2007-07-11 Recreation Committee Minutes

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Town of Reading 16 Lowell Street Reading, MA 01867-2685 FAX: (781) 942 - 5441 RECREATION DIVISION: (781) 942 - 9075 READING RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES July 11th 2007 Town Hall -Conference Room Attendance: Rec. Committee Chair, Nancy Swain, Rec. Committee Vice Chair Mike DiPietro, Rec. Committee Members: John Downing, Kate Kaminer, Mary Ellen Stolecki, School Committee Rep. Mary Ann Koslowski , Bernie Winne, John Feudo, Recreation Administrator N. Swain called the meeting to order at 7:03 PM B.Winne made a motion to accept the minutes of the Junel3th meeting. J. Dowing: Second the motion. Motion Passes in favor of accepting the minutes: 7-0-0 Administrator's Report Summer programming is running well overall. Summer Camp numbers are growing at a good rate. Girl's program (Basketball and Field Hockey) numbers are down and the boys programs are doing well and continue to grow. We have licensed thirteen camps this year. J. Feudo noted that there was vandalism at Hunt Park that consisted of cash register being stolen and door kicked in at the shack. There was also some anti-Semitic graffiti that really escalates the crime. Friends of Readng Recreation, Friends of Hunt Park and Reading Youth Baseball have offered up a $500 bounty for any information related to the arrest of those that were responsible. The estimated damages are $5500.00. There will be a new playground built at Birch Meadow. There is $25,000 in the capital plan for the project. We have about $40;000 to work with due to insurance money that the town received after a portion of the playground was destroyed in a May storm. The PTO of Birch Meadow might contribute another couple thousand to finish off the project. There will be a rock wall on the Birch Meadow Drive side and it will be 8 ft tall. The rest of the funds from the removal of the portable class rooms will be used for repaving. The turf field at Parker is in the design phase. The town engineers are designing it. The drainage and elevation have been looked at closely and we hope to have this on the Consevation Comm. docket sometime in August and start procurement in September. The goal is for an Aprill st field opening. The lightening policy will be sent to Peter Hechenbleikner and Town Counsel before it is brought back to the Rec. Committee.