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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Reading Center For Active Living Committee
Date: 2022-06-08 Time: 7:00 PM
Building:
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Address: Session: Open Session
Purpose: General Monthly Meeting via zoom Version: Final
Attendees: Members -Present:
John O,Neill, John Parsons, Nora Bucko, Michael Coltman, John Sasso, Mark
Dockser
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Jenna Fiorente, Kevin Bohmiller, Amy O,Brien, Jean Cellos, Marilyn
Shapleigh, RCN
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Nora Bucko
Topics of Discussion:
Acceptance of Minutes of May 251h Meeting
Call to accept meeting minutes from May 25, 2022 meeting, accepted with edit requested by
Mark Dockser, page 2, to add "RECALC asked questions about this and were answered by Mark
Dockser".
Feedback from Public Forum on Jun 1 2022
John O'Neil: good cross section, lots of questions in chat, in depth discussions, community
taking notice of initiative.
Nora Bucko: Well done by Caitlyn, good honest responses, good interaction, went well
Mark Dockser:physically at forum, common topic was transportation to the senior center and
transportation related to location of senior center.
John Sasso:lnterested in recording of forum and was told it was on RCN site.
Jean Delios: Spoke to Caitlin and team pleased with forum.
Feasibility Study -Next steps
Mark Dockser: ARPA granted $900,000 to senior community of which $300,000 will be used for
feasibility study. This was approved by Select Board last week. RECALC survey results will be
available Nov 2022.
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Jean Delios:UMASS will release survey in Sep 2022, month for results and plan to present to
Select Board in Nov/Dec 2022. Feasibility study will be done after that. An RFP will be made
from Town Hall. Kevin sent out updated RECALC survey today Jun 8, 2022 and comments need
to be returned by Jun 13, 2022.
Mark Dockser: Money for feasibility study committed to end of 2023.
Imolementina Communication Plan
John O'Neill :Crucial to keep momentum going. field visits, funds, other website recognition
John Sasso:Possibly identified senior student to create video of current Pleasant Street Center,
availability late summer. Would require guidance from Amy and Jenna on actual contents of
video.
John Sasso:entered data from Peer Community Centers in Excel Spreadsheet and showed
group.
John Sasso: Friends and Family Day, table and chairs available with COA representatives, no
postcards but flyers available. Jenna can make a sign for table. OR code made and will be sent
to Jenna and Jean. OR code for attendees to sign up for RECALC notifications. Amy to provide
some acrylic frames for flyers.
John O'Neill: requested OR code be sent to Town Manager to post in his news so that residents
have link to RECALC website and sign up for notifications.
John Sasso: Community Newsletter being created to share recent RECALC happenings (survey
coming, forums, grants).
Jean Delios:Kevin Bohmiller to be departing at end of month and replaced by Jenna Fiorente.
The senior center coordinator FT position was posted . A replacement for Jenna is being sought.
A veteran services officer was hired. Recruiting for these positions has been a challenge.
Making Use of Data from Field Visits
John Sasso:shared computer screen of Excel spreadsheet of data from site visits to
communities. John added two items,percent 65 plus and town population from 2020 US
Census.
Outstanding are center data from Andover (Amy) and Lynnfield (Mark). What do we do with
data? How do we analyze it?
John O'Neil:Data answers questions on what other centers have, what programs other
communities have that we don't have, noted some community centers have senior
programming focus during the day.
John Parsons:would like to look at data and finds it helpful information for COA and RECALC.
Spreadsheet emailed to RECALC members.
John Sasso:hopes all data to be entered by the end of the month
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Mark Dockser:With regards to Open Meeting Law, spreadsheet can be shared but comments
can't. He will locate a previous breakdown of communities conducted by another town for
comparison. He suggested we consult UMASS for data analysis ideas.
Marilyn Shaleigh:Requested a spreadsheet for COA.
Jean Delios:With regards to Open meeting Law, put recipients in BCC so as to not Reply all. The
town has a 100 page report of various communities that was done for the override. It was good
example of data analysis.
Possible RECALL Involvement on New Committee Exploring Use of Town Property on Symonds
way
Mark Dockser:RFP for requesting space on short or longer term basis for senior center. Town
has an existing property on Symonds Way (by skating rink and rifle range). It is buildable and
has wetlands. The town would like a committee formed to look at the potential use of this land.
Mark questions who should be on committee and when should committee be formed? This
committee wants to move fast but should be aware of RECALC timelines since space needs and
survey will be identified by Nov 2022. The potential committee members may be made up of
the voluntary boards and RECALC. The select board prefers about 7 members.
John O'Neil:lmportant that RECALC be represented on the Symonds Way Committee and
maybe some non -board members should be included.
Dates for Future meetings
July 06, 2022
Action Items highlighted by John Sasso
1)Prep for Friends and Family Day
OR Code at table, COA members to man table, Amy to schedule manning table times. Sign to be
made by Jenna
2)John Sasso to draft next newsletter
3)Any outstanding site visit reports to be sent to John Sasso now.
4)Provide Feedback on UMASS survey to Jean and Jenna by Monday, Jun 13, 2022
Motion to Adjourn :8:35 PM
Next meeting is scheduled July 06, 2022
John O,Neill, John Parsons, Nora Bucko, Michael Coltman, John Sasso, Mark Dockser
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