FHTA AGENDA:  7:00 p.m., March 19, 2007

Olivedale Senior Citizens of Fairfield County

253 Boving Road
Lancaster, OH 43130

1)   CALL TO ORDER

2)   APPROVAL OF December 18, 2006 & January 15, 2007 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)     Midwest Fabricating easement for trail, ownership, grants and next steps

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)      Working with the Boy Scouts – possible trail adoption

k)    Increasing Fairfield County parks funding with increased impact fees from new builds

l)       Changing county subdivision regulations to help create trails in and between subdivisions

m) Bylaws review – do we need proxy voting?

n)    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 – any additional dues?

g)    Trail cleanups

h)    Future Fox Trail cleanups

6)   NEW BUSINESS

a)    Election Officers by Trustees postponed from January (see FHTA Bylaws)

b)    Central Ohio Greenway & Trail Forum February 23^rd, Powell report

c)     Ohio Planning Conference Brown Bag Lunch Presentation – Multi-Purpose Trails – 3/23/07

d)    Setting priorities for 2007

(The following were listed last January for 2006 – suggested modifications for 2007)

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 or rights to canal land

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 and work with legislature to secure adequate funding for the program

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

vi)   Work with Commissioners to increase funding for County Parks Department

e)    Other new business

7)      ADJOURN