July 2021 Membership Meeting Minutes

CRAMBA's July Membership Meeting was held on Wednesday July 28th at 7pm at Stony Creek Metropark. There were 48 members in attendance.

River Bends

• “Far Side Trail Project”/flow trail
  • Phase 1 completed – dubbed Spring Hill Trail
    • Cost $23,000
    • Raised so far $27,000
    • Considerations being made to build a kiosk at the trailhead to prevent vehicles from obstructing the path
  • Phase 2 will be approximately 1 mile of many elevation changes
    • Approximate cost $30,000
  • Phase 3 likely to be constructed by CRAMBA volunteers
  • $8620 donation from KLM as proceeds from their raffle
• Pump Track
  • Approximate cost $225,000
  • Planned location: horseshoe pits at the 22 Mile Rd entrance
  • Currently pursuing grants and corporate sponsors
    • Permissions received to feature logos on the track surface
  • $30,000 commitment from Shelby Township

Addison Oaks

• Currently in process of getting an MOU in place
• Trail closure from 6am-2pm for trail work the week of August 1^st

Bald Mountain

• Approval for the Addison connector finally received, looking to start construction in the fall
• CRAMBA has pledged to financially support a study conducted by Trail Sense on the southern area for possible development
  • Targeting an area near the swimming hole to develop a skills course, which will likely need to be hand-built
• Lake Orion Township/Friendship Park – currently pursuing construction of mountain bike trails, possibly tie in with Lake Orion HS trail system
• BM North – trail conditions: overgrown/trees down due to recent storms
• Massive Fallout – potential to connect north and south, working with the township to see if they can provide a flashing intersection

Clinton River park trail

• Mostly underwater the last week due to recent storms

Columbus

• 2 miles of new trails built during the last year, approval received from the park to mark out additional trail
• Flooding from the river has made maintenance difficult; multiple trees down but unable to reach them

Pontiac Lake

• Trees recently cleared, new features installed
• New changing station to be installed near the bathrooms
• Memorial benches to be installed around the park

Stony Creek

• New Trail Coordinator – Aaron Barla
• 2 additional sections of trail with wooden features to be finished before a “soft opening” can be held in the next few weeks
  • Grand Opening – TBD, to be coordinated by the park
  • Signage concerns – current indicators are too small to determine if it’s hiker/biker/2-way from a distance

Woodsong County Park

• Info is up on TrailForks
  • Currently approximately 2 miles of trail, working on another ½ mile

Oakdale

• Within the last week, trail map was posted
• Group rides to be held at 6pm on Wednesdays

Bike Patrol

• Vito Manzella has replaced Jeremy Verbeke
• 62 active members (2^nd largest chapter in the National Ski Patrol)
  • 10 new members
  • ~30 members refreshed their first aid skills
  • ~15 events currently on the calendar to provide support

Massive FallOut

• Need to consider other events to make sure we are not overlapping/trails in use

MiSCA

• Race to be held at Addison Oaks on 9/12

Membership

• 424 active members

Finances

• $66,684 (before payment to Trail Sense for River Bends Phase 1)

Trail Conditions

• Reminder to Trail Coordinators – if you’re going to host trail days, please let us know so they can be more widely advertised