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NOTES OF MEETING OF
SAMUEL WILMOT NATURE AREA
MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
HELD ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20, 2010
AT 7:00 P.M.
Present: (Voting) John Stoner -Chair
Karin Murphy-Vice Chair
Shirley Minifie
Arthur Burrows
Staff Present: Peter Windolf
Regrets: Pat Mulcahy
David Best
Absent: Greg Wells - GRCA
Warren May - MNR
1. Agenda
Additions
No additions
Dan Stanoi
Brian Reid
Jim Cleland
Councillor Willie Woo
Joe McKenna
Acceptance of A eg nda
MOVED by Karin Murphy, seconded by Brian Reid
THAT the agenda for January 20, 2010 be accepted.
CARRIED
2. Minutes of December 8, 2009
Corrections
There were no corrections to the minutes
2
Approval of Minutes
MOVED by Jim Cleland, seconded by Shirley Minifie
THAT the minutes of December 8, 2009 be approved.
CARRIED
3. Issues arising from the Minutes
There were no issues arising fiom the minutes.
4. Sub-Committee Reports
Communications
Joe e-mailed to indicate that he is waiting for one more article to be submitted by John
Stoner to complete the newsletter.
John Stoner will send his article to Joe when it is complete.
5. Updates
Winter Bird and Manurial Count
The Winter Bird and Mammal Count is scheduled for Sunday January 24. In the event of
poor weather the back-up date is February 7. Brian provided a handout detailing the
meeting instructions to committee members. John Foster from the Durham Field
Naturalists will provide more specific instructions on site. Participants are to meet at the
Cobbledick parking lot at 8:15 AM. Three teams of 4 people each will be formed to count
at different areas of the SWNA and a spotting scope will be set up on each viewing
platform. Due to the lack of snow the mammal count will be difficult since tracks maybe
hard to find.
The results from the count will be brought to a future SWNA meeting and will also be
submitted to a Provincial data base of wildlife information.
Trail Relocation
The section of Waterfront Trail east of the pedestrian bridge was surveyed and two
conceptual layouts were prepared to illustrate how the slope can be reduced.
Option 1
Lowering the grade along the existing trail alignment. This option would leave the
trail in its present location but would lower the grade along a 100m section of the
trail. It would result in a trail with a 10% slope. The trail surface would be lower than
the surrounding grade.
Option 2
Realigning the trail through the woods. In this option the trail would be re-routed S/E
from the bottom of the slope for approximately 100m until it reconnects with the
existing trail. This would decrease the grade on the trail to 10% and would remove a
small portion of the trail that currently encroaches onto the Hydro One corridor.
Option 2 was preferred by the committee since it removes the current encroachment and
provides a more direct and scenic alignment to the valley. A cost estimate for option 2
will be prepared and brought to a future meeting.
Evergreen Green Grants Prog_a_m
An application is being finalized for the January 29, 2010 deadline. The proposed project
would include tree and shrub planting in the riparian zones, the old fields, and along the
edges of the SWNA. John Stoner will be the contact person from the SWNA. A letter of
support fiom the Municipality will be included in the application.
Accessible Customer Service
Several committee members have attended the training but others have yet to do so.
Those members who were unable to attend the December 3'~a or 10th sessions will be
contacted with future dates for the session. Joe and Brian have attended similar sessions
in their own workplace and will provide supporting information to request that they be
exempt.
DEAC Awards
A nomination foam was sent to the committee for the 2010 DEAC Awards. Since the
SWNA committee won the Irene Kock Educatioi~/Communication award in 2009 it was
decided to not submit a nomination this year.
6. Other Business/Next Meeting
Brian will be investigating holding a spring event at the SWNA themed around
Wildflowers.
Peter reminded the committee that the February meeting will be on the third Tuesday in
February.
Motion to Adiourn
MOVED by Shirley Minifie, seconded by Karin Murphy
THAT the meeting be adjourned.
CARRIED
Adjournment: 5:15 P.M.
Next Meeting: Tuesday February 16, 2010
7:00 p.m.
Meeting Room 1A
Notes prepared by P. Windolf