Minutes 5/9/2024

​Meeting Minutes

FLANO 5/9/2024
Start: 6:10 pm

Full dock on the shore line that washed up. North of the swim beach. 
Jim P. reached out to Lancaster Docking and they couldn't do that. So he will reach out to another Marina in the area. 

 August 10th end of summer cookout and smores
Action: Provide food and smores for the
Publix catering?
Action: In need of volunteers to help pass out food 

Multi-Use trail:
The multi-use trail, planned to be put in the park from the visitors center down to the swim beach. 
Will Washum met with us to discuss the steps needed to make this idea come to life.

Break down of this process with projected timeline: 

Feasibility study: this is used to look at all options before you make an investment in the design.What to ask/ think of:
About 9-12 months to complete the feasibility study
Alignment: Near the road, offset from the road, or through the woods?
Trail Surface: paved or gravel?
Cost of doing it along the road v.s. cost to do it through the woods
What is the plan for implementation
Design + Bid +construction: 
Design could take 12-18 months depending on funding (could be up for federal funding making the time longer) 
Bid process 6 months 
Construction depends on how much you are building but at this point you have won!










Will’s suggested pathway
1 mile loop around park lake
Trail from VC that continues down the park and forks to the swim beach and family camp. 
About 4 miles total


Image: Will’s suggested Multi-use Trail pathway. 
White= loop around park lake, Green= additional 3 miles
down to swimbeach and family camp. 

Action Plan: 
Get started creating the feasibility study first. 9-12 months 

THEN

Great Trail State Program
Application period closes mid september for this round of grant funding to get an application together for this trail. 
Iredell county is a 50/50 match
Minimum project size is $100,000 for a feasible study.
Will thinks that this would be enough for this project
So we have to come up with $50,000 dollars so that the state can match with $50,000 to meet that 100,000 minimum
Do Not have to have the full $50,000 before completing the application. 
Organizations to reach out to help reach this $50,000 goal as funding partners. 
Carolina thread trails 
Town of troutman
Iredell park and rec. 
Friends of State Parks
Dates: 

 LANO Yearly Events poster 
If we want to set up a table at any of these events we can!

Some events that are not on the poster
July 31st World Ranger Day 
Touch a truck 
August 10th End of summer cookout and smores 
September 14th Girl Scouts Love State Parks 
September 21st National Publics Land Day 
September 21st Educator trainings: Project WHAT and Project Food Land and People 
For formal and informal educators
October 5th River Sweep 
October 5th Hosting the Junior Ranger Jamboree
Up to 150 sworn junior rangers
Greg has offered to lead a hike.
Santa on the beach? 


Next Meeting: July 1st 6 pm 

Contacts

Meeting adjourned at 7:20