July 2018 CRAMBA Chapter Meeting

CRAMBA Chapter Meeting Minutes 7/17/18The meeting was held at Rochester Mills Beer Co. and was called to order at 7:02 by Steve Vigneau.30 members were in attendance.Previous meeting minutes were not read.STONY UPDATE-Applied Trail Design has been selected for assessment and design of trail work at Stony Creek.  Scheduled to be built in 2019.-Planning stage is funded, the build phase will be approximately $250,000.-Still waiting on an exact date and time, but look forward to a Bike/Hike/Run event in October around Halloween.-Trail should be prime as it was recently trimmed.ADDISON RACE-Chris Westerlund sated that registration is open on BikeReg.  We are looking for sponsors and volunteers for food, marking course, etc.  If interested please email race@CRAMBA.org.RIVER BENDS REPORT-There is 1.1 miles of new trail at River Bends, please help ride it in.  The direction is counter clockwise.  An additional 2 miles of trail will be built out in the fall when the leaves fall and site lines are better.  A lot of money has been spent on bridges and machine rental, thanks to a generous donation.-The new bike park plans are held up at the Township level and a lot of good work has been put in by Jim Vanker and Ben Snyder to present the plans.ADDISON REPORT-New section of Addison trail is on hold due to a reported siting of a missisauga rattle snake.  More to come on the new trail and no other news to report.CRPT REPORT-There has been good feedback on new bridge and trail work with some tweaking planned to dial things in.-Recognition to all responsible being sought with the City of Sterling Heights so that people know who is responsible for the building and maintenance of the trail system.-The large stone within the CRPT trail has been approved to be used as a new feature on the trail.  Look forward to that in the future.BIKE PATROL-Membership is up to 70 members now.-IMBA has dropped the program and the National Ski Patrol has picked it up.  There will be no noticeable difference to any trail riders.-An application has been submitted to become a "patrol" level organization with National Ski Patrol.  Our bike patrol will now be dual trained for bike and ski patrol.MASSIVE FALLOUT-The date is October 6 and we are looking for help with food etc.  Please contact Brian McPherson if you are interested in helping.-Bloomer may not be included due to conflict with a running event.CHAPTER BOARD MEMBERS-We will be looking for more/new chapter board members at the next meeting.  If interested please let someone know.BALD MOUNTAIN-No reportBLOOMER-Trimming to come soon and looking for help with TC work.PONTIAC LAKE-Trail day this Sunday 7/22/18 at 9 am.  The trailer will be there and they may be doing a reroute.HOLDRIDGE-Trail day this Saturday 7/21/18 at 9 am with a BBQ after!COLUMBUS PARK-2 miles of trail have been opened up from over growth and they are working with the park to build more trail in the future.MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:37