1993-12-08 Recreation Committee Minutes

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Recreation Minutes December 8, 1993 The meeting of the Recreation Committee came to order at 7:35pm, Wed, Dec. 8, 1993 in the Conference Rm. at Town Hall. Present at the meeting were members Fred Conover, Chris Campbell, John Pacino, Ed Hanley, Kate Kaminer, Lorraine Salter, John McGrath, associate member Gary Roberts, Recreation Supervisor Steve Kajander and citizens Paul Lucerto, Bill Carroll and Karen Gar- cia. Approval of the minutes of Nov. 10, 1993 was motioned by J. Pacino and seconded by Ed Hanley. The vote was 5-0-0 for ap- proval. Paul Lucerto, speaking on behalf of Reading Youth Summer Baseball program, gave a short review of the 1193" summer. The program ran from July 4-- Aug 17, had a total of 10 teams and had 162 stu- dents sign-up. Paul expects the number of students to increase for the next year. The teams played 2 games a week at various fields which included, Hunt, Killiam, J. Eaton and Austin Prep. The majority of the games were played at Austin Prep and Killiam, the 2 fields in the worst shape. Paul requested that his program be able to play their games at Barrows or Sturgis next year. If those 2 fields are unavailable, the 3rd alternate would be to fix up Killiam field. This would include a homeplate and pitching rubber. Pacino said this very proposal of making Killiam into a usable field, was in the Recreation Park Planning report. Bill Carroll addressed the committee on behalf of Men's Softball. Bill stated that he was very glad to have a chance to discuss ways to keep the Birch Meadow fields clean of debris, and that he was all in favor of keeping the drinking of alcohol away from the areas. Bill said that the bike cops did a great job this summer, and that Bud Dickey and his dept. were very cooperative. The main problem centers around the 3 tournaments held at the field. Bill will talk to all his team managers and upgrad his written notice, in an attempt to help control the problem of alcohol and debris. It was agreed by all that the problem existed with only a small percentage of the teams, and that having a blue & white swing by or the bike patrol visit, would further help the problem. If the problem continues to exist the committee will look into the possibility of a paid (by the Softball League) police detail. 1