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Cape Hatteras ORV Meetings Scheduled

DATES: The Committee will hold its tenth meeting on January 6-7, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on January 6, and from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on January 7. The Committee will hold its eleventh meeting on January 21-22, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on January 21, and from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on January 22. The Committee will hold its twelfth meeting on February 3, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. All meetings will be held at the Wright Brothers National Memorial Pavilion, 1000 Croatan Highway (Milepost 7.6), Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina 25948.

These, and any subsequent meetings, will be held for the following reason: To work with the National Park Service to assist in potentially developing special regulations for off-road vehicle (ORV) management at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore).

The proposed agenda for the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth meetings of the Committee may contain the following items: Approval of Meeting Summary from Last Meeting, Subcommittee and Members’ Updates since Last Meeting, Alternatives Discussions, NEPA Update, and Public Comment. However, the Committee may modify its agenda during the course of its work. The meetings are open to the public. Interested persons may provide brief oral/written comments to the Committee during the public comment period of the meetings each day before the lunch break, and also from 5-5:30 p.m. on January 6 and January 21, or may file written comments with the Park Superintendent.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael B. Murray, Superintendent, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, 1401 National Park Drive, Manteo, North Carolina 27954, (252) 473-2111, ext. 148.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee’s function is to assist directly in the development of special regulations for management ORVs at the Seashore. Executive Order 11644, as amended by Executive Order 11989, requires certain Federal agencies to publish regulations that provide for administrative designation of the specific areas and trails on which ORV use may be permitted. In response, the NPS published a general regulation at 36 CFR 4.10, which provides that each park that designates routes and areas for ORV use must do so by promulgating a special regulation specific to that park. It also provides that the designation of routes and areas shall comply with Executive Order 11644, and 36 CFR 1.5 regarding closures. Members of the Committee will negotiate to reach consensus on concepts and language to be used as the basis for a proposed special regulation, to be published by the NPS in the Federal Register, governing ORV use at the Seashore. The duties of the Committee are solely advisory.

September Meeting Minutes / Club Update

We discussed the current and upcoming trail closures. We first need to make a valiant effort to commit some of our time to the SAVE TELLICO foundation and do what is necessary to make sure this beautiful area stays open as long as possible and we do what we as a club can to promote positive outlooks to make sure that happens. In the near future many of you know that Uwharrie National Forest has a trail closure schedule which allows us to ride until the 15th of December this is something we need to consider in the coming weeks as we plan one of our final rides in the month of December, many of you may remember last years ride we have incredible weather and a wonderful turnout.

I saw many of you on the past trail rides we had in both July and August, both of which were great rides, however we noticed a few things on these rides, we need to get better organized in our morning meeting times and also pre-ride instructions and requirements. There will be some changes many of you will see in the coming rides, one of which is the requirement of 2 way radios. We will also be organizing our larger rides in such a manner to match those more interested in the more intermediate to difficult trails on one trail and the less modified more preserved Cruisers on a different trail with trail leaders on both rides.

As many of you have seen we have an upcoming ride this weekend in Virginia and has been posted on the ONSC Board on the IH8MUD Forum, I hope many of you are able to make that ride and take lots of pictures (the club is working on a quarterly newsletter to included such material). We also have a very well organized ride with our neighboring club Upstate Cruisers out of South Carolina in October up in the Holy Land, I really hope everyone is able to make this trip as Jason and Rick have done a great job committing their time to organize and make sure everyone is able to get together at a specified time for the weekend.

After much discussion of efforts to promote the club and protect the environment in which we live we will be moving forward with the Adopt-A-Highway program discussed at the January meeting early in the year and upon updates from the program will update everyone of the times and location we have been given by the state. We have also made efforts to contact Uwharrie to look into the Adopt-A-Trail system and have been provided information to fill out and return to start that program as well. We should have updates on both in the coming months.

During the OBX run we discussed some philanthropy efforts to provide for a foundation of our choice and have done so. We have decided to work on efforts to do a fund raiser for the Mciver Educational Foundation here in the Triad of our state. We will have more updates on this in the coming months as well.

As we approach the end of the year, we need to be aware of a few things, we have a had a great first year and hope to see the enthusiasm continue into the coming years. In doing so we need to extend our efforts to get the club known and work towards hosting one of our own events as a TLCA sanctioned club, something that is in the works. We also need to consider our club positions and fulfill a few we didn’t have volunteers for the first year. As I see it we need the following positions to fulfill not only the obligations of the club but also those required under the guidelines set forth for a TLCA sanctioned club.

Currently we have the following:
-President-Greg Ashcroft
-Vice President-Juan Galvis
-Secretary-Maria Galvis
-Treasurer-Justin Giphardt
Positions we will be looking to add and fulfill
-TLCA Delegate
-Alternate TLCA Delegate
-ONSC Club Contact for ONSC and Toyota Trails Magazine
-Safety Director for Club events and Rides

I will be looking for nominations for all positions in the coming months so as we approach the new year so we can have things in place come January. If you would like to nominate yourself or someone for such a position please let me know and in our November meeting we will vote on the nominations provided to fulfill above positions, if there is something you would like to volunteer your efforts for please let me know. Things have progressed well, as I hope others feel the same way, for the club and I look forward to future events and trail rides and the upcoming year.

Regards,
Greg Ashcroft

Member Email List

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