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Milton Equestrian Committee Meeting
Wednesday, May 16th, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.
Community Place, Milton City Hall
Meeting Minutes
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting was called to order by Julie Shannon at 7:04pm.
MEMBERS
Larry Covington- not present
Tamara Didjurgis-present
Lis Drevet-present
Julie Shannon-present
Susan Day-present
Carol Cookerly-not present
Tony Rich- present
OTHERS PRESENT
Courtney Spriggs, Community Outreach Manager
PUBLIC COMMENT
No public comment
NEW BUSINESS
1. Debrief of Boards and Committee Collaboration Training that took
place on 5/12 at City Hall.
a. Great overview of all the committees.
b. Learned a great deal about other committees and met a lot of
great people
c. Not an ideal showing of MEC members. We need to make sure
we stay relevant
d. Discussed ways to keep communication between committees
going forward
e. Discussed how we can connect special needs programs and
equestrian community
i. Susan Day going to Disability Committee meeting to report
on how we can collaborate
f. Homework:
i. What is the best way to collaborate with the other
committees?
ii. How do equestrian needs intertwine with other committee
agendas?
2. Started discussion on the needs and desires of the MEC as they relate
to equestrian trails.
a. Homework:
i. Footing
ii. Grade and shape of trail
iii. Width of trail
iv. Height clearance
v. Connectivity
vi. Length
vii. Cost of development-Tony checking with Jim Cregge
viii. Cost of maintenance-Tony checking with Jim Cregge
3. Possible separate group to help fund equestrian trails.
i. 501c3 -Liz will look into forming a separate trail committee
and report back at July meeting.
4. Initial discussion on hosting ride at Birmingham Park with possible
inclusion of an Arts festival -Julie will work on that and report back in
July.
5. June 20th MEC meeting got moved to June 6th at 7pm
a. Susan will act as secretary in Liz’s place
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Visit to Garland Mountain
a. Tabled until next meeting
b. Possibly go on own time
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting ended at 7:57 p.m.