2002-03-13 Recreation Committee Minutes

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Town of Reading 16 Lowell Street Reading, MA 01867-2685 In-- i i ti FAX: (781) 942-9071 RECREATION DIVISION: (781) 942-.9075 RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES 3/13/02 MEETING In Attendance - Alan Beaulieu, Mark Hyson, Chris Campbell, Mary Ellen Stolecki, Claire Bolger, Susan Cavicchi, Dave Bryant, and Gail Wood (Selectmen's Liaison) Alan Beaulieu started the meeting at 7:15 PM Sue Cavicchi made a motion to accept the February 13, 2002 minutes with the following change to page 2 paragraph 8, sentence 2, to read "Susan stated that she doesn't believe that frequency effects the spirit of the Special Permit rule." Dave Bryant seconded the motion. The motion passed by a 6 - 0 vote. Sue Cavicchi made a motion to accept the February 26, 2002 Special Workshop minutes with correction of the spelling of the work Workshop in the title of the minutes. Dave Bryant seconded the motion. The motion passed by a 6 - 0 vote. Sudie Fay entered the meeting at 7:25 PM. Alan Beaulieu opened nominations to place two Recreation Committee Members on the newly created Board of Selectmen Sub-Committee to look into guidelines for the Sunday Special Permit ruling. Dave Bryant nominated Chris Campbell and Susan Cavicchi nominated Mary Ellen Stolecki to this Sub-Committee. Chris and Mary Ellen both accepted the nominations. Chris Campbell and Dave Bryant seconded Susan Beaulieu asked if there were any more nominations, passed for both nominations by a 7 - 0 vote. Alan Beaulieu seconded Dave Bryant's nomination of Cavicchi nomination of Mary Ellen Stolecki. Alan seeing none, Alan closed the nominations. The vote Jack Downing entered the meeting at 7:30 PM. Taylor, Kerry, and Andy Bramhall, and Mary Ellen Stolecki presented a video presentation to the Recreation Committee on their proposal to have a Skate Board Park built in Reading. Also present was Jason P., Pedro C. who is friends with Taylor. Ben Klapp, Youth Development Director from the Burbank YMCA was also present. The Bramhall's presented the Recreation Committee with 4 locations. These locations were the Higgins Property, Hunt Memorial Park, the old pool site at Birch Meadow, and the tennis courts at Memorial Park. Looking at all these sites, the Bramhall's suggested that the tennis courts at Memorial Park would be the best location. The Bramhall's stated that wood structures require a little more maintenance then the concrete structures. However there are companies out there that have some state of the art wood material that would require not much maintenance. The Recreation Committee suggested staying away from any conservation land. The Recreation Committee also suggested seeing if Mike Dickinson would put up money for a maintenance fund.