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- This
was an online Zoom videoconference meeting. Mike sent out a meeting
link for this Zoom meeting.
- Attendees: Mike
Boulland, Ron
Horii, Joan Murphy, Park Interpreter Rob McDonnell
- Mike will be giving his annual ghost tour to a private group the weekend of Halloween. He will talk about legends and whoppers.
- La Fuente will be on 9/21/24 from 4-7 pm. Rob is organizing it.
- FOSTP
will have a booth there, with games, newsletters, and displays. Mike, Kim, Joan, and Dorene will
be coming to work the booth. Ron will be taking pictures and helping with
setup/cleanup.
- Canopies, tables, and chairs will be provided and setup. They have 12 canopies at Martial Cottle.
- County Parks will have a video posted about La Fuente on 9/14.
- 9/15
is the start of Hispanic Heritage Month. Because of that Los Arribenos,
who performed last year, will not be available. Elena Robles recommended Los
Panaderos, which plays traditional folk music. Rob is contacting them.
- Ranger Roberto Romero will lead the walk to Santa Teresa Spring and the Bear Tree in Spanish.
- Banners announcing La Fuente will be up tomorrow.
- Exhibitors
who said they are coming are the County Library, the Open Space
Authority, Valley Water, and Janice Frazier, who will be bringing her
horse. Not sure about the blacksmith or Anza Trail yet.
- A Stanford researcher wants to pass out Spanish language Alzheimer's Disease information.
- Rangers will be helping.
- A port-a-potty will be placed by the main entrance.
- Rob
made a map of the event. Janice will have her horse in the small corral
by Barn 2. FOSTP will be along the fence in the middle. Roping steers
will be by Barn 2.
- Rob raked leaves around the ranch
house and will use it as mulch. He will sweep the barn. The house will
be deep-cleaned on 9/18.
- Barn 2 will have hay bales moved
into it for the pulley demonstration. The old bales were removed
because they were attracting rodents.
- Pizza will provided for volunteers.
- We may do the pumpkin raffle earlier.
- Ron showed a slideshow:
- 7/27-9/2/24: repair progress of pipes and valves in garden.
- 7/31/24: graffiti on Hidden Springs Trail mapboard in Pueblo Area.
- 8/2/24: First Friday Work Day.
- 8/18/24:
Posters about the Fortini Road Project on the Stile Ranch Trail
mapboard. Sunflowers and columbines blooming on the Stile Ranch Trail.
- 8/19/24: Graffiti on bench, doggie bag dispenser, and bicycle repair station
at the Hidden Springs trailhead in the Pueblo Area. Graffiti on the
mapboard covered up. Bench at overlook of Fortini Trail tagged again.
- 8/23/24: Grass cut under farm equipment in barnyard, some dirt and blackberries around the spring, water in pond below spillway.
- 8/24/24: Info table and surveys at Rancho San Vicente about the Fortini Road Property Plan.
- 9/2/24:
Flowers and weeds around the Bernal Ranch House. Santa Teresa Spring
closed due to oil spill, caution tape and barriers knocked down later.
Snake, hawk, and tarantula on the Norred Trail.
- Mike
talked about Santa Teresa Park's Historic Area being one of the few
historic areas in the county. It is designated as H4. It makes it
easier to get grants for historic preservation. Mike will write
articles for the newsletter about the 8 historic sites in Santa Teresa
Park.
- On 8/24/24, the County Parks held a tabling event about the Fortini Road
Property at the Rancho San Vicente staging area of Calero. Members of the Parks Planning Department were there and answered questions. They
had a map of the planning area and were taking surveys about it.
The surveys asked what activities visitors did in Calero or Santa
Teresa Parks and what trail elements would they like to see in the
project. Mike and Ron
went. Ron sent a proposal showing a straight trail
for bikes and a walking trail that runs along the 2 creeks, with
interpretive signs. He also recommended putting a parking lot and
restroom across from the Stile Ranch entrance. Mike says the surveys
didn't ask about interpreting the history of the area. He says there
should be signs about its history. We can suggest topics for the signs.
The new area will be an extension of Calero County Park, so it will be
managed and maintained by the Calero unit.
- We had our First
Friday Work Day on 8/2/24. We dug up yellow star thistles in the
barnyards. Mike showed and talked about Santa Teresa Spring and the Bear
Tree to the new volunteers. We cut blackberry vines around the spring.
- Our next
work day will be tomorrow 9/6/24. The drains along the retaining wall
need sweeping and clearing of blackberries. The ground squirrel holes
by Barn 2 need to be filled up. We'll work until it gets too hot. Mike
wanted to repaint the garden boxes, but the old paint is peeling and
may need to be stripped off before repainting. We may do that at a
future event, but not this Friday.
- After
expenses, we have $667 in our account left to spend. Paint costs
$50/gallon. We have money to cover printing expenses for our newsletter.
- Ron
is editing the newsletter. It will be available for handing out at La
Fuente. We may print lots of copies of just the front page of the
newsletter, with a link on how to get the rest of it.
- Jim
Zetterquist, Past President of the California Pioneers of Santa Clara
County, wrote a book called "Californio Connections." He writes about
his Ohlone and Hispanic ancestors. One of them discovered mercury ore
in what would become New Almaden. We should have Jim speak at a future
event.
- There will be an ice cream social for County Park volunteers on 9/28/24 at 1-3 pm in the Pueblo Area of Santa Teresa Park.
- 9/14/24
is New Almaden Day in New Almaden. It starts at 11:00 am with the
Jump-In Parade around New Almaden, followed by a carival at the New
Almaden Community Center.
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