NMMBA Board of Directors Meeting
Date and location: Wednesday, May14th, 2025 Acme Twp Hall
Board present: Tim Reicha, Heath Day, Mike Walters, Brian Pugh, Kim White, Chad Jordan, Tom White and Steve Mentzer
Board absent: Kate White, Chad Schut and Tim Jenema
Guests: John Roe
Mission statement —------> It is our mission to Envision, Build and Protect the mountain bike experience while respecting all forest users and uses.
April meeting minutes were approved online.
There was no public comment.
Financials:
General fund stood at $12,705.27.
Kim presented the financials and stated they were up to date through the month of April.
There were a number of renewals that had come in. Some with money payable towards grooming badges.
Discussion then centered around removing the grooming badge add-on option from the membership process.
Other discussion centered around some issues with the debit card that is used for Glacial Hills expenses. They were minor and it has been resolved.
Registrations for TCTF stood at 28 at meeting time.
Grants:
Kate was absent but did indicate that the 2% grant application had been submitted by John Chase of Grand Traverse Parks & Rec (GTP&R) and was awaiting results.
Also, a transfer of $8500 was made from the general fund to the Acme Bike Park (ABP).
On another note, Tim R had submitted a $25,000.00 grant application to Kubota’s grant program.
Chapter reports:
TimBarn:
Major donor outreach is still in progress.
Current commitments stood at $631,300.00.
This figure represents ⅓ of the total goal of $1,854,500.00
John Roe discussed ideas on reaching more donors.
Fundraising committee next meets on Thursday, May 29th.
TCTN:
Tom led this discussion.
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Greilick trail planning group has an outline of the bike paths and walking paths. The goal is to present the trail proposal to the Brown Bridge Advisory Group on June 21st.
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Greater Greilick Connector. 3 trails in the planning stages.
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The Greilick Planning Group consists of GT Regional Land Conservancy experts, NMMBA leaders, GT Conservation District experts, Disc Golf leaders, GT Hiking club reps, TART leaders and GTP&R board members and employees.
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Next trail walk/meeting is slated for May 15th and May 23rd.
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Also on tap is a re-route of the Sand Lakes section for Iceman safety concerns.
Brian then led the discussion regarding the well pump, wheel chock and bike rack at the VST trailhead.
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Water well hand pump permit has been approved for VST Supply Rd. Berg Well Drilling company has been selected from 3 quotes received. The pump will be scheduled to be installed in the June timeframe. Budget for the project was in the $11,000 range.
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Wheel chock and bike rack are currently in production at GLS. Installation of bike repair station, wheel chock, and bike rack should be completed within the next 3 to 4 weeks.
Shop rides:
Chad S. was absent but is proposing a “one” ride event extravaganza featuring all shops and teams. Would also feature demos/gear sales/epic ride route.
Hickory Hills:
Tim stated a City of Traverse City-NMMBA Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for fundraising, trail development and construction is in the works.
Vasa Bike Park:
Tim J. was absent but let the board know 3 grants have been applied for.
Winter Trails:
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Committee to meet in the next six weeks, planning expenditures for board approval so we can get maintenance done and new equipment here by fall
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TC planning to do some work on the Strombolis loop - once we identify what exactly we would like to do to make it safer to groom we will bring it to the TCTF committee for their input.
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Mike and Heath are looking to step down as committee chair of winter so we may need to have a new committee chair.
Bike Leelanau:
Chad J gave an update on Provemont Pond trails. Recent storm damage had resulted in some downed trees. These have been cleared.
Chad also met again with Tom Mayhew regarding proposed trails at Braman Hill Recreation Area.
Plans have been accepted by the village of Northport. Looking at mid summer as a starting point for work to begin.
Glacial Hills:
No report submitted.
Cadillac Pathway:
Groomer Corey Weber has started a Wednesday evening ride at 6:30 pm.
This is a no drop ride with options to split up into groups to accommodate all skill levels.
LMB/MMBA:
John Roe gave this report.
Old Business:
Velcro membership straps have been distributed to renewed/new members.
Rachel prepped the mailings and Kim sent them out this week.
Joint staff position meetings with TART continue. Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 20th.
TCTF task list.
New business:
Steve to poll various committees as to their current equipment list.
Like to update this list on a yearly basis.
With that, the meeting was adjourned at 8:00 pm.
Next Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 11th, 2025.
At the Acme Twp Hall.
Submitted by
Steve Mentzer, secretary