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Milton Equestrian Committee Meeting
Wednesday, July 18, 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 7:01pm.
MEMBERS
Larry Covington- present
Lis Drevet-present
Julie Shannon-present
Susan Day-present
Carol Cookerly-present
Tony Rich- present
OTHERS PRESENT
Courtney Spriggs, Community Outreach Manager
Megan and Stewart Thiel, Citizens and Milton Farm Owners
PUBLIC COMMENT
1. Does Milton have codes for a commercial equine facility?
a. Citizen will email Courtney with question to get answer.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Meeting minutes*
a. Elisabeth will send out minutes via email for editing to all
committee members within a week of the meeting
b. Members will approve minutes at following meeting
2. Discussion of 501c3 (led by Elisabeth Drevet)
a. Members discussed pros and cons of helping community
establish a non-profit to aid the City in establishing and
maintaining trails for equestrians and passive use.
b. Handout was given for reference
3. Presentation to council*
a. Establish a work-study throughout this next month to put
together a presentation for Council regarding the role of the
MEC
i. Possible funding for events
ii. Progression of City and how it relates to horses
iii. Elisabeth and Carol will get it started and report back
to MEC
4. Milton Disability Awareness Committee: (Led by Susan Day)
a. Trying to bridge equestrian and disability awareness
committee
b. Equine therapy has been proven to be beneficial for many
disabilities
i. Possibly extend invitation out to the Milton Disability
Awareness Committee to attend meeting and to bring
awareness of established therapy facilities in Milton
5. Open meeting/Records: (Led by Courtney Spriggs)
a. Everything that is conducted in the name of Milton is subject
to open records
6. Tree Ordinance Stakeholder Meeting: (Led by Tony Rich)
a. Canopy coverage-trying to get to 60%
b. How do we currently value pasture land?
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Visit to Garland Mountain (Led by Larry Covington)
c. Members are welcome to make individual commitment to go
out and visit Garland Mountain
d. MEC to extend invitation to Friends of Garland Mountain to
next meeting to discuss the needs at Birmingham Park
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting ended at 8:00 p.m.
*Items added to agenda at meeting