2019-02-19 Recreation Committee Minutes - Subcommittee Minutes

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� OrR Town of Reading Meeting Minutes sECENED TOWN CLERK RNG, MA. Board - Committee - Commission - Council: Recreation Committee 2m JUN 12 PM 2* 3 Date: 2019-02-19 Time: 5:00 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, Rich Hand, John Parks - Members - Not Present: Mary Ellen Killion, Dan Foley Others Present: Angela Binds 10 Orchard Park Drive Ben Ream 972 Main Street Trails Committee Dan McCarthy 91 Prospect Street Reading Little League Mike Wondolowski 4 Bartlett Street Reading Little League Chuck Webberly 3 North Street Reading Youth Lacrosse Charlie Hardy Reading Lacrosse HS Coach and Reading Youth Lax Genevieve Fiorente Recreation Administrator and liaison to subcommittee Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Genevieve Fiorente Topics of Discussion: R. Hand opens up meeting at 5:25pm and suggests everyone go around the room for introductions. Each person at the meeting gives a short introduction. R. Hand states that there was a 50% increase in people who took the survey this time around and that each time the survey is released, more people take it. He states that this shows the high interest people in the Birch Meadow area and in recreation. He also says that in the past, the subcommittee has met in a focus group with youth organizations to gain feedback on the Birch Meadow area. He states that he would like to see that happen again. J. Parks makes a motion to accept the meeting minutes from 1.8.19. M. Coltman seconds. Motion passes 3-0. R. Hand says that G. Fiorente will present a rough draft of a power point that summarizes the subcommittee's goals moving forward. G. Fiorente goes through a brief power point (attached). The subcommittee hopes to present to the Select Board in the coming months with an update or have liaisons share feedback in their updates at the Select Board meeting. R. Hand that says that there is no funding in FY20 but it is important to keep momentum going as power point states especially since more and more youth organizations are coming forward and donating projects at the Birch Meadow area. G. Fiorente states that since walking and running paths were high priority in all 3 surveys that she reached out to Kim Honetschlager and she and the trails committee came up with a map of walking paths that could be proposed in the area. She says that B. Ream has been Page 1 1