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Items Discussion leaders
1. Bayshore Regional Watershed Council (BRWC):
a) Briefing on its programs and activities by the co-chair.....................................Joe Reynolds
b) Proposed regional dredging plan prepared by BRWC:
implications for the Atlantic Highlands Marina..............................................Ken and Brent
2. Earth Day Weekend - wrap-up and guidance for our future public events:
a) Waterfront events, including Environmental Fair
and beach/trail clean-up...................................................................Brent, Regina and Greg
b) Lenape Woods events..................................................................Jim (via Paul) and Regina
3. Waterfront Day in September – begin planning.......................................................................All
4. Bayshore Trail:
a) Planned actions awaiting completion...............................................................................Paul
b) Suggestions from Commission members............................................................................All
5. Proposed remedy for tetrachloroehetylene (TCE) pollution at Elementary School................Paul
6. Lenape Woods future plans
a) Cliffside Trail/Hillside Road..............................................................................Jim (via Paul)
b) Trail maps...........................................................................................................................Joel
c) Native planting............................................................................................................. Regina
7. Environmental Commission shed in harbor
8. New business
a) Monthly beach cleanups – idea from Brent
b) Scenic Byways
c) Green mapping
d) Coastal stewardship
e) No idling zone
f) Other business ?
ADDS
1. Joe R is also our Clean Communities coordinator – state money, cloth bags, etc.
NY/NJ Baykeeper's Bayshore Pumpout Boat will be launched in June, 2009.
4 b) BRENT: I have been bothered by the trash I see accumulating on the trail. I was thinking that maybe we can start a local program called "Atlantic Highlands Clean Trails" or something. Have signs printed up that can be posted that read that when using the trail, take all your garbage and try to remove one additional piece every trip. I personally am doing this and if we can get even 5% of the people that use the trail to go along with it we may have something.