2010-10-12 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 October 12, 2010 Senior Center Great Room Attendance: Mary Ellen Stolecki, Recreation Committee Chairmen, Nancy -Linn Swain, Rec. Committee, Frank Driscoll, Vice Chair, Rec. Committee, Eric Hughes, Rec. Committee Member, Kate Kaminer, Rec. Committee Member, Adam Chase, Associate Member, Bernie Winne, Associate Member, John Feudo, Recreation Administrator Guest: Peter Coumounduros, FORR M. Stolecki called the meeting to order at 7:15 PM. K. Kaminer made a motion to accept the minutes from the September Rec. Committee meeting. N. Swain seconded the motion. Motion passed in favor of accepting the minutes for September 15th 2010 by a vote of 5 — 0- 0. Adam Chase entered at 7:22 PM. J. Feudo introduced Pete Coumounduros from the Friends of Reading Recreation. Pete gave the committee a quarterly update. He mentioned they have started a middle school cross country interest program and they are partnering with the YMCA. The have already scheduled a middle school cross country meet for the morning of Halloween. Mike Connelly, the HS varsity X- Country Coach helped get some other towns involved. Pete also mentioned that the seasonal camp out for the fall sold out this year and that Stop and Shop was again one of the lead sponsors for FORR's programming. E. Hughes asked about coordinating a family ski trip. J. Feudo said he would be willing to work on putting something together for next year. Old Business: J. Feudo presented the field discipline policy and guidelines document that had been developed back in 2006. The document has been updated and was distributed. There was some question of who the Recreation Committee's designee would be and if anything formal should be set to address that. The committee discussed the possibility of changing the language of the document. K. Kaminer made a motion that the Recreation Administrator serve as the Recreation Committee's designee to carry duties in accordance to the Field Use Policy and Guidelines. N. Swain seconded the motion. Motion carried in favor of the motion by a vote of 5 -0 -0.