2016-03-16 Recreation Committee Minutes

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Town of Reading Meeting Minutes Board - Committee - Commission - Council: Recreation Committee 2111 OCT -2 PM 2: 32 Date: 2016-03-16 Time: 7:00 PM Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room Address: 16 Lowell Street Purpose: Monthly Meeting Session: General Session Attendees: Members - Present: John Feudo, Kate Kaminer, Mike DiPietro, Emily Sisson, Adam Chase, Frank Driscoll Members - Not Present: Nancy-Linn Swain, Jeanne Borawski, Dan Foley, Rich Hand Others Present: Chrissy Cerrentani and Jean Chastina (spelling) from Voices of Hope Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Genevieve Fiorente Topics of Discussion: J. Feudo calls meeting to order on behalf of K. Kaminer at 7:0013M. J. Feudo hands out copies of minutes to all members to review. After a few minutes of review, E. Sisson makes a motion to approve January minutes. F. Driscoll seconds. All members are in favor 5-0. J. Feudo introduces Chrissy Cerrentani and Jean Chastina (spelling) from Voices of Hope. Both Chrissy and Jean speak about the Voices of Hope Organization and all of their efforts to support Cancer awareness and research. J. Chastina says all proceeds go back to MGH and that there are approximately 100 volunteers for the organization. C. Cerretani speaks about the success of last year's tournament at the Community Tennis Courts on Bancroft. She added that there were 25 teams and 50 total participants that totaled in about $3,000 for the Voices of Hope Organization. C. Cerretani expresses her interest to host the tournament again in Reading on Saturday, May 14", 2016. She states she would like to change the start time to noon so the time does not conflict with High School Tennis. She says the new time would be 12pm-5:00pm. F. Driscoll asks if there will be a rain date. J. Feudo suggests the day after on May 151h. C. Cerretani agrees. J. Feudo tells C. Cerretani that he will provide her with a civic function permit and asks if the Bancroft Tennis Courts were enough for space for the tournament. C. Cerretani says yes. F. Driscoll asks about the price per participant. C. Cerrentani answers that it was $60 per participant. K. Kammer suggests notifying players to park in a different area aside from Bancroft. J. Feudo agrees and says having them park at the field house or by the RISE Preschool would be helpful. C. Cerrentani asks about the availability of porta potties. J. Feudo says porta potties will be available at that time. F. Driscoll makes a motion to approve the Voices of Hope Tennis Tournament on Saturday, May 14" from 12pm-5:00pm on the Bancroft Ave Community Tennis Courts. E. Sisson seconds. All members are in favor 5-0. Page 1 1