2013-05-07 Recreation Committee Minutes

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FAX: (781) 942 - 5441 Town of Reading ; ECEIYED 16 Lowell Street OWN CLERK( Reading, MA 01867 -2685 -NDING. MASS. 1015 APR IQ P 5� 31 RECREATION DIVISION: (781) 942 - 9075 READING RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES May 7th, 2013 TOWN HALL — CONFERENCE ROOM Attendance: Nancy -Linn Swain, Vice -Chair Rec. Committee, Eric Hughes, Rec. Chairman, Adam Chase, Rec. Committee Member, Kate Kaminer, Rec. Committee Member, Richard Hand, Recreation Committee Member, Frank Driscoll, Rec. Committee Member, Jenna Fiorente, Recreation Program Coordinator, John Feudo, Recreation Administrator E. Hughes called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM. N. Swain made a motion to accept the minutes from the March 2013 meeting. K. Kaminer seconded the motion. Motion passed in favor of the motion by a vote of 6 -0 -0. Note the committee did not meet in April in 2013. The Recreation Committee reviewed four (4) amplified sound applications. They were as follows: The Rise Pre - school for Memorial Park- Concert, Birch Meadow School for use of the Lighted Softball Field — Field Day, Reading Youth Baseballs All -Star Game at Hunt Park Resident Request for the Stadium Field for a "One Fund" Fundraiser The Recreation Committee discussed the particulars of each permit. F. Driscoll made a motion to accept each of the amplified sound permit requests. K. Kaminer seconded the motion. Motion passed to accept all four requests as presented by a vote of 6 -0 -0. J. Feudo presented a field request to the Recreation Committee for a private Fitness Group to use a town field for the purpose of running a boot camp. The proposal was for programming at 6 AM, 7 AM and 9 AM. A. Chase asked what time the fields were open. J. Feudo stated he believed that parks open at 8 AM but would double check. The committee seemed to agree that anything before 8:OOAM could be a disturbance to neighbors. J. Feudo stated that there were many groups running programs on Town property with out permission. He felt strongly that the Recreation Committee needed to look at programming for private gain on public property. The current field rental program needs to be looked at as the costs for using are not commensurate to the amount of revenue being raised privately, thus creating a circumvention to the system. J. Feudo stated the committee should consider a policy that either tightens that loophole or evaluate a system that would not allow groups program, even with a field permit, without permission.