Canton commissioner says city will not close gun club to run trail; staff to retrieve washed bridge material

A Canton commissioner told fellow commission members that the city will not close the local gun club to build a riverside trail and said staff will contact the club directly about trail planning. The commissioner said the city owns riverfront land where a trail could be routed without impacting the gun club.

The commissioner said they had reviewed older trail plans and consulted with the trail committee, the Veil community and city staff. "The gun club is a a good asset for our community, the police department, the sheriff's department," the commissioner said, adding the city would not look to close the gun club to run a trail. The speaker said there is ample city-owned ground for alternative trail routes and that they would reach out to the gun club directly.

Commission members and staff also discussed material that washed out near a bridge. Dennis reported contacting Kenny Short to provide a quote to retrieve and replace the material that washed out on the west side of the bridge; Myron confirmed the city could retrieve the material without obtaining additional permission from CORE and others. The transcript records that staff believe the material is a few feet down from the bridge and that a contractor would need access from both the east and west sides to return it to its prior location.

Separately, the group discussed a large buried cable found near the washout. A speaker said the cable was "4 feet down in the ground" and that its purpose and owner were unknown; staff said they had requested utility locating and that the city may need to fill and cover the site once ownership and function are determined.

No formal motions or binding directions were recorded in the transcript for the trail routing or the retrieval work; the meeting discussion described follow-up actions by staff and possible contractor engagement for the washout repair.