1991-10-09 Recreation Committee Minutes

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Recreation Committee Meeting October 9, 1991 A meeting of the Recreation Committee was held on October 9, 1991 at 7:35pm in the Town Hall Conference room, 16 Lowell St., Read- ing. Committee members present included Chairman Joe Giordano, Vice Chairman Cate Kaminer, Fred Conover,John Fallon, John Pacino, Lorraine Salter, Tom McGrath, Mary Williams and Gary Roberts. Also in attendance was Recreation Supervisor, Lesley Wexler. Under the first order of business the committee voted to approve the minutes of the September 19, 1991. A change to page 4 under subcommittees was made with the addition of the Field Assignment Committee. Members of the Field Assignment Committee are John Fallon, Tom McGrath, and Steve Sullivan. Motion to accept the minutes was made by John Fallon. Minutes were approved as cor- rected with a vote of 5:0:3. Next the committee reviewed Recreation correspondence. A resig- nation letter from Joe Connelly was read, as was a thank you let- ter from Joe Giordano on behalf of the committee, expressing gratitude to Mr. Connelly's 8 years of dedication and service to the committee. The Park equipment inspection form was discussed, as was the current condition of. Reading's playground equipment. John Fallon , who was present at the first inspection of the parks, stated that a majority of the parks are in poor condition with the exception of: Tot Lots at Birch Meadow and Hunt Memorial Park and Imagination Station. A motion was made by Mr. Fallon for checklists of the October 3, 1991 inspection be sent to the Superintendent of Schools, Chairman of the School Committee, Selectmen and the Town Manager. The motion was seconded by Fred Conover and the motion was approved by 7:0:0. Committee member Fred Conover questioned the necessity of con- tinuing the monthly inspections until the equipment is fixed. It was stated by Ms. Wexler, that the monthly inspections are man- dated by the Towns insurance company. At 8:03pm, Mr. Peter Moscariello came before the committee to present his plans for the 1992 Reading Baseball School. He thanked the committee for its past support and stated that his program has been very successful through the past years. Mr. Moscariello requested to run the program Feb 17th- Feb 21st, 1992. He stated the possibility of needing the Field House for Sunday, Feb 23rd. Joe Giordano said that the Sunday Basketball program runs on that date, so it would need to investigate fur- 1