 Good evening. I'd like to call the regularly scheduled member regularly scheduled select board meeting to order for Thursday March 7th With us tonight are to my left Justin Lawrence Florence Smith and To my right is Jeremy Hansen and Angelina Capron First order of business tonight will be to reorganize a select board The open to nominations for chair nominate Bradtown for chair second in the other nominations Those in favor aye aye those opposed motion carries for Assistant chair or for vice chair nominations I nominate Jeremy Hansen second Any other nominations? Those in favor aye aye motion carries nomination for Secretary secretary yeah, I nominate Angelina Capron for secretary second Any other nominations? Hearing none those in favor aye aye those opposed motion carries and and Additions and changes to the agenda days. Yes, I have two items. I'd like to remove the school member of the school board member appointment We are unable to do that on the select board level. There will be an election for that and We're not sure of the date yet Probably in April mid-April some time and I would like to add a warrant To for a check for the new equipment trailer that is now ready to be picked up So it's one item on that Okay public comment Hearing none Phil it's your turn. Well as a member of the Berlin Conservation Commission And the good news is I've got three people a town meeting to show interest So we're down to four members and I'd like to see it up to seven So hopefully that'll work out but in the interim as we kind of reorganize and get new members aboard I was approached by a friend Lydia who is citizen of Northfield our neighbor in town and they She ran this by me about a race that would start in Northfield and come all the way over to Berlin and then go back Using the ridgeline trail foot race a foot race So not knowing a whole lot about it because I'm not a racer and these and the three people here tonight are Representing the organization that would put the race on Is this going to use any? Town roads at all or is all through the woods? so The proposed route and and one thing that should be stated upfront is there are private property owners involved and they I've reached out to them, but I haven't received permission from anyone yet So that's in progress as well, and if they said no, we wouldn't have a path through over here So it's all contingent upon whether those property owners are open to this also so we would come over the ridge and then I Would I'm curious about the possibility of doing the pond loop as part of it But it's not if there were concerns about that that's definitely Not essential Ideally the interest is to create an ultra-distance race, which means Over a marathon different distance or or around a marathon So we are looking for making it as long as we possibly can which is part of the reason that it'd be nice to include the pond loop And then I've also reached out to the Mamba Montpelier area mountain big association about using their loop Which is also I think partially on Berlin land and the state forest of Montpelier So the ideal route I brought this map has some Extra things on it, but if you want to look at it it has most of the trails plus some extra extra trails on it So yeah, we'd be interested in the Irish Hill trail possibly the Berlin pond loop the Mamba trail but we are You know open to if there are concerns about any of those trails or No, it should modify what we're it should be pointing out. This is an ultra Marathon over tough terrain not all probably not a lot of participants right if and when they ever got those that get to This side because they've got to go up from Shaw. They started Shaw Center Go all the pain then come all the way over to Irish Hill It's it's demanding I would think even if they did use the loop around Berlin pond for the extra five miles that you would see no more Activity on the pond on a Saturday then I mean these these runners are going to be spaced hundreds of yards apart Right, even if they're by that point, so it'd be like it almost a normal Saturday. I don't think there'd be any It wouldn't warrant any sort of monitoring other than Having a you know, what do you call it a sag station or you call it be wanting to have an aid station And a station at the parking lot would make the most sense because the racers would come through that point more than one time So and there's a parking area there And I think I mentioned to you in the email that they already do the Paul mailman five miler around the pond And that's much more traffic and we've not really ever had a problem with that right past I should also introduce Colin O'Neill is from the Shaw Center at Norwich University Which is where the start and finish of the race was last year and will be this year And we have approval from the Shaw Center in the top north field to do the race again this year So we will be holding it regardless and we did a heavy half marathon last year So it was a little bit over 13.1 miles closer to 14 miles And we had a 10k and we had a free one mile kids race And then this is Will Robbins of ironwood adventure works and so he The race directing has all the equipment the timing the liability insurance So if you have questions about that he is the expert in that area, and I am an avid trail runner resident of more field Just wanted to see a great community event that would draw people to our town and See these wonderful trails, and I think this this ridge line we have is really something special We have a Special event permit that I could get to you and what it is if you were using the town road for example And I don't see any issue But with that, but yeah It gives us information so that we know that and we can advise the police Yep, and there's no charge. So if you would if you're interested in that I would be glad to email it to you So if you give me your information or email me One thing but I was approved by the board, so I would bring it to them. They would say yes or no one thing I like about having this race Combined Berlin and Northfield together. There's there's a relationship there that makes sense in so many ways because it could be a contiguous trail and Being on the commission. I just think the more we can promote Healthy usage of Irish Hill and the trails and get people using the trails Recreating on the trails in in positive ways. I think that will just spur on some more Town interest in what goes on in Irish Hill maybe maintenance, you know, I know we're going to be working Hope you know in the future maybe with vast having a trail up through there I know it didn't happen this year But I think as a select board you are we in the final process of approving The use of the quarter they've got use of the town road over the water and under the bridge Right then after that it's up to them to find it a way to get up to Irish Hill. Yeah, yeah So if if that were to come to fruition that would be another Just another event Happening on the trails here that I think can promote it in a healthy way. I just think there's a There there are a number of residents that use it but a small number and I'd like to see a healthier number I know even at the town meeting Paul irons even introduced But why don't we have a small lookout somewhere, you know a picnic area where families can go? I think ideas like that are great and I think tying in with Shaw Shaw Outdoor Center and Payne Mountain and the the whole network here. It's about seven eight miles on the rich land From pain all the way to Irish Hill. Yeah, from the Shaw Center all the way to the Irish Hill Purple that's probably about eight miles eight miles, and I think if people knew that I mean say a little bit of the gem of a resource in central Vermont, and I think anything we can do to promote that on Berlin's side is a Great Avenue for and even further there there are maybe even grants and resources to help with the improvement and You know tying the networks together And we're working on that same concept on the Northfield side. Well, I think we're certainly all from the ideas Anything else Questions about the race or what impacts Just the application We'll look at the map and then there folks talk, but if there's a traffic control meeting, which I don't think and there isn't Is there insurance requirement? We do have an insurance requirement So I heard you say you had insurance and the town would be named as an additional insured for that event But you would I it's explained to you in Place last year to cover at Norwich But just out of curiosity how many people were in attendance last year? 35 racers and we had 22 children show up for the kids one mile Yeah, it's a small event last year. We started working on it in April or in the spring of last year So we didn't have a lot of time to publicize it and get it off the ground So I expect it will be bigger this year, but it's not ever going to be like Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people you know a healthy size 150 If this made this distance that comes over here work 150 would be a lot of people to do that Yes, maybe there'd be all hundreds in the whole event. Yeah, the percentage that would do the longer loop Yeah, maybe If you Actually run the whole thing because I've done all of it but in segments, but it's between worry. No, it's between a Marathon and slightly over a 50k so somewhere between 26 and 32 or 33 miles It all depends the Shaw Center has lots of Zigzaggy trails to add in to Do you have a Date in mind where it would be a go-and-no-go with those property owners? I mean do you have something I know you haven't heard That's already So we have to know when it's enough time to where the course is whether it's coming this way or not Are there I've been looking at all the property owners on the Northfield side And I haven't double-checked the Irish Hill trail. Does that trail cross private land or is that all on Berlin's property? One of the things we want to do is a commission at least one of the commission members is very eager to map all the townlands we have and a clear Incise map where residents can go What what are town lands what we purchased over the years how the ridgeline? You know is protected in a certain way, and I think we we have bits and pieces, but we want to put it together Anything else Thanks for all your effort I Now we come to round table This is for Clark's truck center, this is who we're purchasing the equipment trailer from the bid was 20,071 dollars and That is what we're writing the check for 20,071 dollars Any further discussion Hearing none those in favor Those opposed motion carries Round table Round table anything on your mind So Justin nothing at this time for it. It was mentioned to me that there's a booklet that VLCT puts out Yeah, yeah, we we just talked about that matter of fact, so I will get you Thank you, I appreciate it Welcome Definitely go to the VLCT training if you can did you go to that last yeah, yeah, it's definitely it's totally worth it And they usually put up good to that's all I got. Thank you and Julian Welcome Again, welcome to the Berlin select board pleasure to be here. I'll entertain a motion for adjournment We don't need a second session. We have no executive session Second all in favor Thank you. Thank you all wow