1992-05-13 Recreation Committee Minutes

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o/ RECREATION MINUTES May 13, 1992 A meeting of the Recreation Committee was held on May 13, 1992 in the Arnold Berger Room at Reading Town Hall, 16 Lowell St., Read- ing, MA. Committee members present included Chairman Joseph Giordano, Vice Chairman Kate Kaminer, John Pacino, John Fallon, Lorraine Salter, Fred Conover, Tom Zaya, and Ed Hanley. Also in attendance was Lesley Wexler, Recreation Supervisor. Mr. Steve Sullivan and Mr. Tom McGrath arrived late. A motion to accept the minutes of the meeting on April 8th was made by Kate Kaminer. The motion was seconded by John Pacino, and passed with a vote of 6-0-1. Ms..Wexler summarized her Supervisor's report. Mr. John Pacino volunteered to work a Sunday Evening Concert if Ms. Wexler needed the time off. Mr. John Fallon requested that Guarino's Pool Com- pany not pump water from the Grant Municipal Pool into the Tennis Court. Field. A motion to accept the Supervisor's Report was made by John Fallon and 2nd by Fred Conover. The motion passed 7-0-0. At 7:46 pm correspondence was briefly reviewed. At 7:47 pm, Mr. David Roy of Men's Baseball reviewed a request they previously submitted. Mr. Roy specifically requested an early start time of 10:00am on Sundays. Mr. Roy explained the reason for the early start is that participants come from all over the area. Mr. Giordano stated that the neighbors and families in that area are not fond of early starts and felt the committee should stay with the original Noon start. Lorraine Salter made a motion to let the Mariners have a permit for 11am (practice) with games to start at Noon. Kate Kaminer seconded the motion. The motion was defeated 3-5-0. John Fallon made a motion for the Mariners to start at Noon. The motion was seconded by Fred.Conover, and passed 7-0-0. AT 8:10pm, Dan Jones appeared before the Committee to run a softball tournament under the jurisdiction of Men's Softball on the weekend of the 26th. Joe Giordano reviewed the initial re- quest presented to him by Jones, which stated that Jones wanted to run a separate tournament exclusive of Men's Softball. 1