we're
closing
in
on
that,
and
you
know,
like
I've
been
contacted
just
today,
I
was
contacted
by
jeff
pop
rocky
who's,
the
he's
the
guy
that
really
got
the
the
skate
park
done.
You
know
he's
he's.
He
was
one
of
the
instigators
and
he's
also
the
guy
that
built
most
of
it.
So
he
wants
to
help
he's
got
a
son,
that's
totally
into
this
kind
of
stuff.
G
So
so
we're
meeting
more
and
more
people
like
that
who
they
themselves
and
their
family
are
really
excited
about
this.
But
to
be
realistic,
it's
likely
that
we
will
be
raising
funds
through
the
summer
and
we'll
we'll
we'll
tee
this
up
for
starting
construction
around
this
time
next
year,
when
it
when
the
when
the
weather
starts
to
dry
out
and
warm
up-
and
we
have
everybody-
lined
up
on
their
schedules
and
then
I
think
that's
the
most
realistic
timeline.
D
I
G
No
now
the
only
bike
we
don't
want
on
here
is
a
motorized
bike
right,
an
e-bike,
I'm
gonna
have
to
talk
to
paul
ward
at
padago
up
the
road.
Tell
him
his
e-bikes
can't
can't
ride
here,
but
so
yeah,
that's
not
an
issue.
I
mean
it.
Could
that
the
track
compacts
is
very
hard
and-
and
you
know,
and
these
any
any
rubber
tire
bike
should
be
fine.
Yeah
got
it.
D
G
G
You
know,
like
some
people
that
work
at
pfizer
in
particular,
have
given
us
really
substantial
donations
and
those
are
being
matched
by
the
company
which
is
fantastic.
So
if
you
know
any
any
pfizer
employees
that
bike
or
have
kids
that
bike
and
mention
this
to
them,
that
would
be
that'd.
Be
great.
Of
course.
Anyone
in
the
community,
that's
interested
in
this
sort
of
thing
in
in
health
and
wellness
for
kids
and
families
is
another
reason
why
this
would
be
great
a
great
project
to
donate,
to.
G
We
don't
want
any
motorized
bikes
in
here.
We
don't
want
any
and
really
the
whole
point
of
it
is
to
use
your
your
your
body
motion
and-
and
I
hope
all
of
you
will
get
a
chance
to
come
in
here
and
try
it
out,
because
it's
really
a
revelation.
I
know
everybody's
probably
been
on
a
bicycle
and
you've
pedaled
along
and
you've.
You
know
you've
sworn
and
sweated
your
ways
way
up
hills
and
that
sort
of
thing,
but
to
do
something
like
this.
This
is
absolutely
unlike
anything.
G
H
H
G
G
Have
a
combination
of
people
who
are
really
great?
If
you
have
somebody
like
that
in
there
all
the
kids
are
just
going
to
want
to
watch.
So
I
think
I
think
it'll
be
it'll,
be
fun.
I
mean
if
you
look
at
some
of
the
bigger
pump
track
bike
parks
and
they're
easy
to
find
if
you
just
do
a
little
online
search,
there's
one,
for
example,
in
boulder
colorado,
valmont
bike
park,
where
there's
they've
got
a
lot
of
this
stuff
and
and
they're
just
hugely
popular.
G
G
G
G
B
G
G
C
And
I
think
if
you
compared
the
the
pump
track
to
the
skate
park,
the
likelihood
of
injury,
I
think,
is
higher
at
the
skate
park
than
it.
It
would
be
at
this
bike
park,
and
you
know
we
have
signage
at
the
skate
park,
encouraging
folks
to
wear
their
helmet.
But
again
you
know
it's
not
something,
that's
a
personal
choice.
We
certainly
promote
it.
E
C
You
know
someone
will
ride
through
the
course
and
and
then
stop
and
wait,
and
so
there's
this
kind
of
community
communication
that
takes
place
even
amongst
all
of
these
different
levels.
So
I
you
know,
I
wouldn't
see
that
being
any
different
here
at
the
skate
at
the
pump
track
than
it
is
at
the
skate
park.
H
G
I
E
I
G
So
we're
getting
the
word
out
through
social
media.
You
know
we,
we
have
a
website
bikegroton.org,
we
have
a
facebook
page
by
groton
on
facebook,
we've
been
sharing
the
information
to
all
of
the
forums
that
we're
aware
of,
like
the
groton
community
forum,
we've
been
also
sharing
it
in
in
stonington.
G
There
are,
there
are
a
number
of
mountain
bike
groups
in
and
around
here
that
we've
been
sharing
it
with
we're
in
contact
we're
applying
for
every
grant
that
we,
I
am
really
the
one
doing
all
this
in
grant
applications
or
tons
of
fun.
So,
like
I,
like,
I
said,
chelsea
groton
we
just
heard
from
there
are
others
that
we've
applied
to
that
are
like
national
level
grants
we
haven't
heard
back
from
yet
some
of
the
bike
companies
have
grant
programs.
G
I've
asked
I
grant
utilities,
I've
submitted
to
grant
utilities
a
detailed
plan
showing
where
power
and
water
needs
to
go
and
asked,
and
we
did
an
estimate
of
how
much
it
would
cost
to
get
power
and
water
here.
Ask
them
to
help
us
fund
that
and-
and
that's
really
and
it's
a
lot
of
personal
contact
word
of
mouth.
G
That's
what
we're
doing
we've
got
a
spreadsheet
of
all
the
organizations
and
and
individuals
and
grants
that
we
know
about,
and
we're
kind
of
tracking
we're
tracking,
that
and
and
and
mark's
office
has
also
offered
to
help
out
they've
posted
already
some
psas
on
their
facebook
page,
and
they
have
a
lot
of
good
contacts
in
the
community
as
well.
So
that's
how
we're
doing
it
I
mean
if
you
have
any
suggestions
or
if
you'd
like
to
make
a
donation,
just
go
to
bikegratin.org
or
or
contact
me
directly.
G
G
And
then,
if
you
just
if
and
on
facebook,
you
know,
the
website
is
a
lot
more
work
and-
and
I
don't
know
how
to
update
it-
my
daughter
is
into
this
web
design
stuff
but
she's
in
vermont.
So
it
takes
a
little
work
to
get
her
to
update
it.
But
facebook
is
where
we
post
more
current
updates.
So
if
you
like
our
facebook
page
bike
run
on
facebook,
then
you'll
you'll
see
more
current
information.
C
C
All
right,
so
we
are,
the
department
is
still
working
on
agency
accreditation.
I
think
I
mentioned
this
in
the
october
report.
There's
154
standards.
Our
goal
is
to
have
the
application
completed
by
and
submitted
to
the
nrpa
by
this
fall
this
time
next
year.
There
would
be
a
review
team
coming
to
visit
us
for
a
week
to
just
confirm.
Policies
and
practices
are
in
place,
look
at
the
facilities
and
then.
C
That
following
fall,
so
that
would
be
the
fall
of
22
we
should
receive-
hopefully
our
agency
accreditation
and
right
now,
there's
probably
thousands,
if
not
tens
of
thousands
of
parks
and
recreation
departments
across
the
country
and
right
now,
there's
183
that
are
accredited.
So
we
would
be
one
of
the
top
three
percent
of
departments
across
the
country
with
accreditation,
the
rebranding
of
the
senior
center.
I
mentioned
this
again.
I
brought
it
up
in
the
fall.
C
As
was
mentioned
earlier
in
this
meeting,
the
department
wrote
a
grant
to
the
department
of
transportation
and
we
received
a
344
000
community
connectivity
grant
that
will
allow
us
to
extend
the
bike
path
from
the
trolley
trail
out
to
midway
oval
and
then
back
into
sutton
park
and
through
sutton
park
and
tie
into
the
bike
path.
That's
along
route,
1.
C
C
So
I
think
that's
a
real
credit
to
the
staff.
We've
introduced
a
number
of
virtual
programs
we're
running
programs
outside
when
the
weather
permits
we
are
gradually
reopened.
We
reopened
the
fitness
center
two
weeks
ago
with
a
limited
number
of
people.
They
have
to
sign
up
ahead
of
time.
They
can
only
stay
there
for
so
long
and
we
also
found
that
people
really
liked
doing
treasure
hunts.
So
every
month
we
would
do
a
different
we'd
place.
Different
objects
in
different
parts
and
encourage
people
to
get
out.
C
Looking
you
know,
including
surveying,
and
looking
at
all
the
issues
that
we
might
run
into
at
particular
sites.
We're
looking
to
expand
fields
at
the
high
school
at
sutton
park
and
at
claude
chester
school,
which
is
closing
this
spring
once
the
school
year
ends
and
it's
being
turned
over
to
the
town
and
plans
are
to
put
some
athletic
fields
in
there
and
the.
C
B
C
C
C
E
H
B
B
I
C
C
I
C
B
C
B
H
B
C
E
C
B
A
A
A
C
B
A
Also
reported
that
we
received
1250
from
charter
oak
and
that
we
gave
the
grant
for
the
call
hub
program
to
the
senior
center,
which
we
have
a
report
on
that.
The
bottom
line
is
that
there
is
a
little
over
4
600
in
unrestricted
money
so
later
on
here.
If
we
want
to
approve
the
grant
for
the
for
the
pump
track,
we
do
have
funds
that
we
can
use
to
do
that
with
so.
I
A
C
A
I
would
be
more
than
happy
to
okay,
I
know
carol
wells,
you
do
too
so
yeah
a
wonderful
lady
worked
for
many
years
at
the
senior
center
yep
and
was
very
active
in
theater
as
well.
But
so
thank
thank
you
mark
for
that
that
was
very
generous
of
her
moving
on
to
unfinished
business
sustaining
membership.
A
E
Yeah,
that's
amazing,
I
didn't
know
I
didn't
know.
I
had
the
power
yeah
I
this
is
what
I
presented
last
time
and
I've
monkeyed
around
with
it,
and
I
apologize
for
not
monkeying
around
with
it.
Until
like
a
couple
days
ago,
I
sent
it
to
john
and
mark,
I
think,
there's
there's
three
parts
here
and
I
can
scroll
down
through
it.
E
This
is
just
again
that
groton
parks
and
the
town
park
and
rec
department
would
work
with
folks,
and
we've
got
to
maybe
name
a
trail
park.
Welcome
station
bridges,
benches
educational
state
stations,
it
really
is
informational
in
nature,
does
not
commit
us
or
anyone
else
to
anything.
Just
throws
out
possibilities.
E
Unless
I
just
pulled
some
boilerplate
from
who
knows
where
planned
giving
again,
this
is
really
just
a
kind
of
a
list,
a
laundry
list
of
ways
that
people
could
potentially
give
to
groton
parks
foundation
as
far
as
a
bequest
or
stock
gift
or
whatever
again
it
doesn't
commit
its
informational
in
nature
would
be
good
to
get
it
on.
Our
website
doesn't
commit
us
to
anything.
E
E
What
concerns
me
is,
especially
if
you
look
under
personal,
I
was
trying
to
come
up
with
something
we
could
give
people
for
giving
at
a
certain
level.
I
did
do
some
research,
it's
easy
enough
to
have
things
like
caps
printed
up.
If
we
have
access,
as
I
believe
we
do
to
our
website,
it's
easy
enough
to
have
someone's
name
or
business
recognized
on
the
website.
E
What
concerned
me
is
I
wanted
like
if
you
look
at
life
there.
I
said
oh
invitation
to
annual
gala.
I
thought,
oh,
that
was
a
real
nice
thing.
If
someone
wanted
to
give
us
a
thousand
bucks
to
give
them
an
invitation.
Now,
who
knows
we're
in
covid,
we
didn't
do
the
gala
we
come
out.
I
just
assume
we're
gonna
plan
a
gala
when
things
are
back
to
normal,
but
I
guess
what
worries
me
is.
If
we
commit
to
hey,
you
give
us
500
bucks,
we're
gonna,
give
you
this.
E
Can
we
follow
through
with
all
these
things?
So,
as
I
say,
the
first
two
sections,
I
think,
and
if
everyone
wants
to
I
apologize
for
the
lightness
of
this,
I
could
send
it
out
again
for
people
to
review,
but
I
think
the
first
two
sections
that
we
went
through
are,
as
I
say,
if
no
one
has
any
heartburn
over
over.
You
know
the
sums
or
you
know,
or
someone
says:
oh,
we
don't
do
park
well
stage.
E
As
I
say
this
lucy
goosey,
just
to
kind
of
give
folks
that
visit
our
website,
an
idea
same
thing
planned
giving
is
really
just
hey.
These
are
ways
you
could
give
to
us.
I'd
be
a
little
hesitant
until
we
really
hash
out,
and
you
guys
and
the
foundation
would
also
have
to
approve
me
to
go
out
and
buy
if
we're
gonna,
give
out
caps
or
logos
or
something
like
that.
I'd
have
to
go
to
a
design
group
easy
enough
to
do,
but
I'd
have
to
go.
A
A
E
H
E
I
So
I
I
think
I
think
it's
a
great
thing
that
you've
put
together
here
dick.
It
really
really
looks
terrific,
but
I
am
a
little
skittish
about
the
naming
piece
of
those
opportunities
to
spend.
Ten
thousand
to
name
a
trail
after
yourself
seems
cheap.
Frankly,
you
know
that's
inexpensive,
for
you
know,
usually
when
I
think
of
naming
you
know
even
rooms
and
buildings,
it's
you're
talking
another
zero
or
two.
I
I
The
other
question
I
had
just
to
get
while
I
well
my
mic
is
not
muted,
is
that
if
we
looked
into
sort
of
the
cost
of
these
things
and
of
the
costs
comparable
to
the
amount
we're
asking
for,
in
other
words
a
park
welcome
station,
you
know
a
bridge,
you
know
benches
things
like
that,
can
can
do
we
do.
Can
we
do
a
bench?
I
would
think
you
could
do
one
for
two
thousand
dollars
yeah.
E
I
C
So
you
know
two
thousand
isn't
out
of
the
question,
because
the
whole
purpose
of
this
is
not
just
to
you
know,
get
them
to
pay
for
just
the
bench,
but
to
get
them
to
pay
for
a
little
bit
more
and
then
generate
some
more
money.
You
know
bridges,
you
talk
about
bought
bridges,
you
know,
that's
that's
yeah!
That's
five
thousand
dollars
would
certainly
pay
for
a
pretty
long
section
of
a
bog
bridge.
C
C
Yes,
yeah
exactly
yeah,
yeah
so
and
the
department,
as
we've
gone
through
agency
accreditation.
We
also
have
a
sponsorship
policy
and
we
could
apply
that
to
this,
so
that
we
avoid
the
situation
where
you
described
where
we
have
a
trail
running
through
a
swamp
calling
it.
You
know
the
trump
trail
or
whatever
so
yeah
so
yeah.
C
C
Right,
in
fact,
carol.
She,
in
addition
to
the
check
for
500
she's,
we're
she's
paying
for
a
10-foot
fall
fiesta,
maple
tree
that
we're
going
to
plant
at
pocono
plains
park
near
the
kind
of
near
the
playground
and
have
a
a
a
sign
there
in
in
memory
of
her
husband.
She
did
the
same
thing
when
her
sister
passed
away
so.
E
B
Yeah,
well,
I
think
for
some
for
many
of
these
things
and
if
you're
talking
about
trails
specifically
for
what
the
value
is
for
this
area,
I
think
you
just
go
to
the
the
picoazipos,
the
coogan
farm.
All
of
those
you
know,
there's
a
little
shed
with
a
couple
picnic
tables
that
the
hams
gave
their
trails
that
are
named
there.
You
know
everything
that
you're
talking
about
here,
I
think
they
sold,
and
that
is
a
that
would
be
a
rough
equivalent
of
what
the
values
might
be.
E
E
E
A
E
Idea,
okay,
so
mark
will,
can
we
work
back
and
forth.
Maybe
mark
john
and
I
work
back
and
forth
on
this
a
little
bit
more
yep,
okay
and,
as
I
say
to
the
planned,
giving
stuff
is
boilerplate,
but
give
I
I
am
very
hesitant
with
membership,
not
that
they're
knocking
out
the
door
trying
to
get
memberships
to
the
grot
park
foundation,
but
I
can't
make
I
don't
want
to
make
commitments
for
the
foundation
because
there
is
a
give
and
take
here.
You
give
us
some
money.
We
give
you
some
swag.
C
E
Number
well
and
that's
why
we
could
maybe
keep
contributor
as
an
entry
level,
and
I
don't
disagree
with
alan
a
business
if
you're
going
to
be
a
visionary
business,
maybe
you
need
more
skin
in
the
game.
Five
thousand
ten
thousand
dollars
so
yeah.
As
I
said,
the
ranges
were
just
something
I
kind
of
threw
out
there
same
thing
with
looking
at
individuals.
E
I
I
E
We
we
have
with
the
land,
conservancy
found
the
same
thing.
We
in
some
ways
have
some
buyers
or
sellers
remorse,
giving
a
thousand
bucks
out,
but
then
other
folks
will
argue
that
these
people
got
a
lifetime
membership
and
then
they
keep
on
giving
every
year.
Oh,
I
see
you
know
that
they're
they're
willing
to
get
you
know,
don't
bother
me
with
a
membership
renewal
and
with
avalonia
we
actually
send
out
a
membership
renewal.
E
That's
one
ask
and
a
fundraiser,
so
they'll
say:
okay,
I
don't
want
to
be
bugged
every
year,
what
membership
renewal
I'll
give
you
a
thousand
bucks
to
stop
bugging
me,
but
we
send
our
fundraising
requests
out
and
most
of
them
will
put
some
skin
in
the
game
every
year,
but
yeah.
Your
point
is
well
taken.
We've
discussed
this.
E
E
Yeah,
I
offered
last
meeting
to
try
to
get
in
touch
with
maggie
jones,
the
former
director
of
the
nature
center,
and
to
go
through
her
to
get
to
steve
fagan,
who
does
the
weekly
trail
or
natural
area
article
in
the
day,
and
I
eventually
did
run
into
maggie,
and
I
think
I
shared
emails
with
john
and
mark
on
this.
Maggie
loves
the
cop
property.
They
were
kind
of.
E
E
Maggie
is
enthused
about
doing
something
at
cops
that
they
wanted
to
do
something
at
cop
she's
talked
to
steve,
who
is
the
journalist
and,
and
they
are
have
us
on
the
schedule
somewhere
and
if
I
get
when
I
get
notification,
it'd
be
good
for
a
bunch
of
us,
especially
the.
What
I'll
call
the
heir
apparent
mr
cop
here
to
show
up
and
maybe
give
them
a
tour
of
the
property.
F
Yeah
in
parallel
to
that,
I
I
contacted
steve
fagan
back
after
today
and
I
talked
last
fall
sometime.
I
said
kind
of
a
heads
up
we'd
like
to
do
that
sometime
and
I
just
wrote
them
again
yesterday
yesterday
and
asked
if
you
would
be
one
to
do
that
with
maggie
jones
and
if
we
get
a
geologist
there's
a
lot
of
geographical
features
out
there
for
the
same
thing.
So
there
there's
two
avenues:
two
forks
going
towards
that
good.
E
A
E
B
E
B
E
A
You
know
if
he
chooses
to
retire
from
the
board,
then
obviously
we
have
a
opening.
So
I
guess
kind
of
put
that
in
the
back
your
mind
too,
and
and
once
we
know
that
we
can
put
that
even
on
the
website
and
see
if
we
can
get
some
folks,
because
we
actually
did
have
some
potential
people
a
while
back.
That
may
have
been
interested.
I
B
I
I
I
I
F
I
I
You
can't
go
fast
on
it.
You
know
I
mean
the
the
corner.
Is
a
10-foot
radius,
that's
a
tight
corner,
but
yeah
you
know,
and
then
I
think,
if
somebody
got
caught
riding
one
that'd
be
a
consequence
for
sure
absolutely
like
a
negative
one.
I
was
just
seeing
where
a
time
a
lifetime
enough
use
that
that
would
be
the
people
that
are
using
it
properly
would
probably
police
it
pretty
well
and
call
authorities
if
need
be.
I
It
was
really
is
really
neat.
It
was
the
most
amazing
wedding,
they'd
played
it
very
well,
and
bride
and
groom
were
in
new
york.
The
parents
of
the
bride,
who
were
in
houston,
the
parents
of
the
groom,
were
in
india
and
there
were
a
lot
of
attendees
who
wouldn't
have
been
able
to
attend
even
without
kophid
it
was.
It
was
a
wonderful
ceremony.
I
mean
the
whole
thing
was
terrific.
I
I
I
I
Yeah,
I
got
andy
you
want
to
vote.
Let's
see,
should
we
have
folks
vote
dom
yeah
yeah,
we
can
have
a
vote
on.
I
got
john
on
the
phone,
so
we've
we've
nominated
the
the
existing
slate
of
officers
state.
So
are
you
in
favor
of
voting
for
the
existing
slate
of
officers
for
the
next
term?
I
opposed
no
one.
No
one's
opposed
so
far,
no
extension,
so
you
proposed.
I
B
I
C
I
B
I
B
I
I
E
E
A
I
I
I
I
C
C
C
I
think
the
staff
had
come
to
the
groton
parks
foundation
or
the
cup
board
two
years
ago
about
doing
a
mud
run,
and
I
recall
that
everybody
thought
it
was
a
great
idea,
so
we're
thinking
that
maybe,
instead
of
a
gala,
we
would
do
a
mud
run.
That
would
be
kind
of
family-based
and
the
money
that
we
raised
would
go
to
the
parks
foundation.
C
Who
then,
would
turn
around
and
make
a
contribution
to
and
put
this
fence
up?
But
if
everybody
wants
to
do
a
gala,
then
you
know
we
would
move
forward
and
do
a
gala.
But
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
get
a
sense
of
what
the
wish
of
the
the
cop
board
and
the
parks
foundation
was
because
the
next
time
we
meet
in
october,
it
will
be
too
late
to
really
start
planning
a
gala
or
some
other
event.
C
E
C
C
A
C
The
two
that
they
had
were
in
partnership
with
the
parks
and
recreation
department-
oh
and
they,
the
gentleman
that
we
were
working
with.
He
left
and
took
a
position
someplace
else
and
the
ownership
just
didn't
feel
that
they
could
didn't.
Have
the
manpower
to
continue
to
support
that.
So
they
have
not
done
that
since
and
I'm
not
aware
that
they
are
intending
to
do
it.
H
A
C
You
know
and
steer
people
towards
the
groton
parks
foundation
with
a
you
know,
a
restricted
donation
to
the
fence
so,
and
I
think
we're
also
talking
about
reaching
out
to
you-
know
some
corporate
sponsors,
because
I
think
if
we,
if
you
will
package
this
presentation
the
right
way
about
you
know
this
being
inclusive
and
whatnot.
That
will
get
a
strong
response
from
businesses
and
other
groups
in
town.