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Milton Equestrian Committee Meeting
Thursday, October 18th, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.
Community Place, Milton City Hall
Meeting Minutes
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting was called to order by Julie Shannon at 2:08pm.
MEMBERS
Larry Covington- present
Lis Drevet-present
Julie Shannon-present
Susan Day-not present
Carol Cookerly- present
Tony Rich- present
APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA
Julie made a motion to approve. Tony seconded that motion.
OTHERS PRESENT
Courtney Spriggs, Community Outreach Manager
Shannon Ferguson, Communications Director
William Herbig, from Kimley-Horn
Jan Hancock, Equestrian Design Consulting
Carter Lucas, Assistant City Manager
PUBLIC COMMENT
No public comment
NEW BUSINESS
1. Meeting with Kimley-Horn and Jan Hancock about Milton Country Club
and overall trail plan
a. Items discussed include
i. Access to the country club: where on the property is the best
place to gain access for horses and possibly bikers
1. Fulton County School property may be used as a
possible trailhead/launching pad for horses and people
to gain access to the future trail system
a. Some concern over having initial trail shared use
as horse manure has been voiced a concern
i. Compost bins in parking area and signs
telling people to clean up after themselves
are good options. Also leave no trace
policy in parking area: meaning pack out
what you pack in.
b. Possible turn lane into parking area may be
needed
c. Some sort of easement from Freemanville to Club
needs to be acquired.
d. Could go under bridge or have a “railroad
crossing” to access the easement from the
parking area
2. Trails in the Milton Country Club
a. Must stay passive use (nothing motorized)
b. Want to keep trails attractive for all users
i. Keep horse trails on interior part of the
club. Horses will be in the sun and will not
run into buffer issues with neighbors and
bikers. This also allows horses to have more
open environment while giving walkers
and bikers more access to shaded areas.
ii. Soft trails, possibly M10 base and bridges
with gravel or boardwalk in low areas
iii. Separate trails for bikers, walkers and
equestrians…there is plenty of space to
separate these trails
iv. Keep trails and area as natural and
maintenance free as possible
ii. General concerns and ideas regarding safety, connectivity
and trails
1. Visibility
2. Drones must be restricted in parks where horses are
present to include shared multi-use parks
3. Money for trails comes from grants and other means
pertaining mostly to 501c3’s. Such as PATH international
and Horses for Heroes…..something for us all to think
about!!
4. DOT money can be used for connectivity trails. DOT
money cannot be used for trails inside a park.
5. Dirt Roads need some safety improvements such as
decreased speed limits, speed bumps and signs about
sharing the road.
6. Future plan to connect to Birmingham Park. This can be
done through MCC-Dinsmore-Nix-Birmingham route
rather than going down Birmingham HWY
7. Connection to Providence Park can be done via Brittle-
new development-back entrance to Providence. This is
an alternative to Providence Rd.
iii. Homework:
1. Study trail plan and come up with ideas!!
2. Larry and Tony to visit MCC as it pertains to horse trails.
Liz may tag along.
3. Make connections with groups that share ideas and
principals…there is strength in numbers.
b. Mustang and Veterans event at Chukkar Farm on November 11th.
Great way to support Veterans and horses and a great cause.
c. Presentation to council: Liz will forward to members of the MEC for
approval.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting ended at 3:58 p.m.
*Items added to agenda at meeting