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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Recreation Committee
Date: 2015 -02 -10 Time: 0700 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Conference Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: General Business
Attendees: Members - Present:
Richard Hand, Rec. Committee Chairman, Adam Chase, Recreation
Committee Vice Chair, Dan Foley, Rec Committee Member, Nancy -Linn
Swain, Rec. Committee Member, Jeanne Borawski, School Committee Rep.,
Kate Kaminer, Rec. Committee Member, John Feudo, Recreation Director
Members - Not Present:
Mike DiPietro
Others Present:
Genevieve Fiorente
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: John Feudo
Topics of Discussion:
R. Hand opened the meeting at 7:10 PM.
The committee did not meet in December or January. There was a page merge issue with
the November minutes and they will be redistributed for approval in March.
J. Feudo spoke about a personnel update. He stated he would be working more closely with
Veterans Services, Human Elder Services and Health along with Recreation. He was still
unsure when the position would officially take effect.
The Recreation committee discussed requesting a variance for Sunday AM fields. J. Feudo
recommended that the committee be proactive and seek relief from the Board of Selectmen
to allow Sunday AM play at the Birch Meadow Complex and Symonds Way Baseball Field.
The committee felt with such a large amount of snow had already fallen, the fields would
not open until mid- April.
N. Swain made a motion to recommend that the Board of Selectmen approve a variance to
BOS rule 4.14.2 General Regulation Item 5, to allow for Sunday organized play beginning at
9 AM at the following locations through June 28th, 2015: Symonds Way Baseball Field,
Tennis Court Field, Lighted Softball Field, Street Softball Field, Lot Field (old img. St),
Synthetic Turf 2 and Hollingsworth Stadium Field. J. Borawski seconded the motion. Motion
passed in favor by a vote of 6 -0 -0.
J. Feudo gave a progress report on Reserve -a -Game tennis. J. Feudo discussed using the
reserve a game program as an added value to the current pass program. The committee
discussed the rates of the priority passes. The current rates are $10 per player, $25 per
family (up to 5 passes) and $100 for Non - Residents. R. Hand felt the Non - Resident fee
should be higher. A. Chase agreed and felt all the rates were too low, especially if there was
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going to be an added bonus of reserving off -peak time. K. Kaminer agreed the pass was
too inexpensive and it wasn't covering the costs. She did recommend to keep the family
pass at a responsible rate. A long discussion ensued.
N. Swain made a motion to make the follow rates effect in Spring 2015 for the priority pass:
Single Pass - $20 per player
Family Pass- $30 per family (up to 5 players in the same Household)
NOn- Resident - $120 per player
K. Kaminer seconded the motion. Motion passed in favor of the new rates by a vote of 5 -1-
0.
G. Fiorente gave a programming update. She stated summer camp was now available on-
line with a discounted rate for signing up early. She also mentioned that she has been
working on rescheduling Travel Basketball games due to bad weather.
Reading Coalition against Substance Abuse:
R. Hand gave a RCASA update from the January 29th meeting. He mentioned Sherri Vanden
Akker of Reading appearing on The View.
Erica McNamara announced that 10 people in Reading have been certified to serve as Youth
Mental Health First Aid instructors. RCASA has also hired a part-time Youth Coordinator.
RCASA is currently collecting data on youth substance use. 600 students surveyed so far
N. Swain made a motion to adjourn. K. Kaminer seconded the motion. Motion passed in
favor of adjournment 6 -0 -0.
Meeting ended at 9:10 PM.
Respectfully Submitted by:
John A. Feudo
Recreation Director
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