FHTA MEETING

JANUARY 16, 2006

OLIVEDALE-LOWER LEVEL

 

Call to order at 7:05pm by Ira Weiss.  Attending were Claude and Anna Ford, Bob Williams, Jim Barrett, Rick Holt, Peg Mahler, and Larry Smith.

 

Minutes were approved from the Nov. meeting by B. Williams and seconded by C. Ford.

 

Treasurer’s report:  Dave e-mailed out the report which showed a balance of $4511.17 in the Community Bank and $1050.00 at the Fairfield Foundation.  The treasurer’s report was approved by P. Mahler and seconded by B. Williams.

 

PR report:  R. Holt has notified the group that he is resigning as the PR person, effective immediately.  No one at the meeting chose to fill this position at this time.

 

Grant report:  Nothing new to report.


Old business:

 

Lancaster Trail:  Bridge move still scheduled for Mar.-April of 06.  Timbers are being worked on by the Parks department to replace rotten ones.

 

Amanda Trail:  Agreement has been reached with Mid West Fabricating for the stretch of rail bed in Amanda that they own.  This will cost us $1.00 and other consideration.  We will need to do some fencing to meet our contract with them. 

            There are still several sections in question as to their availability: one owned by Julie Johns and another by the feed mill.   J. Barrett to talk to Johns and C. Ford to check with the feed mill and see if it is theirs or part of Midwest. 

            B. Williams will check with Carolyn Tilley (retired Amanda teacher) about helping with a grant to find funds for this section’s improvements. 

 

Columbus Interurban:  Terre Vandervoort has approached the new Menard’s store that will be built on Ety Rd. for trail space behind the store.

Olivedale - Marten’s Park- Still waiting on allocation of funds

 

MORPC Central Ohio Greenway and Trail Forum: I Weiss to attend and report back to group.

 

SE Trail Meeting with Brad Westfall:  A meeting should be arranged after the February MORPC meeting.  It would be beneficial to include Cols. Metro Parks in this meeting.

 

Health Links:  I. Weiss has contacted P. Navin and she was enthusiastic about our interest. 

 

Pay as you grow: nothing new to report

 

Web site:  I. Weiss has made more updates and improvements. 

 

NEW BUSINESS:

 

Setting Priorities for 2006: In addition to the five items suggested by I Weiss, a 6th item was added: Get more active members.

 

Central Ohio Greenways:  It appears that DNR does still own large sections of the canal lands.  A map showing these and also more information on availability for use as trails is needed.

 

Health Dept.:  P. Navin was contacted at the Health Dept. and seems very interested in working with us.  There is also a push for Safe Routes to Schools money that is available from the state that could also provide more money for our trail.  P. Mahler and P. Navin are on a committee together that is providing a Wellness policy for the Lancaster City Schools that would help tie all this together.

 

Elections:  We need a 9 member Board of Trustees and J. Barrett made a motion that all attending members plus J. Vandervoort be made Trustees.  This was seconded by L. Smith and approved by the group.

 

B.    Williams made the motion that the current officers remain in place.  This was seconded by L. Smith and also approved by the group.

 

OTHER NEW BUSINESS:

 

R. Holt suggested we start laying out our projects in a grid fashion so to easily display our plans and due dates.  He agreed to send an example to I. Weiss and this will be included in our minutes.

 

We also discussed a calling tree as our attendance has been dropping. There are so many things that need done, i.e. (looking for money) and not a large enough pool of members to do them all.  C. Ford to break down our membership lists and get a calling tree organized. 

 

It was determined that we needed a meeting next month so the date is FEB. 20th the 3rd Monday of the month.

 

Meeting adjourned at 8:30pm with B. Williams making the motion and A. Ford seconding.