FHTA AGENDA:  7:00 p.m., January 15, 2007

Olivedale Senior Citizens of Fairfield County

253 Boving Road
Lancaster, OH 43130

1)  CALL TO ORDER

2)  APPROVAL OF December 18, 2006 MEETING MINUTES

3)  REPORTS

a)    President’s report

b)    Treasurer's report

c)     Grant Report

4)  OLD BUSINESS

a)    Lancaster Trail Update

b)    Amanda Trail Update

c)     Securing Midwest Fabricating land for trail

d)    Bremen Update

e)    Pickerington Trails Update

f)      Interurban Update

g)    Creating signage and educational opportunities on the Lancaster Trail and fundraising for those items, including covered bridge commemorative plaque

h)    Thank-you notes for contributors and people who have worked on the trail

i)      Using ODNR canal land in addition to or in place of former RR right-of-way

j)      Other old business

5)  Report out and discussions on action plan items

a)    FHTA rides – Discussion of this year’s rides and what to do next year

b)    County map/vision

c)     Safe Routes to School – Update from potential applicant sites

d)    Phone tree and meeting signs

e)    Healthy and Smart Development report on final meeting coming

f)      Dues and memberships

g)    Trail cleanups

h)    Future Fox Trail cleanups

i)      County Parks funding

6)  NEW BUSINESS

a)    Election of Trustees and Officers by Trustees (see FHTA Bylaws)

b)    Setting priorities for 2007

(The following were listed last January for 2006)

i)      Connecting City trail to Pickerington Ponds with provides a tie in with Blacklick Trail and into Canal Winchester. This requires partnerships with ODOT, MORPC, Canal Winchester, Lancaster, Carroll, Groveport and Pickerington and which will entail negotiating and obtaining interurban trail rights

ii)    Develop county-wide trail plan working on our earlier plan

iii) Initiate Safe Routes to School Program using Lancaster and Pickerington trails under development

iv)  Continue to develop other partnerships, i.e. Health Department.

v)    Work with municipalities to develop ways for cyclists and pedestrians to access our trails

c)     Other new business

7)  ADJOURN