Minutes from North Campus Subcommittee Meeting

December 5, 2006

Present: Cynthia Steiner, Pete Fix, Tim Stallard, Dan Osborne, Rich Boone
(Chair), Luke Hopkins (North Campus Manager)
Absent: Scott Jerome and Linda Zannazo
Guests: Stan Justice, Don Lokken, Andy Blossy

Meeting came to order at 12:05P.

Manager’s Report – Luke Hopkins
Luke received a Special Event request for the Snowshoe Race (same event as was held on North Campus last winter). Last year Andy Blossy groomed the course after the event. The proposed date for the race is February 24 (Saturday) from 11A-1P. Chad Carroll from Running Club North is the sponsor.

Luke met with Chris Bennett (Chair, Circulation & Parking Subcommittee), Ed Foster, and Annette Chism regarding the main campus interconnecting trails. Annette noted that any trails between buildings must be lighted. The main identified priority is improvement of the North-South connections (e.g., the trail to Lola Tilly Commons from the dorms). Luke noted that we should work out the issues regarding the Sheep Creek road connector to campus. The NCS had a general discussion about interconnecting trails on campus.
Luke described the tree cutting and shelter building activity that occurred in early November on North Campus. The activity was not authorized and was carried out as an activity of an Arctic survival course through the Aviation Technology program at the Tanana Valley Campus. Luke is trying to identify the instructor to follow up on this.
UAF Facilities is purchasing two snow machine units for trail grooming.
Luke has signs ready for posting that state that walking if prohibited on ski trails.
Luke notes that the NCS will need to develop a management plan for Ballaine Lake. Kathleen Schedler (Facilities Director) has asked for a fact sheet on Ballaine Lake. For example, who owns the water of Ballaine Lake? Dan pointed out that we don’t know how many users Ballaine Lake can support. He pointed out that we need baseline information on use of the lake, e.g., number of person days that the lake is used.
Rich commented that the Winter Walking Trails Plan was adopted by the Master Planning Committee at its most recent meeting and forwarded to the Chancellor.

Public Comment
Stan Justice noted that he contacted the Chancellor asking for a statement that walking on ski trails is not allowed.

Time of meeting adjournment was not recorded, though it would not have continued beyond 1:30P.

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