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Recreation Committee Minutes <br />Wednesday, December 15, 1999 <br />c d`n a a' ~ <br />x„: <br />The Recreation Committee meeting came to order at 7:35 PM in the Conference Room of <br />Reading Town Hall. Committee members in attendance included, Alan Beaulieu, <br />Chairman Jack Downing, Kate Kaminer, Vice Chairman Dave Bryant, Lorraine Salter, <br />Susan Cavicchi, Chris Campbell and Associate Committee Member Mark Nelson. <br />Mr. Beaulieu made a motion to approve the minutes of the Wednesday, November 10, <br />1999 meeting. Ms. Cavicchi seconded the motion, minutes approved 7-0-0. <br />The Committee congratulated Mr. Connelly on the birth of his daughter Alexandra <br />Madison Connelly. <br />Summer 2000 Pre-Season Report <br />Mr. Connelly reviewed the report with the Committee. Mr. Connelly and the Committee <br />discussed changes to the Camp and Jr. Camp program. Mr. Connelly summarized the <br />new program entitled "After Camp Club". Mr. Connelly stated that this program was a <br />direct result of camp parent suggestions. Mr. Connelly stated that it would help fill the <br />afternoon program void left by the closing of the Grant Municipal Pool. Mr. Connelly <br />and the Committee discussed the appropriate way to inform REAP of this new Reading <br />recreation program. The Committee informed Mr. Connelly to send a courtesy memo to <br />REAP informing them that Reading Recreation would be offering this new program <br />during the summer of 2000. <br />Ms. Salter made a motion to accept the "After Camp Club" as a new Reading Recreation <br />Camp program. The motion was seconded by Mr. Beaulieu and approved by the <br />Committee 7-0-0. <br />Mr. Connelly continued to review the Summer of 2000 Pre-Season Report. <br />Mr. Campbell made a motion to accept the report as submitted to the Committee. The <br />motion was seconded by Ms. Cavicchi and approved by the Committee 7-0-0. <br />Credit Card Clinic Amendments <br />Mr. Connelly reviewed some minor changes to the policy. Mr. Connelly stated that <br />Reading Recreation could not afford to give each clinic one free season of credit card use. <br />Each clinic will now be required to pay a 16% fee. This is a 1% increase from the old <br />policy. <br />Ad Hoc Open Space and Recreation Planning Task Force Nominations <br />Mr. Connelly reviewed the request from the Town Manager. The Committee discussed <br />the purpose of the Ad Hoc Task Force. Mr. Connelly stated that the felt the nominee <br />should be a Committee member who as not yet served on a subcommittee or task force. <br />Mr. Connelly pointed out the Ms. Salter recently served for a number of years on the <br />