2011-10-11 Recreation Committee Minutes

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OFRF9di,�, Town of Reading _ m 16 Lowell Street a Reading, MA 01867-2685 639PINCOKQO�P FAX: (781) 942 - 5441 RECREATION DIVISION: (781) 942 -9075 READING RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES October 11, 2011 Town Hall Conference Room Attendance: Mary Ellen Stolecki, Recreation Committee, Frank Driscoll, Chair, Rec. Committee, Kate Kaminer, Vice Chair,Nancy-Linn Swain, Rec. Committee, Mike DiPietro, Rec. Committee, Joe Rossetti, Rec. Committee, John Feudo, Recreation Administrator Guest: Charlie Ehl, RYB Commissioner F. Driscoll called the meeting to order at 7:11 PM. M. Stolecki entered the meeting at 7:12 PM. K. Kammer made a motion to accept the minutes as proposed for the June 14`h and September 13`h meetings. N. Swain seconded the motion. Motion passed in favor of acceptance of the as proposed for the June 14`h and September 13`h meetings by a vote of 5-0-0. RCASA UPDATE: N. Swain gave an update about the happenings of RCASA. She spoke about the annual meeting recently conducted. She stated at the meeting Erica McNamara and Tom Zaya did a nice job presenting the information and then gave an example using the statistics to paint a real life picture of what that would look like in a class of 20 students. Very Powerful. She also pointed out that a mother and daughter combination got up and told their story of how the daughters addiction tore a family apart and what lead up to it. J. Feudo spoke of a grant possibility from the US Soccer foundation. They are offering grants to promote projects such as synthetic fields, irrigation, lighting and programming. He stated there were some process challenges involved with applying for the grant as the funding is in-kind service funding, therefore you must use the vendor providing the in-kind service. However, MA procurement laws require a bid to be done for any project larger $25,000, therefore the process is somewhat difficult to follow in MA. He also stated he is working with the DPW procurement officer to help get a determination as to whether or not the Town should apply. If applying, the two projects most likely to be applied for would be a sport court off of the Field House parking or synthetic turf field at Coolidge Middle School. Administrator's Report J. Feudo gave an overview of the 2012 Spring Schedule. The schedule is virtually the same as the previous season. There are two parts that will be filled in April approaches, the use of the new