1992-03-11 Recreation Committee Minutes

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Recreation Minutes March 11, 1992 A meeting of the Recreation committee was called to order on March 11, 1992 at 7:30pm in the Arnold Berger room of the Reading Town Hall, 16 Lowell St. Reading. Committee members present in- cluded Chairman Joseph Giordano, Vice Chairman Kate Kaminer, John Fallon, Fred Conover, John Pacino, Tom Zaya, Steve Sullivan, Tom McGrath, Lorraine Salter, and Ed Hanley. Lesley Wexler, Recrea- tion Supervisor, was also in attendance. Under the first order of business, the minutes of February 5th were reviewed. A change was made to page four, 5th paragraph from the bottom. The change was in the original vote tally of 0-5-2, with the actual vote being 5-0-1 The minutes were ap- proved with changes. J. Fallon made the motion to accept, John Pacino seconded. A vote of 7-0-1 was recorded. Both correspondence and the Supervisor's report were reviewed next. The Supervisor's report was accepted with a motion made by John Pacino. The motion was seconded by K. Kamineer and then ap- proved unanimously with a vote of 8-0-0. Chairman Joseph Giordano briefly discussed Camp Hope, asking if the Recreation Supervisor and Committee Members would be allowed to view the camp in operation. Lorraine Salter wondered if the Committee could possibly speak with families involved. It was decided to address these and other concerns to EMARC, through the assistance of the Human Services Director. AT 8pm , a Public Hearing was held. Mr. Giordano,read the legal notice for the hearing and welcomed Peter Moscariello to begin the discussion. Mr. Moscariello reviewed his proposal for the cage and the various areas of Morton Field where it might be built. P. Moscariello stated that he and several neighbors of the park scouted the right field for a sight. All present found it unac- ceptable, being too close to the Tennis Courts and Bancroft Ave. P. Moscariello asked that the vote for construction in right field be reconsidered, as he felt it would be better in left field area. Several abutters spoke for and against the structure. Selectman George Hines spoke in favor of the cage and expressed that he did not believe it would be used only by baseball and would not be a nuisance at all.