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Commission debates formal maintenance agreements for volunteers; staff to convene working-group
Summary
The commission discussed a proposal framework for formal maintenance agreements between the borough and volunteer or nonprofit trail groups. Commissioners raised concerns about volunteer burden, enforcement and staff capacity and asked staff to organize a smaller working group and a future work session for more detailed development.
Commissioners on July 28 debated how the borough might use formal maintenance agreements to coordinate volunteer or nonprofit trail work on trails included in the Comprehensive Recreational Trails Plan.
Trail coordinator Andrea Jacobs summarized the staff'led discussion from a July 23 work session and outlined four goals: define trail maintenance, define trail improvements, outline potential parts of an agreement, and outline a public process. Jacobs told commissioners that "trail advocacy groups, or individuals…
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