1992-10-14 Recreation Committee Minutes

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Minutes October 14, 1992 The Recreation Committee meeting came to order at 7:35 pm Wednes- day, October 14, 1992. Present at the meeting were Joe Giordano, Gordon Richards, John Pacino, Kate Kaminer, Tom Zaya, Ed Hanley, Carl McFadden, Lorraine Salter, and Fred Conover. Minutes of September 9, 1992 were approved 6:0:0 with two correc- tions. Acting Supervisor's Report: Giordano thanked Cogan for her work. He also reminded everyone about the October 31 registration and asked anyone who could work to contact Carl McFadden. It was noted that the light box issue at Castine field has been resolved. A discussion was held as to whether it would be worthwhile to have the Woburn City Band do a make up concert in November. The consensus was that there would be a good turnout. A discussion was held about the Second Son Photography offering their services for the Youth Basketball program. Hanley noted that he has had problems with their administration. Giordano noted that he brought them into Reading and feels that they do a good job. McFadden had no problem with them doing the program. It was noted that Dave Williams will be doing a bird watching trip October 27. It was noted that he does a consistently good job. The report was accepted 7:0:0. Old Business: Richards noted that he was at the October 2 bon- fire, that there were a lot of good feelings and no apparent damage to the field. The pool was closed by DPW on October 10 at a cost of $575. Wat- son Brothers will do the remaining work. The Parker After School program will not go ahead this year. Teen Center Subcommittee - Salter noted they were charged $155 for custodians but were not charged fees for the day before. Giordano memo'ed the Town Manager asking about progress regarding the hiring a new Recreation Supervisor. Giordano asked Sullivan and Richards to check on plans concerning the ice rink re the master Park Plan. He noted that by Charter the Recreation Committee assigns fields and implicit in this is that the Committee should have a definite say. Hunt Memorial Park - Conover, Salter, Kaminer, Richards the Town Manager, Sally Hoyt and George Hines attended the meeting with neighbors of Hunt Memorial Park. They felt that overall it was a very productive meeting. They said that almost everything that needed to be said was done so by the neighbors. Issues that were raised were parking, early starts on Sunday (made clear that they had permission for only one date for the All Star game), expan- sion of Little League (park will be used five nights a week and five games on Saturday), litter (not a current issue), portable toilets (none will be allowed by consensus), scoreboard, food and vending (should be restricted to the facility). It was also noted