1993-01-13 Recreation Committee Minutes

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Recreation Committee - The Recreation Committee met at 7:31 pm in the Conference Room of Town Hall on Wednesday, January 13, 1993. Present fat thel m6dtll ng were Vice Chair Fred Conover, Gary Roberts, Gordon Richards, Lor- raine Salter, Steve Sullivan, Tom Zaya, Kate Kaminer, Ed Hanley. Minutes of November 19, 1992 were accepted as presented 5:0:0 on a motion by Kaminer and seconded by Sullivan. The proposal for a fifth grade basketball tournament was not dis- cussed as the proposal was withdrawn. John Pacino arrived. Election of a Chair: A letter from Joe Giordano was distributed noting his intention to resign as Chair and potentially from the Committee due to a new job opportunity. A discussion was begun by Conover about the need for a Chair and a Chair who is avail- able during the day. Pacino offered the suggestion of each mem- ber being Chair for a month. Members explained why they felt that they could not be Chair. Pacino offered to be Chair. The discus- sion was tabled until later in the meeting. At 8:03 pm the Public Hearing concerning the fee schedule for summer programs was opened. Cogan recited the Legal Notice. There being no public present, comments were taken from the Com- mittee. Comments were favorable about keeping the fees the same as last year. There was brief discussion concerning the new ad- ministrative cancellation fee, comments being favorable. The public hearing was closed on a motion by Kaminer and seconded by Sullivan. On a motion from Sullivan and seconded by Salter the fee schedule was accepted as proposed. Old Business: Cogan noted that after receiving 2 calls about tennis lessons she called Executive Racquetime (for the third time) about winter lessons. She was informed by the manager that they were running lessons in conjunction with the Recreation Department (unbeknownst to her!) The person running the program was unavailable until tomorrow afternoon; no further information was available until then. Pacino noted that he would like to begin work again on the Master Park Plan. Richards and Sullivan will help along with the two members of the Conservation Committee. Teen Center will be having its first function March 12 at 7 pm at the YMCA. Staff is copying and distributing the questionnaire prepared by the Teen Center Committee to the 7 -9th graders. The Town Manager has requested that the Food Vending Task Force have some draft regulations available for implementation for the summer. Supervisor's Report: Cogan went through the items on the Report dated January 6, 1993. Discussion was held concerning Caroll's outstanding fee. Comments were made about having the fee paid up