Location: The Woolshed, Stratton St, Normandale, Lower Hutt, 7 pm
Present
Tyrone McGrath, Marco Renall, Matt Clarke, Craig McGinnity, Paul Scoble, Angus Cotton, Karl Laurence, Jeremy Paterson (GWRC), Wayne Boness (GWRC), Sandra Stevenson.
Apologies
Ron Harfield.
Minutes of last Meeting
Read by Paul. It was noted by the Treasurer that the Last meeting Balance of $2,818.03 was given incorrectly and in fact it was: $2,818.08. Moved Karl and Seconded Craig they be accepted as correct – Carried.
Finances
| Last meeting balance | $2,818.08 |
| Interest earned | +$0.00 |
| GWRC Donation Re logging / Trail loss | +$5,000.00 |
| Less Presented Cheques: | |
| Paul – Protector; Gloves / First aid kit | -$323.15 |
| Marco – Morn Tea wrk bees. | -$80.26 |
| Angus – Track marking tape / morn tea. | -$34.86 |
| This meeting closing Balance | $7,379.81 |
| Cheques written: ‘Not yet presented’ | |
| Ty – Charity Chocs | -$62.50 |
| Angus – Meeting Refreshments | -$26.49 |
| Marco – Morn Tea wrk bees. | -$63.82 |
General Business
Required actions (from previous meeting):
MoU: Still waiting to be completed. Wayne advised that it still requires a few tweaks here and there. (At the time of the meeting Paul had just sent a Word Doc file of the MoU to Wayne so he can change it himself ASAP at his end!) Wayne stressed that due to Transmission Gully requirements and deadlines, it was unfortunate, but a lot of items have had to be put on the back burner until now. Hence the lengthy delays!
GWRC Invoice: Completed by Angus and amount of $5,000.00 deposited into BAMBA account.
Gravel Supply: Jeremy (GWRC) came through (you beauty) and the amount delivered has already been deposited on both the top section of Bull Run and the first section of Bull-a-Varde. (Nice work by some – especially to Matt who has put some hours into this).
BNZ Volunteer day: Angus advised that on 11th July a day was spent on Borderline with volunteers from BNZ plus himself and Karl. They completed a section at the bottom of Borderline and also put in the middle deviation.
The next BNZ Closed for good volunteer day is scheduled for September 3rd 2014. Some discussion was held over what was to be carried out and it was suggested that a high line be carried out from near Bull a Varde and act as an extension of borderline if other work is almost completed. This would shadow OCR – However it requires investigation as there is also a deep gully type section where a stream is located – Area to be investigated ASAP and marked if suitable.
PNP RACE – 2ND November 2014: Marco mentioned that it was planned to run an event starting at the Woolshed and to incorporate both the 4wd logging track (uphill) and also Bull Run plus other areas of the park as required and use Borderline too. The whole group in attendance agreed that this would be supported by BAMBA providing: BAMBA complete Borderline to a satisfactory level and complete both gravel and tweaking the Bull Run (in areas that are in need of repair or attention)
Bull Run – Gravelling / Required repairs: GWRC is to supply approx 7 cub (at time of writing this had been delivered) and this is to be deployed on the mid-section of Bull Run. Following the 27th July working bee it is hoped to start this work on possibly Sunday 3rd August (T.B.A)
Borderline: Working bee on Sunday 27th July is to complete the lower bottom section and remove the ugly table top / jump which is in the gully. More work is also required on some of the turns and berms on various sections.
Future track plan: It was noted that since the completed logging operation, the BAMBA future track plan requires updating and revising as it is now apparent that areas planned for etc are perhaps not as suitable as other areas. Angus tabled a rough overlay of what he had in mind and this seemed to go with what Paul, Craig and Ty were also suggesting / thinking. Some further investigation into these areas will be done in the near future and in the meantime the Exec committee will look more closely at the possibility of a grade 3 downhill trail approximately in the old “Choppers” region of the park. A new plan needs to be developed and then an AEE put into effect to coincide with the MoU.
Required Actions
- Borderline – Complete lower section and tidy up required corners and berms throughout trail.
- Bull Run – Complete gravelling and carry out repairs as required.
- Borderline top extension – Check and mark out if viable.
- Future Track plan – go through current plan and align as per planned / discussed changes etc.
Next Meeting
TBA
Meeting closed: 9.05 pm
Paul Scoble, Secretary, BAMBA.
