Annual Business Meeting
Monday Jan. 25, 2010
Chairman's Message
The annual meeting was a great success. Thanks everyone for your
participation, especially Mickey for arranging the good BBQ and
George for the entertaining guest speaker.According to the sign-in
sheet, with my addition of 5 folks who forgot to sign, we had 48
attendees, including our 2 quest, Devin & Roger and 4 other folks.
Notes
On Monday Jan 25th the Annual Business meeting was held at the
Lakeway Activity Center. The meeting started with a hearty
serving of food catered by Rudy's BBQ. George Ferrie, the out-going Chair
called the meeting to order, Bill Freas gave the minutes of last
year's meeting and Bernie Reding gave the treasurer's report.
George reported on the "State of the FOP 2009" with photos. Bob Underwood
and Lamar Bolling were recognized as volunteers who helped out on
non-workdays on FOP projects at City Park and the greenbelts.
A new board member, Pat McDermott was elected and a new slate of
officers were approved.
The 2010-2011 FOP Board members are
Bill Freas - Chair
Cindy Berdan - Vice Chair
George Blume - Secretary
Bernie Reding - Treasurer
Pat McDermott - Director
Michael Smith - Director
Lorraine Tallent - Director
Jim Dunn - Director
George Ferrie - Past Chair
Then the guest speaker Roger Johnson, Senior Travis County Park Ranger,
spoke on the neighboring Balcones Canyonlands Preserve and several
local archaeological points of interest. A full write-up can be found
on page 3A of the Lake Travis View, Jan 28, 2010 edition.
Roger Johnson is a Senior Travis County Park Ranger, a Patrol Deputy with the Travis County Sheriff's
Office, a Master Peace Officer for the State of Texas, an Emergency Medical Technician-B w
ith the Austin/Travis County EMS, a Certified Marine Safety Officer, and a member of the
Texas Archaeological Steward Network with the Texas Historical Commission. From 2002-2008,
he was assigned to the Travis County Balcones Canyonlands Preserve as a Law Enforcement
Specialist and Cultural Resources Investigator. Mr. Johnson graduated from the University
of Texas at San Antonio with a BA in Anthropology, with a concentration in North American
Archaeology.
Photos of the meeting, Click here
January 2010 Notes
Work Day - Sat. 1/16
City Park. Work continued on the
Barnes and Butterfly Gardens under the direction of Cindy Berdan and George Blume. They
started work on expanding the Barnes Garden on the downhill side. Work was also done on
the trail above the Barnes Garden.
Another group of volunteers consisted of Mireille Kirmse, Jerry Cooper, Mickey Wright
and Bernie Reding who trimmed and shaped the rosemary, dug out agave pups and trimmed
trees at the Cactus Garden.
Hamilton Greenbelt
Six volunteers were at the Hurst Hollow of Hamilton Greenbelt. David Ferry and Stephanie Ferry
removed many feet of barb wire from an old ranch fence line that the new trail crossed in
several places., Mike Sekel, Michael Smith, Bill Freas and Jim Dunn finished building a trail
from the new Leaf Bridge up the hill to the old jeep road which is a part of the loop trail.
Subway sandwiches were served at City Park for lunch along with cookies and chip.
More workday photos Click here
Friends of the Parks sponsors one annual community event which is the annual Wilderness
Run/Walk event on the Hamilton Greenbelt trails on the third Saturday of April. The goal of
this event is to encourage citizens to get out and enjoy the beauty of the greenbelts and parks
of the City of Lakeway.
Friends of the Parks of Lakeway is a 501 (c) 3, Federal Tax Exempt Organization. Donations
made to this organization may be tax deductible; check with your tax advisor.
