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Town of Reading
ul Meeting Minutes RECEIVED
TOWN CLERK
nEADING. MASS.
Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Fall Street Faire Committee ?Bib OCT I l A 155
Date: 2016-07-19 Time: 7:00 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Conference Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: Preparation for Fall Street Faire Session: General Session
Attendees: Members - Present:
Denise Eaton,Brian Snell(remotely), Leslie Leahy, Sheila Mulroy, Kristen
Bonazoli, Tom O'Connor
Members - Not Present:
Mike Doyon, Bob Beckman, Lisa Egan, Steve Goldy, Alison Ullman
Others Present:
John Feudo, Genevieve Fiorente, James Bonazoli
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Genevieve Fiorente
Topics of Discussion:
Meeting is called to order by S. Mulroy at 7:12pm.
Rall call is done by the committee to identify themselves. Vice Chair, S. Mulroy will be
acting chair for the evening.
S. Mulroy mentions on the registration page about changing the box that asks if the vendor
is serving food to reflect both food and drink.
K. Bonazoli gives an update on the volunteers. She says the link is up and plans to contact
Linda Engelson to do an email blast to students. She asks B. Snell what extra volunteers he
may need for the 9/11 tribute. B. Snell asks K. Bonazoli if she could add a link on her
volunteer page for veterans and boy/girl scouts. K. Bonazoli answers yes. J. Feudo asks B.
Snell if he will be prepared with details on what is needed from the DPW and Police since
safety officer, Dave Savio and DPW Highway supervisor, George Strazzere will be attending
next meeting. B. Snell says yes.
S. Mulroy asks if the tribute should start at 11:30 and if health inspections should be moved
to an earlier time than normal. There is a discussion on when to start the parade down
Haven for the 9/11 Tribute. D. Eaton asks where the parade is starting. B. Snell says Town
Hall/Woburn street then coming through cobblestone then down Haven. ]. Bonazoli says
when he helped to coordinate the 9/11 tribute, they started at the High School then did an
automobile parade to the Town Hall where there were speakers, bagpipers, and releasing of
Doves. He also said there was a closing of the tribute then an opening to the Fall Street
Faire. The committee agrees that this should be done. J. Bonazoll offers to help organize the
tribute.
K. Stasiak mentions having an area blocked off around the stage on lower Haven for the
parade performers to stand. S. Mulroy states that someone should contact Seth Moulton.
J. Bonzali offers to help coordinate the tribute. J. Bonazoli, K. Bonazoli, S. Goldy, and B.
Snell will collaborate on tribute. J. Bonazoli asks if churches are doing anything that
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morning as far as services. The committee agrees to circle in with churches to find out what
accommodations need to be made.
D. Eaton gives an update on the Children's Area. She says she has already submitted an
order to Oriental Trading Company for supplies. She asks J. Feudo about popcorn which J.
Feudo says he can order. She mentions she still needs to apply for a permit for food and
water. aim Dwyer will also be sponsoring the area again. J. Feudo states that he will invite
Perfect Parties to the next meeting to talk about entertainment and the selling of tickets for
games and inflatables.
L. Leahy gives an update on publicity and marketing. She passes around the newspaper
with the press release for the event. She says that she has been putting posters all over
town and mentions that the Reading Butcher Shoppe would like to do some form of extra
entertainment. B. Snell answers that he will follow up with them.
S. Mulroy gives an update on registration. She says the Good Shepard In Reading just
received a new Pastor and they do not think they can coordinate the event monetarily. They
asked for a refund. S, Mulroy makes a motion to refund the Good Shepard's registration fee.
L. Leahy seconds. A roll call is made since B. Snell is remote on his phone. L. Leahy, D.
Eaton, S. Mulroy, and B. Snell all verbally agree to the motion. The motion passes 3-0 (4-0
if B. Snell's remote vote is added).
S. Mulroy goes on to mention that Lahey Clinic was interested In sponsoring something at
the Fall Street Faire. S. Mulroy and K. Stasiak talked offline and thought sponsoring the
Irish American Police and Drums would be good. S. Mulroy and K. Stasiak say they will work
together to coordinate what will be on the banner. S. Mulroy also says that the Moms of
Reading would like to sell products and do a raffle. She asks J. Feudo if they can get a
permit for this. J. Feudo answers yes and that the Town Clerk has final say.
S. Mulroy tells J. Feudo that Health requested 2 tables, 2 tents, and two chairs. J. Feudo
answers that he will take care of all Town Organizations. S. Mulroy asks if Wingate Reading
registered and D. Eaton answers that she will check. S. Mulroy asks if anyone has a problem
with Covanta (sp) paying by check for their registration fee. The committee all agrees that
is fine. S. Mulroy mentions a couple other sponsorship opportunities and possible new
vendors who have expressed interest in registering. She says there are about 105 vendors
to date.
B. Snell gives an entertainment update and says he put an email out through yahoo for
performers. He also secured the stage for lower Haven. S. Mulroy asks T. O'Connor about
the walkie talkies. T. O'Connor says the committee could use them again this year.
K. Stasiak says D. Savio will present his plan at the next meeting. B. Snell makes a motion
to adjourn at 8:25pm. S. Mulroy seconds. There is a roll call taken: D. Eaton, S. Mulroy, L.
Leahy, and B. Snell all agree to adjourn the meeting by a vote of 4-0-0.
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