2019-01-08 Recreation Committee - Subcommittee Minutes

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Town of Reading Meeting Minutes ECEIVEDT� ��READIN0MA Board - committee - Commission - council: 2010 FE8 20 AH 10.- 54 Recreation committee Date: 2019-01 -0$ Time: 5:30 PM Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Conference Room Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: Open Session Purpose: Birch Meadow Master Plan Version: Final Subcommittee Attendees: Members - Present: Michael Coltman, Mary Ellen Killion, John Parks Members - Not Present: Rich Hand, Dan Foley Others Present: Genevieve Fiorente , Recreation Administrator and liaison to subcommittee Vanessa Alvarado, Select Board liaison to recreation committee Angela Binda, 10 Orchard Park Drive Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Genevieve Fiorente Topics of Discussion: Meeting opens at 5:40pm after G. Fiorente calls M. Killion from the Town Hail Conference Room. G. Fiorente states that all votes need to be made in roll call format since M. Killion is remote from the phone. M. Killion makes a motion to approve the Birch Meadow Master Plan subcommittee minutes from 9/18/18 and 8/14/18. J. Parks seconds. Each subcommittee member states name and their approval. Motion passes 3-0. G. Fiorente introduces Joe Bean who is an abutter at the Birch Meadow Complex. She stated that Joe reached out via the Birch Meadow Master Planning Survey to help in the planning process. She says he has lived in the area for several years and has been involved with both passive and active recreation. J. Bean gives his own Introduction and says how he has walked the area and has coached his kids in sports in the area. J. Bean said he is willing to help and give feedback as needed. G. Fiorente and the subcommittee express their gratitude to Joe for being there and collectively think having neighborhood liaisons will be great in the planning process. A discussion on the priority of turf 2 ensues. The subcommittee agrees that turf 2 must be redone. G. Fiorente states that this is a project that Is currently being explored by facilities. She informs the subcommittee that the turf may not be extended as the subcommittee has wanted. The subcommittee expresses their disappointment since the field extension would allow for a regulation field and would like to know exactly why it Isn't being extended. G. Fiorente says that she assumes that it is budgetary and also probably time sensitive. She states that she can reach out to facilities for the subcommittee to express their disappointment and request that if they can share any information on the project when they can that it would be appreciated. Subcommittee agrees that this would be good as it will affect the plan moving forward. Page I 1