2022 January Monthly Meeting
Date: 20/01/22 7:15PM
Location: Virtual – FB Messenger
Attendees: David Warner (DW), Cameron Carlile (CC), Gillian Chesterfield (GC), Matt McColley, Damien Cann (DC), Tony White (TW).
Apologies: Waide Brennan, Mani Agrotis.
Minutes:
Declared open by DC at 7:01pm
Presidents Report
Welcome to the first meeting of 2022. Vegetation growth in the park is very aggressive. Thanks to Gillian, Mick Kelly, and all the other maintenance volunteers who have made such a concerted effort to keep the park open over the summer period. Blue Sky training postponed again due to COVID, now scheduled for late February. Discussions have been happening in the background with Chris Thompson regarding the upcoming inter-schools competition.
Secretary’s Report
Gmail audit underway, with deletion, and or blocking of all messages regarded as spam, and outdated items no longer required for club business. This is being done in an attempt to remove legacy traffic and ensure that we don’t miss important messages such as grant and accounting action items.
I have met up with various past presidents and maintenance coordinators over the last 6 months in an attempt to document a history of the Jubilee Park trails. I found this endeavour to be a very rewarding and humbling experience, and I am pleased to announce that I have now completed the project. The project took approximately 80 hours and the finished product, “The Park, Lower Trails, and Upper Trails” can be found at www.tmbc.org.au.
Treasurers Report
Club financial health - $38k in surplus.
Grant Officer Report
Active Grants
Environmental Grant - $5k
Australian Sports Foundation Grant. -$7.5k
Matt and Tony to work offline on the grant audit and acquittal.
Trail Maintenance Report
• Invoices in for chemical spraying equipment - $2k
o GC and Mick Kelly have been spraying the trails.
o Mick has an AgChem licence.
DW commented that Dean from TRC notified the club that an AgChem licence is only needed for electrical powered spraying equipment. As long as we continue to use pressure packs then no licences are required.
DC commented that in order to utilise chemicals we need to store the safety data sheet with the chemical. DC to download SDS off Chemwatch.
• Group discussion surrounding snipping Vs spraying.
o GC advised that spraying has been far more successful over the last 8 weeks than snipping.
o Average trail takes under 2 hours to spray in comparison to 6 hours plus for snipping.
o One issue that did come up was that if spraying is undertaken, then care needs to be taken to ensure that the cut grass isn’t covering new growth as the application will fail.
A 2-4 week gap is required between snipping and spraying.
o GC and MK have been using ute with a pod for water. 1 x driver and 2 x spraying is a good manpower ratio.
o Current application should last until April/May.
• With the current rates of growth
o Snipping – every 4-6 weeks
o Spraying every 3-4 months.
• We haven’t yet made it to the Northern side of the park. We need to put some pressure on TRC for assistance.
• 15L back pack can do 20 mins of spraying, i.e Danomite took 6 backpacks. Biggest burden is water access.
• DC made note that FEP have strategically place 20L water drums around Redwood, most likely for the purposes of weed management.
• DC suggested a vote on purchasing a trailer to tow with an E-bike to spray the green trails. GC advised that these trails are easy to do with a backpack sprayer, and that the hard ones are the blue and black trails, which a trail wouldn’t work on and that it is probably not a viable option, the vote was unanimous against a trailer.
• DW asked whether a heavier mix could be used. GC received the current mix ratio form a weed expert, and it seems to be working.
Letter of Assistance - TRC
• TMBC letter to TRC Councillors to be sent – Assistance with park maintenance.
Top Shelf storm damage rectification
• TMBC to rectify as initial grant funding for the bridge went to the skills park
• Request for quote for damage rectification
o Trailworx has a rectification solution prepared
• Consult TRC to rectify waterway that leads to trail
• Touch base TRC with risk mitigation
• Due to it being a green trail – trail to be closed immediately
• Consult TRC as to access to any grants to fund damage rectification – Trent
• Investigate the possibility of consulting with TRC project services
Signage
• Requests for quotes
o 4 x Trail closed signage
o 4 x 4 and 3 x 3 quick shade with club logo
Racing
Park Bookings
• PRIORITY
• Submit seasonal park bookings for Summer and Winter
• Submit individual park bookings for;
o Superflow
o Gravity Enduro
o SEQ Dowhill
o Fox on Rocks
• Local Laws access application for;
o Superflow
o Gravity Enduro
o SEQ Downhill
o Fox on Rocks
December Summer slam
• 27 riders
• Great success, everyone had a great afternoon
• Damien’s first Commissaire
• Entry fees covered the running cost of the event
• Purchase of a TMBC branded quickshade
o DC to source quote
January Summer Slam
• Due to Omicron surge, push to Feb
• Subcommittee to plan
Fox Superflow Toowoomba
• Dave to contact Jo Parker from Rocky Trail to organise possible sponsorship from the Withcott Hotel
• Race design and preparations well underway
Friday – Academy (Juniors)
Saturday – General Racing
Sunday – Pro stage
Interschool Racing
• Chris Thompson (Mt Lofty – POC)
• 2022, multiple schools have registered interest
• TMBC to provide SME oversight
• TMBC to possibly run some events
• Sub Committee to be formed with School teachers
Grassy Knoll Hub
• TW has a design for the hub
• Request to be sent out for 3 quotes for construction – TW
• Club funds to be used for the construction - $16k approx
• TRC minimum standards must be met – TW design adheres to standards
Bridge St Amenities Block
• TRC has delayed construction again.
Interim Vice President
• Interim Vice President to be announced due to Cam departing the position March 31.
• AGM is in April
• Gillian Chesterfield nominated by Damien Cann
o Gillian Accepted the nomination, seconded by CC,MM,TW
• Cam to train exec members on timing gear before he departs the position