1992-01-08 Recreation Committee Minutes

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Recreation Committee Meeting January 8, 1992 A meeting of the Recreation Committee was held on January 8, 1992 at 7:30p.m. in the Arnold Berger Room of Reading Town Hall, 16 Lowell St., Reading. Committee members present included Chairman Joseph Giordano, Jon Fallon, Fred Conover, Lorraine Salter, John Pacino, Tom McGrath, and Tom Zaya. Also in attendance was RecreationSupervisor, Lesley Wexler. Under the first order of business, the minutes of the December 11th meeting were amended with the additon of Tom McGrath to the list of members in attendance. The minutes of the Dec. 11 meet- ing were approved,~with a motion made by John Pacino and seconded by Fred Conover. A vote of 7-0-0 was recorded to approve the minutes. Correspondence was reviewed by Chairman Joseph Giordano, with a letter from Town Manager, Peter I Hechenbleikner discussed first. J. Giordano explained to the Committee, Mr. Hechenbleikner's in- terest in holding a Town Clean Up Day this upcoming April. In- terest from the Committee to participate in such an event was positive. An exact date was requested so planni could progress. Ms. Wexler agreed to ask the Town Manager for a %efinite date on the Community Clean Up Day Event. Two additional letters were discussed, one from Dr. Munnelly regarding playground equipment, and the other from Eugene Nigro expressing thanks for all the work the Ice Rink Task Force has done. Next, Ms. Wexler reviewed the Supervisor's report, stating that programming was running well. A motion to approve Ms. Wexler report was made by Fred Conover and seconded by Steven Sullivan. A vote of 7-0-0 in the affirmative was recorded to accept the report. At 7:40pm, Mr. Pete Moscariello came before the Recreation Com- mittee to present a proposal to erect an outdoor batting cage at Morton Field. The structure would be permanent, and made out of chain link. Peter Moscariello handed out a Apec sheet, which showed the dimensions of the cage and where it might be situated. Mr. Mos- cariello said the bids had been received for the construction of the batting cage. The Boosters Club has agreed to underwrite $5,000 for the project. The Boosters will look for donations to help raise funds to cover this cost. The cage itself would be made available to any person/group oc- cupying tpp field. Apparently all baseball groups are in high ~~favor ofT~Batting Cage Proposal.