2012-05-15 Recreation Committee Minutes

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FAX: (781) 942 - 5441 Town of Reading 16 Lowell Street Reading, MA 01867 -2685 RECREATION DIVISION: (781) 942 - 9075 READING RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES May 15, 2012 TOWN HALL — BERGER ROOM Attendance: Mike DiPietro, Rec Committee Member, Eric Hughes, Rec. Committee Member, Mary Ellen Stolecki, Recreation Committee Member, Richard Hand, Recreation Committee Member, Kate Kammer, Vice Chair, John Feudo, Recreation Administrator Guest: John Halsey K. Kammer called the meeting to order at 7:15PM. M. Stolecki made a motion to table the minutes from the April 2012 meeting until June. R. Hand seconded the motion. Motion passed in favor of the tabling the minutes by a vote of 5 -0 -0. J. Feudo read the notice of public hearing regarding fees applicable to permits for amplified sound. M. Stolecki made a motion to open the public hearing. R. Hand seconded the motion. The committee voted 5 -0 -0 to open the hearing on amplified sound permit fees. The proposed fee of $100 per occurrences was discussed. J. Feudo stated that he felt there should be a tiered system to allow the fees to be affordable to small groups that want to host events. He felt be it that each organization will get one request before the request becomes a variance, he felt the fee should be less than $100. Successive request fees could be higher because they need to be escalated to the Board of Selectmen hence more time spent on the process of approval. The committee seemed to think that fee structure was reasonable. A short discussion ensued. M. Stolecki made the motion to set the fee structure for amplified sound permits at the rate of $10 for the first request and $100 for each success request per year, per organization. E. Hughes seconded the motion. Motion passed in favor of setting the fee structure for amplified sound permits at the rate of $10 for the first request and $100 for each success request per year, per organization by a vote of 5 -0 -0. Request for use of Amplified Sound J. Feudo presented a request from a parent from the Birch Meadow PTO to use amplified sound for the purpose of a Movie night for the 5t" grade class. The location had not been determined as the group was looking for a recommendation of when the best location might be. The committee recommended that the group uses Memorial Park as there have been other movie nights done there