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Wellesley Trails Committee braves great outdoors for public meeting

July 17, 2020 by Bob Brown 2 Comments

There was no more appropriate town organization than the Wellesley Trails Committee to forego Zoom and hold its latest public meeting outdoors, between Town Hall and the Crosstown Trail.

The meeting was called to order at 7pm and we easily had quorum (I’m a member of this committee).

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Town Clerk KC Kato swore us in for another year of trails stewardship, and the meeting went on.

Chair Denny Nackoney got a few words out before a commuter rail train went blasting by. He uttered a few more, and then a red-tailed hawk grabbed our attention by swooping into a bush nearby, then flying to a perch near a back window on Town Hall to take in the rest of the meeting. That led to an aside by one member who once saw a hawk snag a golf ball from a course she was playing.

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Photo courtesy of Ekaterina Zemlyakova

 

We withstood a couple more trains, fire engine and police car sirens, and constant birds chirping. But really, was this any more distracting than the bangs and grunts from the boiler or whatever makes those noises in the bowels of Town Hall where we usually convene?

Nackoney had marked off a socially distanced seating arrangement with little orange flags, and most of us brought our own chairs to plant on those markers. We all wore masks of course, and hunkered down on a perfect bug-free night for the meeting.

Topics covered included our fall slate of guided trail walks, which may or may not happen based on pandemic guidance a couple months from now.  We also discussed laying out a loop trail on the North 40, and other assorted trails clean-ups.

We got the latest from Trails Committee member John Schuler on flower boxes planned for the bridge over the Charles River in Lower Falls (these are ready to go, but installation’s on hold due to the pandemic). Discussions also covered tidying up the stairs that go from the Waban Arches to the Guernsey Path, the latest on Wellesley College’s resident ban (which affects access to trails), and the potential for smoothing the dirt path on Rte. 16 on the opposite side of the street from Elm Bank Reservation.

The next Trails Committee meeting is set for Sept. 2, when the sunset will come at 7:17pm. If we’re going to meet outside, that means we’ll need to start earlier than 7pm, or wear headlamps.


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  1. Rick Hill says

    July 17, 2020 at 11:36 pm

    You guys do a great job! Quick question – when is Wellesley College (who I personally believe does so little for this town in so many ways) going to reopen the path around Lake Waban? In contrast, Babson allowed trail access through its campus all spring. Very disappointing on Wellesley College’s part.

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    • Bob Brown says

      July 18, 2020 at 6:23 pm

      Hi Rick, the Trails Committee plays no formal role in the trails around Lake Waban (we do work with the college on trails near the golf course, although trail parking is currently banned there, too). Based upon the college’s plan for students throughout at least the rest of this calendar year, trail access anytime soon doesn’t look promising around Lake Waban. Unless a compromise, such as allowing access in the morning, were offered. Regards, Bob

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