2008-07-09 Recreation Committee Minutes

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Town of Reading 16 Lowell Street n: c, €L i V E D Reading, MA 01867-2685T6" 4' ntim im A11*5b FAX: (781) 942 - 5441 RECREATION DIVISION: (781) 942 - 9075 READING RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES July 9, 2008 -Town Hall Berger Room Attendance: Nancy Swain, Rec: Committee Member, Kate Kaminer, Rec. Committee Member, Mike DiPietro, Rec. Committee Chair, Frank Driscoll, Rec. Committee Member, Adam Chase, Associate Member, Mary Ellen Stolecki, Rec. Committee Member, Mary Ann Kozlowski, Rec. Committee Member, John Feudo, Recreation Administrator Guest: James Bonazoli M. DiPietro called the meeting to order at 7:07 PM. M. DiPietro asked the Recreation Committee to review the minutes from the previous meeting. N. Swain made a motion to accept the minutes for the June 11th meeting. M. Kozlowski seconded the motion. Motion passed in favor of accepting the minutes 5-0-0. Mary Ellen Stolecki entered the meeting at 7:15 PM. Travel Basketball Discussion The Recreation Committee held discussion on the literature that will be put out by the Recreation Division this fall regarding the travel basketball program. The committee felt the language needed to be clear in its intent to offer a travel basketball program that meets the need of the community. There was extensive discussion on how the word competitive is defined by the committee. The committee appointed Mary Ellen Stolecki to work with staff to word smith language to put in the Recreation Magazine -fall edition. Administrators Report J. Feudo went over the numbers for camp. He stated that numbers were about the same from the year prior for Regular Camp. They did see a small increase for Junior Camp. Most of the other programs were not underway, however Boys basketball, which took place in late June saw about 35%o increase from the year previous. J. Feudo and K. Kaminer gave an update regarding the courts. Seems the spreader box for the asphalt was leaking fuel internally. The fuel got into the mix causing a paving failure. The Town's engineers are looking in to the situation to see what will need to happen for the project to be completed. Early indications are that the asphalt may need to be ripped out completely and started over. More information should be available in the next few weeks. In the meantime all summer lessons will take place at Barrows elementary school.