SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Community Council moved on June 11 to award the responsibility of trail maintenance and improvements to Seeley Lake Regional Outdoor Center for Kinetic Sports (ROCKS) and disband the council’s trail committee.
Council member Lee Boman was asked to see if any local organizations had an interest in taking over the work of the trails committee. Boman said that of the three organizations with whom he communicated, all expressed support for the project but only ROCKS expressed interest in taking a leadership role.
“Right now, ROCKS is definitely interested in getting more involved and helping with this project,” ROCKS president Jim McLean said. “We’re especially interested in identifying a small section of trail that we can complete in the next year and then build on that success.”
Ken Kronsperger, who represents elderly and handicapped interests on the Seeley Lake Trails Project, was concerned that those interests would not be represented if the center was to take responsibility for the trail system.
“Seeley Lake ROCKS is a wonderful organization but not one trail in Seeley Lake ROCKS is for elderly or handicapped,” Kronsperger said. “So they’re not for the public. They’re for a very good cause but they’re not going to help elderly and handicapped do anything on those trails.”
Kronsperger argued for the money to go to the organization of which he is a part. According to Council Treasurer Sally Johnson, the Seeley Lake Trails Project does not have 501(c)3 status as a non-profit and therefore cannot be awarded money for the project by the county.
The motion to award the responsibilities of maintaining the community trail system to Seeley Lake ROCKS passed unanimously with five members of the council present. The council also passed a motion to thank Ron Cox, head of the trails committee, for his hard work.
Other items on the June 11 meeting agenda included a community update by Forest Service District Ranger Rachel Feigley. The council agreed to draft a letter in support of the Forest Service’s salvage of burn areas to be read and passed at the next meeting, July 9, at 6 p.m. in the Seeley Lake Historical Museum and Visitor Center on Highway 83.
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