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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-07-14 Recreation Committee MinutesFAX: (781) 942 - 5441 R CEI VJ6" TGVJN CLERK hT,4,DING, M {ss. 1904 AUG 25 A 10., 5b RECREATION DIVISION: (781) 942 - 9075 READING RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES July 14th, 2004 Town Hall Conference Room Attendance: Patrick Fennelly, Rec. Committee Chair, Nancy Linn Swain, Rec. Committee Vice- Chair, Mary Ellen Stolecki, Rec. Committee Member, Jack Downing, Rec. Committee Member, Frank Driscoll, Rec. Committee Member, Bernie Winne, Rec. Committee, Rec. Committee Member, Rick Shaffer, Rec. Committee Member, Mary Ann Kozlowski, School Rep. Michael DiPietro, Associate Member, John Feudo, Recreation Administrator. Guests: Gail Wood, Board of Selectmen P. Fennelly called the meeting to order at 7:36 PM. J. Downing made a motion to accept the minutes from Mayl2th, 2004. N. Swain seconded the motion. Motion passes in favor of acceptance of the minutes 8-0-0. NEW BUSINESS Field Fee Procedure and Policy Update J. Feudo stated he would like the committee toentertain a-minor changein the Field Fee policy and procedure. Due to a loophole in the current policy, it is necessary to define what a casual user will be and what will define a league. The issue came about when a Reading Resident requested a field multiple times for a non-Reading based team to use. N. Swain made a motion to define a casual users as an individual or organization not associated with a team or league that has field use for not more than 1 day per season. M. Stolecki seconded the motion. Motion passes in favor of defining a casual users as an individual or organization not associated with a team or league that has field use for not more than 1 day per season 8-0-0. Setting Public Hearing Date for Bathroom Installation at Hunt Park The Recreation Committee recommended tabling the topic of setting a public hearing date of an installation of a bathroom at Hunt Park until the committee is able to meet with the Board of Selectmen to delineate jurisdiction. Gail Wood spoke to the committee and shared a story. N. Swain made a motion to table topic and support the Recreation Committee Chairmen in setting up a meeting with the Town Manager and Board of Selectmen to clarify the roll of the Recreation Committee. F. Driscoll seconded the motion. Motion passed in favor of the motion 8-0-0. Town of Reading 16 Lowell Street Reading, MA 01867-2685 READING RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES Old Business Travel Basketball J. Feudo handed out a proposal to start a program that would service the in between kids of the current basketball program. Currently, there seems to be a need for a competitive travel program and past program philosophies have made that difficult largely due to the fact that players are not cut. J. Feudo stated that the oldest group of Sunday Basketball players now play Travel instead even if they really don't belong playing Travel Basketball. The issue with Sunday Basketball is the older kids don't like it because it is not competitive enough for them, therefore they prefer travel. J. Feudo proposed developing a new middle school basketball program called recreation hoops. This program would allow the division to continue to accept every player into the basketball program, while placing players at the appropriate level. The Committee seemed to like the proposal but wanted to see separate philosophies developed for each program before approving it fully for the Fall 2004 program. Administrator's Report J. Feudo stated that he was very satisfied with the work EMARC did for the Division over the past year. He handed out a letter to the committee from EMARC Recreation Director Nancy Desmond. B. Winne made a motion to continue working with EMARC in a partnership with special needs programming. J. Downing seconded the motion. Motion passes in favor of working with EMARC again in FY05 7-0-0. J. Feudo went over summer camp numbers with the committee. He stated that the camp was doing very well in comparison to the past two summers. He attributed the success to both a returning staff of 90% as well as the dedication of Program Coordinator, Dan McGrath who is down there on a daily basis trouble shooting. The Summer camp is at 84% capacity for the summer versus 62% at this same time last year. Other programs that have been successful include Summer Baseball, Boys and Girls basketball Clinics, Super Sports, Kids Crafts, Tennis and Track and Field. J. Feudo mentioned that the Ice Cream Machine in Coolidge has been selling out at camp almost every week. The Division was looking forward to the extra revenue (20% of sales) that would be generated for the 8 weeks of camp. J. Feudo explained to the Recreation Committee that he was interested in starting a Imagination Station Revitalization Committee in the Fall and was looking for volunteers. Frank Driscoll and Patrick Fennelly volunteered to help. The first stage of a three-stage playground installation process will begin at Hunt Memorial Park on Aug. 28th. The group has raised enough money to have a "Big Toy" (slides, monkey bars etc.) installed. J. Feudo mentioned that he allowed for a special Sunday Permit to the Lou Tompkins Baseball program to begin at 10:00 AM at Symonds way for the purpose of a Tournament. READING RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES B. Winne made a motion to adjourn the meeting. N. Swain seconded the motion. Motion passes in favor of adjourning the meeting of July 14th, 2004 7-0-0. Meeting adjourned at 9:29 PM. espect ubmitted by: o A. udo Recreation mistrator