2012-07-10 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 July 10th, 2012 TOWN HALL - CONFERENCE ROOM Attendance: Eric Hughes, Rec Committee Chair, Nancy -Linn Swain, Rec. Committee Vice Chair, Frank Driscoll, Recreation Committee Chair, Richard Hand, Recreation Committee Member, Kate Kaminer, Rec. Committee Member, Mike DiPietro, Rec. Committee Member, Adam Chase, Rec. Committee Member, Karen Janowski, School Committee Liaison, Joe Rossetti, Associate Member, John Feudo, Recreation Administrator, Jenna Fiorente, Recreation Program Coordinator E. Hughes called the meeting to order at 7:03 PM. M. Stolecki made a motion to accept the minutes from the June 12, 2012 meeting. N. Swain seconded the motion. Motion passed in favor of acceptance by a vote of 8 -0 -0. Red Thunder Decision on Field Space J. Feudo stated that he met with RUSC and RLAX regarding the space being vacated by RUSC formerly used for Red Thunder Soccer. It was clear that both organizations have an internal need for the space and could put it to good use. Therefore it did not seem to make sense to allocate the space to a non - Reading group. J. Feudo added that space can however be provided for the Fall season and he would work with folks from the Red Thunder program to make that happen. A long discussion ensued. F. Driscoll stated he felt the town did not have the fields to meet the demand of outside users. K. Kaminer entered at 7:21. M. Stolecki made a motion to grant Red Thunder permits for the Fall 2012 season with location and logistics to be determined by the Rec. Administrator. F. Driscoll seconded the motion. Motion passed in favor of the motion by a vote of 9 -0 -0. J. Fiorente gave an update for programming. She mentioned summer camp number were strong. Baseball camp week 2 actually sold out. Kim Penney's basketball program also sold out. The summer concerts were also going very well. R. Hand gave an update for RCASA. The committee did some recognition for service to their board, including Nancy -Linn Swain. RCASA is working on recruiting for the youth crew. The ban for selling cigarettes in pharmacies started July Is'. This was speared headed by the youth crew. RCASA is also applying for a federal grant to fund the staff in the FY 2013 budget.