2012-03-20 Recreation Committee Minutes

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-1 FAX: (781) 942 - 5441 Town of Reading 16 Lowell Street Reading, MA 01867 -2685 RECREATION DIVISION: (781) 942 - 9075 READING RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES March 20, 2012 TOWN HALL — BERGER ROOM Attendance: Frank Driscoll, Chair, Rec. Committee, Karen Janowski, School Committee Liaison, Mary Ellen Stolecki, Recreation Committee Member, Richard Hand, Recreation Committee Member, Kate Kaminer, Rec. Committee Member, John Feudo, Recreation Administrator Guest: Pete Coumounduros James Bonazoli, BOS F. Driscoll called the meeting to order at 7:19PM. M. Stolecki made a motion to accept the minutes from the February 14th Rec. Committee meeting. R. Hand seconded the motion. Motion passed in favor of accepting the minutes for February 14th, 2012 by a vote of 5 — 0- 0. J. Feudo informed the committee that Program Coordinator Jim Sullivan would be leaving his position on April 17th. Jim had a very good opportunity in Marblehead that he could not turn down. J. Feudo stated he will start the search process to fill the position immediately. K. Kaminer and F. Driscoll volunteered to be part of that process. J. Feudo stated that committee would need to hold a public hearing to set the fees for the amplified sound permits. The committee stated that would like to have that happen in May. The committee had a discussion regarding what the proposed fee would be. K. Kaminer mentioned that much of the discussion surrounding the fees during the ad hoc amplified sound committee meetings were around $100 per permit. This was based on the administrative time that will go into posting the permit as well as serve as a deterrent for multiple requests. K. Kaminer made a motion to recommend the fee for amplified sound permits be $100 per permit subject to discussion and decision of the public hearing. M. Stolecki seconded the motion. Motion passed in favor of the motion by a vote of 5 — 0 - 0. J. Feudo presented the topic of concussions in youth sports. He stated he is working on an educational program for concussions. The committee discussed the MIAA and CDC policies. M. Stolecki said she would like to know what other Town's and Cities are doing to educate there organizations. She also stated it would make sense to get Town Counsel to review any final policy. F. Driscoll recommended asking all youth organizations to use the MIAA policy as a guideline and to encourage youth coaches to watch the free video available on the MIAA website.