2009-02-11 Recreation Committee Minutes

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Town of Reading ,,,t , ~ l t 16 Lowell Street TO Reading, MA 01867-269"N" ,2Da S EP 30 W. 31 FAX: (781) 942 - 5441 RECREATION DIVISION: (781) 942 - 9075 READING RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES February 11, 2009 Coolidge Middle School - Multi- Purpose Room Attendance: Chris Campbell, Rec. Committee Member, Mike DiPietro, Rec. Committee Chairman, Frank Driscoll, Rec. Committee Member, Beth Claroni, School Committee Rep., K. Kaminer, Rec. Committee Member, Adam Chase, Associate Member, John Feudo, Recreation Administrator Public Hearing Guests: Peter Coumounduros Cathy Giles Beth Thornton Nicole Fidas M. DiPietro called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM. C. Campbell made a motion to accept the minutes from the December 10th meeting. B. Claroni seconded the motion. Motion passed in favor of accepting the minutes for December 10th, 2008 by a vote of 5 - 0- O.bbbbb C-. Campbell made a motion to accept the-minutes from the January 14th-meeting. K.--Kaminer - - seconded the motion. Motion passed in favor of accepting the minutes for January 14th, 2009 by a vote of 5 - 0- 0. Payment Policy J. Feudo handed out a draft policy to address issues of collect late fees. F. Driscoll asked if the committee could have more time to look it over and bring comments back to the March meeting. The committee thought that was fine. The issue was table until March. Public Hearing for Killam Field Improvements J. Feudo opened the public hearing with a presentation of the plan that has been developed for Killam Elementary School playground and field. The plan was developed with input from the Killam PTO and Principal along with insight from the President of Reading Youth Baseball. The plan features a new playground area for Pre-K -1St grade students while renovating the current 2nd - 5th grade playground. The play area would also feature an ADA path to each of the play sites as well as the swing area which was renovated last October. The proposal moves the backstop south-westerly toward the parking area by approximately 10 feet and calls for a renovation. The new backstop should have appropriate over hang and safety wings.